[Hardy-l] New production of Tess

[Rosemarie Morgan]

>The use of "lavish" alerts my sensors of flim-flam over substance.  I hope 
>it means a well-resourced production!

Hear, Hear!

>To show a perhaps statistically more accurate picture of opinion I totally 
>disagree with Paul over the relative merits of the two recentish versions 
>of "Tess".

I'm with you, Royd. I once saw the Theatre Upstairs (London)  perform 
*Tess* in mainly dance and mime. It was stunning -- my young daughter (then 
10) who hadn't yet read the novel was riveted from first to last and at the 
end she  yelled over the thunderous applause,   "What a *strong* 
woman!"  That's the Tess I'd like to see; not a Polanski doll.
Cheers
Rosemarie