https://livesteven.com/2026/11/09/yesterday-i-saw-the-national-theatres-production-directed-by-sam-yates-of-golden-boy-heres-a-second-take-based-on-a-production-that-seems-to-promise-that-both-joe-bonaparte-and/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-11-09T20:27:21+00:00Yesterday, I saw the National Theatre’s production directed by Sam Yates of ‘Golden Boy’. Here’s a second take based on a production that seems to promise that both Joe Bonaparte and Lorna Moon can learn a life lesson, though they learn it too late. After all Lorna does say that she can envision ‘ a city’ in which ‘happy boys and girls’ exist ‘who can : teach us the way of life’. But could they have learned it?dailyprompt, writing, books, drama, golden-boy, dailyprompt-2941, lessons-learned-or-nothttps://livesteven.com/2026/11/08/in-the-order-of-what-endures-which-is-renewal-friendship-is-the-oldest-briefest-of-things/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-11-08T13:34:49+00:00In the order of what endures, which is renewal, friendship is the oldest, briefest of thingsdailyprompt, poetry, writing, fiction, love, life, dailyprompt-2940