May 22


Amber pages


Richard Wagner - born today, 1813; life here; my rendition of his Ring-Cycle in English narrative here.


(You can also find him studying with Weber on Nov 19; Tolkiened on Jan 3; mentioned as an influence on Feb 9, June 9 and Aug 21; merely mentioned on Feb 11, Oct 27 and Nov 6; and his Die Walküre at the annual Wagner Festival at Bayreuth on July 22, with Hlitler in the audience)



Sir Lawrence Olivier - born today, 1907. He was neither from Stanislavsky's school in Petersburg nor Lee Strasberg's in New York, but from the way he approached the business of acting, he clearly should have been. See Jan 17.



And today in 1972, Ceylon was declared a republic and changed its name to Sri Lanka (why was it ever called Ceylon in the first place when its ancient name was...? actually there have been several... and what does Sri Lanka mean? - answers in The World Hourglass)




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