Into the light and out of the dark, to be with his red-haired lady

[sovay]

1. I am pleased to see that there is now an award named after the childhood author I had to keep describing to people, because rushthatspeaks is the only other person I've met who's read her. Apparently I was just in the wrong country. Maybe now I'll be able to find a copy of Devil on My Back (1984).

2. I am sad that my first week as a thirty-year-old has been mixed at best and all my plans for this weekend have disintegrated. Fortunately, I will be able to console myself on Sunday with Case Histories—Peter Pan (2003) reminded me that I do not have enough Jason Isaacs in my life. I was also reminded by Dreamchild (1984) that I've never written about that film, but it won't be happening this afternoon.

3. Have an interview with Tilda Swinton.

I'll be proofreading.

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[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

but I can say the first version of The Mikado I ever saw was the taped production from 1982, Richard McMillan as Pooh-Bah.

That was my very first formal exposure to G&S! I saw it on television with my parents when I was seven. Probably CBC or TV Ontario.

I went to Stratford to see Romeo and Juliette when I was nine or so, with my mother, and back again to see A Midsummer Night's Dream when I was twelve, which left me more theaterstruck and spellbound than I already was (which was some feat, given that I had grown up reading and rereading Ballet Shoes and wanting to be Pauline. I thus adore Slings and Arrows and have been showing it to various people over time.

I love the Macdonald Hall books, particularly Go Jump In the Pool and The War With Mr. Wizzle. I also imprinted heavily on Our Man Westing, No Coins Please, Don't Care High, Son of Interflux and A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag, to say nothing of the Bugs Potter duology. :)