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First, just a couple housekeeping photographs I took Friday night:
( :O )
So today we took a train (yes, an honest to god train) and went to Hampton Court Palace. For those of you who don't know, Hampton Court Palace was mostly built by Cardinal Wolsey, who was Lord Chaplain and a bunch of other things for Henry VII and, more famously, Henry VIII. Henry VIII confiscated this palace from Wolsey (one of five which he would eventually confiscate from the poor cardinal) when he fell out of favour because he had been trying to anull his marriage from Catherine of Aragon so that he could marry Anne Boelyn. :D Edward VI was also born there, and Jane Seymour died ten days later. Lots of royal people lived here, and it stopped being a royal residence and became a tourist attraction in the 19th century. Again, no photographs can appropriately convey just how huge this place is.
( Sarah said that she once had a student who said that the doors were so wide so that Henry VIII could fit through them. OH SNAP! )
I hopped on the train a bit earlier than I would have liked to, but I had a bit to do before we went to There Came A Gypsy Riding.
( A picture of a wall at Gloucester tube station. )
The play? I am too tired to give a thought provoking, in depth review right now, but it was amazing. The plot is based around a family coming together to celebrate the 21st birthday of their youngest member who committed suicide two years previously. I was slightly afraid because grief is such a heavy, unpredictable emotion and in acting it it's far too easy to wallow and get mired down in it, but I didn't see that once for the whole performance. I knew 3/5 of the people in it, which was great. :D Imelda Staunton played the mother (she's Umbridge in HP!), Aidan McArdle was the live son (he was the elf who wanted to be a lawyer in Ella Enchanted) and their cousin, Bridget, was played by Eileen Atkins (she was the older lady in Vanity Fair - damned if I can remember what her name is. She's the one who likes Becky). Apparently it doesn't get to go to America because it got crappy reviews, and comparison to The Seafarer - which, I'm sure you will remember, we also saw. :( Boo. I mean, I liked The Seafarer okay, but I thought this was by far the superior script and acting job.
( And then we stage-doored (except there wasn't a stage door, we waited in the lobby) and look who signed! )
Anyway, that's all I've got for tonight. x_x
( :O )
So today we took a train (yes, an honest to god train) and went to Hampton Court Palace. For those of you who don't know, Hampton Court Palace was mostly built by Cardinal Wolsey, who was Lord Chaplain and a bunch of other things for Henry VII and, more famously, Henry VIII. Henry VIII confiscated this palace from Wolsey (one of five which he would eventually confiscate from the poor cardinal) when he fell out of favour because he had been trying to anull his marriage from Catherine of Aragon so that he could marry Anne Boelyn. :D Edward VI was also born there, and Jane Seymour died ten days later. Lots of royal people lived here, and it stopped being a royal residence and became a tourist attraction in the 19th century. Again, no photographs can appropriately convey just how huge this place is.
( Sarah said that she once had a student who said that the doors were so wide so that Henry VIII could fit through them. OH SNAP! )
I hopped on the train a bit earlier than I would have liked to, but I had a bit to do before we went to There Came A Gypsy Riding.
( A picture of a wall at Gloucester tube station. )
The play? I am too tired to give a thought provoking, in depth review right now, but it was amazing. The plot is based around a family coming together to celebrate the 21st birthday of their youngest member who committed suicide two years previously. I was slightly afraid because grief is such a heavy, unpredictable emotion and in acting it it's far too easy to wallow and get mired down in it, but I didn't see that once for the whole performance. I knew 3/5 of the people in it, which was great. :D Imelda Staunton played the mother (she's Umbridge in HP!), Aidan McArdle was the live son (he was the elf who wanted to be a lawyer in Ella Enchanted) and their cousin, Bridget, was played by Eileen Atkins (she was the older lady in Vanity Fair - damned if I can remember what her name is. She's the one who likes Becky). Apparently it doesn't get to go to America because it got crappy reviews, and comparison to The Seafarer - which, I'm sure you will remember, we also saw. :( Boo. I mean, I liked The Seafarer okay, but I thought this was by far the superior script and acting job.
( And then we stage-doored (except there wasn't a stage door, we waited in the lobby) and look who signed! )
Anyway, that's all I've got for tonight. x_x
