tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post3622584682173967008..comments2024-02-11T21:16:33.722+11:00Comments on boynton: misc linksboyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-12698059128440119802007-07-14T13:47:00.000+10:002007-07-14T13:47:00.000+10:00I've avoided seeing Don't Look Now after a few peo...I've avoided seeing <I>Don't Look Now</I> after a few people told me of their own shrieking fright.<BR/>Might wait for a look at the play now.<BR/><BR/>re pseudy mags:<BR/>(i won't hold my breath)boyntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-10559940424373614452007-07-14T10:44:00.000+10:002007-07-14T10:44:00.000+10:00re 'butlers' - a great movie The Ruling Class abou...re 'butlers' - a great movie The Ruling Class about 1972 has a scene where Arthur Lowe as the butler inherits from his deceased Earl, and walks into the drawing room with a loaded teatray, <BR/>drops it on the floor, exclaims "<B>Thirty thousand smackers</B>!" and exits.<BR/><BR/>The Evening Standard of London has an award for 'Promising New Playwright' and in 2005 they surprised themselves when awarding it to a <B>woman</B> - Nell Leyshon (age 44) for<BR/>'Comfort me with apples'.<BR/><BR/><BR/>She has 2 novels as well and has just adapted Daphne du Maurier's<BR/>'Don't Look Now'for the stage<BR/><BR/>(I recall really getting a shreiking fright when the creepy movie version midget stabbed Julie Christie).<BR/><BR/>that Evening Standard playwright award comes with a CHEQUE for <B>thirty thousand english smackers</B> ... the pseudy melbourne/sydney age/smh magazine <B>should be so comforting</B> of the performing arts ...Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-72327748760533247172007-07-14T10:38:00.000+10:002007-07-14T10:38:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.com