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miss_amaranth, saying they hoped we would continue to make each other smile. Monday evening was spent in bringing this hope into reality. Following a day of work, I drove down to Winchester for a perfectly marvelous evening with my dear miss_amaranth. After a delightful dinner, we took a moonlit stroll by the rushing waters of the canal and past the Winchester Cathedral. The full moon shone on our path, creating a setting that was breathtakingly romantic. Our walk may have been extended beyond planned... as we may have distracted each other a tad, with the result that we ended up lost in a part of Winchester where neither of us had ever been. Er, ooops. Two odd gentlemen kept popping up, giving us consistently incorrect directions on how to find the city centre. Strange. I am not certain that those roads actually exist except at night when the moon is full. Same goes for the gentlemen. It seemed as though we had accidentally stumbled into Brigadoon or the Twilight Zone. No matter, though, as I was certainly excellent in excellent company to be lost with! Eventually, we found our way back and retired to miss_amaranth's room to continue the lovely evening.
Today began with the weekly T2K UK analysis meeting... which was much better than usual for this sort of thing. That started the day well, and it just got better from there!
This evening, my belovedcheshcat and I went to see a production of Thomas Middleton's 1606 play, The Revenger's Tragedy. It was performed in the Exeter College chapel, where I had visited once before when the delightful danaeris was visiting. This beautiful chapel instantly conjured up memories of Paris's Sainte Chapelle... so I was not surprised to learn that it was actually modeled on that older architectural masterpiece! I did think that it was somewhat odd to stage a theatrical production in a chapel... though my darling bunnypip did comment that it seemed appropriate to the opening scene, which takes place in a crypt! Founded in 1314, Exeter College is one of the older in the University of Oxford. As such, when I was looking at the graves in the floor during the interval, I noticed that three were from the early seventeenth century. To be specific: 1624, 1627, and 1636. All three were within thirty years from when The Revenger's Tragedy was first performed. This struck me as fascinating; the performance itself was taking place with actors walking on top of the graves of men whose lives were contemporary with the play!
Overall, I must say that the performance was fantastic. One never knows what to expect with a student production, but I enjoyed this immensely! In parts, the actors left me wondering why it was not called "The Revenger's Comedy" -- I was laughing that hard! Oh, I do like a good Renaissance drama! This production is showing in Oxford for the rest of this week; for anyone local, I highly recommend it!
miss_amaranth, saying they hoped we would continue to make each other smile. Monday evening was spent in bringing this hope into reality. Following a day of work, I drove down to Winchester for a perfectly marvelous evening with my dear miss_amaranth. After a delightful dinner, we took a moonlit stroll by the rushing waters of the canal and past the Winchester Cathedral. The full moon shone on our path, creating a setting that was breathtakingly romantic. Our walk may have been extended beyond planned... as we may have distracted each other a tad, with the result that we ended up lost in a part of Winchester where neither of us had ever been. Er, ooops. Two odd gentlemen kept popping up, giving us consistently incorrect directions on how to find the city centre. Strange. I am not certain that those roads actually exist except at night when the moon is full. Same goes for the gentlemen. It seemed as though we had accidentally stumbled into Brigadoon or the Twilight Zone. No matter, though, as I was certainly excellent in excellent company to be lost with! Eventually, we found our way back and retired to miss_amaranth's room to continue the lovely evening.Today began with the weekly T2K UK analysis meeting... which was much better than usual for this sort of thing. That started the day well, and it just got better from there!
This evening, my beloved
cheshcat and I went to see a production of Thomas Middleton's 1606 play, The Revenger's Tragedy. It was performed in the Exeter College chapel, where I had visited once before when the delightful danaeris was visiting. This beautiful chapel instantly conjured up memories of Paris's Sainte Chapelle... so I was not surprised to learn that it was actually modeled on that older architectural masterpiece! I did think that it was somewhat odd to stage a theatrical production in a chapel... though my darling bunnypip did comment that it seemed appropriate to the opening scene, which takes place in a crypt! Founded in 1314, Exeter College is one of the older in the University of Oxford. As such, when I was looking at the graves in the floor during the interval, I noticed that three were from the early seventeenth century. To be specific: 1624, 1627, and 1636. All three were within thirty years from when The Revenger's Tragedy was first performed. This struck me as fascinating; the performance itself was taking place with actors walking on top of the graves of men whose lives were contemporary with the play!Overall, I must say that the performance was fantastic. One never knows what to expect with a student production, but I enjoyed this immensely! In parts, the actors left me wondering why it was not called "The Revenger's Comedy" -- I was laughing that hard! Oh, I do like a good Renaissance drama! This production is showing in Oxford for the rest of this week; for anyone local, I highly recommend it!
