tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post8233220422973917976..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: Macbeth, Miss Macbeth, The Rehearsal OrchestraFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-61443225953584210622009-08-22T10:15:24.168+01:002009-08-22T10:15:24.168+01:00Now that's my kind of blog post! Thanks for v...Now that's my kind of blog post! Thanks for visiting my blog, Friko, and I'm dead pleased to discover yours. There's so much here of interest to me, and your list of fave books etc shows you to be a woman after my own heart!Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-47026798237767196482009-08-18T16:35:12.130+01:002009-08-18T16:35:12.130+01:00Thanks so much for visiting Friko - do call again....Thanks so much for visiting Friko - do call again. I loved your story about Macbeth - found it very interesting too.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-19482116371111862732009-08-18T15:43:23.655+01:002009-08-18T15:43:23.655+01:00Thank you for the anecdote about Miss MacBeth! I d...Thank you for the anecdote about Miss MacBeth! I didn't know he really existed. I thought he was just a fictive character made up by Shakespeare! Thanks for this post. Thanks also for your visit and kind comment.Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-79317982619374184122009-08-18T14:25:49.817+01:002009-08-18T14:25:49.817+01:00Friko, just to say that I have made a few changes ...Friko, just to say that I have made a few changes to the posted poem. You are very welcome to use either version. <br />Regards<br />DaveDave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-38178785024202315272009-08-18T08:56:22.672+01:002009-08-18T08:56:22.672+01:00Hello Friko, and thanks for dropping by..this is w...Hello Friko, and thanks for dropping by..this is what I love about blogland, the people you meet suddenly, strangely and they touch you or you them...and commonalities are evident...<br /><br />I see you follow my Mum (the view from this end) see another similarity..<br />hope we visit again soonSazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04433666175721615185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-83421442811007923182009-08-18T00:32:53.540+01:002009-08-18T00:32:53.540+01:00In school we studied Molière and other such French...In school we studied Molière and other such French writers. Shakespeare translated did not sound that good but after all these years my English should be good enough for me to be able to read it in the original. The excerpt you quoted is very very nice.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-12754391290982331332009-08-17T14:23:36.569+01:002009-08-17T14:23:36.569+01:00Richie - "put the Malky on him" - I&...Richie - "put the Malky on him" - I'v never heard that before. Nt a good thought.<br /><br />rosy - everybody has had a story to tell about Macbeth, usually of a version which seems quite scary to me. I wish people would leave Shakespeare alone.<br /><br />Queemothermamaw - thanks for your kind words.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-80488610995865619412009-08-17T02:37:49.394+01:002009-08-17T02:37:49.394+01:00Macbeth not one of my favorites, but an interestin...Macbeth not one of my favorites, but an interesting post. Always enjoy it. It is full of history and lit and culture I love to run into, one of my reasons for blogging.<br />QMMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-69505487497098564312009-08-16T17:22:45.052+01:002009-08-16T17:22:45.052+01:00Here I am again, Friko!
Sorry I haven't been a...Here I am again, Friko!<br />Sorry I haven't been around for a while.<br />Oh dear! I have been so busy what with one thing and another I have only been able to just about catch up with my favourite blogs and have struggled to write anything at all!! But I am still here all the same and liking to read your thoughts and doings!<br />I too loved the Miss MacBeth story!<br />I went to Cawdor rosyhttp://www.poetfamiliares.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-90587690171384448512009-08-16T13:25:28.732+01:002009-08-16T13:25:28.732+01:00I really enjoyed the Miss Macbeth anectdote- as an...I really enjoyed the Miss Macbeth anectdote- as an English man I have learned to be careful with my interpretations of Scotland's history! <br />When I lived in Glasgow I often heard the phrase "put the Malky on him" meaning get some one killed- I have not had it proved but I was told that the phrase does reffer to Malcolm and Macbeth.<br />As for performances of the play I saw a Richiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13728288104897625768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-26468870555340098032009-08-16T12:42:57.676+01:002009-08-16T12:42:57.676+01:0020th C woman - probably post mediaeval and pre-V...20th C woman - probably post mediaeval and pre-Victorian, can't get closer than that.<br /><br />Faith - I only found out about Iona when I wrote the post.<br /><br />Jenny Holden - not many people do, Shakespeare has seen to that!<br /><br />Herrad - thanks for joining me and thanks for your nice comment.<br /><br />Celeste Maia - Miss Macbeth was/is a lovely lady.<br /><br />Pondside Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-83466139969387070072009-08-16T11:46:59.228+01:002009-08-16T11:46:59.228+01:00There's something tremendous about Tomorrow an...There's something tremendous about <i>Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow</i>. So simple, yet most of us would never have written it like that! Great post. Very enjoyable - and instructive.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-77518752672807305782009-08-16T10:15:10.475+01:002009-08-16T10:15:10.475+01:00Very interesting post. I read Macbeth and other wo...Very interesting post. I read Macbeth and other works by Shakespeare in middle and high school, and I was fascinated by his imagination and characterization.SGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439071211238467709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-46202317815225152862009-08-16T04:33:43.630+01:002009-08-16T04:33:43.630+01:00I love that ancient tower, and indeed the whole po...I love that ancient tower, and indeed the whole post and your unique voice!<br />Thank you for visiting my Hawaii blog - hope to welcome you again ;-]<br />I know I'll enjoy returning here often!<br />Aloha-<br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-37856231097623624222009-08-16T01:45:17.013+01:002009-08-16T01:45:17.013+01:00'To the last syllable of recorded time'
Go...'To the last syllable of recorded time'<br />Good morning Friko,<br />nice to see you back. As I found out today that there's light which travels 8,000 years until it reaches our eyes, was glad, as that might mean that time won't have an end, neither in its ticking, nor in its light.<br />Loved the above sentence most, made me wonder whether time would be able to speak. <br />Wishroberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457724318596670810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-32552662507400561762009-08-16T00:33:16.219+01:002009-08-16T00:33:16.219+01:00I loved the photos - I've been mentally in Sco...I loved the photos - I've been mentally in Scotland all week, as my brother competed in the Worlds at Glasgow.<br />The oddest productions of The Scottish Play had to have been in the 70's when there was the nude production and far too many productions in tights and sunglasses.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-56457357062976364982009-08-15T23:46:37.888+01:002009-08-15T23:46:37.888+01:00Interesting post, as always, Friko. Enjoyed the st...Interesting post, as always, Friko. Enjoyed the story about Miss Macbeth. The photograph is perfect. Macbeth is perhaps my favorite play by Shakespeare, so I loved the quotation, such intense lines.Celeste Maiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683512170853367791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-73196360554876021142009-08-15T21:22:39.462+01:002009-08-15T21:22:39.462+01:00Hi Friko,
Thanks for visitng my blog,this got me v...Hi Friko,<br />Thanks for visitng my blog,this got me visiting yours and I am so pleased I have as this is a very interesting post.<br />Love,<br />HerradHerradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-10335545564837318982009-08-15T18:17:23.397+01:002009-08-15T18:17:23.397+01:00Great post Friko, very interesting stuff. I love S...Great post Friko, very interesting stuff. I love Shakespere but I must admit that I know little of the real Macbeth!Jenny Holdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17503427796709597517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-28401339364120957082009-08-15T18:12:16.018+01:002009-08-15T18:12:16.018+01:00Interesting Friko - I didnt know Macbeth was burie...Interesting Friko - I didnt know Macbeth was buried on Iona and I've been there.Faith https://www.blogger.com/profile/04672728248961388984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-25088807917047932332009-08-15T17:17:32.919+01:002009-08-15T17:17:32.919+01:00Friko, your post got me thinking about Macbeth, a ...Friko, your post got me thinking about Macbeth, a play I love, but so gloomy and sad. Except for the three witches. They give some relief. The pictures are great. What is the date of the portrait? It looks later than the "real" Macbeth's years on earth.20th Century Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11432147267959308192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-43950647989133073092009-08-15T17:05:07.690+01:002009-08-15T17:05:07.690+01:00Celtic Heart - Thanks CH. Macbeth on a bike? Wi...Celtic Heart - Thanks CH. Macbeth on a bike? With the lady riding pillion?<br /><br />Frances - I have no idea if they are on utube, the RO is a fun but very hardworking holiday for the participants, even the professionals find it taxing.<br /><br />Bonnie - do you know I was going to end this post with the words 'a bit like blogging', but changed my mind because I don't want Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-15139857855409439572009-08-15T16:54:06.831+01:002009-08-15T16:54:06.831+01:00I love that quotation from Shakespeare. It is pro...I love that quotation from Shakespeare. It is probably one of his most famous. Excerpts from it have been used as titles for movies, books and stories. <br /><br />I also love the photo you used; it depicts the gloom and tragedy of Macbeth so well.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-69149211416359833212009-08-15T16:30:24.093+01:002009-08-15T16:30:24.093+01:00Friko, I so enjoyed this! Sometimes I wonder if b...Friko, I so enjoyed this! Sometimes I wonder if blogging isn't about "strutting and fretting our hour upon the stage - full of sound and fury - and in the end signifying nothing". If so, it does produce some inspiring reads, golden images, and lovely global connections anyway.<br /><br />Cheers friend!Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00282469017360136275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-55197867282920730372009-08-15T15:14:21.239+01:002009-08-15T15:14:21.239+01:00This is a very interesting post, both with informa...This is a very interesting post, both with information about Macbeth and also about the Rehearsal Orchestra. The RO sounds like a fabulous ... should I say concept, collection of musicians, or collaboration of generous musical souls.<br /><br />I wish that I could them play. Your post has raised my curiosity. Shall I go to utube?<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.com