I got to play Sarah Angliss’ theremin 🙂 I’ve hung out with the decadent aesthetes and enjoyed the summer in London and met up with friends and caught the Bard of Salford, too.
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UK Week 2: Mad Men and English Dogs (part three)
Back from Pennsylvania, where Miss Wendy and I sat in the dark and watched the fireflies when the power went out at Lafayette College, where she’s teaching a summer class on comics. Saturday we headed down to Philadelphia and met up with my pal Todd for sushi, drinks and a not so good movie (that…
UK Week 2: Mad Men and English Dogs (part one)
The second week kicked off with a bang and one of my favorite plays by one of my favorite playwrights: Tom Stoppard‘s Arcadia. I had just taught the play in my grad class in the spring, so it was fresh in my mind, particularly from our reading in the pub. I *love* the poster for…