"...He was scalded to death by the steam"

Ben Brumfield wrote

 >Thanks for this, Gene. I've crossed White Oak Mountain many times, and
 >almost never without humming a few bars, or singing the last stanza if
 >my wife is with me. The folks in the area are still very proud of it.

I hope there's a plaque or something there to commemorate it.

BTW Ben, we never got a report from you on the Orwell centenary celebration in
Austin. Did you find out any more about the musical comedy version of _The Road
to Wigan Pier_?

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Gene Zitver wrote:
 >
 > I hope there's a plaque or something there to commemorate it.
 >
I think there may be. The state of Virginia seems to be both stingy and
arbitrary about their historical markers, but I think they got this one.

 > BTW Ben, we never got a report from you on the Orwell centenary celebration in
 > Austin. Did you find out any more about the musical comedy version of _The Road
 > to Wigan Pier_?
 >
Well, I still don't have my notes with me, but I do remember being very
disappointed when I quizzed one of the players about it. They aren't
addressing the second half of the book at all, nor any of the boarding
house/tripe shop stories. Apparently it's just going to be a straight
presentation of the dreariest bits about coal mining, though performed
by people with a pretty good sense of humor. So it's not at all what
I'd be making, but still looks worth seeing. I remember being really
impressed by their band, and their English accents were much less
cringe-inspiring than usual.

Here's the snippet from their website:
The Road To Wigan Pier: A (Socialist) Tea-Time Travelogue & Historical
Musical Revue opens in January 2004 at the Off Center. The original play
is based on George Orwell's book, The Road To Wigan Pier, and explores
the trials and tribulations in Lancashire's coal mining communities. The
action follows a collection of unemployed miners set with the task of
putting on a show in a dingy working men's club in Wigan, England, circa
1936. It's a hodge-podge of theatricality with live music, film, games
of chance, and more Anglophiliac references than would fit in all the
tea cups in England.

And they've added a lot more here:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.latejoys.com/" target="_blank">http://www.latejoys.com/</a>

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Ben Brumfield wrote:

 > Gene Zitver wrote:
  > >
  > > I hope there's a plaque or something there to commemorate it.
  > >
 > I think there may be. The state of Virginia seems to be both stingy and
 > arbitrary about their historical markers, but I think they got this one.
 >
  > > BTW Ben, we never got a report from you on the Orwell centenary celebration in
  > > Austin. Did you find out any more about the musical comedy version of _The Road
  > > to Wigan Pier_?
  > >
 > Well, I still don't have my notes with me, but I do remember being very
 > disappointed when I quizzed one of the players about it. They aren't
 > addressing the second half of the book at all, nor any of the boarding
 > house/tripe shop stories. Apparently it's just going to be a straight
 > presentation of the dreariest bits about coal mining, though performed
 > by people with a pretty good sense of humor. So it's not at all what
 > I'd be making, but still looks worth seeing. I remember being really
 > impressed by their band, and their English accents were much less
 > cringe-inspiring than usual.

What a pity. I'd want a Rockettes-style kick line of sandal-wearing vegetarians in
tight shorts.

 >
 >
 > Here's the snippet from their website:
 > The Road To Wigan Pier: A (Socialist) Tea-Time Travelogue & Historical
 > Musical Revue opens in January 2004 at the Off Center. The original play
 > is based on George Orwell's book, The Road To Wigan Pier, and explores
 > the trials and tribulations in Lancashire's coal mining communities. The
 > action follows a collection of unemployed miners set with the task of
 > putting on a show in a dingy working men's club in Wigan, England, circa
 > 1936. It's a hodge-podge of theatricality with live music, film, games
 > of chance, and more Anglophiliac references than would fit in all the
 > tea cups in England.

Let's Put On A Show? Oh, dear.

But could be fun. Looking forward to yr review.

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