by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 30, 2014 | reading |
I’ve read, and listened to, 12 plays, roughly one a month. It’s not that any one play takes so long to read. I can easily read one in two or three hours. But I’m trying to read other books as well. I saw five plays performed live, two in New...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 8, 2014 | reading |
So I read Richard III. And I listened to Richard III. And although the 1995 movie starring Annette Bening was not available for rent, I did watch the 1955 movie directed by and starring Laurence Olivier. The movie was torturous even though I was on the treadmill. I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 14, 2013 | catching moments |
One more thing about Henry VI, Part Three… Act 2, scene 5 is a miniature masterpiece–its first 124 lines anyway. It begins with King Henry going to sit by himself on a hill, after his wife has sent him away from the battle. There he thinks over his unhappy...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 28, 2013 | reading |
THE SURPRISING THINGS. I enjoyed these three plays much more than I thought I would, and they were easier to read than I thought they would be. NOT SURPRISING BUT WORTH NOTING. Each one was better than the previous one. FAVORITE LINES from each play: Glory is like a...
