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The Motive and the Cue. The review i have linked to is from the National Theatre run - it moved to the Noel Coward in December and I think they altered some of the things criticised in that original review. A friend recommended it and I paid £10 for the seat. Restricted view. It was worth seeing and moving in parts. One of the things that really strikes me - and this is sad, and it's not the first time this has struck me - is the actors' bow at the end. I feel these REAL people and an audience of REAL people who have been bound up in an UNREAL reality for a few hours suddenly seeing each other. There is this strange recognition.And the recognition is bound up in the creation of the drama and also in its dissolution. Makes me cry.


I had lunch at the vegan restaurant Mildred's, which was great, and walked back to Euston after the play, passing Bedford Square where the plane trees called me.



A Titan reaching up to the sky...


And flowing into the earth.



The bark of these trees is glorious. It's part of how they survive London's traffic fumes.



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maplekey4
Mar 12, 2024

Glad you had an outing to the theatre. Impressed I am by the plane trees. Especially like the pic of the "flowing" roots!!!

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