On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:46:47 +0100, Lawrence wrote:
> I do
>wonder why people come to readings sometimes ...
Ann's opinion is that poetry audiences should be sat in high-sided
chairs, a cross between confessionals and those single-seater tables
in older pubs off the Leith Walk in Edinburgh - so that they could
neither see or be seen by other members of the audience. Readings
should take place in as-close-to-total-darkness as possible, though
the poet may be allowed, say, a 40-watt bulb or a small maglite if,
for some inexplicable reason, they've been unable to memorise their
own work.
Generally, as close to full sensory deprivation as can be achieved
within the bounds of international anti-torture legislation. This
still wouldn't deal with the mobile user, but it would reduce
distractions... yet I know of no organisation which has had the vision
to introduce this radical arrangement...
RC
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