Blogs about: J B Priestley
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Left-wing ideology (again) in Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday
We’re tired of being assured by essayists in theater programs that the vintage plays we’re about to see are still “relevant”. Why wouldn’t they be? Why would any great p… more →
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Merry Christmas
wrote 1 week ago: The snow arrived on Christmas day and we had a truly White Christmas. We thought this photograph ta … more →
First Fall of Snow
wrote 1 month ago: © 2009 Donna H. Chiarelli “The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. … more →
Angel Pavement by J.B.Priestley Cover Image
wrote 1 month ago: The image in the cover of this book is what its been like in this part of the world wet!! Charles G … more →
Priestley Society Social
wrote 1 month ago: Priestley Society Social : Alan’s Bit of a Do. The Bradford Club, Piece Hall Yard, Bradford. F … more →
Delight
wrote 2 months ago: With a stack of un-read and part-read books on the dresser (almost rivalling the Poughkeepsie double … more →
31/31 Day 5: "The Trapdoor" and "The Demon King"
wrote 3 months ago: There are two stories I’d like to pass on tonight. The first called “The Trap Door … more →
Review - An Inspector Calls - The Novello Theatre
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wrote 3 months ago: I was highly intrigued by the thought experiments built into JB Priestly’s Time and the Conway … more →
Priestley's Journey to Birmingham, Newcastle, Isle of Wight ...
wrote 3 months ago: More Priestley events nationwide! Birmingham Book Festival. Friday 23 October. 7pm, Birmingham Conse … more →
Enfolding landscapes: Shell and the mapping of Britain
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wrote 3 months ago: In the first thirty years of the twentieth century, the travelling habits of Britons change signific … more →
September 13 in history
wrote 3 months ago: On September 13: 122 The building of Hadrian’s Wall began. 1814 Francis Scott Key wrote the St … more →
Left-wing ideology (again) in Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday
wrote 4 months ago: We’re tired of being assured by essayists in theater programs that the vintage plays we’ … more →
The Beautiful Game
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wrote 4 months ago: A lot of talk about football on Twitter tonight – and surfing around I found this wonderful sn … more →
Play, Orchestra, Play at the Shaw Festival (a review)
wrote 5 months ago: The Peppers are a bit old in the tooth to pass for a pair of young sailors After seeing three of the … more →
Review - Time and the Conways - National Theatre
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wrote 6 months ago: On Tuesday I had the good fortune of getting to see the National Theatre’s production of Time … more →
Why would a black actor want to play in a Priestley play, anyway?
wrote 1 year ago: As Emsworth noted in an earlier post, certain factions have been lobbying the Shaw Festival (Niagara … more →
The parent-child equation - Part 1
wrote 1 year ago: The universal relationship between parent and child is fraught with wild swings in emotion, running … more →
Left-wing playwrights at the Shaw Festival (comment on The Little Foxes)
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wrote 1 year ago: Four plays down for Emsworth so far in the 2008 season of the Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the-Lake, On … more →
An Inspector Calls at the Shaw Festival (a review)
wrote 1 year ago: The Inspector Calls, playing through October at the Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario), is … more →
An Inspector Calls and old-fashioned propaganda at the Shaw Festival
wrote 1 year ago: On their face, how could two plays be more different than An Inspector Calls and The Little Foxes? … more →
