March Wrap Up 

So happy you loved the Barchseter series!!! I agree, The Last Chronicle of Barset is the icing on the cake! I would suggest reading some stand alone novels, however, I am not that experienced with Trollope.

So glad you enjoyed The Last Chronicle of Barset! I think continuing with the Pallisers is a good idea. The play with Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn sounds so good, I walked past the theatre when I was in London last month and wished I had a ticket!

Hi Heather, Briefly a Dellicious Life is going on my TBR. I''m going to start The Chronicle's of Barseetshire series this Victober. I've read two books by Trollope so far. Christmas at Thompson Hall (short stories) and The Belton Estate (stand alone). I love cozy books, so he's the only Victorian author I'll read. I grew up on the Anne of Green Gables series but have never read any other books by LM Montgomery. The Emily series is going on my TBR too. There are two reasons why I have zero interest in SJM. I prefer traditional fae fantasy as well as the steam level. I read five books in March. My favorites were The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge and I Shall Wear Midnight (Tiffany Aching #4 by Terry Pratchett),

My mother went to see The Motive and the Cue in the West End - she greatly enjoyed it. John Gielgud was such a brilliant actor and Burton was also a star. Mark Gatiss is a superb choice as Gielgud.

I've seen The Motive and the Cue in the West End, Gatiss and Flynn's impersonations, are as you say , extra ordinary. Gielgud's grandeur and also his vulnerability are both brought out to good effect. It made me go and check the actual Gielgud-Burton Hamlet production on RU-vid, where there's quite a good quality version posted. What I'd say is that it does look very dated to 21st century eyes, with the actors shouting at full volume into each other's faces. You realise how much more naturalistic things are done these days, it's a big contrast with the way (for instance) Cumberbatch or David Tennant have played it in the past few years. But Burton had a really lovely rich voice, which you'd certainly be able to hear at the back of the Circle, and probably across the street too.