Oh the irony that the trick of pretending to be interested in something other than what you are really interested in, that Celia talks loftily of at the beginning, is then played on her by the ‘young blood from Christie’s’ who buys the frame with the Michelangelo encased. Brilliant writing by Alan Bennett. I remember watching this when it was first shown on the BBC way back in 1988 and being enthralled.
2024 australia, mining booms, Aboriginal culture supposedly respected and yet NOTHING has changed. Except one thing, white and black australians are equally FCKED by the EVIL SCUM that run this country. It is only a matter of time before we are ALL wiped out and the only thing that linked us is, WE ALL WERE SCREWED! We could have come together, yet failed.
I saw this onstage in New York, 15 or 20 years ago, and was reminded of it recently--thought 'Wonder if that's on RU-vid"--of course it was. I don't think it was Atkins I saw. I think it was someone less renowned--but as I remember it the performance was actually better. The ending wasn't so strictly pathetic--the character mixed pathos with a rueful self-awareness, She felt sorry for herself, but couldn't hide a hint of acknowledgement that she got what she deserved. She appreciated the irony. I don't feel that here. Edit---An internet search reveals the actress I saw was Brenda Wehle. I've never heard of her and she doesn't have a Wikipedia page. She apparently won an Obie for her performance, though, and on one night, at least, she was better than the illustrious Eileen Atkins (in my amateur opinion).
If you enjoyed this monologue, PLEASE do yourself a service and check out these other brilliant Bennet works.... A Woman of no Importance, A Lady of Letters, Ms. Fozzard finds her Feet, Soldiering On, A Chip in the Sugar, Bed Among the Lentils, Waiting for the Telegram, A Cream Cracker under the Settee, The Outside Dog... they are all some of my favorite words ever put to paper!
I can't trust lion and bear the rest all are cute but can't trust on these wild animals because lions and bears can kill their masters without any reason
He is one of my heroes. My dad died when I was sixteen. It was so wonderful to sit with my much younger sister and brother and learn from Fred Rogers. He made a difficult situation so much better.
You're saying that farmers are getting hold of this stuff from China and India. Farmers are not going to spay football ovals with it or road side weeds. They're spraying their crops and we're eating the food. This isn't good enough. First and foremost the farmers are being fooled and poisoned before sending on to the consumer.
I quite agree with you mate, pour it down the polititions necks and see how they'd like it. Those men were lied to and they should be compensated forth-with.
I LOOOVE this. Have to rewatch it every few months. You can see IN REAL TIME the kindness and good of Fred Roger’s melting the cynical hard-beaten exterior of someone else. It’s such a lovely, great, hopeful human moment. ❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯
