Book Two of On The River of Time: Spenser
Spenser portrays the last four turbulent months of Edmund Spenser’s life as he and his family are caught up in the Munster Revolt in Ireland in 1598. As he fights to survive the invasion of his home, his life as a refugee in Cork, and his return to England, his memories and thoughts trace through […]
Weathering of Years
Here green-leafed memories invade the mind; Here our young profuse acts luxuriate; And then leaf-fallen times can be defined; And then the old, snow-fallen thoughts await. These poems explore our ages by the season: Child’s adventure in untidy garden With its ancient, stooped gardener; young poet Begging in Seattle; celebrations Of birth, birthdays and of […]
An Odyssey
How all occasions do inform against us! Well, not necessarily. Serendipity can also come into play. Such a happy accident happened to me just over a week ago. In Toronto I had launched my book, Odysseus, early in April. Later, at home here in Kelowna, I came across in the New Yorker an article I […]
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Carl Hare
From ROB MCLENNAN’S BLOG Original post Saturday, July 21, 2018 12 or 20 (second series) questions with Carl Hare Carl Hare has written poems and plays including The Eagle and the Tiger, which has been successfully produced and is in the archives of the National Library of Norway. His children’s poems have been set to music by Canadian […]
Douglas Rain
Douglas Rain died three months ago, but I was away and did not know of if until I got back to Kelowna in late January. Doug was my boss at the National Theatre School, and I have had great respect both for his work there and as one of our finest actors. Here is my […]
Find yourself through your own voice and act
To Selma’s cry for an answer, Brack dismisses the idea of woman as artist, and the arguments rage on about the nature of woman and man until Suzannah asks if Selma’s question has been answered. Both Falk and Ibsen tell her that she must follow her drive, whatever it may cost, to fulfill her need. […]
Music’s muse is woman fair
In the last blog I told you that the festive season had reminded me of a soiree that Ibsen and his wife Suzannah gave in my play, The Eagle and the Tiger, and I let the narrator give you a brief introduction for each of the guests. It did not start well. The gentlemen admired […]
Audio | The beginning of an epic #1
Author and playwright, Carl Hare delves into the birth of an epic trilogy.
The Eternal Argument
I never managed to write a blog for International Women’s Day. But thinking about that day triggers memories of a soiree I created in The Eagle and the Tiger, a play I wrote about Ibsen and his wife Suzannah. The play itself is a fusion of the present and memory as it deals with their […]
A paradox, this day of love’s exchange
A paradox, this day of love’s exchange, Its past reeking of martyrdom and death, Pagan and Christian eros in one breath Commingling, emotions loosed to tightly range. And in the well-worn stories, great lovers strain To overcome their hardships, their passions thwarted, To keep their troth from many sides distorted, And glory in the end […]
