Comments on: Publishing Contrarian Elbows Past SRO Crowd to See THE HISTORY BOYS on Broadway http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/ Publisher/Editor/Author -- Cranky Critiques & Random Rants Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:32:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dave Newton http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-369 Dave Newton Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:05:29 +0000 http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-369 Remember, please, that the person who complained about Lynne's night-out post did so privately, via email, direct to the WW. She referred to him/her as a "fellow blogger," suggesting she knows the culprit's identity. Clearly, Lynne <img src="http://www.marconidreams.com/images/DaveSketch-s.jpg" align="right" />posted the objection herself, and I think she knew what she was doing on this post, too--her friends and fans flocked in. I should know--I was first. It's not too late, Fellow Blogger, to come to the Comments section and stand up for yourself. Would a Blogger avoid the Comments section? I say, Maxine, brilliant post--is that the Styx that flows through Hertfordshire? Remember, please, that the person who complained about Lynne’s night-out post did so privately, via email, direct to the WW. She referred to him/her as a “fellow blogger,” suggesting she knows the culprit’s identity. Clearly, Lynne posted the objection herself, and I think she knew what she was doing on this post, too–her friends and fans flocked in. I should know–I was first. It’s not too late, Fellow Blogger, to come to the Comments section and stand up for yourself. Would a Blogger avoid the Comments section?

I say, Maxine, brilliant post–is that the Styx that flows through Hertfordshire?

]]> By: Lorra Laven http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-368 Lorra Laven Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:12:39 +0000 http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-368 Hi Lynne - Just a quick comment since I'm out of town and using a computer from the dark ages: I believe it is important for everyone involved in the arts - especially a writer or marketer - to be well versed in all art forms, not just literature. Contemporary novels constantly reference music, theater, television, etc. Since I only get to NYC a couple of times a year, I read everything I can to stay abreast of current entertainment trends. Thank God for The New Yorker and for those cool gossip magazines you find in the dentist's office! Hi Lynne – Just a quick comment since I’m out of town and using a computer from the dark ages: I believe it is important for everyone involved in the arts – especially a writer or marketer – to be well versed in all art forms, not just literature. Contemporary novels constantly reference music, theater, television, etc.

Since I only get to NYC a couple of times a year, I read everything I can to stay abreast of current entertainment trends. Thank God for The New Yorker and for those cool gossip magazines you find in the dentist’s office!

]]> By: Maxine http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-366 Maxine Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:56:50 +0000 http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-366 Your blog is your blog, it is up to you what you put on it. Blimey, it's a rough old world if you can't have one little corner of it where you can do what you like without fear of contradiction. I saw The History Boys in London a few months back. I did really enjoy it, as I like all Alan Bennett, but I thought the first half much better than the second. I didn't think the denoument worked very well. I also thought the "new labour" prologue/framework were a bit contrived. Nevertheless, it was an interesting, thought-provoking and entertaining play, full of Bennett's wonderful quirky and witty dialogue. Who else is writing plays like that these days? And yes, Lynne, like the New Yorkers we did rush home at the end to catch our train to the styx where we live, clinging onto the edge of the Great Metropolis. All best wishes Maxine. PS I think that trying to translate US into UK english in the many, many US books I read is great fun. Hope you US types enjoy a bit of the reverse now and again! Your blog is your blog, it is up to you what you put on it. Blimey, it’s a rough old world if you can’t have one little corner of it where you can do what you like without fear of contradiction.

I saw The History Boys in London a few months back. I did really enjoy it, as I like all Alan Bennett, but I thought the first half much better than the second. I didn’t think the denoument worked very well. I also thought the “new labour” prologue/framework were a bit contrived.

Nevertheless, it was an interesting, thought-provoking and entertaining play, full of Bennett’s wonderful quirky and witty dialogue. Who else is writing plays like that these days?

And yes, Lynne, like the New Yorkers we did rush home at the end to catch our train to the styx where we live, clinging onto the edge of the Great Metropolis.

All best wishes
Maxine.

PS I think that trying to translate US into UK english in the many, many US books I read is great fun. Hope you US types enjoy a bit of the reverse now and again!

]]> By: Minx http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-365 Minx Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:18:22 +0000 http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-365 I think that kind of comment is tedious (Mr Personal Email) - are you the Fun Police? Is our dear PC not allowed out to Play? And Lynne, on behalf of a nation I apologise for the idiolect, even we have trouble with it sometimes, but then your Southern accent is sometimes hard on the translation banks!! I think that kind of comment is tedious (Mr Personal Email) – are you the Fun Police? Is our dear PC not allowed out to Play?
And Lynne, on behalf of a nation I apologise for the idiolect, even we have trouble with it sometimes, but then your Southern accent is sometimes hard on the translation banks!!

]]> By: Andrew O'Hara http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-364 Andrew O'Hara Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:04:39 +0000 http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-364 Yer doing fine, gal. And I don't expect all posts to be my exact cup of tea, either, but I like to be exposed to variety. So keep providing it. It's nice to hear parts of a person beyond the keyboard. Life is short, and in a little while we'll all be dead. Yer doing fine, gal. And I don’t expect all posts to be my exact cup of tea, either, but I like to be exposed to variety. So keep providing it. It’s nice to hear parts of a person beyond the keyboard. Life is short, and in a little while we’ll all be dead.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-363 Anonymous Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:34:45 +0000 http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-363 Very funny… you write good.

]]> By: Dave Newton http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-362 Dave Newton Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:26:15 +0000 http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-362 Come on. I don't know about the rest of you so-phisti-cates, but this Seattle oaf, and, I daresay, anybody who <img src="http://www.marconidreams.com/images/DaveSketch-s.jpg" align="right" />camps out here in the provinces (anywhere off-Manhattan), laps up all the first-person accounts of nights out in the big city he/she can get. This review sent me straight to the Alan Bennett shelf. I've been away from the theatre for too long. Keep it up, Lynne. You're my mentor. Come on. I don’t know about the rest of you so-phisti-cates, but this Seattle oaf, and, I daresay, anybody who camps out here in the provinces (anywhere off-Manhattan), laps up all the first-person accounts of nights out in the big city he/she can get. This review sent me straight to the Alan Bennett shelf. I’ve been away from the theatre for too long. Keep it up, Lynne. You’re my mentor.

]]> By: Lynne http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-361 Lynne Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:00:26 +0000 http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-361 Yes, it was a fun night out. I did get one personal email from a fellow blogger who said I’d do well to tend to my knitting:

“I think this kind of post is tedious. It could have been written by anyone, and I think you know it. You clearly have so much more to offer: professional insight, opinions, and suggestions. So you went to a play — good for you. I’m more interested in knowing what you did at work today.”

Sorry, guy, but I think attending and reviewing the work of Alan Bennett, actor, author, screenplay writer, and a man considered perhaps the “premier English dramatist of his generation” is something the Wicked Witch of Publishing might do while she is covering the “publishing industry,” which would, of course, include published plays. Bennett’s latest book “publication” is Untold Stories, a 672-page, 5-star Amazon book, ranked 739, and published on April 4, 2006, by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. By the way, “The History Boys” is the hottest play in the city right now. Premier seats costs $255.00!

And sometimes “girls just want to have fun!”

]]> By: Andrew O'Hara http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-360 Andrew O'Hara Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:13:15 +0000 http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-360 And here I was spending my time watching world championship wrestling.... And here I was spending my time watching world championship wrestling….

]]> By: The curmudgeon http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-359 The curmudgeon Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:37:25 +0000 http://www.thepublishingcontrarian.com/2006/04/26/publishing-contrarian-elbows-past-sro-crowd-to-see-the-history-boys-on-broadway/#comment-359 Petite is an adjective that I would be loath to use to describe the yummy Ms. Scanlon. But it's a nice thought. She is quite tall. Petite is an adjective that I would be loath to use to describe the yummy Ms. Scanlon. But it’s a nice thought. She is quite tall.

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