Comments on: The Sentimental Bloke http://bellanta.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/the-sentimental-bloke/ Ideas, reviews and research from a nineteenth-century cultural historian Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:30:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Melissa Bellanta http://bellanta.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/the-sentimental-bloke/#comment-299 Melissa Bellanta Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:59:58 +0000 http://bellanta.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-299 Well, I'm glad to hear that the humour still appeals... wish I could go and see a production again now and see it with fresh eyes. It was a high-school version, after all, which may have meant that the actors weren't as convincingly rendered as they might have been. Well, I’m glad to hear that the humour still appeals… wish I could go and see a production again now and see it with fresh eyes. It was a high-school version, after all, which may have meant that the actors weren’t as convincingly rendered as they might have been.

]]> By: Jordan Edmeades http://bellanta.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/the-sentimental-bloke/#comment-297 Jordan Edmeades Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:39:31 +0000 http://bellanta.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-297 Interesting article... and some very valid points about the masculinity of the time. It may be that the theatre company who produced this work did not do the story justice. I have been reading some of the original source poetry and it makes me smile the whole way through... I'm 25 and as contemporary as they come... I was wondering as I read your article, whether you liked the characters (the actors really) when you saw the production... this can have a major effect on the material. Just a thought, Jordan Interesting article… and some very valid points about the masculinity of the time. It may be that the theatre company who produced this work did not do the story justice.

I have been reading some of the original source poetry and it makes me smile the whole way through… I’m 25 and as contemporary as they come…

I was wondering as I read your article, whether you liked the characters (the actors really) when you saw the production… this can have a major effect on the material.

Just a thought,
Jordan

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