A minor English playwright and poet of the days of the first Elizabeth and James. Completely unimportant fellow who wrote one or two trifling sonnets in addition to some boring comedies, tragedies, and (inaccurate) history plays. Couldn't even rhyme much of his poetry. A real nobody compared to, say, A.J. Cronin.
They're doing a radio version of said series on the Beeb at the moment. I'm not sure if it's a repeat of an old one or something new; Pam listens to it online.
Hm. Come to think of it, you're too young to have seen the TV series, aren't you? Details at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159867/. I'm pretty certain the 45rpm single of the theme tune was the very first I ever bought myself. And I can still hum the tune.
My uncle and aunt lived in Callander, where almost all the outdoor filming was done, so my family kept spotting familiar bits as we watched.
World book day everywhere except in the UK and Ireland, as someone pointed out. I raised this when our HR people were trying to get us to puff WBD - "How can it be World Book Day if it isn't the same over the world" and "How can we not have it on 23 April when that's Shakespeare's birthday?" For some reason Catalonia (where the 23 April / book tradition started) seem to have got the 23 April / St George / book day thing sorted and we haven't. Mind you their national day is 11 September.
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Date: 2009-04-23 02:18 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-04-23 03:18 pm (UTC)You reflect the opinion of the man expressed by Kit Marlowe in a baddish novel I've just been reading about the latter!
"A real nobody compared to, say, A.J. Cronin."
Most people are. Cronin was not one to spread his talent finley.
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Date: 2009-04-23 04:07 pm (UTC)Cronin, no doubt, kept his talent in his case-book.
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Date: 2009-04-24 02:47 am (UTC)They're doing a radio version of said series on the Beeb at the moment. I'm not sure if it's a repeat of an old one or something new; Pam listens to it online.
Hm. Come to think of it, you're too young to have seen the TV series, aren't you? Details at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159867/. I'm pretty certain the 45rpm single of the theme tune was the very first I ever bought myself. And I can still hum the tune.
My uncle and aunt lived in Callander, where almost all the outdoor filming was done, so my family kept spotting familiar bits as we watched.
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Date: 2009-04-24 10:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-23 03:05 pm (UTC)Edited to say: I just looked up World Book Day and it seems you are a bit behind on the date. It was on March 5th.
Sly dog.
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Date: 2009-04-23 03:16 pm (UTC)Ahem. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Book_Day.
Eat crow.
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Date: 2009-04-23 03:18 pm (UTC)May the pink carpet creep into your office . . . oh, I forgot. Pam pulled it up. rats.
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Date: 2009-04-23 05:07 pm (UTC)"I suppose you are again strutting around in your office."
But of course. As Tom Lehrer almost said, "Give me strut and nothing but."
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Date: 2009-04-24 12:06 am (UTC)We love his work, by the way... "My home town" could have been written about OUR current home town!
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Date: 2009-04-24 02:40 am (UTC)From that one I especially often quote "And nothing could be done Because he was the mayor's son."
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Date: 2009-04-24 02:42 am (UTC)Perhaps the author had an attack of cloistrophobia?
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Date: 2009-04-24 02:03 pm (UTC)Certainly a product of the British Aisles . . .
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Date: 2009-04-24 06:07 am (UTC)For some reason Catalonia (where the 23 April / book tradition started) seem to have got the 23 April / St George / book day thing sorted and we haven't. Mind you their national day is 11 September.
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Date: 2009-04-24 02:04 pm (UTC)It does seem strange. Any idea why the UK chose March 5?
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Date: 2009-04-24 02:56 pm (UTC)