Today I met up with Philippa at the Burrell Collection for lunch. It was great to see her and she had lots of exciting news to tell me. It was a beautiful autumn day and the highland cows in the fields were being admired by many visitors to Pollok Park.
We watched Rent (the musical) this evening because we went to see La Bohème at the Theatre Royal on Tuesday, because I know that Rent is based on La Bohème. I saw it years ago and enjoyed it, but I don’t think that James has ever seen it. Rent is set in New York in the 1980s and instead of the tuberculosis of the 1830s, some of the characters have AIDS. The characters in both productions are similar in their drinking, drug-taking and living on the fringes of society as impoverished artists and writers. James did not enjoy watching Rent, he didn’t think that the music was any good, although he did admit that the indolent characters were no worse than those in La Bohème! Coincidentally Jamie went to see Rent at Sydney Royal Opera House on Thursday. He has been in Australia for a neonatal conference this week.
We watched Rent (the musical) this evening because we went to see La Bohème at the Theatre Royal on Tuesday, because I know that Rent is based on La Bohème. I saw it years ago and enjoyed it, but I don’t think that James has ever seen it. Rent is set in New York in the 1980s and instead of the tuberculosis of the 1830s, some of the characters have AIDS. The characters in both productions are similar in their drinking, drug-taking and living on the fringes of society as impoverished artists and writers. James did not enjoy watching Rent, he didn’t think that the music was any good, although he did admit that the indolent characters were no worse than those in La Bohème! Coincidentally Jamie went to see Rent at Sydney Royal Opera House on Thursday. He has been in Australia for a neonatal conference this week.
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