May 22


Amber pages


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



Sir Lawrence Olivier - born today, 1907. He was neither from Stanislavski'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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