tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post8705369209498626753..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Strindberg becomes part of the great pancake - To Damascus - Life used to be just a great nonsense.Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-10620334251249573502014-10-22T23:52:44.801-05:002014-10-22T23:52:44.801-05:00There's always this:
ESTRAGON: (with finality...There's always this:<br /><br />ESTRAGON: (<i>with finality</i>). Crritic!<br />VLADIMIR: Oh!<br /><i>He wilts, vanquished, and turns away.</i>Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-2333580301724167322014-10-22T23:43:19.808-05:002014-10-22T23:43:19.808-05:00"Lucky," that's a good one. I got no..."Lucky," that's a good one. I got nothing.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-50450204802150703542014-10-22T21:39:04.124-05:002014-10-22T21:39:04.124-05:00A Beckett festival, how lucky.A Beckett festival, how lucky.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-62888211525847147032014-10-22T18:24:06.116-05:002014-10-22T18:24:06.116-05:00Seattle, or at least small pockets of it, is in th...Seattle, or at least small pockets of it, is in the midst of a citywide Beckett festival. Plays, readings, interpretive dance, a season of failing better, hopefully. The production of <i>Waiting for Godot</i> last month was stellar. Odds are against a Seattle Strindberg Festival; we just had a Strindberg film fest in 1994, fer gosh sakes.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-5550688636839105812014-10-22T09:14:22.495-05:002014-10-22T09:14:22.495-05:00I had not understand the degree to which Beckett w...I had not understand the degree to which Beckett was a descendant of Strindberg. Pretty direct.<br /><br />I've only seen the one Strindberg, but that wasn't a museum piece. But I never saw Strindberg in Chicago, or even remember a production, while Chekhov and Beckett were fairly common. A production of something every couple of years. Ibsen was rare, too.<br /><br />In the English-speaking world, though, you almost have to be in London to really know what is going on. Strindberg appears to be alive and well at the <a href="http://www.dramaten.se/In-English/" rel="nofollow">Royal Dramatic Theatre</a> in Stockholm.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-33226274072245511662014-10-22T06:40:30.529-05:002014-10-22T06:40:30.529-05:00Your posting suggested/implied a choice between St...Your posting suggested/implied a choice between Strindberg and Beckett. As for me, long live Beckett. Of course, I could be a bit partial since I direct a production of Waiting for Godot for my thesis project in 1972. As for Strindberg, he has become something like a museum piece in theaters. Beckett is not likely to suffer the same fate.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com