Good morning, all! I slept late. After watching MEDIUM, I watched THE TUDORS on Showtime on Demand. I've also been rereading Denis Quilley's autobiography, and it's most enjoyable. He was a lovely gentleman, and I'm happy that I got to know him slightly before his death in 2003. His chapters on working with the National Theatre of Great Britain and Olivier are wonderful, and Olivier's firing of Anthony Hopkins for being a Macbeth too fond of alcohol before performance is a hoot. His chapter on how much he enjoyed living in Australia and starring with June Bronhill in ROBERT & ELIZABETH begins enthusiastically and ends quite sadly with the death of his newly-born son. The chapter about closing the Broadway company of IRMA LA DOUCE and touring the USA with it for a year are also wonderful.
The plasterers were a friendly older gentleman as overseer and a younger, rather pudgy Mexican, who did an absolutley gorgeous job, repairing my radiator and sealing it to the wall, repairing the wall, and redoing the ceiling of my bathroom. Last year, after the water in the building was turned off for boiler repair, when the water was turned back on, every toilet in the building reacted violently by flushing over and over until the tenant fiddled with the handle. The neighbor above me wasn't around all day, and his toilet overflowed, sending water crashing through my bathroom ceiling. I was not amused to return to find several inches of water on my floor and a huge crack in my ceiling. Now it's repaired/
Today, I have sme orchestra parts to lay out on paper, count the pages and send off an invoice. I've also been asked to write a piano part for a Mario Frangoulis chart. Hoepfully, I'll get a chance to watch Sunday's episode of JOHN ADAMS.