Anthony Burgess (1917 - 93)

[Sir Velo]

Thank goodness ( :-) ) it retained an ancient Greek atmosphere (how else would the story work?).

Oh I don't know. Young ne'er do well, folks bringing him up never tell him he's adopted, beats up and kills some lairy old guy one night. Goes home, meets a foxy older woman, yadda yadda yadda. Add in a few gypsy palm readers and you've brought it into the 21st century.

[french frank]

Oh I don't know. Young ne'er do well, folks bringing him up never tell him he's adopted, beats up and kills some lairy old guy one night. Goes home, meets a foxy older woman, yadda yadda yadda. Add in a few gypsy palm readers and you've brought it into the 21st century.

As I said - thank goodness it wasn't brought up to date

[Conchis]

Corrected. I know someone else called Christopher E. with an E at both ends. Not acquainted with personages involved with Formula 1 - though admittedly I do read the papers.

What did you think of the play, or other AB programmes?

Didn't hear it, ff, as I'm not (generally) a fan of Greek drama.

And so sorry for my outburst (which I'd forgotten about) but this happens all the time - even in the national press - and it really annoys me (for some reason). How Mr. Eccleston feels about it I can only imagine...

[french frank]

How Mr. Eccleston feels about it I can only imagine...

I doubt he cares very much. My keyboard skills are such that I constantly misspell my surname by missing out a letter. If I fail to notice, I just have to sigh at the inevitability that if someone responds (they don't always) to my small missive they will also spell it wrongly

[Ferretfancy]

Didn't hear it, ff, as I'm not (generally) a fan of Greek drama.

And so sorry for my outburst (which I'd forgotten about) but this happens all the time - even in the national press - and it really annoys me (for some reason). How Mr. Eccleston feels about it I can only imagine...

Purely because of the phrase, I'm reminded of the story about the dancer, and later actor, Robert Helpmann

He went on a long provincial tour in Australia, and on one evening the cast performed in a local football stadium. Helpmann's dressing room was a very scruffy changing room with a single hanging light bulb. When the time came for his on stage call, he was discovered
balancing on a chair which was parked on top of a table under this light applying his eye shadow.

"Oh mister Helpmann, that looks precarious!" "Yes it is, how the team manage I can only imagine! "