Fantastic post. Really gets at what makes Logue so good. I was very into him at one point, years ago, and even tried to write something Logue-inspired, but for Campanella's City of the Sun (you can imagine how well that worked, ha ha). This makes me want to revisit him.
Much appreciated, honestly it's a blind spot for me too -- if more of it were like Logue, it wouldn't be! There's a whole group of loosely associated British artists of the day that haven't quite gotten their due I think. I suppose bc a lot of them were in theatre and radio. I would kill for a good book on the 1950s-70s BBC/Royal Shakespeare Company/National Theatre world including people like Peter Brook, Kenneth Tynan, Peter Hall, Logue, Harrison Birtwistle. So much of it is intriguing bc it survives only as a memory or in shaky 16mm film or half a radio broadcast etc. It would be better than yet another book on Bloomsbury or something.
I forgot to include in the post Alan Howard of the RSC reading War Music, he absolutely slays. Another tremendous talent who did most of his work on the stage, you can see him in the old Playing Shakespeare documentary on youtube too -- totally captivating.
Fantastic post. Really gets at what makes Logue so good. I was very into him at one point, years ago, and even tried to write something Logue-inspired, but for Campanella's City of the Sun (you can imagine how well that worked, ha ha). This makes me want to revisit him.
Great analysis. Contemporary (well, close enough) poetry is a real blind spot of mine, but Logue seems fascinating, I’ll be checking this out!
Much appreciated, honestly it's a blind spot for me too -- if more of it were like Logue, it wouldn't be! There's a whole group of loosely associated British artists of the day that haven't quite gotten their due I think. I suppose bc a lot of them were in theatre and radio. I would kill for a good book on the 1950s-70s BBC/Royal Shakespeare Company/National Theatre world including people like Peter Brook, Kenneth Tynan, Peter Hall, Logue, Harrison Birtwistle. So much of it is intriguing bc it survives only as a memory or in shaky 16mm film or half a radio broadcast etc. It would be better than yet another book on Bloomsbury or something.
I forgot to include in the post Alan Howard of the RSC reading War Music, he absolutely slays. Another tremendous talent who did most of his work on the stage, you can see him in the old Playing Shakespeare documentary on youtube too -- totally captivating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCSCiHKBLHY