Knackered

[mandragora]

What I did this weekend:

Friday night was office party night. Was actually okay, lots of drunk people but all still nice with it (most unusual for bunch of lawyers).

Saturday: dashed to garage to pick up courtesy car as mine was being repaired.
Food shopping.
Washing.
Worked rest of day, reading witness statements.
Early evening went into West End to meet thermidor, thermidor's other half who was visiting from the US (thank you deeply, thermidor other half, for Smallville eps and naked Callum!), temaris, moonlettuce, and A (who I don't think has a LJ). A good time was (I think) had by all, even if it did piss down with rain and, due to being too vain to wear glasses, I steered us wrong out of the restaurant and we ended up in Holborn rather than Covent Garden. Was accused of concocting fiendish plot to make sure I got direct tube line home, until pointed out that could also have got direct tube line home from Covent Garden...

Sunday: spent 6 hours doing legal research. Then worked further on legal project, picking up where left off yesterday.
More washing. Ironing.
Also thought of way to fill plot hole in Smallville story started before legal project arrived. Hastily wrote down filler for plot hole, have no idea when will actually be able to work on story again. Sigh.

Am now knackered, Must get early tomorrow to get to work early, as have very tight deadline to make (and damn other lawyer for sitting on project for bleeding months anyway). Will be working most of Christmas and New Year as a result. Bah humbug.

Still, have delectable Sean Bean to look forward to in Scottish play tomorrow night, which is some consolation.

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[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Well, actually, I saw the play last Monday, but didn't put up a review for 2 reasons. One is that I'm incredibly busy workwise, while desperately also trying to fit in some pre-Christmas socialising. The other is that both alsoa and temaris put up reviews that covered pretty much all I would have said (sorry for the lack of a direct link to the actual entries in question, but I'm really pushed for time right now).

I saw the same performance as Temaris and the only point where I disagree with her slightly is that I'd rate Samantha Bond's performance (Lady Macbeth) rather higher than she does. I thought Bond was excellent.

I must say that being in the second row did afford maximum enjoyment of Half-naked!Sean (and it was a truly luverly sight ::g::), without being spat upon - several of the Actors were enunciating to their utmost with the unfortunate spitting side-effect ascent. Of course, I can think of some fans who'd be happy to be spat upon by Sean Bean ::g::.

This production was also a pleasing contrast with an incoherent performance I saw at the Globe last year. The director had made the choice to have everyone in 1930s evening dress, but they were all, men and woman alike, wearing dinner suits. The sole exception was Lady Macbeth, who was wearing a gorgeous bias-cut 1930's gown. Trouble was that all the other actors looked alike as a result and for anyone who hadn't already seen and/or knew the play made it almost impossible to follow. The King wore a sash, so at least you could figure out who he was.

But, two of the witches were male, and all three were also in dinner suits. Confusing, much. Who was a witch and who was a warrior? At any one time telling them apart was no mean feat.

When someone was killed a stone was dropped artistically in a bucket. If you realised that was what the dropping of the stone symbolised all well and good. If you didn't... well, you had practically zero chance of following the play. Although I do enjoy going to the Globe, seeing Shakespeare on the type of stage it was performed upon when the Bard was alive, I kept on wishing all the way through the play for a nice, traditional performance.

Bean's Macbeth was also more impressive than the Globe version, who suffered from a lack of charisma rather than, arguably, too much as in Sean's case.

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