Good morning, all! I slept late, had strange dreams, none of which remotely come to mind, and now I am ready to spend the day with Mr Victor Herbert's Irish comic opera EILEEN.
Last night I watched three episodes of PILLARS OF EARTH and tonight I shall finish off the last two. My biggest question for Mr Follett is why he changed Queen Matilda's name to Maud. I'm also amazed at the passage of time and how some characters never seem to age in this series. I'm hanging on to learn whether or not some of the truly despicable characters get what's coming to them.
More coffee, and to work
DR George, CHRISTOPHER AND HIS KIND was a wonderful biography, but I like everything I've read by Isherwood. If you've never read THE BERLIN STORIES, "Mr Norris Changes Trains" and "Goodbye to Berlin," you should. When I was in high school, I began reading the literary sources of my favorite and not so favorite musicals. I've never read Seven and a Half Cents, but I've read the sequel about making the musical, Say, Darling. I remember the following:
Tenderloin
Candide
Prettybelle
The Sisters Liked Them Handsome
The Once and Future King
The Happy Time
Meet Me In St Louis
Flower Drum Song
There were more; my mind's thinking about Victor Herbert!