Tag Archives: WB Yeats

WHEN YOU ARE OLD written by WB Yeats, read by Jane Merrow

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TOMERROW, TOMERROW AND TOMERROW

The title to this blog relates to Michael Croft friend, founder of the National Youth Theatre and Shakespeare expert above all. So twisting the Macbeth quote to fit my name when whenever we met was a little ongoing joke between us. I don’t think I have ever met anyone who understood Shakespeare and directed his…

LET’S TALK NOT TEXT!

I am currently watching reruns of the old comedy show HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. Don’t know quite why I like it so much, but the characters are unfailingly sweet, without being saccharine and they make me laugh. I just watched one of the actors Jason Segel in an outstanding film THE END OF THE…

An Historic Year 2022
Historic – because this is the year we lost Queen Elizabeth II who, we thought, would live forever! At least I did. But all good things come to an end and so her extraordinary reign is over. I am sure that Charles III will do a fine job, maybe have as magical a reign as…
December 9, 2022
Ireland and People!
Places and people ….aren’t they what makes life interesting and new places and people expand our horizons and keep us engaged. We seem to have lost our way a bit in the world recently and for many of us, me included, life is overwhelming and depressing…people don’t live up to expectations, relationships disappoint and world…
August 23, 2022
Friends in Show Business
Sometimes, in my job as an actor ( or actress if you prefer) , you make new friends. My closest friendships have come through the business, one way or another. It started with one of my oldest friends – Patricia Doyle, actress, creator of ballets and director, with whom I shared a bedsit when we…
January 14, 2022