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Shakespeare and other things
Feb. 3rd, 2006 02:13 amMary Zimmerman is a genius (officially, too - a few years ago she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, commonly called a "genius grant"). Pericles is probably one of Shakespeare's most convoluted plays, with the action taking place in six different cities, the eponymous prince wooing two different princesses and caught in two separate storms at sea, a missing daughter, a dead (?) wife, assasinations and incest and bawdry. Zimmerman makes it enthralling, edge of your seat stuff (though I was glad I'd chosen to reread the play ahead of time). Her usual team of set, lighting and costume designers did great work. I was especially impressed by the lighting of the first scene, with Pericles in light, Antiochus and his daughter in the dark, and huge shadows cast. The costuming was of no specific period, though clearly influenced by Renaissance dress, ladies (and a dog) with ruffs, rich fabrics, and different colors used to place the scene. I loved it.
Marissa went for her first visit to my vet today, for a booster shot and general check-up. She has been pronounced in good health, though she has a chipped tooth which I'll need to watch. She didn't particularly care for the drive over there, or the shot, but was otherwise fine.
A while back, someone posted on BookCrossing about HarperCollins' First Look program (and I have tried but cannot find the thread, so I can't thank the person properly). You can sign up to request ARCs to review. My very first request was for Elizabeth Peters' Tomb of the Golden Bird, an Amelia Peabody mystery. Once I've read it, I think I'll do a book ring. It'll be a short one, as I'd eventually like to release this at the Oriental Institute, where Peters got her Ph.D. in Egyptology. Or, if I get it back in time, at the Tutankhamen exhibit at the Field Museum (though, security being what it will likely be, the OI will probably be easier).
Walking by the Siskel Film Center yesterday, I saw that they will be doing a Carlos Saura film festival beginning this weekend, and Saura himself will be there on the 18th. They're not screening his Carmen, though, which is a shame, because it's one of my favorite movies of all time.
And in a triumph for procrastination, I finally bought my tickets for Toronto -- and they were more than $100 less than they were a couple of weeks ago. ;-))
Marissa went for her first visit to my vet today, for a booster shot and general check-up. She has been pronounced in good health, though she has a chipped tooth which I'll need to watch. She didn't particularly care for the drive over there, or the shot, but was otherwise fine.
A while back, someone posted on BookCrossing about HarperCollins' First Look program (and I have tried but cannot find the thread, so I can't thank the person properly). You can sign up to request ARCs to review. My very first request was for Elizabeth Peters' Tomb of the Golden Bird, an Amelia Peabody mystery. Once I've read it, I think I'll do a book ring. It'll be a short one, as I'd eventually like to release this at the Oriental Institute, where Peters got her Ph.D. in Egyptology. Or, if I get it back in time, at the Tutankhamen exhibit at the Field Museum (though, security being what it will likely be, the OI will probably be easier).
Walking by the Siskel Film Center yesterday, I saw that they will be doing a Carlos Saura film festival beginning this weekend, and Saura himself will be there on the 18th. They're not screening his Carmen, though, which is a shame, because it's one of my favorite movies of all time.
And in a triumph for procrastination, I finally bought my tickets for Toronto -- and they were more than $100 less than they were a couple of weeks ago. ;-))
