2008: A Retrospective in Numbers

[anarchist_nomad]

As has been my tradition for four years now, this post -- probably uninteresting to anyone not named Anarchist_Nomad -- is a quick summary of the relevant statistics for 2008. Admittedly, I should have done this about a week ago... but better late than never!



NOTES:
[1] In decreasing order of time: United Kingdom and United States.

[2] In chronological order from first entry: New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Michigan, Massachusetts, Ohio

[3] For the purposes of this entry, "long" is defined as being between 800 and 2000 miles. Even with my "Christmas-on-Wheels" extravaganza, I only had one segment that was longer than eight hundred miles. Most of the time, I drove no further than about four hundred before stopping to visit somebody.

[4] Without a doubt, 2008 was a record year for me, when it comes to theatre. I saw a show, on average, every nine and a half days! Nice!

The list of shows breaks down in the following fashion:

• Pantomimes: 3 -- Rapunzel (Jan, Chipping Norton), Robin Hood (Dec, Birmingham Hippodrome), Sleeping Beauty (Dec, OP)
  
  
• Shakespearean plays: 19 -- Richard II (RSC), Henry IV, part 1 (RSC), Henry IV, part 2 (RSC), Henry V (RSC), Henry VI, part 1 (RSC), Henry VI, part 2 (RSC), Henry VI, part 3 (RSC), Richard III (RSC), Measure for Measure (Creation), Twelfth Night (Lincoln College, outdoors), Twelfth Night (OSC, outdoors), As You Like It (OTG, outdoors), Much Ado About Nothing (Creation, outdoors), The Winters Tale (Shakespeare's Globe touring, outdoors), Hamlet (RSC), The Merchant of Venice (RSC), The Taming of the Shrew (RSC), A Midsummer Night's Dream (RSC), Love's Labours Lost (RSC)
  
  
• Musicals: 3 -- Avenue Q (West End), Thoroughly Modern Millie (OP), Chess (OP)
  
  
• Other: 13 -- The Rivals (OP), A Trip to Scarborough (OP), Plaza Suite (OP), Educating Agnes (OP), London Assurance (OP), The 39 Steps (OP), Improbably Fiction (Abingdon), Animal Farm (Creation, outdoors), Lucky You (OP), The Woman In Black (OP), Noises Off (OP), Liberty (OP), Hans Christian Anderson (Creation, Mirror Tent)

Which makes the Oxford Playhouse my most frequented venue, with thirteen shows, and the Royal Shakespeare Company's Courtyard Theatre a close runner up, with twelve shows.

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

How come I never get to see you when you're in the NY/NJ area? (For that matter, how come I often don't find out that you're going to be here until after you've been and gone?) My husband, a fellow Stony Brook alumnus, would like to meet you.

[anarchist-nomad.livejournal.com]

Don't know. I often post my travel schedule in advance of a trip. I didn't for Dec 2008, I know, but...

Here is advance warning: Next NYC trip is likely to happen next July. (Also, your delightful daughter-in-law generally knows where I am. You could lean on her to tell you...)

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing in July, so that leaves the possibilities open ;-D

And thanks for letting me know that I can blackmail ask squeektoy42 about your wherebouts ;-D