I went to see Cyrano de Bergerac at the Chichester Festival theatre on Tuesday night. This production is directed by Trevor Nunn. It was with some trepidation that I sat down to enjoy the performance, knowing that it was over 3 hours long.
Joseph Fiennes played the part of Cyrano with great finesse and a great nose. By the end of the play the nose did not catch your eye and you felt for the person underneath. Joseph Fiennes did an excellent job in the part. In the review outside the theatre it said that people were crying at the end. I did not see anybody crying but I did feel moved. It is not a happy ending due to his unrequited love for Roxanne.
The other cast members did a very good job and the set pieces were stunning particularly the battle scene at the barricades. Trevor Nunn is used to directing action scenes as his most famous work, Les Mis, shows.
Archive for May, 2009
Cyrano
Thursday, May 28th, 2009Cheri and Star Trek
Sunday, May 17th, 2009What an interesting selection of films. Friday night was 92 minutes of Cheri with Michelle Pfeiffer and direct by Christopher Hampton. It seems amazing that it was 21 years ago that the two of them worked together on Dangerous Liaisons. They use a picture of her from Dangerous Liaisons in the film, showing her younger self. The film is based on the 1920’s novels by Colette set in 1900 Paris. Pfeiffer’s character Lea is asked by an old friend played very well by Kathy Bates to ‘educate’ her immature 19 year old son. There begins a 6 year affair between them, until his mother finds him a bride. Neither can live apart from each other. The story is very sumptuous to look at. The costumes particularly Michelle Pfeiffer’s. In the end the story with the ending is very unsatisfactory. It is very slow and the film seems very long.
Star Trek on the other hand goes very quickly. The film is shot with a lot of lighting flare, which does add to the action but makes a lot of the scenes indistinct. The story is well told, directed by JJ Abrams who wrote Lost on TV. My wife who knows nothing about Star Trek enjoyed it and so did I as there were a lot of references back to the old series. Simon Pegg played the part of Scotty adding a touch of humor to the film.
This film has given new life to the old franchise which is now over 40 years old.
Now to get on with the Newsletter!
Lack of Blog
Saturday, May 9th, 2009I do apologise for the lack of a blog posting over the last few weeks. I aim to get back on form now with at least weekly blogs.
Two weeks ago I attended a course on pain control in Weybridge. The course was organised by the British Society for Occlusal Studies. The speaker was very stimulating. I came away knowing much more about chronic pain and how to treat it.
I will be taking part in the St Wilfrids Moonlight Walk on the 19th June and I am looking for sponsers for this cause.
Jonathon Myers completed the London Marathon in just over 5 hours. He unfortunately suffered a leg problem after 19 miles and walked most of the rest of the way. He hopes to do it again next year and get a time of under 4 hours.
The newsletter will be going out about the middle of May.