The Dancing Faun Review
The Dancing Faun by Florence Farr is a short novel, almost a novelette, originally published in 1894. Florence Farr was a London actress who associated with William Butler Yeats. I found a 2006 paperback reprint…
Category: Theater
William Butler Yeats
I am now studying the work of William Butler Yeats. I began to read his plays and a book on his work as a dramatist before my trip to Dublin. Currently I am reading the…
New York City Trip
I usually blog about my trips to New York City on my Williamsport Web Developer blog but it is more appropriate to blog about them here. This is the first trip I have made to…
Discovering Work Of Rare Distinction
In the course of my intellectual life I sometimes come across works of distinction written by a writer who has had rare insights. Such a work is the book The Theatrical Event: A Mythos, A…
Is Writing Amazon Reviews Worthwhile?
I often find that a play or a book I have read has no reviews on Amazon. If it is a particularly insightful literary work then this always strikes me as a damn shame. The…
Theater Keeps The Profound At A Remove
I am preparing to write an extensive review of the book Sacred Play. This important book has no reviews on Amazon so I have an opportunity to demonstrate a rare understanding of its significance. It…
Fifth Day Of Dublin Theatre Festival Trip
The fifth and final day of my Dublin Theatre Festival trip was Saturday, October 7th. This was the busiest day of the trip with some of the most important events so this is going to…
Fourth Day Of Dublin Theatre Festival Trip
The fourth day of my Dublin Theatre Festival trip was Friday, October 6th. I started the day with breakfast in the Garden Room at the hotel. On the first day in the hotel I had…
Third Day Of Dublin Theatre Festival Trip
The third day of my Dublin Theatre Festival trip was Thursday, October 5th. I need to mention the exact date to keep my days straight. For this day, the Irish Repertory Theatre had scheduled a…
Second Day Of Dublin Theatre Festival Trip
For the second day of my Dublin Theatre Festival trip there was nothing scheduled for the morning so I made it my mission to get my SIM card changed. My efforts to replace it with…