Time for J.B. Priestley? Sunday evening 14.9.14

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I mean "riveting".

[Nick Armstrong]

In relation to the BBC radio shows, I've only had time to listen to the 'Sunday Feature' documentary so far, and was rather underwhelmed. I felt it had about 15 minutes' worth of information (could have been a concentrated essay in the 22:45-23:00 weekday slot) stretched to fill a longer programme with sound effects and repetition.

[clive heath]

..again, referring to the "..Inspector.." you could see a rickety structure when the curtain ( if there was one) went up. What other purpose could the structure possibly have except to comment on the action?

[Honoured Guest]

... but the house creaked before the action even started (spoiler alert!?) as though Hytner had no faith in the/his production and if he didn't, why should we?

This production was directed by Stephen Daldry and was first produced by the NT more than a decade before Nicholas Hytner became Director of the NT.

[clive heath]

Sorry, a slip of the memory, apologies to Nicholas Hytner whose productions I have enjoyed, especially "The History Boys" and "One Man, Two Guvnors"

[amateur51]

In his delightful book Three Queer Lives:an Alternative Biography of Naomi Jacob, Fred Barnes and Arthur Marshall, Hamish Hamilton, 2004., author Paul Bailey recalls as a young man working in Harrods lending library and one day spotted a familiar figure from behind - the hat, the broad beam and the cut of the suiting led to the conclusion that it was J B Priestley.

Approaching from the rear he prepared to 'recognise' the famous author but on coming face-to-face he realised in the nick of time that it was none other than fellow-author Naomi Jacob whom he had been stalking

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-photo-of-Portrait-of-Naomi-Jacob-by-photographer-Baron-/111453947553?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item19f32c46a1

[Nick Armstrong]

In his delightful book Three Queer Lives:an Alternative Biography of Naomi Jacob, Fred Barnes and Arthur Marshall, Hamish Hamilton, 2004., author Paul Bailey recalls as a young man working in Harrods lending library and one day spotted a familiar figure from behind - the hat, the broad beam and the cut of the suiting led to the conclusion that it was J B Priestley.

Approaching from the rear he prepared to 'recognise' the famous author but on coming face-to-face he realised in the nick of time that it was none other than fellow-author Naomi Jacob whom he had been stalking

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-photo...item19f32c46a1

[ardcarp]

I haven't been following this thread. Some time ago I picked up on a 2nd hand book stall Low Notes on a High Level, a light, amusing read, and was interested to find out that J.B.P. knew quite a lot about music. Just found this article about J.B.P. and music [scroll down a bit to find it]

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2001/Sept01/Priestley.htm

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I haven't been following this thread. Some time ago I picked up on a 2nd hand book stall Low Notes on a High Level, a light, amusing read, and was interested to find out that J.B.P. knew quite a lot about music.

You might also enjoy this, ardy - well worth the six quid (incl P&P):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trumpets-Over-Sea-J-Priestley/dp/0434603317/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411068058&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=jb+priestley%2C+trumpets+across+the+sea

[ardcarp]

Thanks, ferney.

[antongould]

You might also enjoy this, ardy - well worth the six quid (incl P&P):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trumpets-Ove...across+the+sea

Indeed it was Ferney ....I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed his very forthright style. I'd also forgotten how knowledgeable he was on music .........now what's my name again......