tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004288060867455452.post7240061446519101014..comments2024-02-28T03:20:21.367-08:00Comments on Deborah Lawrenson: Dirk Bogarde, writing in the rainDeborah Lawrensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16882043247450468229noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004288060867455452.post-26683790079799083372023-08-21T11:08:55.138-07:002023-08-21T11:08:55.138-07:00Does anyone know who misses x his american corresp...Does anyone know who misses x his american correspondent wasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004288060867455452.post-12278763669368067472021-01-26T07:17:23.527-08:002021-01-26T07:17:23.527-08:00Very happy that you enjoyed the post, Monserrate. ...Very happy that you enjoyed the post, Monserrate. You might want to find the first couple of autobiography/memoirs that Bogarde wrote in the late 70s and through the 80s, starting with "A Postillion Struck by Lightning"and "Snakes and Ladders" and "An Orderly Man". All very good reads and full of personal insights.Deborah Lawrensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882043247450468229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004288060867455452.post-414983436820785582021-01-25T06:44:31.207-08:002021-01-25T06:44:31.207-08:00Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Sir Dirk Bo...Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Sir Dirk Bogarde was an accident, a crush and a discovery. Accident, when Tale of Two cities was telecasted and my imagination matched with his looks. Crush was when in 2020 I started searching for the actor who looked so perfect as Sydney Carton in YouTube and started my research on Dirk Bogarde. My search is on....MonserratePhilipaMaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10155813567854154405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004288060867455452.post-41227323222573069562021-01-25T06:43:59.464-08:002021-01-25T06:43:59.464-08:00Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Sir Dirk Bo...Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Sir Dirk Bogarde was an accident, a crush and a discovery. Accident, when Tale of Two cities was telecasted and my imagination matched with his looks. Crush was when in 2020 I started searching for the actor who looked so perfect as Sydney Carton in YouTube and started my research on Dirk Bogarde. My search is on....MonserratePhilipaMaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10155813567854154405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004288060867455452.post-91280216883418818422012-06-10T13:35:02.506-07:002012-06-10T13:35:02.506-07:00HE GOES ON BEING ONE OF THE MOST HANDSOME, CHARMIN...HE GOES ON BEING ONE OF THE MOST HANDSOME, CHARMING, TALENTED MAN, FOR SURE!!!! AND I DIDN´T EVEN KNOW HE WAS ALSO A WRITER.<br />HIS "LETTERS" ARE IN MY LIST NOW.<br /><br /><br /> BLANCHEBLANCHEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004288060867455452.post-2179340446207011922012-04-03T11:57:20.859-07:002012-04-03T11:57:20.859-07:00Dirk Bogard's letters are now on my 'must ...Dirk Bogard's letters are now on my 'must read' list! <br /><br />I read his books years ago and was completely fascinated by his life and writing.<br /><br />Thanks for a wonderful post Deborah.<br /><br />Jeanne<br />xReading Tea Leaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16928999793157507134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004288060867455452.post-33863027668296508462012-04-01T12:10:46.192-07:002012-04-01T12:10:46.192-07:00Thanks to you all. DB was a fascinating and comple...Thanks to you all. DB was a fascinating and complex character. To Kalpana, I meant pressure release as in "pressure valve" to relieve a build-up - I thought at the time it was a little clumsy but that people would probably know what I meant. Maybe not!Deborah Lawrensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882043247450468229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004288060867455452.post-54551990681174885162012-04-01T11:41:47.845-07:002012-04-01T11:41:47.845-07:00I liked :
-the literary reference - here’s a write...I liked :<br />-the literary reference - here’s a writer not afraid of the Woolf!<br />- ‘prune the vine’ which juxtaposes something old but still juicy- vintage wine?<br />- the words : ‘sag’, spewing’ ‘sullen’,’abonded’ ‘forgotten’ quickly convey the mood<br />I like your post:<br />Just enough to give a flavour of Dirk Bogarde as actor and writer<br />The summing up in your words captures the essence:<br />‘The thrill of reading these letters (and an extraordinary privilege it is to do so, when you think about it) is the uplifting stream of consciousness they contain.’<br />‘There are private insights and confirmations that we can all share similar reactions to the world. In short, this is the kind of writing that reminds you what it’s all about: empathy and reaching out to communicate.’ <br /><br />Puzzled by:<br /><br />‘The letters contained in John Coldstream’s volume were the pressure release from his many volumes of entertaining and enlightening memoirs, and several novels.’<br /><br />Press release or ‘Pressure release’<br /> [the latter does seem apt in describing the piece of writing and the personality of the actor/writer!]<br /><br /><br />Thanks for this post which I found very useful for my creative writing journey. And thanks for reading my attempts - your comments and feedback mean much to an aspiring author!<br /><br />KalpanaS @ http://nowritehere.blogspot.com/2012/03/in-her-elements-short-sketch.htmlKalpanaShttp://nowritehere.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004288060867455452.post-8724815161432329492012-03-31T12:20:30.631-07:002012-03-31T12:20:30.631-07:00He was so beautiful - too beautiful. But he could ...He was so beautiful - too beautiful. But he could not only act he could also write. What a tortured soul.Vanessahttp://vanessafrance.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004288060867455452.post-91877892262960837542012-03-30T03:15:42.739-07:002012-03-30T03:15:42.739-07:00Love his writing style and empathise with the desi...Love his writing style and empathise with the desire to write - anything. Your review here, and on facebook, inspire me to buy this book. Fantastic photographs, too.agujahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15857809123531088629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004288060867455452.post-44364927883012675762012-03-30T01:42:57.905-07:002012-03-30T01:42:57.905-07:00Dirk Bogarde,a beautiful looking man and talented....Dirk Bogarde,a beautiful looking man and talented. I must read theses letters.I always felt he was a tortured person.He was gay and had some terrible war memories.<br />I remember his books coming outin the libraries I worked in ,always a waiting list!bright starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682079332831035081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004288060867455452.post-16523508303514656812012-03-29T08:40:10.083-07:002012-03-29T08:40:10.083-07:00I am a huge fan of Dirk Bogarde and have read all ...I am a huge fan of Dirk Bogarde and have read all his books. Its nice to see someone appreciating his work so long after he died.Why this blog?https://www.blogger.com/profile/06684360597727490827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004288060867455452.post-84050568389588997742012-03-29T08:04:30.860-07:002012-03-29T08:04:30.860-07:00Thank you Deborah for sharing this glorious vignet...Thank you Deborah for sharing this glorious vignette into the life of Dirk Bogarde. I had absolutely no idea he was a writer or that he lived in France in later years. I absolutely love the paragraph about rain, so descriptive and written with a touch of melancholy like the rain and the writer. Enjoyed this a lot today!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922760815882403820noreply@blogger.com