BBM Now a Dutch Play - Premier tonight

[Toast]

I just know I won't make it to the theater to see this play in Holland,
but if I did go I would take a facecloth.
Then I could keep the souvenir one.

Maybe a bunch of brokies in the front row waving facecloths would be fun.
Love to be there.
Since we all know the story by heart, I wouldn't need to take my translation "machine".
Then I would go skating on a canal somewhere.
Is there any ice around this winter??

[SFEnnisSF]

You say they did not show Lureen.  Did they use a recorded female voice for the phone call, or was that read by the actors?

[mvansand76]

I just know I won't make it to the theater to see this play in Holland,
but if I did go I would take a facecloth.
Then I could keep the souvenir one.

Maybe a bunch of brokies in the front row waving facecloths would be fun.
Love to be there.
Since we all know the story by heart, I wouldn't need to take my translation "machine".
Then I would go skating on a canal somewhere.
Is there any ice around this winter??

That's a good idea! No, there is no ice around this winter, there hasn't been ice around for twelve years now... No picturesque Amsterdam Canal Skating pictures unfortunately....

[mvansand76]

You say they did not show Lureen.  Did they use a recorded female voice for the phone call, or was that read by the actors?

Ahaaaa, that was the only thing that was a recorded female voice! 

[Oregondoggie]

Wonder how the rights to do a play were obtained... 

Does the agreement limit the work to Dutch?
Can there be English translations?
Could there be DIFFERENT versions in English?
Who owns the rights in English now  --Proulx or Ossana--McMurtry?
Could Santoalalla's music be used?

If Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a guide, the future might hold a variety of interpretations.   

[moremojo]

If Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a guide, the future might hold a variety of interpretations.

I very much hope so!

[mvansand76]

Wonder how the rights to do a play were obtained... 

Does the agreement limit the work to Dutch?
Can there be English translations?
Could there be DIFFERENT versions in English?
Who owns the rights in English now  --Proulx or Ossana--McMurtry?
Could Santoalalla's music be used?

If Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a guide, the future might hold a variety of interpretations.   

I'm not sure, I could ask the theatre company though, I got an e-mail address for their PR and marketing dept.

[David In Indy]

Well, at least I have an idea for a birthday present for David now... when I do go see it again, I will make sure to sit in the front row....

Ohh! I just saw this! I never know what little treasures I will dig up when I go back and scour the threads thoroughly


Melissa. My birthday isn't until September. You mean to tell me I have to wait until September before I get that sweat soaked (and whatever soaked) washcloth?

Maybe you could give it to me as an Easter present? Or a St. Patrick's Day present (Is there such a thing as a St. Patrick's Day present?)

I digress. The point is, I hope I don't have to wait until September! September is still 7 months away!     

[Oregondoggie]

I'm not sure, I could ask the theatre company though, I got an e-mail address for their PR and marketing dept.

Yes, finding out the process of how they developed Brokeback Mountain would be very interesting to those of us back in the States.  (My best Dutch friend learned English in Kentucky to the astonishment of all Southerners who met her...and now she lives in Australlia!))

[David In Indy]

Yes, finding out the process of how they developed Brokeback Mountain would be very interesting to those of us back in the States.  (My best Dutch friend learned English in Kentucky to the astonishment of all Southerners who met her...and now she lives in Australlia!))

Kudos to your friend! 

If only we Americans would take the time to learn other languages when we travel abroad. Some do of course, but sadly not enough.

I can't help but wonder what those Australians must think when they hear your Dutch friend speaking English with a Kentucky accent!