Last night I went to see The Beggar's Opera at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre - a wonderful performance. They used an eighteenth-century setting - unusual for older drama, these days - and managed a perfect evocation of old London. I was overwhelmed with emotion, almost to tears, during the opening: a Newgate prison scene, wordless, semi-comic, with traditional music playing in the background - it was so well staged. As a theatrical achievement it was aesthetically marvellous - as the Open Air Theatre always is - and was the perfect tonic for reinvigorating my interest in the subject.
Although there hasn't been a place for The Beggar's Opera in my work so far, the performance has made me look at it in a new way - made me think, "Ooh, maybe...!" I'm looking forward to getting down to work this coming week in consequence - it's so thrilling to be excited and interested in work.
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