[ebooktalk] Re: televising books and reading in different formats.
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:51:40 +0100
A friend of ours from Tyneside played the minstral in the London production
and he has just been signed up for the touring version which will be on the
road from September 2013 to February 2015. Bob is not an acting but a
singer/songwriter and an early retired teacher.
Steve
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On Behalf Of CJ & AA MAY
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: televising books and reading in different formats.
I ordered War Horse, having seen the show last year, which was excellent. It
was an audio described performance with a touch tour beforehand and I was
amazed at the models and how lifelike their gestures were. I bet when the
performers dreamt of becoming actors, they hadn't envisaged being the back
end of a horse! The how was very moving and several people around me were
sniffling towards the end. I enjoyed the show so much that I ordered the
book from RNIB Talking Book Library and found the show embraced the ethos of
the book, even if they did play around a little with the storyline. I bought
Chris, my other half, the Stephen Stielberg DVD but we haven't got round to
watching it yet.
Alison
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On Behalf Of Elaine Harris (Rivendell)
Sent: 29 April 2013 10:02
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Subject: [ebooktalk] televising books and reading in different formats.
Praise be for all formats. I read a lot on the BrailleNote too though
manually, and quickly, in case I want to look up a word or re-read a
comment.
I also have Simon Callow reading a selection of "Dickens' Letters" awaiting
my attention and a Terry Pratchett, title forgotten.
"War Horse" is on my Must Read list though I have a copy of the
audio-described performance also waiting for me.
At present I am wallowing in L. M. Montgomery for nostalgia and research and
loving it, plus a third of the way through a Mark Billingham crime thriller:
"Good as Dead".
Oh, sorry, Clare, and yes, that was the P. D. James sort of memoir, more of
a diary of a year.
Film and television:
I don't watch much TV either but we have a huge DVD collection as Chris is
such a film buff.
We have a friend who espouses the theory that each period drama also
reflects the era in which it was made. The "Scandalous" kiss on the streets
of Bath in the 1990s film of "Persuasion", I haven't seen it, as opposed to
the Hollywood clean-up of "Pride and Prejudice", making Mr. Collins Lady
Catherine's librarian in the Laurence Olivier-Greer Garson film because it
was deemed unacceptable to have such a revolting character as a clergyman.
Not a bad theory.
Take care,
Elaine
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