Forth Day of Dublin Theatre Festival 2024 Trip
Saturday was the last day of the Dublin Theatre Festival for me. This trip was only four days in Dublin with Sunday being an entire day of doing nothing but traveling home. We didn’t do…
Third Day of Dublin Theatre Festival 2024 Trip
My third day in Dublin was a Friday, October 4th. I began the day with breakfast at the Merrion Hotel, in the Garden Room. I had French Toast this time. I also had coffee, got…
Second Day of Dublin Theatre Festival 2024 Trip
My second day in Dublin was a Thursday, October 3rd. I began the day with a full Irish breakfast at the Merrion Hotel, in the Garden Room. I always had breakfast as soon as possible…
First Day of Dublin Theatre Festival 2024 Trip
This year I decided to go to the Dublin Theatre Festival again with the Irish Repertory Theater. There was a lot of things that I did not see on my first trip to Dublin. In…
Tom Murhpy’s “The House” Review
Yesterday I finally booked a flight for the Dublin Theatre Festival which I will be attending on a trip organized by the Irish Repertory Theatre. In preparation for this trip I have been reading the…
Flight Of The Skylark Book Review
Flight of the Skylark: The Development of Shelley’s Reputation by Sylva Norman was published in 1954. This book is surprisingly witty for the work of a scholar but it takes its subject seriously. The wit…
Percy Bysshe Shelley
In the course of studying William Butler Yeats I have become more interested in Percy Bysshe Shelley. There is nothing to prevent my attention wandering. I do not specialize in Irish literature. I have not…
New York City Trip – May 25, 2024
On Saturday May 25, 2024 I made another bus trip to New York City. My main objective on this trip was to see the Brian Friel play “Molly Sweeney” at the Irish Repertory Theatre. On…
Book Review – The Romantic Imagination
The Romantic Imagination by Cecil Maurice Bowra is a very insightful study of the poets of the Romantic movement. You may wonder why a playwright would read a book on poets. One of my key…
On Being Gifted
One of the reasons I like having a blog is so I can write about things that cannot be discussed on the Internet. You certainly cannot have an intelligent conversation about what it means to…