I am very honored to be among the blogs and Web sites listed on author/actor/broadcaster Brian Sibley’s blog, which can be seen by clicking here. Sibley hails from England, and I have always felt a very strong association with England, the land of my ancestors; although I do wonder sometimes if my ancestors left on good terms, what with words like “pratfall” and “prattle” to live down.
Sibley writes about many things that I find interesting, including Disney animation and Nick Park’s Wallace & Gromit. I am pleased to have introduced Jimmy Johnson, creator of the comic strip Arlo & Janis, to the delights of Wallace & Gromit in 1995.
Sibley has an innovative and very well-received stage adaptation of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” playing in London at the Greenwich Playhouse, through January 6. You can read the theatre reviews and blog reader comments at this link.
In our house we have a copy of The Annotated Christmas Carol, which is a book that I recommend highly. Sometime this week I will post an Orson Welles radio adaptation of A Christmas Carol, starring Lionel Barrymore.
Oh yes, Brian Sibley is a class act. England has such an amazing wealth of popular literature, and Sibley’s breadth and depth of knowledge and insight into it is impressive indeed. I had known his name from Disney books, but didn’t connect with his blog until he posted something that Jeannie Schulz had sent to him, after the Michaelis biography of her late husband appeared.
Hi Doug! I was reading some of your posts from the past holiday seasons, then did some reading on Wikipedia, and ended up here! Interestingly enough I was reading about Edward Hardwicke who, as you well know, played Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes series opposite Jeremy Brett. Then I saw he was also in a production of “Shadowlands”. That rung a bell and I looked up Brian Sibley in Wikipedia. I was fascinated! Mr. Sibley is a great, prolific writer and I am definitely checking out his work! You know how much I love the Brits and it’s great that you can introduce people to this great man with your blog and link to his!
Awesome site, Mr. Sibley! I love the Brits as well. I also have the Orson Welles/Lionel Barrymore Scrooge on tape. Great stuff! I’ll have to get a copy of the annotated “Christmas Carol;” probably my favorite short story.
Thanks, Doug! I’m glad to have met you via the blogosphere!
‘The Annotated Christmas Carol’ is a great book – full of fascinating information and insight into Dickens’ much-treasured tale. You would probably also enjoy a little book of mine (now long out of print, but still surfacing every now and again on e-bay) entitled ‘A Christmas Carol: The Unsung Story’.
Wishing you (and your readers) a wonderful Holiday Season and a peaceful, happy and successful New Year…
…And God bless us every one!