And so the pitchers:
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The Yankees in May – Part One – The Batters
Sorry these are so late but I’ve only just returned from the U.S..
Double, double toil and trouble
What: Macbeth
When: 25th May 2011
Where: The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
All at sea
What: The Merchant of Venice
Where: Stratford-Upon_Avon, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
When: 19th May 2011
Native Soul
Who: Danilo Perez Trio
Where: Ronnie Scott’s, London
When: 17th May 2011
The Yankees in April – The Pitchers
The Yankees rotation coming out of Spring Training looked like a disaster waiting to happen. The old hands (Freddy Garcia as a starter with Bartolo Colon in relief), the under-achievers (AJ Burnett, Phil Hughes), and the unknowns (Ivan Nova). So given that April was such a success it bodes well for the rest of the season. Or as May plays out, was this just beginners’ luck? Anyway, here’s what happened:
New York Yankees in April – The batters
At the moment, it’s almost a relief to look back on something I wrote about the Yankees at the end of April. May has seen them go into meltdown and at the end of the April it all seemed so optimistic. It was only two weeks ago………
Can we go back to the future?
Was it all worth it?
Well, frankly, no.
As I’m catching up with posting reviews and articles, it occurred to me that the last two were about my first visit to Stratford-Upon-Avon since the new theatre opened.
Little Fooling around but still a major production
Date: 1st of April 2011
Where: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
What : King Lear
I’ve seen this production before. Last year. But then Kathryn Hunter was the Fool. Now there was a story. Ms Hunter excellent as the Fool in King Lear, dire as Cleopatra in Anthony and Cleopatra. One reviewer called that production “gob-smackingly bad”. I was kinder.