What Would Jane Austen Do?

 

When I was a kid, my mom made special efforts to get us all cultured and stuff. We went to any and every play that was put on in the Golden Triangle, and often when we went to Austin we would see something at Southwestern or at St. Edward's. Among the ones that stand out: My first concert, Billy Ocean at the Beaumont Civic Center. Lots of fainting black ladies. I was saucer-eyed. I think I was 10. The Wizard of Oz at the Port Arthur Civic Center, where mom says we watched the special effects guy much more than the play. Some retelling of Hamlet featuring a flatulent Claudius, at some theater in Austin. There were maybe 20 people in the audience, and we were 6 of them, but we walked out during Act I. And now, even though I have to remind myself to do it, I like getting out there to see what Houston has going on. Rossini's Otello , presented by Opera in the Heights So it turns out that Rossini's opera gutted the character of Iago , which is kind of a disappoint...

Watching It's the new Downton Abbey ! Or so the Beeb would have you think. Did you watch it?