Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Lots of laughs with our old university friend, John.

We were very pleased to learn that John, an old university friend, has returned to live in Vancouver after living in London for a year. London has become so expensive and John is a real opera buff and it seems a good ticket is 175 pds. It made me think about the good old 70's in London when we saw Laurence Olivier in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" for 30 p (about 75 cents). This was our first play ever in London and very memorable. They made a video of the production a year later.

We also saw Glenda Jackson in "White Devil" and Alan Bates in "The Caretaker" for about a pound. Those days are sadly gone. I would have never thought in the 70's that one day I could just google and pick up images of these performances.


Glenda Jackson in "White Devil"


Laurence Olivier in "Long Day's Journey Into Night"


Alan Bates in "The Caretaker"