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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
One for @purserhallard.com
scriblit.bsky.social GHC Has Gorra Lorra Fings On (the radio) @scriblit.bsky.social · Aug 5
When I find myself in times of trouble
Feathers flurry through my door
Speaking words of wisdom
Nevermore
August 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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A little bit of Monica in my life
A little bit of Erica by side
A little bit of Rita’s what i need
A little bit of Tina’s all I see
But they were all of them deceived
For another Mambo was made
May 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
And oddly enough I watched Clue this evening in exactly the same way in every respect
purserhallard.com Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · Nov 30
I watched Clueless again this afternoon. Such a glorious, precision-made piece of feelgood filmmaking. Script like a laser and performances of utter charm. It always makes me happy. Has to be in my top 5 films of all time.
December 1, 2024 at 12:19 AM