So happy you loved the Barchseter series!!! I agree, The Last Chronicle of Barset is the icing on the cake! I would suggest reading some stand alone novels, however, I am not that experienced with Trollope.
@sarahel19
4 ай бұрын
So glad you enjoyed The Last Chronicle of Barset! I think continuing with the Pallisers is a good idea. The play with Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn sounds so good, I walked past the theatre when I was in London last month and wished I had a ticket!
@freshparchment
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the advice! I hope the play comes to National Theatre at Home.
@saulsmitherman3755
4 ай бұрын
My mother went to see The Motive and the Cue in the West End - she greatly enjoyed it. John Gielgud was such a brilliant actor and Burton was also a star. Mark Gatiss is a superb choice as Gielgud.
@freshparchment
4 ай бұрын
How lucky! Thank God for National Theatre Live, because that's as close as I'll get to British stage offerings for a while.
@saulsmitherman3755
4 ай бұрын
May I recommend, if you haven't seen them already, No Man's Land by Harold Pinter and Home by David Storey. Both are plays that starred Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud; both were filmed for television and they are both available to watch on KZitem.
@freshparchment
4 ай бұрын
@@saulsmitherman3755 Nice! I saw No Man's Land with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, but I haven't seen Home yet.
@saulsmitherman3755
4 ай бұрын
@@freshparchment Indeed they did, you've brought it back to me. I never saw that production. Home is good - quite sad though. I do like the works of David Storey but I have no idea if his works are still being produced.
@freshparchment
4 ай бұрын
@@saulsmitherman3755 I haven't heard of him, but I'll keep it in mind - I'm not in the mood for many sad things right now.
@amy8458
4 ай бұрын
Hi Heather, Briefly a Dellicious Life is going on my TBR. I''m going to start The Chronicle's of Barseetshire series this Victober. I've read two books by Trollope so far. Christmas at Thompson Hall (short stories) and The Belton Estate (stand alone). I love cozy books, so he's the only Victorian author I'll read. I grew up on the Anne of Green Gables series but have never read any other books by LM Montgomery. The Emily series is going on my TBR too. There are two reasons why I have zero interest in SJM. I prefer traditional fae fantasy as well as the steam level. I read five books in March. My favorites were The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge and I Shall Wear Midnight (Tiffany Aching #4 by Terry Pratchett),
@freshparchment
4 ай бұрын
That sounds great! I've heard good things about those Trollope novels, so I'll put those on my list.
@davegibbo1956
4 ай бұрын
I've seen The Motive and the Cue in the West End, Gatiss and Flynn's impersonations, are as you say , extra ordinary. Gielgud's grandeur and also his vulnerability are both brought out to good effect. It made me go and check the actual Gielgud-Burton Hamlet production on KZitem, where there's quite a good quality version posted. What I'd say is that it does look very dated to 21st century eyes, with the actors shouting at full volume into each other's faces. You realise how much more naturalistic things are done these days, it's a big contrast with the way (for instance) Cumberbatch or David Tennant have played it in the past few years. But Burton had a really lovely rich voice, which you'd certainly be able to hear at the back of the Circle, and probably across the street too.
@freshparchment
4 ай бұрын
That's so wonderful, I'll definitely check it out! Yes, the definition of "naturalism" in theatre has definitely evolved over the years. I remember Eileen Atkins talking about the same thing in Tea with the Dames.
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