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Discworld: Wyrd Sisters Director: Jean Flynn | Studio: Cosgrove Hall | UK, 1997

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In King Lear (III:vii) there is a man who is such a minor character that Shakespeare has not given him even a name: he is merely 'First Servant'. All the characters around him – Regan, Cornwall, and Edmund – have fine, long term plans. They think they know how the story is going to end, and they are quite wrong. The servant has no such delusions. He has no notion how the play is going to go. But he understands the present scene. He sees an abomination (the blinding of old Gloucester) taking place. He will not stand it. His sword is out and pointed as his master’s breast in a moment: then Regan stabs him dead from behind. That is his whole part: eight lines all told. But if it were real life and not a play, that is the part it would be best to have acted.

- CS Lewis on King Lear.

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In King Lear (III:vii) there is a man who is such a minor character that Shakespeare has not given him even a name: he is merely 'First Servant'. All the characters around him – Regan, Cornwall, and Edmund – have fine, long term plans. They think they know how the story is going to end, and they are quite wrong. The servant has no such delusions. He has no notion how the play is going to go. But he understands the present scene. He sees an abomination (the blinding of old Gloucester) taking place. He will not stand it. His sword is out and pointed as his master’s breast in a moment: then Regan stabs him dead from behind. That is his whole part: eight lines all told. But if it were real life and not a play, that is the part it would be best to have acted.

- CS Lewis on King Lear.

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Kasparov straightened up, flexing his shoulders out of habit. He wasn’t much shorter than the average bandit here, but he was broader and better-fed than any of these scrawny excuses for outlaws. That, along with the ability to smile like a shark on command, had kept him alive in more situations than he cared to count. Superficially, he had a resemblance to the other men around him – dark hair, square face, small eyes – but there was something livelier in his expression, a sense of humour around the angular eyebrows.

2. He was a short man, barrel-chested and bellied, with a shock of fluffy white hair still speckled with bits of hay and moss and feathers. His ears and nose jutted through his beard like a prow and sails through the mists, his blue eyes lantern-like in the dark. As Daro took a step towards them, he moved like someone fording a river - slow and deliberate, arms extended in a show of stability.

3. A frightened, mouse-like face appeared in the crack, two large brown eyes practically starting out of their sockets.

Gander eased himself further down, taking care not to make any sudden movements. “Ignatius Vellarun?” he ventured. “I’m Gander. I’m going to get you out of here.”

The youth just watched him, breathing quiet and uneven, brushing a lank strand of damp-straw-coloured hair behind his ear.

Gander offered him what he hoped was a reassuring smile. “Hello, Ignatius. Nice to meet you.”

“Nat,” the voice was deeper than he expected and far steadier. His lips twitched, revealing prominent canines. “Everyone calls me Nat.”

4. Gander ran a hand through his tight brown curls and flashed Kasparov the broad, lopsided grin that ran a spike right through his heart. He was leant against the cave entrance, all long limbs and performative insolence, waiting for his partner’s response.

“You,” Kasparov said with mock weariness, “have dirt on your nose.”

“I don’t.” His hand moved anyway, brushing down the ramrod bridge of it as his bushy eyebrows knitted themselves together.

“And your cheek,” Kasparov added, getting to his feet. He managed to hide a smirk as Gander turned away, palms scrubbing harshly at his pockmarked skin.

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In King Lear (III:vii) there is a man who is such a minor character that Shakespeare has not given him even a name: he is merely 'First Servant'. All the characters around him – Regan, Cornwall, and Edmund – have fine, long term plans. They think they know how the story is going to end, and they are quite wrong. The servant has no such delusions. He has no notion how the play is going to go. But he understands the present scene. He sees an abomination (the blinding of old Gloucester) taking place. He will not stand it. His sword is out and pointed as his master’s breast in a moment: then Regan stabs him dead from behind. That is his whole part: eight lines all told. But if it were real life and not a play, that is the part it would be best to have acted.

- CS Lewis on King Lear.

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2015

2016

I guess it’s 2011-2016.

Back north for Christmas and I found my old sketchbook so… art dump I guess?

2011 (12 years old)

2012 (13)

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2013

Back north for Christmas and I found my old sketchbook so… art dump I guess?

2011 (12 years old)

2012 (13)

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Back north for Christmas and I found my old sketchbook so… art dump I guess?

2011 (12 years old)

2012 (13)

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it's important to remember watching LPOE that though it's a show about polar expeditions, the filming of it also consisted of an actual polar expedition....

including guys getting frostbite, having to try to pee in a blizzard, stuntmen falling into actual crevasses, literally manhauling, norwegians having more fun than the british, and hugh grant being a complete newbie

(from the show press kit archived here)

(from stephen moore's archived website here)

(2019 interview with hugh grant)

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Nerdy Deaf actor talks best minor Shakespeare roles.

- Hamlet

- King Lear

- Romeo & Juliet

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just remembered the other day a teen approached me holding a rapidly melting chunk of ice in his hand and asked if i wanted to buy a "limited edition pet rock"

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Nerdy Deaf actor talks best minor Shakespeare roles.

- Hamlet

- King Lear

- Romeo & Juliet

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Last 25!

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I need to work on breathing, OK?

Romeo and Juliet.

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I need to work on breathing, OK?

Romeo and Juliet.

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Tried to argue that id play a member of engineering and my mother has countered with “You’re the little extraterrestrial they pick up everyone is hoping survives. Like the cat in Alien.”

I think I’m right.

The great question- do I write or do I play Zelda?