(He was 462 on Thursday) Shaking Spears Said the bard of Stratford: ‘All the world’s a stage’ With epic dramas acted out in every human age In these interesting times, when the end seems nigh To be, or not to be an optimistic guy? Once the kings and noblemen had their jester fools To playContinue reading “A Belated Poem for Will Shakespeare”
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H is for Heckling
I’ve just seen a poster for a comedy night, which included the warning ‘No heckling’. I don’t know if this was a joke, but it made me think… At the comedy nights I’ve attended or watched on a screen, it seems to me that hecklers are almost always trying to add something to the show.Continue reading “H is for Heckling”
Black and White Lines
Meera Syal appeared in a short play on BBC Radio 4 recently. Syal, a versatile actor and writer of Indian extraction, was playing a (presumably white) police liason officer called Jackie Hartwell in this mini-drama. She did a great job as usual, her ethnic background was neither here nor there. It made me wonder; areContinue reading “Black and White Lines”
Tom George 