Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem on the audio-video with Harriet,
during general catch-up,
composition of page 19 re Sex and the Species,
and more computer work --
breaking
for
a
library-and-
supply run, returning to take in (over other labors),
more Shakespearean fare (King John, 1596, re the historical figure, 1166-1216, and
King Lear, 1606, after the legendary Leir of Britain, c. 700's), which spurs the acquisiion of the
Jean Anouih (1910-1987) Becket (1959 / 1964, re Thomas a Becket, 1118-1170) + A Lion in Winter (1968, with a score by John Barry, 1933-2011, both films re the amazing times of Henry II, 1133-1189, and Eleanor of Aquitaine, 1122-1204... grand-daughter of the first troubadour: Duke William IX of Aquitaine, 1071-1126, and mother of troubadour / King Richard the Lionheart, 1157-1199, and the aforementioned John -- the two sons often a part of the Robin Hood tales) and the Peter Brook (b. 1925) spin on Lear (1971, with Paul Scofield).
Wow!
Also spectacular,
the sunset,
sometimes in crimson, 142nd day of summer, high still lower to 86 (92nd at 80+),
