#St. George Theatre

[shakespearenews]

Boards trodden by the Bard have been discovered under layers of flooring at England’s oldest medieval guildhall as it undergoes a big refurbishment.

The 600-year-old oak floorboards are believed to be the only surviving stage from William Shakespeare’s time.

The discovery was made at St George’s Guildhall in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, which was a religious meeting house in the early 15th century. It later became a theatrical venue and it is claimed Shakespeare performed there.

In 1593, when London’s theatres were closed because of an outbreak of plague, Shakespeare and his company of actors were on tour in King’s Lynn. A note in the theatre’s account book shows Shakespeare’s company were paid by the borough to perform there.

[horsegirl]

the victorian poster: every butcher’s shop is called gremble and sons every music hall is called middlesex emporium theatre every newspaper is called the wensleydale telegraph every temperance group is called the order for the promotion of orderly behaviour every member of parliament is either called sir percival hilary st. john dyke-moore 6th viscount of cuntington or george brown every household management book is called mrs frumper’s complete encyclopedia of practical homemaking etiquette technique etc for the home every poetry book is called the selected poetical works of william f. boner volume one. and we experience all these things and more by god’s grace

[itsloriel]

Alfred Eisenstaedt - Children at a puppet Theatre watching St. George and the Dragon. Tuileries, Paris, 1963.

via Artdigiland

[cliozaur]

Hauteville House. Part 1

I’ll start with the oriental motifs in the interior of Hauteville House. Hugo was one of the intellectual founders of orientalism: though he never travelled to the East, he held strong opinions about it and was never shy in sharing them. The entire house is a curious mixture of oriental and gothic elements. He had a particular love for low divans inspired by Muslim interiors—they’re everywhere. But the strongest sense of oriental influence is felt in the so-called Red and Blue Rooms, both designed as sitting rooms.

The Red Room evokes a theatre and was partly inspired by Hugo’s childhood in Spain, but it also features African figures and Asian ornaments. The Blue Room, on the other hand, is covered with damask and adorned with chinoiseries. Hugo and his son scoured shops on Guernsey and in England for various pieces of Chinese furniture. A beautiful set of blue and gold glass-bead embroideries, originally bought for his lover Juliette Drouet (who lived next door), adds a stunning touch to the room’s decor.

This mixture of oriental and gothic aesthetics is present throughout: a medieval mirror against Chinese wallpaper, and Chinese figures above the entrance of his eclectic Delft-style dining room.

A gift from Hugo’s close friend, Alexandre Dumas, a bronze scent burner.

My favourite orientally-inspired piece is the two wooden panels in Hugo’s private room. He personally carved a story of a knight and a dragon (reminiscent of St. George's legend) for his grandchildren. The dragon itself is very oriental—it was inspired by another piece of Chinese furniture on the ground floor of the house. He used to tell his grandchildren stories about the dragon, and then he carved and painted it. The panels feel strikingly modern, almost Art Nouveau. You can even see Hugo’s initials carved in the lower corner.

[aimeedaisies]

The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in February 2024

01/02 Visited ReBoot (Moray Computer Recycling) in Forres. 🖥️

As Warden, opened the Queen Elizabeth II classrooms at Gordonstoun School. 🏫

Visited Lossie Community Hub at the Warehouse Theatre, in Lossiemouth. 🎭

Unofficial Sir Tim, as Chair of the Board of Trustees, attended the opening ceremony of the Zimingzhong 凝时聚珍: Clockwork Treasures from China's Forbidden City exhibition at the London Science Museum. 🐉🧧🕰️

03/02 With Sir Tim As Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, attended the Six Nations Rugby Match between Wales and Scotland at Principality Stadium in Cardiff. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏉

05/02 Visited Dressability Clothing Alterations Charity in Swindon, to mark its 25th Anniversary. 👗🪡🧵

As Commandant-in-Chief (Youth) of St John Ambulance, attended the dedication of a new Community Response Unit in Devizes, Wiltshire. 🚑

06/02 Held an Investiture at Windsor Castle. 🎖️

As Patron of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, attended the launch of Nottingham West Primary Care Network’s Interactive Group Therapy at Plumptre Hall. 🩺

As President of the UK Fashion and Textile Association Limited, visited GH Hurt and Son in Nottingham. 🪡

With Sir Tim As Royal Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, attended the announcement of the winner of The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering at the Science Museum in London. ⚙️🥂

07/02 As Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Logistic Corps, visited the Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Munitions and Search Training Regiment at St George’s Barracks in Bicester. 💥

As President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, visited the Commission’s Headquarters in Maidenhead. 🪦

As Patron of Catch22, visited the Commissioned Rehabilitative Services at Community Links in London. 🔗

08/02 As Vice Patron of the British Horse Society, visited Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre in West London. 🐎

As President of the Royal Yachting Association, attended the Annual Luncheon at Trinity House in London. 🛥️🥪

09/02 In Wales, Princess Anne; 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

As Royal Patron of the National Coastwatch Institution, visited Worms Head Station in Rhossili, followed by a Reception at South Gower Sports Club in Scurlage. 🔎🍾

Visited Newport Medieval Ship. 🚢

Visited Newport Transporter Bridge which is undergoing maintenance. 🌉

10/02 With Sir Tim As Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, attended the Six Nations Rugby Match between France and Scotland at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏉

12/02 As Patron of Swinfen Telemedicine, attended a Meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine. 💊

As Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, held a Dinner at Buckingham Palace. 🎓

13/02 Held an Investiture at Windsor Castle. 🎖️

As Master of the Corporation of Trinity House, chaired the Quarterly Meeting of the Court at Trinity House. 📆

14/02 As Royal Patron of the National Coastwatch Institution, visited Hengistbury Head Station near Bournemouth. 🌊

As Colonel-in-Chief of the Intelligence Corps, visited I Company at Hamworthy Barracks in Poole. 🕵️‍♀️

15/02 Visited the Ordnance Survey National Mapping Agency in Southampton. 🗺️

With Sir Tim Attended Evensong and the James Caird Society’s Dedication Service followed by a Reception in Westminster Abbey, to mark the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Sir Ernest Shackleton. 🔭🧭🇦🇶

16/02 Visited knife crime community group ‘Off the Streets’ North Northamptonshire in Wellingborough. 🚫🔪

20/02 As President of the UK Fashion and Textile Association, visited Laxtons Limited in Baildon near Bradford. 🧶

As President of the UK Fashion and Textile Association, visited Marton Mills in Otley, West Yorkshire. 🪡

21/02 In Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Princess Anne;

Visited Agemaspark Precision Engineering Company. ⚙️

Visited Haith Group Vegetable Processing Machinery Company. 🥕🥦

As Patron of the Butler Trust, visited HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Doncaster. 🚓👮‍♀️

As Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Carmen, attended a Joint Services Awards Dinner at Painters’ Hall in London. 🍽️

22/01 Visited London South Bank Technical College and Lee Marley Academy. ✏️👷

As Patron of Save the Children UK, visited Mary’s Living and Giving Shop in Wandsworth. 👚

23/02 unofficial Departed Heathrow Airport for Namibia 🇬🇧✈️🇳🇦

24/02 unofficial Arrived at Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport in Namibia. ✈️🇳🇦

Representing The King, Princess Anne called upon Mrs Monica Geingos (widow of Dr Hage Geingob). 🖤

Unofficial Sir Tim represented Princess Anne, Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, at the Six Nations Rugby Match between Scotland and England at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏉

25/02 Representing The King, Princess Anne attended the Burial Service for Dr Hage Geingob at Heroes’ Acre. 🕊️

Later attended a State Luncheon given by The President of Namibia at State House. 🍽️

26/02 unofficial Arrived at Heathrow Airport from Namibia. 🇳🇦✈️🇬🇧

With Sir Tim Attended the British Horseracing Authority’s Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards at Ascot Racecourse. 🐎🏆

27/02 With Sir Tim Attended a Service of Thanksgiving for the late King Constantine II at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle with members of 🇬🇧, 🇬🇷, 🇩🇰 and 🇪🇸 royal families.

28/02 As Patron of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, attended the Emergency Medicine Trainees' Association Annual Conference at Hilton Newcastle Gateshead. 💉💊

As Royal Patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, attended a Rugby League Reception at Leeds Rhinos Rugby Club, in Headingley, Leeds. 🦽🏉

29/02 unofficial Departed from Heathrow Airport for the United Arab Emirates 🇬🇧✈️🇦🇪

Unofficial Sir Tim, as President of Never Such Innocence, attended a 10th anniversary celebration for the charity at Edinburgh Castle. 🏰

Total official engagements for Anne in February: 44

2024 total so far: 85

Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in February: 6

2024 total so far: 23

FYI - due to certain royal family members being off ill/in recovery I won’t be posting everyone’s engagement counts out of respect, I am continuing to count them and release the totals at the end of the year.

[princesssarisa]

Inspired by @thatscarletflycatcher's list of actors who have appeared in multiple Jane Austen adaptations, I've made a list of actors who have appeared in two or more adaptations of Brontë novels. I've covered all three of the sisters' books and included radio dramas as well as screen and stage adaptations.

*Timothy Dalton played Heathcliff in the 1970 Wuthering Heights film and Rochester in the 1983 Jane Eyre miniseries.

*Toby Stephens played Gilbert Markham in the 1996 Tenant of Wildfell Hall miniseries and Rochester in the 1983 Jane Eyre miniseries.

*Tara Fitzgerald went from playing Toby Stephens' love interest to playing his love interest's childhood abuser – Helen Graham in the 1996 Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Mrs. Reed in the 2006 Jane Eyre.

*John Duttine holds the distinction of having played both Heathcliff and Hindley Earnshaw in different Wuthering Heights adaptations: Hindley in the 1978 miniseries, Heathcliff in the 1995 radio drama.

*Amanda Root played Catherine Earnshaw in the 1995 Wuthering Heights radio drama and (showing her versatility) Miss Temple in the 1996 Jane Eyre film, as well as narrating the 2004 Naxos audiobook of Jane Eyre.

*Emma Fielding is heard in both the 1995 and 2018 radio dramas of Wuthering Heights: as Catherine Linton in 1995 and as Nelly Dean in 2018. She also narrates the 1996 Naxos audiobook of Jane Eyre.

*Geoffrey Whithead played St. John Rivers in the 1973 Jane Eyre miniseries and Mr. Linton in the 1995 Wuthering Heights radio drama.

*Jean Harvey appeared in both the 1973 and 1983 Jane Eyre miniseries: as Mrs. Reed in 1973 and as Mrs. Fairfax in 1983.

*Judy Cornwell played Nelly Dean in the 1970 Wuthering Heights and Mrs. Reed in the 1983 Jane Eyre.

*David Robb played the Count de Hamal in the 1970 Villette miniseries and Edgar Linton in the 1978 Wuthering Heights miniseries.

*Bryan Marshall played Gilbert Markham in the 1968 Tenant of Wildfell Hall miniseries and Dr. John Graham Bretton in the 1970 Villette miniseries.

*Sarah Smart played Catherine Linton in the 1998 Masterpiece Theatre Wuthering Heights, and Carol Bolton, the female Heathcliff character, in the 2002 TV film Sparkhouse, a modernized, gender-flipped retelling of Wuthering Heights.

*Holliday Grainger played Lisa Bolton, the female Hareton/Linton composite character in Sparkhouse, and Diana Rivers in the 2011 Jane Eyre film.

*Sophie Ward played Isabella Linton in the 1992 Wuthering Heights film and Lady Ingram in the 2011 Jane Eyre.

*Morag Hood played Frances Earnshaw in the 1970 Wuthering Heights and Mary Rivers in the 1983 Jane Eyre.

*Angela Thornton played Isabella Linton in the 1958 TV Wuthering Heights and Blanche Ingram in the 1961 TV Jane Eyre.

*Jean Anderson played Nelly Dean in the 1963 TV version of Wuthering Heights and Mrs. Maxwell in the 1968 Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

*Barbara Keogh played two unpleasant Brontë maidservants: Zillah in the 1978 Wuthering Heights and Miss Abbot in the 1997 TV film of Jane Eyre.

*Norman Rutherford played the lawyer Mr. Green in the 1978 Wuthering Heights and Sir George Lynn in the 1983 Jane Eyre.

*Anna Bentinck narrated the 2015 Dreamscape Media audiobooks of both Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.

*Janet McTeer played Nelly Dean in the 1992 Wuthering Heights film and reprised the role as co-narrator of the 2006 Naxos audiobook (she reading Nelly's narration, David Timson reading Lockwood's).

*Edward de Souza played Mr. Mason in two different adaptations of Jane Eyre: the 1973 miniseries and the 1996 film.

Adding Brontë family members and friends into the mix:

*Ida Lupino played Isabella Linton in the Lux Radio Theatre's 1939 adaptation of Wuthering Heights based on the 1939 film, and Emily Brontë herself in the 1946 film Devotion.

*Chloe Pirrie played Emily Brontë in the 2016 TV film To Walk Invisible and Catherine Earnshaw in the 2018 Wuthering Heights radio drama.

*Ann Penfold played Polly Home in the 1970 Villette miniseries and Anne Bontë in the 1973 miniseries The Brontës of Haworth.

*Gemma Jones played Mrs. Fairfax in the 1997 Jane Eyre and Elizabeth Branwell in the 2022 film Emily.

*Richard Kay played William Weightman in The Brontës of Haworth and Lockwood in the 1978 Wuthering Heights.

*Megan Parkinson played Catherine Earnshaw in the 2015 Ambassador Theatre stage adaptation of Wuthering Heights and Martha Brown in To Walk Invisible.

*Susan Brodrick played a barmaid in The Brontës of Haworth and Mary Rivers in the 1973 Jane Eyre.

I'm sure there are plenty more, but this list is long enough for now.

[ginandoldlace]

York’s forgotten cinemas 

Have you passed by this grand structure on Fossgate and wondered what it once was?

The building where Cosy Club now resides was actually the first purpose built cinema in York. The Electric cinema was built in 1911 and was renamed the Scala before it closed in 1957. Inside, plaster mouldings from the cinema still survive today.

At the start of the 20th century cinema was thriving and so York continued to open theatres across the city.

Before the Picture House on Coney Street we know today, in 1915, there was an original Picture House further along the street which can be seen in the fantastic image of soldiers lining up to enter! The Victorian building was once a doctors home and surgery but was demolished after the closure of the cinema in 1955. Woolworths expanded into the site that is now Boots.

The final cinema we are featuring is Fairfax House, formerly St George’s cinema, a 1000-seater auditorium, the largest independent cinema in the country at the time in 1921. Fairfax House was merged with 25 Castlegate to make up the cinema as well as an L shaped ballroom.

[waywardxrhea]

Part of Your World - George Weasley

Chapter 16

pairing: George Weasley x fem!Muggle!reader

installment list / previous chapter / next chapter

word count: 4,806

content: overall fluffy with some sprinkles of angst throughout! injury, language, mention of surgery and stitches, medical things, body image issues, suggestive comments (George will always be cheeky🤣), alcoholic beverages, parental advice, some light dissociation, mention of adult sexy time (absolutely no detail lmao), Arthur being fascinated with Muggle stuff

Ever since you graduated with your degree in performing arts from your uni in June of the next year, you had gotten your foot in the door on the West End and taken on many smaller ensemble roles in the beginning. You had supplemented yourself with going for lead roles in your usual theatre troupe too until you started to get larger roles on the West End. You went from being in the ensemble to getting small featured roles, and even sometimes lead roles in some productions! It was just around the two year mark from graduation that you made your debut as Jane Seymour in Six that you felt like you were really starting to make it in the industry. That was until the last Sunday showing of the fifth week of the show. 

During the final high energy number, you were singing and dancing your heart out when you felt a pop in your knee in the last few moments of the song as you and your castmates struck your final poses for the night. Within seconds you had to lean nearly all of your weight on your castmate playing Katherine Howard as you suddenly felt like you couldn’t even hold yourself up on that leg anymore. As your mics cut off and the curtains closed after the audience’s standing ovation, you groaned in pain, tears beginning to fall from your eyes.

“Are you okay?” your castmate asked as you continued leaning on her. 

You shook your head, and through gritted teeth managed to get out, “Knee popped. Can’t walk.”

“Shit!” she whispered sharply before motioning for the stage crew to come help her out with moving you to the backstage area. 

Your memory of the next hour was hazy as you felt like you were in and out of it from the excruciating pain you were in. Before you knew it, you ended up at the nearest emergency room. You felt your whole world come crashing down around you when you heard the doctor say, “You tore your ACL all the way through, Miss. We can get you back for surgery within the hour. The recovery time is going to be at least nine months.” At least nine months. At least nine months that you’d be off of the stage. At least nine months away from doing what you love. As your heart shattered, you signed the consent forms for the surgery, not even thinking about the fact that your husband could probably whisk you away to St. Mungo’s and have the ailment fixed up within seconds. How would you even explain that to your fellow cast members though, one of which was right by your side holding your hand as you both waited for George to arrive? She heard the diagnosis, there would have been no way around it. Well...there were memory modification spells, but the sheer number of people who were involved at this point, modifying memories would be quite the undertaking.

So, you told George as much when he arrived fifteen minutes after your admission with Hermione in tow to help him with the Muggle aspect of things. George did his best to assure you that everything would be okay and that you would get through it, but even with his kind words you still had your doubts… 

Your surgery was uneventful, and in an attempt to cheer you up, George brought Arthur with him to visit on your second day of recovery. He marvelled at the stitches holding the incision together as the nurse did your wound care. His discussion with the nurse about the task really did entertain you, enough to where you were distracted from the pain, at least for a little while. 

What came next was physical therapy, which you started early, and your therapist’s kind words and encouragement were what really inspired you to think about your career in a different way that you hadn’t since New York. You didn’t have to just perform on stage to have a career in theatre. You could write and direct your own play! Just like you had with Claire, but this time on a larger scale and on a proper stage with a big cast of people who were just as passionate about entertainment as you were. 

So, that was what you did. Between physical therapy sessions throughout the week, you would work on writing your first full-length play: a tale of two lovers destined to be together, but their circumstances tore them apart. It would be inspired by your story with George and of course would have lots of comedy woven throughout some of the darker moments. In between therapy and writing your play, you would give voice lessons to secondary school and university students who wanted to also have a career on the West End one day. Sure, there were still some days where you got upset that you couldn’t perform on stage with your Six cast, but your understudy was killing it, and you were glad she got the opportunity to perform the role. 

During this time of harsh self-thoughts and insecurity, George was there for you every step of the way, making sure you remembered how talented you were, how strong you were, and especially how beautiful you were. You two spent many late nights half asleep discussing how this time off from stage performance could benefit your personal lives as well, which always ended up leaving a smile on your face before falling asleep in his arms. 

When Halloween rolled around later that year, you were getting ready to go out with Abbie and Jasmine for the night. The three of you were all dressing up and having dinner before going to watch an old horror movie they had re-released into cinemas for the occasion. After putting on the red dress you had bought a few months prior and wore to the after party for the premier of Six with your cast, you began pulling at the fabric around your stomach. The dress was a lot tighter than you remembered, and a frown made its way onto your face at the realisation. 

“You all right?” George asked gently as he looked up from the potions book he was reading and noticed the look on your face. 

“I’ve just gained a lot of weight since not being able to workout as vigorously or dance on stage is all…” you mumbled in reply as you once again pulled at the fabric to try and loosen it a bit. 

“These things happen, it’s okay. You’re still just as beautiful as the day I met you,” George replied as closed the book and got up from the bed to wrap you in an embrace from behind. He moved your hair aside and kissed your neck before mumbling into it, “Sexy devil is really doing it for me though, you may have a surprise waiting for you when you get back later.”

“Oh really now?” you asked with a giggle as you relaxed into his embrace. 

“Really,” he replied, nipping at the skin on your neck before soothing it with his lips and letting you go. “Now, let’s get you out of here before I make you late,” he said as he summoned over the little devil horn headband you had, as well as your red plastic pitchfork before guiding you out of Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron to get to where you were meeting the girls for the night. 

After a great dinner, Abbie and Jasmine were heading to order drinks from the bar, the latter asking, “Do you want your usual? Pina colada?”

“I think I’m good, thanks though,” you replied, forcing a small smile onto your lips as a wave of nausea hit you at the thought of alcohol after the meal. 

“Jaz, you go ahead and order, I’ll send you the money for mine,” Abbie told her before sitting back down across from you while eying you suspiciously. After a few seconds of silence, she asked, “What’s wrong?”

“I just don’t feel great… Physically or mentally,” you replied with a quiet sigh. “I barely fit in this dress anymore, and it just made me really upset. And then I ate too much, so I feel like I’m going to be sick. It’s just a lot all at once…”

Having noticed you picking at your dress specifically around your stomach all night, Abbie leaned in closer and asked quietly, “Could there be… Is there any chance you’re pregnant?”

“P-pregnant?” you asked, shock written all over your face. 

“Yeah. When was the last time you had your cycle?” she asked, leaning back in her chair and crossing her arms over her chest with raised eyebrows. 

“I… I mean it’s been a bit, but I’ve also been under a lot of stress here lately! It’s normal to miss it for a while when you’re as stressed as I’ve been with what? Getting injured during a performance, being told I’ll be on the shelf for nine months or more, writing a play, doing voice lessons! I’ve just got a lot on my plate…” you defended yourself. And while the explanation felt plausible enough to you, your heart began to speed up at the potential of it. 

“You need to take a test,” Abbie told you sternly as Jasmine returned with their drinks. 

“What kind of test are we talking?” Jasmine asked curiously as she took her seat beside Abbie once more. 

“A pregnancy test,” she replied simply, never taking her eyes off of you. 

Jasmine nearly spit out her drink and had to adjust the cat ear headband atop her head before asking, “Come again?”

“She hasn’t gotten her cycle in a bit, she’s nauseous, and has gained weight in her belly,” Abbie explained. “That seems a good enough reason to check.”

“Oh my gosh you may be pregnant?!” Jasmine gushed, a wide smile on her face as she squealed. 

“Keep it down, will you?” you asked sharply as you wrapped your arms around your stomach and cast your eyes toward the table. 

“We can get some tests from the grocery and head back to mine to find out,” Abbie suggested. “Thomas is out with friends for the night, so we would have the place to ourselves.”

“We have to!” Jasmine shouted as she downed her drink in one go, motioning for Abbie to do the same so you could all leave as quickly as possible to head to the grocery for the tests. 

It turned out that Abbie was right. Across three different brands of tests, you tested positive for pregnancy. “Oh my God…” you whispered, your shaking hand covering your mouth that was slightly open in shock at the three tests sitting on the counter in front of you. 

“Oh my God, you’re pregnant!!” Jasmine squealed as she jumped up and down in excitement, already ranting about being the cool aunt to your future child, and what all they’ll get up to once they’re old enough. 

As Jasmine went to the kitchen to grab some champagne for her and Abbie to celebrate, Abbie smiled at you softly and asked, “Are you okay?”

“I…I don’t know…” you whispered. “I-I think I need to talk with my mum…”

“Of course, we can get you a lift there, no worries,” she replied, already taking out her phone to dial a ride share service to take you to Camden. When the car arrived and Abbie got you in securely, she told you, “Keep us updated, okay? We love you.”

“Love you guys too,” you replied quietly as about a million thoughts ran through your mind at once. 

Your mum and dad were ecstatic to say the least. When you quietly told them what you found out at Abbie’s, they were nothing but supportive while listening to your fears about what a pregnancy meant for you. As your mum warmed you up a cuppa, she gently reminded you, “Well honey, now is as good a time as ever for this to happen, you know? You’ve still got a minimum six months left of recovery before you’re able to go back on stage. I’d say this is an ideal time for you to start growing your family!”

“I know, it’s just… It’s scary is all…” you mumbled as you wiped a tear from your now makeup free face. 

“It is. Having a kid is one of the scariest things you can do,” your dad said, which earned a frightened and wide-eyed look from you. He put a reassuring hand on your shoulder before adding, “But it’s one of the best things you’ll ever do. Trust me, kiddo.”

Your mum laughed softly before telling you, “When we first found out I was pregnant with you, we were both terrified. We were just two punks who thought we didn’t wanna be parents, but when that reality hit us, we got it together and figured things out.” The three of you sipped on your tea for a few moments in silence before your mum said, “I think you should get home and tell George. Something tells me that he’s looking for you.”

When she said this, you looked over to the window sill and saw George’s owl sitting there with a letter tied to his leg. You smiled at him and opened the window to let him in and perch on his place in the kitchen while you read the letter. You gave the beautiful bird a treat before writing back to George, telling him that you would meet him outside of the Leaky Cauldron as soon as possible. So, with the reply heading back after the owl got his break in, your mum accompanied you to meet George outside of the pub. 

There was an almost stiff silence only you seemed to sense that filled the air as the two of you entered the pub before making your way to the flat above the shop. When the door shut behind you, George’s hands and lips were on you, surely to make good on his promise from earlier, but when you didn’t reciprocate as enthusiastically, he pulled away and asked, “Is everything all right?”

“I-I…” you said, unsure of how to deliver the message you had for him. 

George’s eyes softened and he ran his hands up and down your arms as he asked, “Did something happen?” When you didn’t respond and simply gazed at the floor, George began to worry, asking, “Did someone hurt you? I swear to Merlin if someone hurt you I’ll-”

“No! No one hurt me,” you told him in order to stop him from freaking out. “I-I’m pregnant,” you said, barely above a whisper. 

“I couldn’t hear you, come again?" George said, turning his good ear toward you. 

You cleared your throat the slightest bit and said a little louder, “I’m pregnant,” the statement feeling even heavier and more real as you stood there saying it to your husband. Before he could respond, you began rambling, saying, “I know we didn’t really plan it and with my PT it probably isn’t the ideal time and all, but I know we’ve been talking about it and wanting to start a family. I was just never sure when that would be. And I know we haven’t been as careful when it comes to sex, but-”

You couldn’t finish your rambling though as your lips were suddenly sealed in a gentle kiss. When George pulled away, he had the widest smile on his face as he asked, “Y-you’re pregnant?” 

You nodded, telling him, “I guess that would be a good explanation as to why my dress is tighter than it was before… And why I’ve been sick a lot more lately…”

“That’s brilliant!” he whispered excitedly before leaning in to kiss you once again. When he pulled away, he guided you to stand in front of the full-length mirror in your shared room. He wrapped his arms around you from behind and rested one of his hands on your stomach, telling you, “You have no idea how happy that makes me.”

“Really?” you asked, tears once again starting to fall from the corners of your eyes. 

“Absolutely,” he replied. He kissed your cheek and asked, “Are you?”

“I don’t know yet,” you replied truthfully. “I guess I’m just more shocked than anything else right now…”

“That’s okay,” he told you, rubbing gentle circles on what you now knew was your small bump. “How about for now, we get in bed and rest up? I’m sure you’ll have a clearer head in the morning, and we can discuss what we do next.”

“That sounds good,” you replied. And so, George helped you out of the dress and into your favourite pyjamas before you both settled in for the night, both of your minds running wild with thoughts of how you would be as parents in the not so distant future. 

Within the next few weeks, you and George found yourselves at your OBGYN’s office for your first appointment to check on your and the baby’s health. When the kind looking woman walked into the room, she smiled at you and asked, “How are you?”

You huffed out a quiet laugh and said, “Nervous? Excited? A little scared?”

“All of those are completely normal to feel right now,” she told you, sending you a warm smile. She turned her attention to George and asked kindly, “And are you dad? A friend? What’s the relationship here?”

“Husband. And father of the baby, yes,” George replied as he returned her smile. 

“Wonderful!" she said, returning his smile. Turning back to you, she started putting her gloves on as she explained, “So, today what we’re doing is a basic panel of blood and urine tests, a physical exam, an ultrasound to check on baby, and just give you some handouts on what to expect in the coming months! The nurse earlier already got the tests, yes?”

“Yes,” you confirmed. 

“Great! So all that’s left is a physical exam and the ultrasound, then some education. Sound good?” 

“Sounds good,” you replied, your voice quieter than usual due to all of the anxious thoughts running rampant in your mind. 

George could see the far away look in your eyes, so he took your hand in his and rubbed gentle circles in it with his thumb as he said quietly, “Hey, come back to me. I’m right here.” You blinked rapidly and shook your head to get out of that headspace, turning your head to see George’s soft eyes looking back at you. “There you are,” he said with a smile. “Now I’m going to step out into the hall while the doctor does your exam. Is that okay or do you want me to stay? It’s not like I haven’t seen all of you before.”

“Cheeky git,” you said with a more genuine laugh this time in response to your husband’s antics. You squeezed his hand before telling him that he was good to step out in the hall.

When he left the room, the doctor began the exam and made small talk as she went, asking, “How long have you two been married?” 

“It’ll be three years this Christmas,” you replied, a smile on your face at the memory of your wedding. 

“Three years is a good amount of time to wait for kids. Feel out what it’s like living together and all before introducing someone new into your lives,” she said. “What is it you do for a living? You just seem so familiar.”

“Oh I perform on the West End,” you replied. “Kinda on the shelf right now though because I tore my ACL during a performance back in June…”

A wide smile made its way onto the doctor's face as she said, “I knew that’s where I had seen you before! My wife and I went to see Six back in June, and we adored the performance!”

“Well, thank you, we appreciate that,” you told her. “Right now since the injury though, I’ve been writing my own play and giving voice lessons.”

“With that voice, there’s plenty to learn from you I’m sure!” 

The two of you continued your discussion about musical theatre during the exam, and when she was done, she summoned George back into the room. As she put some cold gel on the tool in her hand, she asked, “Are you two ready to see baby and hear the heartbeat?”

You both nodded and George grasped your hand in his as you both watched the monitor with bated breath. The instant that you heard the rapid swooshing sound the monitor made, tears sprung to your eyes and you squeezed George’s hand tight. “That���s the heartbeat?” you whispered, your voice choked with emotion. The doctor nodded and your tears finally fell. That was proof that your baby was in there. That this was all real.

“Do you two want to know the gender?” she asked as she moved the wand just so, and an image appeared on the dark screen. You both looked at each other before nodding, so the doctor said, “Congratulations, you two are having a little boy!”

“A-a boy?” George asked, a smile beginning to break out onto his face at the news. 

“That’s right,” the doctor replied enthusiastically while pressing some buttons on the machine to capture the image. “I’m going to print out those pictures and get your education packets going. My nurse will be back with all of that and to answer any more questions you two may have. I will see you in four weeks!”

“Thank you,” you replied, giving the doctor a smile as you replaced your shirt over your now clean tummy. 

When you two got back to the shop just as Tulip was closing up for the day, you both greeted her with smiles before you parted ways up stairs to look over your education packets while George helped with closing duties. After a little over an hour, George came up the stairs and found you staring at the ultrasound pictures with a small smile on your face. “What’s on your mind?” he asked, placing a kiss on your temple as he sat on the loveseat beside you. 

“Just thinking about all of this…” you whispered, leaning into his embrace. “Do you think he’ll be a wizard?”

“We’ll just have to wait and see, some kids don’t exhibit magical abilities until they’re seven,” he said. He chuckled before adding, “Although with the Weasley genes, it would be hard for him to not be.”

“That’s true,” you replied thoughtfully. Your mind flashed back to your first time back in Diagon Alley upon your return from New York, and you smiled as you remembered the kids that passed by you. “I can’t wait to get him his first broom. If he’s anything like his dad I’m sure he’s going to love Quidditch!”

“I’m sure he will,” George agreed as he placed a hand over your small bump. “What should we name him?”

“Well I’ve been thinking and…what if we named him Fred?” you asked, turning your head up to see George’s reaction to the proposition. 

At first, there was shock on his face, followed by a hint of sadness, before settling on bittersweet happiness as a smile graced George’s lips. “Fred Weasley II, I like it a lot,” George replied, his attempt to keep his voice steady failing as a tear slipped from his eye and he pulled you close. “Thank you,” he whispered into your hair as he pulled you even closer, “Merlin, imagine what he would be saying about that, us naming our kid after him!”

“Probably something snarky but sweet nonetheless,” you said with a quiet laugh. “If this kid’s anything like his namesake though, I’m going to have a hard time keeping up with you boys!”

“With two Weasley men coming up with pranks together you’ll never see us coming,” George said with a chuckle. You could hear the smirk in his voice as he added, “Maybe we can try for a girl to even things out.”

“George!” you chastised with a laugh. “One baby at a time! We haven’t even gotten to the hard part of this pregnancy!”

Soon after, the two of you cooked dinner together and ate before settling down for the night with George reading some spell book or another while you worked on finalising some details for your play, the manuscript on your little elevated table that sat over your legs. Now and then George’s hand would wander over and settle on your tummy, and when you looked over you saw that he was purely focused on his reading. You smiled at the fact that even after only knowing you were pregnant for a few weeks, he seemed to be grounded by the little bump and seemed dead set on protecting both you and Fred with all he had. You were always grateful for George, but in this moment that fondness only grew. 

Both you and George wanted to wait to get the whole Weasley family gathered to tell them that you were expecting, and that would finally happen on Christmas, one of the only times of year everyone got together. Sure, Arthur and Molly had visited from time to time, but it was only for a bit when they were getting necessities from Diagon Alley. During these visits, you were usually out either with voice lessons or physical therapy, so it honestly hadn’t been too hard to hide the pregnancy from them. 

Sighing in both amusement and frustration, you pulled your jumper on as you and George got ready to leave so you could get to Devon in time to walk to the Burrow. “We’re already half an hour late to meet my parents to start the drive to Devon, George, hurry along!” 

“Why can’t we just-” George tried as he waved his wand and a pair of shoes began flying his way. 

“George, we’ve been over this. I’m not apparating,” you told him sternly, pulling on your boots, wanting to protect your maternity bottoms from the snow on the ground. 

“But-”

“No, love! What if something goes wrong? What am I going to tell the doctor if part of the baby is splinched, and suddenly at the next appointment he doesn’t have an arm that was clearly there at the appointment the other day?” you asked, straightening up and resting a hand on your ever-growing bump. You were just under halfway through the pregnancy and it was now a habit to run your hands over the bump after any sort of activity as a way of reassuring Fred that everything was okay Earth-side. 

Trailing his eyes down to your hand on your stomach, George finally relented, saying quietly, “I didn’t think about that…”

You nodded, moving over toward George and wrapping your arms around him, your bump slightly in the way, but that didn’t stop you. You ran your hand over his back as you said, “I know it’s second nature to do that, but I just worry about what magical transportation could do to the baby…”

An idea popped into George’s mind, so he started to ask, “What about-?”

“No Floo Network either,” you said with a giggle. “I know it’s less demanding on the body, but travelling that way made me sick before I was pregnant. I don’t even want to think about how sick I would be now.”

George sighed and nodded, saying, “You’re right. May ruin the surprise too, huh?”

“Exactly,” you agreed. You leaned up to kiss him quickly before giggling and telling him, “We’re just going to have to be fashionably late. You did this to yourself, you know.”

George chuckled before pulling you into a deep kiss, mumbling against your lips when he pulled away, “What did you expect? For me to not enjoy my wife on our anniversary?”

“Mmm, you have a good point,” you said, a content sigh leaving your lips at the memory of the lazy anniversary love-making just a while before. You pulled away and grabbed his coat, handing it to him as you said, “We should get going though. I’m sure Mum and Dad are waiting for us on Charing Cross.”

After the long drive to Devon with your parents alternating driving, you all finally arrived at your destination: a little inn located in the mixed magical and Muggle village of Ottery St. Catchpole. Once you got things settled into the rooms the pairs of you would be staying in - because let’s face it, there would be far too many people at the Burrow - you all started on the walk toward the Burrow. George checked the watch on his wrist and chuckled as he said, “See, we're only a little late!”

“And your mother will undoubtedly still be freaking out about our tardiness,” you reminded him with a laugh. 

The four of you made the walk to the Burrow through the cold and snow, with you pulling your winter coat snug to your body to keep warm as the harsh wind bit through it. When you all arrived, George popped his head into the door and called out, “Everyone here?”

“All except you lot!” Charlie called from his spot in the sitting area. 

“Mum's miffed that you’re late,” Ginny warned as she walked by, motioning her head toward the kitchen where Molly was, now making her way toward where George was peeking his head in. 

“George Weasley! What are you doing showing up so late? And why are you making your lovely wife and in-laws stand out in the cold? In! In! All of you!” Molly exclaimed as she began trying to open the door around George. 

“Hold on, hold on, Mum! We have a reason for being late!” George said with a chuckle. “If I may present the first gift of the festivities?”

“Better be a bloody good gift if you couldn’t apparate with it,” Ron said with a quiet laugh, earning a light slap on the shoulder from Hermione who shook her head and giggled. 

George opened up the door fully for you to walk in and as you opened your coat, your hand landed on your growing bump. You smiled wide as you called out, “Surprise!”

“We’re expecting!” George added, wrapping his arms around you from behind and kissing your temple as his hands landed on either side of your tummy. “We wanted to wait so we could tell everyone at once!”

Tears sprung to Molly’s eyes and all evidence of annoyance left her features as she rushed forward and enveloped both you and George in a hug, making sure not to squeeze you too hard. When she pulled away she said tearfully, “Oh I’m so happy for you two!”

After Arthur made his way over to embrace you as well, you pulled something out of your coat pocket and asked, “Do you want to see him?”

“See him?” Arthur asked, perplexed. “Wait, him?”

You giggled and nodded, unfolding the ultrasound pictures you got taken at the office the other day. You turned the photos toward them and said lovingly, “Meet your first grandson, Fred!”

Upon hearing the name you chose, the tears began falling faster from Molly’s eyes as she pulled you into another hug. You ran a hand up and down her back and looked over her shoulder at Arthur marvelling at the photos in his hand, showing them to the other family members who had started to gather around to give their congratulations. “How…how do they get these photos?” he asked as he handed them over to Bill and Fleur.

As Molly let you go once more and rushed to look at the pictures herself, you explained, “It’s called an ultrasound. They use sound waves to visualise the baby and make sure he’s developing properly.”

“Fantastic!” Arthur gushed, a wide smile on his face. 

“And that Ronald is why we didn’t apparate!” George said matter-of-factly to his little brother, letting go of you and ruffling Ron’s hair as he teased him. 

Your mum and dad came up beside you and she said, “So we decided to drive! We’re staying at a little inn up the road.”

“Though I will say I do quite enjoy magical travel, much more efficient,” your dad said. 

The next few minutes were filled with hugs and congratulations and some more tears before you all sat down to celebrate the holiday while the meal finished cooking. By the end of the evening, before you, George, and your parents left to head to the inn for the night, Molly presented you with one last gift. It was a second sweater she enchanted her knitting needles to make, one that would fit your pregnant belly. The sweater not only had your first initial on it, but also a little ‘F’ over your bump. Overcome with hormones and emotions, you changed into the sweater before giving Molly a long hug, giving her your thanks over and over again for the thoughtful gift. 

******

 okay, yes, I know that realistically it’s hard af to get a lead role in what turned out to be such a big musical only two years after graduation, but this is just our little fantasy where things turn out okay :)

also, yes, this is going to end up being a kid fic now that George and Reader are married and living their adult lives together! i personally love the idea of George as a dad, and i hope over the next section of the story you guys will agree! that being said, i know some people aren’t into kid fics, so if this is no longer your cup of tea, i understand, and i appreciate the support you have given me up until now!

likes and comments are always appreciated! xo, brooke <3

ps: the way i tried so hard to keep the content section vague as to not spoil the pregnancy announcement lmao

taglist: @willowlovestheweasleys @v1ckycheesue @superduckmilkshake @5starl1ght

[theemmtropy]

I think I've found the wildest piece of music history in existence. So I went to a audio/visual store today, and they had vintage cassettes, and I was amazed to find a Travelling Wilburys one. The Travelling Wilburys were a musical supergroup consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty. (I've linked their most popular songs, just in case you're not sure who they are.) So I was very excited to add it to my collection. (Side note: it plays great.) Upon opening it up this evening, I was looking at the inside pamphlet, you know, the kind that has designs and track lists and such. And I found an incredible piece of fake lore for the band, which I have typed out (CW for brief racial stereotype):

“The etymological origins of The Traveling Wilburys have aroused something of a controversy amongst academic circles. Did they, as Professor “BOBBY” Sinfield believes, originate from the various Wilbury Fairs which travelled Europe in Medieval times, titillating the populace with contemporary ballads, or rather, were they rather derived from “YE TRAVELLING WILLYBURYS”, who were popular locksmiths during the Crusades used to picking or unlocking jammed chastity belts (rather like today’s emergency plumbers.) Dr. Arthur Noseputty of Cambridge believes they were closely related to the Strangling Dingleberries, which is not a Group but a disease, an unpleasant form of crotch-rot; arguing that a “WILLBERRY” is often used as an expression for a piece of crud found in the crevice of an ancient pair of y-fronts; but I think this can be discounted, not only because of his silly name but also from his habit of impersonating Ethel Merman during lectures. Some have even gone on to suggest tenuous links with the Pillsburys, the group who invented Flour Power. Dim Sun, a Chinese academic, argues that they may be related to “THE STROLLING TILBURYS”, Queen Elizabeth the first’s favourite minstrels, and backs this suspicion with the observation that The Travelling Wilburys is an obvious anagram of “V. BURYING WILL’S THEATRE”, clearly a reference to the closing of Shakespeare’s Globe theatre by Villiers during an outbreak of plague. This would account for the constant travelling. Indeed, many victims of plague and St. Vitus’ dance literally danced themselves to death, and it is this dancing theme that resurfaces with The Wilbury Twist. Not a cocktail but a dance craze, reminiscent of The Wilbury Quadrille made famous at Bath in 1790 by Beau Diddley, and the Wilbury Waltz, which swept Vienna in the 1890’s. One thing, however, remains certain. The circumambulatory peregrinations of these itinerant mundivagrant peripatetic nomads has already disgorged one collection of popular lyrical cantata, which happily encapsulated their dithyrambic antiphonic contrapuntal threnodies as a satisfactory auricular experience for the hedonistic gratification of the hoi polloi on a popular epigraphically inscribed gramophonic recording. Now here’s another one. Tiny Hampton (Professor “TINY” Hampton is currently leading the search for Intelligent Life amongst Rock Journalism, at the University of Please Yourself, California.)"

(I've included links that might help contextualize the jokes/puns/references that I could pick up on.)

HELLO?????? WHICH ONE OF THEM WROTE THIS I NEED TO KNOW

And APPARENTLY, they all had Wilbury personas.

And BEST OF ALL, they named their SECOND ALBUM (which this is pulled from), "VOL. 3". IM WHEEZING.

[syvvieon]

idea my theatre friends n i came up with. something like into the woods where it's a mass crossover between all the fairytales but instead of fairytales it's musicals taking place in highschools. like. some of the antics there would be actually WILD.

like. imagine the absolute BEEF that would go down between the plastics and the heathers. imagine how tracy hairspray would react to the death of the entire st. cassian chamber choir (excluding penny lamb who decided not to ride the rollercoaster that day). imagine ellie/katherine from freaky friday fighting savannah as WELL as heather chandler, regina george, amber von tussle, and ocean o'connell rosenburg.

[theholmwoodfoundation]

THE HOLMWOOD FOUNDATION PILOT EPISODE CAST/CREW - PART TWO

BECKY WRIGHT - THRALLS/PHONE VOICE

Becky voices weird things. Her speciality is small children and demons, make of that what you will... She works across every medium. She played Nic Grundy in ‘The Archers’ for 11 years and continues to appear in regularly in radio dramas on the BBC. Recent credits include: ‘You Must Listen’, ‘Car Crash’, ‘Children of The Stones’, ‘The Battersea Poltergeist’ (Bafflegab/BBC), ‘Lola vs Powerman’, ‘Making Plans with Nigel’, ‘Mythos’ (Sweet Talk/BBC), ‘Barred’ (B7 Media/BBC), ‘Billie Homeless Dies at the End’ (Holy Mountain/BBC) & ‘The Waringham Chronicles’ (Audible Originals). For Big Finish she has appeared in many episodes of ‘Dr Who’, ‘Doom’s Day’, ‘Blake’s 7’, ‘Avalon’, ‘Unit: Nemesis’, ‘The Avengers’, ‘Star Cops’ and ‘Pathfinder’.ops and development sessions for countless new writing initiatives. She has narrated numerous audiobooks and amassed a vast and varied array of weird and wonderful dubbing, animation and computer game credits. On stage she has performed for The Being Human Festival, Nutkhut, The Birmingham Rep, Wolverhampton Arena Theatre, The Bike Shed in Exeter, Hampstead Theatre, The Pleasance and The Tricycle, amongst others. She has toured open air Shakespeare and performed a rep season in a lift shaft! She is very passionate about new work and has been involved in rehearsed readings, workshops and development sessions for countless new writing initiatives.

JESSICA CARROLL - NEWSREADER

Jessica trained at LAMDA. Most recently she played Disciple Z’rell in the multi-award-winning video game Baldur’s Gate 3. Other video games include Divinity: Original Sin 2, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, Elex, Spellforce 3, Dragon Quest XI, Unforeseen Incidents and Code 7. Jessica also voices Darcy the Driller, Riff and Jiff in the UK version of the Thomas & Friends cartoon.  Theatre includes Fence (Finborough); Fishskin Trousers (The Park Theatre, Finborough); The Broken Token (Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Lakeside, William Andrews Clark - Los Angeles); Quirks (Southwark Playhouse); Old Bag (Theatre 503); Ghosts (Battersea Arts Centre); Hellcab (Old Red Lion); Last Seen (Almeida); The Woman of No Importance (Assembly Rooms Ludlow); Taking Steps (Assembly Rooms Ludlow); Daisy Pulls It Off (Lyric Hammersmith). Film and TV includes Hotel Inferno, Polar, The Space In-Between, David & Olivia. Radio includes Life Begins at Crawley and The Future of Radio (Radio 4); The British Are Coming and Liberation Is Not A Recognised Protocol (Apple). Jessica has an extensive voiceover career in commercials, dubbing and the TV and film ADR circuit where she can be heard screaming, crying, doing the news and squawking down police radios in everything from Happy Valley to Bridget Jones.

LUKE KONDOR - ROBERT SWALES

Luke Kondor is a writer, creator, and the voice behind The Other Stories podcast, which has amassed over 12 million downloads. He was recently commissioned by the George A. Romero Foundation to write a Night of the Living Dead audio drama. Currently, he lives and works from a dining room table in the middle of Sherwood Forest. For more, visit www.lukekondor.com.

PART ONE: HERE

PART THREE: HERE

[scotianostra]

Scottish actress Brigit Forsyth born on July 28th 1940 in Edinburgh.

Brigit was a theatre fan from the age of eight when she saw her first pantomimes at the King’s Theatre in the city where she remembers Stanley Baxter as"The best panto dame ever" and Russell hunter during his Callan days.

She attended all girls schools Cranley and St George’s in Edinburgh then trained as a secretary before enrolling at RADA where she studied for three years. She then joined various repertory companies including Lincoln, Edinburgh, Salisbury, Cheltenham, Hornchurch and Watford.

She toured in My Fat Friend and performed in the West End productions of The Norman Conquests, Dusa, Fish and Stas and Vi. Her film work includes The Wrong Side of The Blankets, The Road Builder and The Crystal Stone.

Brigit has worked extensively on television for many years in shows including Playing The Field, The Practice and Tom, Dick and Harriet. She has also appeared in countless long-running hits such as Doctors, The Bill, Casualty, Coronation Street and Emmerdale. She is best known for her long running role as Thelma Ferris in the BBC comedy The Likely Lads and Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads, she has been in the reboot of Open all Hours, Still Open All Hours, but said a number of years ago that The Likely Lads should never return.

Brigit’s heart has always remained in theatre and she has appeared in classics such as Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors, The Glass Menagerie and The Importance of Being Earnest as well as the recent West End hit Calendar Girls

In March 1998 she made a one episode guest appearance in Coronation Street as Ken Barlow’s dating agency client Babs Fanshawe. Brigit is married to Coronation Street director Brian Mills and they have two children Zoe and Ben. Brigit has also appeared in Eastenders, Hollyoaks, Holby City and Doctors, to name but a few of her many extensive YV roles.

Brigit Forsyth passed away on December 1st last year aged 83, she is survived by her two children.

[margotfonteyns]

Lilian Braithwaite (with George Alexander) in Saturday to Monday at the St James's Theatre, 1904

"Her wit, for which she was noted, had a keen edge; she saw through the weaknesses and eccentricities of her fellow-beings with deadly clarity, and what she said went the rounds of the dressing-rooms. When asked what a certain actress had gone to America to play—'I don't know,' said Lilian. 'It can't have been a very big part, because she went on a very small boat.' — Denys Blakelock

[aemiron-main]

Hi! Since you've seen the play a few times, would you mind answering a quick question? Does the Hawkins Library make any kind of appearance or otherwise get mentioned in the play?

Between its clock tower which chimes like Vecna's grandfather clock as the four gates converge at its location, and the fact it's where Will was taken to get slugged, the library is clearly a place of significance for Vecna -- but as far as I've been able to gather, the play doesn't seem to offer any explanation as to why.

Does The Hawkins Library Appear In TFS?

HELLO!! <3 Great question- sadly, the play does NOT touch on the library at all. It’s honestly a little weird that it’s literally never brought up whatsoever!

Which, I think it’s extra weird that the library never got brought up considering how the ST library clock tower parallels the clock tower in Back To The Future. Especially since in TFS, Henry is always running late, much like Marty McFly, and his code name was George during the auditions (much like George McFly), and then there’s also the changing newspapers about George McFly that change based on changes to the timeline, versus a.) the Henry vs Edward papers about the Creel murders in-show and b.) the weird TFS newspapers about the Creel murders that are completely different from the in-show newspapers about the Creel murders.

There’s also the whole thing re: “you have to be your dad” in TFS vs Marty McFly almost accidentally becoming his own father/erasing himself from existence.

Which, the newspaper thing is especially interesting re: the missing library considering that the newspapers were down in the library basement in s4 (well, specifically, the weekly watcher was/thats where we get the scene of robin grabbing the weekly watcher to look at) vs will being in the UD library’s basement in S1.

It also struck me as weird that there’s so many other things/parts of Hawkins that are mentioned on the posters in the theatre and that are relevant in-show (such as the first Snow Ball), but don’t even get a single throwaway line in the play. Even though there’s other locations (such as Henderson Liquors) that have the entire building on stage, both interior and exterior/Henry walks into it- not to mention the giant USS Eldridhe ship on stage. Point is, if they wanted to show us a location, whether interior or exterior, they would, so it’s a pointed choice for them Not to.

Which, this whole location weirdness is extra weird when we consider what I talked about in this post re: almost every location in TFS also being Hawkins High for some reason.

However, Will’s scenes underneath the library in S1 definitely have cave vibes IMO, and I think that’s definitely going to tie into some Henry parallels re: the cave that Henry was in when he was in Nevada/when he contracted the shadow.

And like I’ve talked about on here before, the clock also never shows up in TFS, even though we hear it, we never see it, despite the fact that there’s a whole scene in the Creel foyer, it’s a.) conveniently dark and b.) the clock just. Isn’t there, so there’s smthn rattling about that vs the library clock also not showing up in TFS and the parallels between the Creel clock and the library clock in S4.

I also wonder if the library’s significance to Vecna is going to tie into the whole Brenner-As-Vecna/Beenner having merged himself with Henry or Edward thing, and if the library was significant to Brenner because a.) we do get him tied to the library in S1 when Hopper reads those articles about him in the library and b.) TFS straight up had Vecna’s shadow pop up behind Brenner, and IMO, the Brenner-Vecna connection just gets stronger every day.

Anyway! I hope this answers your question/helps! :DD Thanks for the ask! <333

[black-rabbit-razumikhin]

Books, So Many Books

The Bedside Pile

~ Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks

~ Children Of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

~ Geisha: The Secret History Of A Vanishing World by Lesley Downer

Physical TBR

~ The Mammoth Hunters by Jean Auel

~ Plains Of Passage by Jean Auel

~ Shelters Of Stone by Jean Auel

~ Land Of The Painted Caves by Jean Auel

~ As Long As We Both Shall Live by Joann Chaney

~ Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

~ On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks

~ Here I Am by Jonathan Foer

~ A Killer Choice by Tom Hunt

~ Cold Heart by Linda LaPlante

~ Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

~ Brothers by Bernice Rubens

~ The Hickory Staff by Robert Scott

~ The Farm by Tom Smith

~ The Master Of Ballantre by Robert L. Stevenson

~ Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift

~ Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

~ The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Storygraph TBR

~ The Lord Of The Flies by William Golding

~ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

~ Animal Farm by George Orwell

~ Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey

~ Sea Of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

~ Blood In My Eye by George Jackson

~ Escape Routes by Naomi Ishiguro

~ The Gospel Of The Eels by Patrik Svensson

~ The End Of Loneliness by Benedict Wells

~ Orlando by Virginia Woolf

~ Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie

~ Half Of A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie

~ Unexpected Vanilla by Lee Hyemi

~ The Ritual by Adam Nevill

~ Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns

~ Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park

~ The Last Tale Of The Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

~ Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.

~ Battle Royale by Koushin Takami

~ What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher

~ The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

~ American Prometheus by Kai Bird

~ Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

~ The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

~ Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck