Author dorabenley

RADA’s Performance Of Romeo And Juliet Not West Side Story: I generally like to research a time period and present it as it was including costumes, language, furniture, food, cars or other transportation, houses, gardens, manners, etc. I’ve always preferred… Continue Reading →

The waiter at the restaurant at the Athens Hilton confused me with a certain married lady, Mrs. So and So. I was amazed. I was even more amazed when he asked me if I liked the soup (I kept on… Continue Reading →

I’ll never forget walking right into the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and immediately running into the bronze face mask of Agamemnon staring back at me looking through three thousands years of time to confront me face to face. It’s… Continue Reading →

We spent all day on a Friday soaking up sun at a rocky cove at a craggy beach, lying amidst the pebbles instead of in the sand. I was burnt red. It was unforgettable. I was lying all alone four… Continue Reading →

I took an all day tour to the Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi. The bus drove past the birthplace of Hercules at Thebes north into increasingly mountainous terrain. The snow-capped peak of Mount Parnassus was gilt with sunlight. The bus… Continue Reading →

We followed our busy day’s itinerary to the Trevi Fountain. Much to our surprise we found a large building with many statues and fountains surrounding it, arranged on varying levels and made of marble of course, none of them in… Continue Reading →

After lunch we caught the bus from Rome to the Villa d’Este and Hadrian’s Villa. It took over an hour riding through miles of countryside to reach the Villa d’Este, which was located on a high hill of olive trees…. Continue Reading →

When you walk along the pathways in the garden at the Villa d’Este, when you climb the terraces next to spouting fountains and see water coming out of the mouth of a goddess or a satyr, you think you have… Continue Reading →

RADA’s Shakespeare Hard To Take Seriously Romeo and Juliet performed by RADA was hard to take seriously. We were sitting in the balcony on deck 3. The audience was all getting up and leaving before the end of the play,… Continue Reading →

Lucius Antonius was the great progenitor of Colonel Sir Edward Ware, the hero of the Edward Ware Thriller Series. Lucius Antonius has sailed to Alexandria, Egypt along with Julius Caesar’s triumphant legions in pursuit of Pompey the Great. Caesar may… Continue Reading →