[I’ll have her, but I will not keep her long.]
I took myself out to dinner and a movie this weekend, where dinner was breakfast at Easy Streets (a greasy spoon attached to a fabulous record store? The only way it could be better is if it -wasn’t- in West Seattle) and where the movie was Shakespeare in the Park. Hmm.
They were doing a double feature of Richard III & Two Gentlemen of Verona. I didn’t manage to stay for Two Gents, though, because the direct sunlight for three hours had fried my brains. It’s a nifty little amphitheater in theory, with picnic-perfect tiered seating, but it’s only 2/3 of a circle, and the other 1/3 is bordered by hangers, etc, so the echo is kind of evil. Next year I’ll have to take my blessed festival seat and try out other parks.
As for the play itself, it is (famously) one of my favorites and it, combined with The Daughter of Time, created in me a slight (ahem) Richard obsession. The Richard in this production was serviceable, but I thought that both Margaret & Buckingham were particularly good.
Tonight I am polishing my spinster title and making pillows. Pictures tomorrow, I am sure. And speaking of interesting villains, I might be watching “Dexter”. Fan-tas-tic, I tell you.
September 4th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Damn: I’ve been going to Seattle’s summer Shakespeare in the partk for the past several seasons, but somehow missed it, this year. Richard III’s one of my favorites, too.
Did you like the Ian McKellan version of Richard III? Fun fact about that: early on during that movie, they set one of Kit Marlowe’s poems to a jazz score and have someone give it the Billie Holliday treatment–to wonderful effect.
September 4th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
I am not entirely certain that I’ve seen *all* of it, at least not in order. I have the soundtrack, though, and that bit *is* fantastic.