Author Archives: djnpub

Twelfth Night

Posted on July 31, 2019 by djnpub

Tonight I saw the first play in the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s season, a wonderful production of Twelfth Night. It was a very warm night, and the play had a Caribbean tropical theme. They had a lot of action before the … Continue reading →

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Complete Works

Posted on July 25, 2019 by djnpub

Tonight I saw the second play of the Livermore Shakespeare Festival’s season, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]. I again joined Bob and Blanca. This is a fast moving comedy featuring only three actors, that tries (sort-of) to … Continue reading →

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One Giant Leap for Mankind

Posted on July 20, 2019 by djnpub

It’s hard to believe it was 50 years ago, July 20, 1969, when man first landed on the moon. It’s one of the few vivid memories of my childhood. Just an adolescent, I had been an avid follower of the … Continue reading →

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To The Moon

Posted on July 16, 2019 by djnpub

50 years ago today began the culmination of the greatest adventure that has occurred in my lifetime. Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy Space Center on the first ever attempt to land men on the moon. I still get emotional thinking … Continue reading →

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Civil War Othello

Posted on July 13, 2019 by djnpub

Tonight I saw the first play in Livermore Shakespeare Festival’s season, Othello. I joined Bob and Blanca on a relatively warm evening. While I always am frustrated by the theme of this play, it is very powerful. This production was … Continue reading →

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Good Person

Posted on July 11, 2019 by djnpub

Tonight I saw the 2nd play in this summer’s CalShakes season, Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan. It was a relatively warm evening, and I made it up to Orinda in record time. I wasn’t sure what to expect … Continue reading →

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As You Like It 𝅗𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅮

Posted on June 30, 2019 by djnpub

Tonight I saw this year’s play from the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s Free Shakespeare in the Park. It was a new production of As You Like It presented as a musical. I’ll have to say I was dubious when I … Continue reading →

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Civic Duty

Posted on June 11, 2019 by djnpub

I’m sure everybody has gotten a jury summons. I’ve received many. I used to think I got them annually like clockwork for a while. Every time before this, either there was not a need for a jury, so I was … Continue reading →

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A Cool PreSummer’s Night

Posted on May 30, 2019 by djnpub

I kicked off my theater season with CalShakes first play of the season, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This was the first run of this year’s solo configuration for CSF for me. It was an enjoyable evening and nice to be … Continue reading →

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The Spring Travel Marathon is Over

Posted on May 28, 2019 by djnpub

Since the last day of February till the later part of May I took four major recreational trips, two of which were out of the country. I never planned to do so much traveling all at once when I started … Continue reading →

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