19/08/2017 by Peter Viney
Second Fiddle is an English Language Teaching Graded reader by Peter Viney. It is intermediate, 1500 headword level, CEF B1. LINK TO KINDLE STORE. for more information. This was written some time ago, edited, then “Storylines” closed to new titles and it sat around. I have revised and regraded it. It’s on the Kindle store at the MINIMUM allowed price of 99 cents. We thought of putting it up free, but then free stuff is regarded as worthless.
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17/08/2017 by Peter Viney
The old 1970 to 1972 TV series A Family At War has been much discussed recently. The linked review will be added to as we continue plowing through the fifty-two episodes over the next few months.
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30/07/2017 by Peter Viney
Irish playwright Conor McPherson was approached by Bob Dylan’s people and offered the chance to write a play with whichever Dylan songs he wanted to use. The result is Girl From The North Country, (LINKED) at the Old Vic, London. Twenty Dylan songs, a cast of 19. Brilliant new arrangements and some unexpected choices. Also a great play.
The picture is “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” which opens Act 2. The best evening of Dylan music you’ll see nowadays!
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29/07/2017 by Peter Viney
Review of Yerma, by Simon Stone after Federico Garcia Lorca at the Young Vic. LINK: http://wp.me/PRxuW-5Gp
This production was Olivier Award Best Play of last year, and Billie Piper got six best actress awards. The revival has the original cast and runs till the end of August.
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24/07/2017 by Peter Viney
Review of The Globe’s Much Ado About Nothing,directed by Matthew Dunster. A riot of colour, set during the Mexican Revolutionary War in 1915. It’s always a favourite play, here in a radical interpretation.
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22/07/2017 by Peter Viney
Review of Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. (LINKED) A masterpiece, to me. With Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, Fionn Whitehead. Read the review … a lot on the history too.
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21/07/2017 by Peter Viney
An unusual event … the Telegraph Legends series brought together three 60s icons … Joanna Lumley, Twiggy and Lulu in conversation (LINKED) at Cadogan Hall, Chelsea … and Lulu sang.
Joanna Lumley, Twiggy & Lulu
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19/07/2017 by Peter Viney
As Helen Edmondson’s Queen Anne is currently running in the West End, I’m linking to my 2015 review of the original RSC production of Queen Anne at Stratford. Only a third of the cast of eighteen have moved on to the West End, but most importantly, Emma Cunliffe is still Queen Anne. The marvellous Jonathan Broadbent as Robert Harley has been replaced by the also marvellous James Garnam. I haven’t seen the 2017 version. The 2015 version had better reviews, but then the RSC Theatre has a far better stage than the West End.
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09/07/2017 by Peter Viney
Review of Racing Demon by David Hare in Bath Theatre Royal’s 2017 Summer Season, directed by Jonathan Church. Starring David Haig and Papa Essiedu. This 1990 award winning play is set in the Church of England in South London.
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30/06/2017 by Peter Viney
I had the chance to see The Globe 2017 production of Twelfth Night again, but this time at night with the full controversial lighting. I have added comments to the existing review.
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