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Tag: Play

The Performance | Claire Thomas #AWW

March 13, 2021March 14, 2021 ~ Brona ~ 7 Comments

The performance at the heart of The Performance is a Samuel Beckett play, Happy Days. It was Beckett’s sixth play, written in response to his wife requesting something less depressing. I'm not sure he knew how to do that though. The play revolves around a central character, Winnie, a woman in her fifties. In Act … Continue reading The Performance | Claire Thomas #AWW

Under Milk Wood: The Definitive Edition | Dylan Thomas #Dewithon

March 9, 2020March 4, 2021 ~ Brona ~ 4 Comments

In 1991, I spent a lovely long weekend with my Welsh cousins in Pendoylan. One of the many tours we managed to fit into my brief visit, was an afternoon in Laugharne to wander around Dylan Thomas' boathouse and writing shed perched on the side of a hill above the River Taf. Growing up in … Continue reading Under Milk Wood: The Definitive Edition | Dylan Thomas #Dewithon

The Tempest | William Shakespeare #Play

January 26, 2020 ~ Brona ~ 20 Comments

I wanted to read The Tempest at some point for two reasons. I would like to read Margaret Atwood's Hag-Seed one day. But I have never seen any productions of The Tempest and don't really know the story very well.I have never read a play before that I had not already seen a theatre, movie or TV production … Continue reading The Tempest | William Shakespeare #Play

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J K Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne

March 22, 2017 ~ Brona ~ 5 Comments

I had LOTS of doubts about a new Harry Potter.Did we really need a new Harry Potter? Wasn't this just a crass cash grab? Was there anything new to be said about the power of love?As it turns out the answer is yes!Rowling along with Tiffany and Thorne had plenty more to say about the … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J K Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne

Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas

June 26, 2012 ~ Brona ~ 1 Comment

On Saturday night I went to the Opera House to watch the STC's production of Under Milk Wood.I confess I knew nothing about Milk Wood at all. My husband had studied and loved this book at school and still raves about the Richard Burton version over 25 years later. He suggested that I go in … Continue reading Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas

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