I'm glad you got to go out - and sorry it was so tiring! ♥ Unfortunately, wearing the masks does seem to be physically tiring in itself (Or certainly, I find that: I can no longer do things I did before, because of the extra effort involved in, I suppose, ... breathing. /o\) Anyway, may there be more good things and less tiredness sometime soon.
It's been ages since I saw Olivier's Henry V - I really must get hold of it again some time. That was the play I did for my A-Levels and I loved it (much to my surprised). We watched the Oliver, the Branagh, the BBC, and went to Stratford to see it,and honestly I liked them all a lot in different ways.
I had barely even remembered the switch from stage to reality, but it's come back now you've said that! My abiding memory of the Olivier is that it had my favourite Constable of France. He was so beautifully done with the Dauphin and delivered the horse line best of anyone.
(My fave of the recorded versions was the BBC one, so I have been running true to form for just about forever, although tbf, we all actually voted that our favourite. I think because we were studying it and it's the most complete.)
The Stratford performance was excellent, though! The only thing I clearly remember is Tony Britton as Chorus, as a WWI veteran with a poppy in a long dark coat, and the fact that they started the play with that scene about Henry's right to France (or not), but played it as if everyone found it exciting, and it lifted the whole thing immediately. (I looked it up a few years ago, because knowing the date and the Tony Britton thing, I ought to be able to sure of it when I found it - and I saw Iain Glen! It would be more impressive if I could remember anything specifically about his performance, but hey. It's Henry V. If he hadn't been great, we wouldn't have enjoyed it.)
(Coincidentally, I have been watched Laurence Olivier this week as well, as I watched his (MIchael Elliott's) 1983 ITV King Lear, which also has Diana RIgg and Dorothy Tutin in.
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It's been ages since I saw Olivier's Henry V - I really must get hold of it again some time. That was the play I did for my A-Levels and I loved it (much to my surprised). We watched the Oliver, the Branagh, the BBC, and went to Stratford to see it,and honestly I liked them all a lot in different ways.
I had barely even remembered the switch from stage to reality, but it's come back now you've said that! My abiding memory of the Olivier is that it had my favourite Constable of France. He was so beautifully done with the Dauphin and delivered the horse line best of anyone.
(My fave of the recorded versions was the BBC one, so I have been running true to form for just about forever, although tbf, we all actually voted that our favourite. I think because we were studying it and it's the most complete.)
The Stratford performance was excellent, though! The only thing I clearly remember is Tony Britton as Chorus, as a WWI veteran with a poppy in a long dark coat, and the fact that they started the play with that scene about Henry's right to France (or not), but played it as if everyone found it exciting, and it lifted the whole thing immediately. (I looked it up a few years ago, because knowing the date and the Tony Britton thing, I ought to be able to sure of it when I found it - and I saw Iain Glen! It would be more impressive if I could remember anything specifically about his performance, but hey. It's Henry V. If he hadn't been great, we wouldn't have enjoyed it.)
(Coincidentally, I have been watched Laurence Olivier this week as well, as I watched his (MIchael Elliott's) 1983 ITV King Lear, which also has Diana RIgg and Dorothy Tutin in.