[2021] THE
ARTS
Throughout my life my main hobby/relaxation has been the arts; as, fortunately, has that of Pat. The following sections therefore record my adventures, as a spectator, in the arts. In part they indicate how the field has changed over the years; and, more directly perhaps, how I have changed.
4118 Modern Playwrights
4141 Great 20th century Playwrights
4184 Shakespeare
4173 Older Plays – 16th-17th Century Playwrights
4109 Theatres -New Shakespeare & Liverpool Playhouse
4200 Theatres – Royal Court, National, Milton Keynes
4223 Classical Composers
4245 Modern Composers
4211 Kodaly, Bartok & Other Composers
4271 Concertos - Piano, Violin, Cello
4207 Orchestras & Conductors
4374 Ballet, Nutcracker, Fille Mal Garde
4395 Opera 1960s-1980s, the Ring
4387 Great Opera Composers
4260 Callas, Victoria Los Angeles et al
3079 Musicals West Side Story onwards
3051 Sondheim
4044 Films, Influential Films, especially from the 1960s
4020 Films from the London Film Festival
4005 Best Directors
4038 Other Films
4070 Jazz Groups and Individuals
4052 Big Band Jazz
4037 Ella, Sarah et al
4031 Art – Modern Art
4051 Old Masters
4066 Pre-Raphaelites and Impressionists
4092 Sculpture
4079 Architecture
4151 Entertainers
4062 Television -- then and now
4114 Early Reading
4163 Literature
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