Author Archives: David

Online reading: “Pravda” by David Hare and Howard Brenton

7 March 2021 by David
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Pile of newspapers
… Everywhere people tell lies. In pubs. To each other. To their husbands. To their wives. To the children. To the dying – and thank God they do. No one tells the truth. Why single out newspapers? … They are the universal scapegoat for everyone else’s evasions and inadequacies. So says Lambert le Roux, main protagonist of Pravda (= truth, in Russian), written in collaboration by Howard Brenton and David Hare. It was premiered at the (London) National Theatre in 1985. The play portrays the Continue reading →

Online reading: “Henry IV” by Luigi Pirandello

12 February 2021 by David
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Henry IV. Salvo Randone in the title role
Tagora members and friends are invited to take part in – or just listen to – an online reading of Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello on Sunday 21 February at 11.00. About the play After a fall from his horse during a Carnival pageant, an unnamed Italian aristocrat believes he is the obscure medieval German emperor Henry IV and is placed by the family in a villa with four valets, pretending to be his “private counsellors” – Landolph, Ordulph, Harold and the newly recruited Berthold. Continue reading →

The other RADA

23 November 2020 by David
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RADA logo
Tagora members who attended our AGM will remember that we discussed the possibility of “staging” performances online, using Zoom or similar applications. Well, great minds think alike; and the Riviera Amateur Dramatic Association (the other RADA, geddit?) is offering an online production of Lysistrata by Aristophanes. Continue reading →

We’ll meet again…

9 November 2020 by David
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… but for the moment, Covid oblige, it will be online. Tagora’s annual general meeting will take place on Sunday 22 November at 11.00. It’s a chance to review past activities and to look forward to the future. And also to elect the new committee (for which nominations are invited). The meeting will be held by Zoom. You will need a computer or a telephone. A camera is useful, but not essential. If you want to attend, please e-mail agm@tagora.eu in advance of the meeting. Continue reading →

Uncertain times

9 November 2020 by David
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David Adamson as William Shakespeare
We announced in June Tagora’s plans to stage the Merchant of Venice towards the end of 2021. However, in these uncertain times it is becoming clear that it is impractical to continue planning for a such a production. Restrictions on gathering together in large groups, and on access to rehearsal spaces, look as if they will continue for some time. As an alternative, we propose to work on a revue inspired by aspects of Shakespearean theatre – past, present or future. The show should, in Continue reading →