Antony and Cleopatra

Last night I attended the first performance of Antony and Cleopatra by the Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Harman Center for the Arts in D.C. I went with a group of English students from Mont Alto.

The performance was very good, although I was told that as the actors get more experience they will get better. I had never seen this play before, but was somewhat familiar with the story.

The theater is brand new. There is not a bad seat in the house. The stage had a large raised area with three projections and stairs in between. The lower level of the stage was really bag. Instead of extensive props a chair or cushions was all they needed. It really kept focus on the actors and the action.

The troupe is staging Julius Caesar at the same time. The actor playing Marc Antony is doing it in both plays! It takes a lot of skill to be a professional, classical actor. I don't see how they can keep both play straight. Cleopatra, played by the British actress Suzanne Bertish was fantastic.
It would really be worth going to see this production again, as well as Julius Caesar.

Burning Bush

Today has been our first warm, sunny spring day. I noticed this forsythia across the street as the sun was going down. It's like a flaming bush! Or the burning bush in memory of Charlton Heston.

Geese on a pond

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Originally uploaded by P_Linehan.

These geese were honking loudly and swimming at the Waynesboro Reservoir. I liked how th zoom setting blurred the water around them.

Here are some others on land.



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A New Bird in Shippensburg?

I don't remember hearing grackles in Shippensburg before. Last Saturday was bright and sunny. These loud birds seemed to be on all the trees. I got these two singing on the roof. The bird on the right (a male?) was doing the calling.

Enterprise in orbit

What a shot! I wonder how this picture was created. There must be some wizardry involved.


"Enterprise in orbit"

Unusually Warm Day

Today the temperature has been unseasonably high, almost 70! It's still only March3rd too. As I left campus in the late afternoon some of the students were playing touch football in the quad. Others were throwing a baseball around. Tomorrow a big deluge is forecast. Just what we need: more mud. I hope it holds off until the afternoon so I can get in the Surveying lab.

Signal Towers

I often walk on this seldom used railroad spur with the dog. Here are shots of the the signal tower at different times of the year: late winter and late summer. I really liked the contrast seeing the same object in completely different conditions.