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Language Learning In Britain Past link

16/09/2016 by Peter Viney

As the article on The Dead Hand of the CEF has been read by so many, I thought I’d add another Language teaching Rant. Language Learning in Britain Past  (LINKED) is about how my own negative experiences of language learning shaped my beliefs on how to teach English as A Foreign Language. Do comment on the article, not on this post.

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Dedication review

15/09/2016 by Peter Viney

Review of Dedication – Shakespeare & Southampton, currently premiered at the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton and running for a month. The play explores the relationship of Shakespeare and the 3rd Earl of Southampton through alternate versions of the rumours and speculations on their relationship.

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The Dead Hand of the CEF – link

13/09/2016 by Peter Viney

One for language teachers, a new ELT article on “The Dead Hand of The Common European Framework” on textbooks … and in French, Spanish and German textbooks as well as English ones. Please comment on the article itself rather on this post.

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The Entertainer- review

11/09/2016 by Peter Viney

Review of The Entertainer, by John Osborne. (FOLLOW LINK) The last play in the Kenneth Branagh Company season, starring Kenneth Branagh as music hall comedian Archie Rice, a part often considered Sir Laurence Olivier’s greatest role. So how did he do? Five stars for us.

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No Man’s Land – review

10/09/2016 by Peter Viney

Review of No Man’s Land by Harold Pinter (FOLLOW LINK), 2016, with Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart. In spite of the fulsome reviews and the presence of both Gandalf and Captain Picard, we both disliked Pinter’s intrinsic play. We are completely out on a limb here! Reviews disagree.

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Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour

06/09/2016 by Peter Viney

Review of The National Theatre of Scotland Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, by Lee Hall at the National Theatre, London. Energetic, coarse, vulgar, great singing in this vibrant musical about a Catholic girls’ school choir from Oban who plan to “go mental” on the way to a choir contest. Very funny. Great music (mainly covers of ELO).

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Names, scribble and numbers

29/08/2016 by Peter Viney

Names, Scribble and Numbers (FOLLOW LINK) is a chapter from Around Around: All About Vinyl which will eventually emerge after an incredibly long gestation sometime in 2017, initially as an iBook to accommodate the very large number of illustrations. This sampler chapter is a look at the scribble and numbers you will find on used (or as we now say, pre-loved) records, with a humorous snapshot of how records were played in a 1962 Youth Club. As this is a work still in progress, I’d be delighted by comments and corrections.

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The Two Noble Kinsmen review

28/08/2016 by Peter Viney

A detailed review of The Two Noble Kinsmen, by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare, in one of its very rare outings by the Royal Shakespeare Company. In spite of the intrinsic issues of the play itself (advertised as A Midsummer Night’s Dream Meets Fight Club) this is lively, inventive, and in the two lead roles, Paloman and Arcite (illustrated), very funny. One to catch at Stratford as it is so rarely seen.

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King Lear – Antony Sher review

27/08/2016 by Peter Viney

Review added the Royal Shakespeare Company’s King Lear  (LINKED) with Antony Sher as Lear, David Troughton as Gloucester and Paapa Essediu as Edmund. A magnificent production.
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Strife review

21/08/2016 by Peter Viney

Review of John Galsworthy’s play “Strife” at the Minerva Theatre at Chichester. Powerful performances in a 1909 industrial dispute … far more interesting than it sounds!

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