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Jul 17, 2019
7 min

Thou Art Alive: Not Liking Shakespeare

Andrew didn’t like Shakespeare. “Well,” he said, “when I say I don’t like Shakespeare, I don’t mean I don’t like Shakespeare, I mean I...

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elizalangland

Jul 17, 2019
4 min

Thou Art Alive: What’s My Through Line?

It was my first experience of playing Shakespeare using parts and cues. As I got up to read I asked ‘what’s my character’s through line?’...

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elizalangland

Jul 17, 2019
2 min

Drowning in Metaphor

The river water was clear, clean and deep, the weather hot. Aberdeenshire was a gentle place that summer, the countryside of Monymusk,...

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elizalangland

Jul 17, 2019
1 min

You are a Force of Nature!

You wouldn’t argue with a force of nature, would you? You couldn’t argue an avalanche into a change of course or cajole a bolt of...

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elizalangland

Jul 17, 2019
3 min

I Screech to a Halt at Lairg

I screech to a halt at Lairg because I’ve been starting to think about lunch or at the very least a tea break on my journey from...

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Just Home from Singing a Sad Song and Getting a Laugh

elizalangland

Jul 17, 2019
9 min

Just Home from Singing a Sad Song and Getting a Laugh

The red nose helped. The ancient and august cathedral helped. Acoustics sublime. The Steinway helped. The genius playing the Steinway...

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elizalangland

Jul 17, 2019
1 min

Thoughts in the Shower

I’m talking about when ‘it’ all seems so suddenly clear. Like in the shower. Why? Is it because when we turn on the water we’re earthed,...

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elizalangland

Jul 17, 2019
2 min

Talking the Taboo

What we say. It goes well with those shoes. What we want to say but don’t. Are you going out in that? What we say. You’ll be fine. What...

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