https://livesteven.com/2026/05/21/the-good-and-the-bad-in-preparing-to-watch-the-tragicall-historie-of-hamlet-performed-by-assembly-84-at-their-new-theatre-in-horden-from-the-text-of-the-first-quarto-publication-conventionally-c/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-05-21T07:57:12+00:00The good and the bad in preparing to watch ‘The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet’ performed by Assembly 84 at their new theatre in Horden, from the text of the First Quarto publication, conventionally called by editors a ‘bad quarto’? Part 1 – dealing with ‘fears and self-doubts.dailyprompt, literature, books, theatre, shakespeare, william-shakespeare, dailyprompt-2773, quarto-1-of-hamlethttps://livesteven.com/2026/05/20/at-a-time-when-the-arts-is-in-crisis-northern-theatre-companies-need-to-get-their-act-and-actors-together-the-terrible-waste-of-an-evening-at-elysiums-long-days-journey-into-night/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-05-20T08:34:30+00:00At a time when the arts is in crisis, Northern theatre companies need to get their act and actors together. The terrible waste of an evening at Elysium’s ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’.theatre, review, eugene-oneill, gala-theatre-durham, elysium-theatre, long-days-journey-into-nighthttps://livesteven.com/2026/05/19/maybe-life-at-bottom-is-quicksand-comparing-henrietta-moraes-life-to-quicksand-deadly-calm-on-the-surface-but-inherently-untrustworthy-beneath-dom-moraes-her-third-hu/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-05-19T13:46:13+00:00Maybe life, at bottom, is quicksand! Comparing Henrietta Moraes’ life ‘to quicksand, deadly calm on the surface but inherently untrustworthy beneath’, Dom Moraes, her third husband is said by Darren Coffield to have ‘worshipped the shifting sand she walked on’.[1] That worship wasn’t quite that of a lasting religion and when it changed it disappeared from sight like a body sunken into quicksand does. However, Darren Coffield allows Henrietta Moraes to speak to us, if fitfully, again. This blog is a reflection on Darren Coffield (2026) Hen: Mistress of Mayhem Cheltenham, The History Press.dailyprompt, writing, book-reviews, books, fiction, francis-bacon, dailyprompt-2770, henrietta-domaes, hen, the-mistress-of-mayhem, darren-coffield, maggi-hambling