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Kubo and the Two Strings
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Travis Knight
Produced by
Travis Knight
Arianne Sutner
Screenplay by
Marc Haimes
Chris Butler
Story by
Shannon Tindle
Marc Haimes
Starring
Charlize Theron
Art Parkinson
Ralph Fiennes
Rooney Mara
George Takei
Matthew McConaughey
Music by
Dario Marianelli
Edited by
Christopher Murrie
Production
company
Laika
Distributed by
Focus Features
Release date
August 13, 2016 (2016-08-13) (MIFF)
August 19, 2016 (2016-08-19) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$60 million[2]
Box office
$77.5 million[3]
Kubo and the Two Strings is a 2016 American 3D stop-motion action fantasy film directed and produced by Travis Knight (in his directorial debut) and written by Marc Haimes and Chris Butler. It stars the voices of Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, Rooney Mara, George Takei, and Matthew McConaughey. It is Laika's fourth feature film produced. The film revolves around Kubo, a young boy who wields a magical shamisen-(a Japanese guitar) and whose left eye was stolen during infancy. Accompanied by an anthropomorphic snow monkey and beetle, he must subdue his mother's corrupted Sisters and his power-hungry grandfather Raiden (The Moon King), who is responsible for stealing his left eye.
Kubo premiered at Melbourne International Film Festival and was released by Focus Features in the United States on August 19 to critical acclaim and grossed $77 million worldwide against a budget of $60 million. The film won the BAFTA for Best Animated Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Visual Effects, becoming the second animated film ever to be nominated in the latter category following The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
4.1 Track listing
5 Release
5.1 Box office
5.2 Critical response
5.3 Controversies
5.4 Accolades
5.5 Home media
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
In feudal Japan, 12-year-old eyepatched Kubo tends to his ill mother Sariatu-(who bears a scar over her left eye as the result of sailing accident at the beginning of the film) in a mountain cave near a small village. He earns their living by magically manipulating origami with music from his shamisen for the townsfolk, telling the tale of his missing father Hanzo, a samurai warrior. Kubo is never able to finish his story, as he does not know what happened to Hanzo and his mother herself cannot recall the ending due to her mental state deteriorating. Sariatu warns him not to stay out after dark as her Sisters, Karasu and Washi, and his estranged grandfather, the Moon King (who took his eye when he was a baby) will find him and take his remaining eye.
One day, Kubo learns of the village's Bon festival allowing them to speak to deceased loved ones. Kubo attends but is angry that Hanzo does not appear from his lantern, and forgets to return home before sunset. Karasu and Washi quickly find him and attack, but Sariatu suddenly appears and uses her magic to send Kubo far away, telling him to find his father's armor while she fights off her sisters before the screen goes black.
Kubo wakes up in a distant land during a blizzard to find Monkey, his wooden snow monkey charm, who has come to life. While taking shelter inside the mangled corpse of a whale, Monkey tells him Sariatu is gone and the village destroyed. With help of "Little Hanzo", an origami figure based on Kubo's father, they set out to find the armor. Along the way, they meet Beetle, an amnesiac samurai who was cursed to take the form of a stag beetle/human hybrid but believes himself to have been Hanzo's apprentice in the past.
Kubo, Monkey, and Beetle find the "Sword Unbreakable" in the Hall of Bones, a cave guarded by a giant skeleton, but they defeat it and escape with the sword. They cross the Long Lake in a leaf boat to locate the "Breastplate Impenetrable" deep underwater. Kubo and Beetle swim down to retrieve it and encounter a sea monster, the "Garden of Eyes", who can entrance its victims with its many eyes by showing secrets and eating them. Kubo is caught in the creature's sight, but while entranced, comes to realize that Monkey is the reincarnated spirit of his mother. Beetle rescues the unconscious Kubo and obtains the Breastplate, but on returning to the boat, they find that Monkey has been badly wounded fighting and killing Karasu-(as shown when her broken mask is floating in the ocean).
They go to shore to recover, where Monkey explains that she and her sisters were ordered by the Moon King to kill Hanzo, but she instead fell in love with him, and the Moon King branded her an enemy. That night, Kubo dreams of meeting Raiden, a blind elderly man, who points him towards the "Helmet Invulnerable" in Hanzo's abandoned fortress. They travel there the next day but realize too late it is a trap set by the Moon King and Washi. Washi reveals that Beetle is Hanzo, whom they cursed for taking Sariatu away from them. Beetle is killed, and Monkey sacrifices herself, buying Kubo the time to use his shamisen to defeat Washi, breaking two of the three strings on it. Little Hanzo provides insight that the Helmet is actually the bell at the village, and Kubo breaks the last string to quickly travel there.
At the village, Kubo meets Raiden, who is revealed as the Moon King. He offers to take Kubo's other eye to make him immortal, but Kubo refuses. Raiden transforms into a giant Dunkleosteus-like dragon, the Moon Beast, and pursues Kubo and the remaining villagers into its cemetery. When Hanzo's armor proves ineffective, Kubo removes it and restrings his shamisen using his mother's hair, his father's bowstring, and his own lock of hair. With the instrument, he summons the spirits of the villagers' loved ones, who show the Moon Beast that memories are the strongest magic of all and can never be destroyed. Kubo and the spirits' magic protect themselves and the villagers from the Moon Beast, stripping him of his powers and leaving him a mortal human being without any memories. Spurred on by Kubo's stories, the villagers take compassion and tell Raiden he was a man of many positive traits, accepting him into the village. Kubo is able to speak to his parents' spirits during the subsequent Bon ceremony, as they watch the deceased villagers' lanterns transform into golden herons and fly to the spirit world into the sky.
Cast[edit]
Art Parkinson as Kubo, an eyepatch-wearing boy who is the son of Sariatu and Hanzo.
Charlize Theron as Sariatu/Monkey, Kubo's mother and one of the Moon King's daughters, reincarnated in a little Japanese snow monkey charm, known as Monkey, after she is killed by her Sisters.
Matthew McConaughey as Hanzo/Beetle, Kubo's father, who was transformed by the Sisters into a stag beetle/human hybrid with no recollection of his true identity, believing himself to be Hanzo's apprentice.
Ralph Fiennes as Raiden/Moon King, Kubo's evil grandfather, and the Sisters and Sariatu's father.
Rooney Mara as Karasu and Washi, two twin sisters who are Kubo's evil aunts, Sariatu's younger sisters, and Moon King's twin daughters.
George Takei as Hosato, a villager who teaches his daughter their Japanese culture and traditions.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Hashi, a villager and Kubo's biggest fan.
Brenda Vaccaro as Kameyo, a villager and an elderly but young-hearted widow who is a grandmother-figure to Kubo.
Meyrick Murphy as Mari
Minae Noji as Minae
Alpha Takahashi as Aiko
Laura Miro as Miho
Ken Takemoto as Ken
Production[edit]
Announced in December 2014, the project is the directoral debut of Laika's CEO Travis Knight.[4] Knight was pitched the story by production designer Shannon Tindle as a "stop-motion samurai epic". Although the studio had never ventured into the genre before, Knight was enthusiastic about the project; owing partly his affinity towards both the "epic fantasy" genre as well as Japanese culture in general.[5]
The art took inspiration from such Japanese mediums as ink wash painting and origami among others. A particular influence came from the ukiyo-e wood block style, with Laika intending to make the entire film "to look and feel as if it’s a moving woodblock print"[5] Assistance came from 3D printing firm Stratasys who allowed Laika to use their newest technologies in exchange for feedback on them.[5]
For the Skeleton monster the team created a giant 16-foot, 400-pound puppet, which Laika claims is the record holder for largest stop-motion puppet.[6] The idea to make such a massive puppet was born out of a fear that individual smaller parts (meant to represent the larger monster) would not work well on screen interacting with the other puppets.[6] The resulting puppet was built in two parts which were then attached together by magnets. For movement Laika had to design a robot to easily manipulate it. The team at one point purchased an industrial robot off of eBay but found that it would not work with their setup.[6]
Soundtrack[edit]
Kubo and the Two Strings
Soundtrack album by Dario Marianelli
Released
August 5, 2016
Genre
Film score
Length
53:11
Label
Warner Bros. Records
Laika film soundtrack chronology
The Boxtrolls
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Dario Marianelli chronology
Everest
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(2016) Kubo and the Two Strings2016
Dario Marianelli composed and conducted the score for the film.[7]
Track listing[edit]
No.
Title
Length
1. "The Impossible Waves" 2:37
2. "Kubo Goes to Town" 1:25
3. "Story Time" 2:10
4. "Ancestors" 2:07
5. "Meet the Sisters!" 2:22
6. "Origami Birds" 3:25
7. "The Giant Skeleton" 3:30
8. "The Leafy Galleon" 4:36
9. "Above and Below" 3:59
10. "The Galleon Restored" 1:06
11. "Monkey's Story" 2:57
12. "Hanzo's Fortress" 5:45
13. "United-Divided" 3:01
14. "Showdown with Grandfather" 7:04
15. "Rebirth" 1:33
16. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Regina Spektor) 5:23
Release[edit]
The film screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 13, 2016,[8] and was theatrically released in the United States on August 19, 2016.[9]
Box office[edit]
Kubo and the Two Strings grossed $48 million in North America and $29.5 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $77.5 million, against a budget of $60 million.[3]
In the United States, the film was released on August 19, 2016, alongside Ben-Hur and War Dogs, and was projected to gross $12–15 million from 3,260 theaters in its opening weekend.[10] It made $515,000 from its Thursday night previews and $4.1 million on its first day. It went on to gross $12.6 million in its opening weekend, finishing 4th at the box office.[11]
Critical response[edit]
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 97% based on reviews from 193 critics, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Kubo and the Two Strings matches its incredible animation with an absorbing—and bravely melancholy—story that has something to offer audiences of all ages."[12] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 84 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[13] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it an 85% overall positive score and a 63% "definite recommend".[11]
Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com awarded the film 3.5 stars out of 4, saying that "one of the most impressive elements of Kubo and the Two Strings—besides its dazzling stop-motion animation, its powerful performances and its transporting score—is the amount of credit it gives its audience, particularly its younger viewers."[14] IGN's Samantha Ladwig gave the film 7.5/10, stating that the film is "Dark, twisted, and occasionally scary, but also with humor, love, and inspiration."[15] Jesse Hassenger, of The A.V. Club, praised the film, saying that "no American animation studio is better-suited to dreamlike plotting than Laika, and the animation of Kubo is truly dazzling, mixing sophistication and handmade charm with inspired flow."[16]
Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post gave the film 4/4 stars, stating that the film is "both extraordinarily original and extraordinarily complex, even for a grown-up movie masquerading as a kiddie cartoon (which it kind of is)."[17] In The New York Times, Glenn Kenny said that "the movie's blend of stop-motion animation for the main action with computer-generated backgrounds is seamless, creating what is the most visually intoxicating of all Laika's movies."[18] Peter Debruge of Variety wrote that ""Kubo" offers another ominous mission for a lucky young misfit, this one a dark, yet thrilling adventure quest that stands as the crowning achievement in Laika's already impressive oeuvre."[19]
Jonathan Pile, member of the British film magazine Empire, wrote about the film: "Yet another success for stop-motion giants Laika … boasts big laughs and effective scares in a typically gorgeous animated tale."[20]
Controversies[edit]
While the film received critical acclaim for its craft and story, it was criticized for its perceived whitewashing as a movie set in ancient Japan but featuring a centrally white cast. George Takei was the only actor of Asian descent playing the role of a minor character.[21][22]
Accolades[edit]
Main article: List of accolades received by Kubo and the Two Strings
At the 89th Academy Awards, Kubo and the Two Strings was nominated for two awards, Best Animated Feature and Best Visual Effects.[23][24]
Home media[edit]
Kubo and the Two Strings was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital media on November 22, 2016.[25]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Kubo and the Two Strings (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. August 19, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b "Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)". The Numbers. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
Jump up ^ Hammond, Pete (December 22, 2014). "Laika & Focus Begin Production On All-Star 'Kubo And The Two Strings' To Kick Off 3-Pic Deal". Deadline. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c Lott-Lavinga, Ruby. "Kubo and the Two Strings: an epic film made on a 12-foot-long table". Wired.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c Fails, Ian. "Laika Was Crazy Enough To Animate A 16-Foot Tall Skeleton for 'Kubo and The Two Strings'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
Jump up ^ "Dario Marianelli to Score Laika's 'Kubo and the Two Strings'". Film Music Reporter. April 28, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
Jump up ^ "KIDS GALA: KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS 3D". Melbourne International Film Festival. Archived from the original on July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
Jump up ^ Reyes, Mike. "The Kubo And The Two Strings Trailer Is Epic And Magical". Cinema Blend. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
Jump up ^ "'Ben-Hur' remake likely won't be able to topple 'Suicide Squad' at the box office". Los Angeles Times.
^ Jump up to: a b "War Dogs' Begins Barking On Thursday Night – Box Office". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Kubo and the Two Strings". Metacritic. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Kubo and the Two Strings Movie Review (2016) - Roger Ebert". Retrieved August 23, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Kubo and the Two Strings Review - IGN". Retrieved August 23, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Kubo And The Two Strings - Film Review Laika releases another, less ghoulish triumph with Kubo And The Two Strings - Movie Review - The A.V. Club". Retrieved August 24, 2016.
Jump up ^ "'Kubo and the Two Strings' weaves a magical tale that feels both ancient and fresh - The Washington Post". Retrieved August 23, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Kubo and the Two Strings - The New York Times". Retrieved August 23, 2016.
Jump up ^ "'Kubo and the Two Strings' Review: Puts the Emotion in Stop-Motion - Variety". Retrieved August 23, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Kubo And The Two Strings Review - Movie - Empire". Retrieved August 24, 2016.
Jump up ^ "The 'Kubo and the Two Strings' Controversy Proves Whitewashing Is More Complicated Than You Think". Complex. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
Jump up ^ Pedersen, Erik (2016-08-24). "Watchdog Group Chides Laika For "White-Washing" 'Kubo And The Two Strings'". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
Jump up ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (January 24, 2017). "Oscars: 'La La Land' Ties Record With 14 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Oscar Nominations: Complete List". Variety. January 24, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Kubo and the Two Strings Blu-ray".
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La Rinconada, Peru
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La Rinconada
Coordinates: 14°37′57″S 69°26′45″W / 14.63250°S 69.44583°W / -14.63250; -69.44583Coordinates: 14°37′57″S 69°26′45″W / 14.63250°S 69.44583°W / -14.63250; -69.44583
Country
Peru
Region
Puno
Province
San Antonio de Putina
District
Ananea
Elevation
5,100 m (16,700 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total
50,000
La Rinconada is a town in the Peruvian Andes located near a gold mine.[1] At 5,100 m above sea level, it is the highest permanent settlement in the world.[2]
Contents
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1 Geography
1.1 Climate
2 Demographics
3 Economy and infrastructure
4 Environmental issues
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Geography[edit]
The town is located in the Ananea District, San Antonio de Putina Province. It lies at a height of 5,100 m (16,700 feet) above sea level. It sits at the foot of La Bella Durmiente, "The Sleeping Beauty" glacier. Some successful miners in La Rinconada have homes in Juliaca which has municipal services and is at a lower altitude.[3]
Climate[edit]
Located high in the Andes, La Rinconada has an alpine/tundra climate (ET, according to the Köppen climate classification), with no month having average temperatures even close to the 10°C threshold that would permit tree growth and a subtropical highland classification for the city. Far above the tree line, La Rinconada is unique in its high elevation and population, with the highest city of comparable population (Cerro de Pasco) being located over 700m closer to sea level.
Owing to the extreme elevation of the town, climatic conditions more closely resemble that of the west coast of Greenland than somewhere located only 14° from the equator. The town has wet/rainy 'summers' and dry winters with a large diurnal variation seeing cool to cold days and freezing night time temperatures throughout the year, with common snowfalls. The average annual temperature in La Rinconada is 1.2 °C and the average annual rainfall is 707 mm.
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8.3
(46.9) 7.7
(45.9) 8.0
(46.4) 8.6
(47.5) 8.5
(47.3) 8.2
(46.8) 8.2
(46.8) 9.6
(49.3) 9.6
(49.3) 11.0
(51.8) 10.3
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(47.7) 8.89
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2.6
(36.7) 2.5
(36.5) 2.4
(36.3) 1.7
(35.1) 0.5
(32.9) −1.7
(28.9) −1.5
(29.3) −0.4
(31.3) 1.3
(34.3) 2.5
(36.5) 2.4
(36.3) 2.7
(36.9) 1.25
(34.25)
Average low °C (°F)
−3.1
(26.4) −2.6
(27.3) −3.2
(26.2) −5.1
(22.8) −7.5
(18.5) −11.6
(11.1) −11.2
(11.8) −10.3
(13.5) −7.0
(19.4) −5.9
(21.4) −5.5
(22.1) −3.3
(26.1) −6.36
(20.55)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
135
(5.31) 113
(4.45) 106
(4.17) 50
(1.97) 19
(0.75) 7
(0.28) 6
(0.24) 15
(0.59) 34
(1.34) 51
(2.01) 67
(2.64) 104
(4.09) 707
(27.84)
Source: Climate-data.org[4]
Demographics[edit]
Between the years of 2001 and 2009, the population increased to 30,000 people from just a small prospector camp because the price of gold rose 235% in the same time.[5]
Economy and infrastructure[edit]
The economy is mainly based on the production of gold from nearby gold mines, many artisanal.[3]
Many miners work at the gold mine owned by Corporación Ananea. Under the cachorreo system they work for 30 days without payment. On the 31st day they are allowed to take with them as much ore as they can carry on their shoulders.[5] Whether the ore contains any gold or not is a matter of luck. Pocketing of nuggets or promising chunks of rich ore is tolerated. Women are banned from the mines, but pallaqueras can be seen working though rock on the mine dumps.[3]
Environmental issues[edit]
The town lacks plumbing and sanitation systems.[5] There is also significant contamination by mercury,[citation needed] due to the mining practices. Local miners refine the ore by grinding and treating it with mercury and pressing the mass through a cloth to filter it. The resulting amalgam is heated, to remove the mercury.
See also[edit]
List of highest cities in the world
Gorakshep - a base camp in Nepal at 5,164 m (16,942 ft), near Mount Everest.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Altitude of Human Survivability, Maximum (Vertical Limit).
Jump up ^ West, John B. (July 6, 2004). "Highest Permanent Human Habitation". High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 3 (3): 401–407. PMID 12631426. doi:10.1089/15270290260512882. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c William Finnegan (April 20, 2015). "Tears of the Sun The gold rush at the top of the world." (The New Yorker). Retrieved April 13, 2015. Many mining towns are company towns. La Rinconada is the opposite. Nearly all the mines and miners here are "informal", a term that critics consider a euphemism for illegal. Ilasaca prefers "artisanal." The mines, whatever you call them, are small, numerous, unregulated, and, as a rule, grossly unsafe. Most do not pay salaries, let alone benefits, but run on an ancient labor system called cachorreo. This system is usually described as thirty days of unpaid work followed by a single frantic day in which workers get to keep whatever gold they can haul out for themselves.
Jump up ^ "Climate: La Rinconada, Puno". Retrieved 2 November 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c National Geographic Magazine, January 2009
External links[edit]
Media related to La Rinconada, Puno at Wikimedia Commons
La Rinconada travel guide from Wikivoyage
Documentary film shown on www.dev.tv
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Keeping Up Appearances
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Keeping Up Appearances
Genre
Sitcom
Created by
Roy Clarke
Written by
Roy Clarke
Directed by
Harold Snoad
Starring
Patricia Routledge
Clive Swift
Josephine Tewson
Geoffrey Hughes
Judy Cornwell
David Griffin (series 2–5)
Mary Millar (series 2–5)
Shirley Stelfox (series 1)
Country of origin
United Kingdom
No. of series
5
No. of episodes
44 + 2 shorts (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)
Harold Snoad
Location(s)
Binley Woods, Warwickshire, England;
(Hyacinth's House)
Stoke Aldermoor, Coventry, West Midlands, England;
(Daisy and Onslow's council house)
Leamington Spa, England
(Towns and various locations)
Northampton, England;
(Church, Church Hall and Vicarage)
Swindon, Wiltshire, England;
Oxford, England;
Bristol, England;
Great Yarmouth Norfolk, England;
Copenhagen, Denmark;
(location scenes)
Camera setup
Single-camera
Running time
30 minutes
50 minutes (1994 Christmas special)
60 minutes (1993 Christmas special)
Production company(s)
BBC
Distributor
BBC Worldwide
2entertain
Universal Pictures
ABC (Australia, home video)
Warner Home Video (US, home video)
Iowa Public Television (US, television)[1]
Release
Original network
BBC One
Picture format
576i (4:3 SDTV)
Audio format
Mono (series 1), Stereo (series 2–5)
Original release
29 October 1990 (1990-10-29) – 25 December 1995 (1995-12-25)
Chronology
Related shows
Young Hyacinth
External links
Website
Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC, centred on the life of eccentric and snobbish middle class social climber Hyacinth Bucket, who insists that her surname is pronounced "Bouquet".[2] The sitcom follows Hyacinth in her attempts to prove her social superiority and to gain standing with those she considers upper class; attempts that are constantly hampered by her decidedly lower class extended family whom she desperately seeks to hide. Much of the humour comes from the culture clash between Hyacinth's vision of herself and the reality of her working-class background, plus the farcical situations in which she finds herself as she battles to protect her social credibility.
The show spawned five series and 44 episodes, four of which are Christmas specials. Keeping Up Appearances was a great success in the UK and also captured large audiences in the US, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands, but ceased production in 1995 when its star Patricia Routledge wanted to move on to other projects. Since its original release, all five series—including the Christmas specials—have been available on DVD. It is regularly repeated worldwide on TV channels including PBS in the US, BBC One, Gold and Drama in the UK and Ireland and 7TWO in Australia. It came 12th in 2004's Britain's Best Sitcom poll.
In February 2016, BBC Worldwide confirmed that Keeping Up Appearances is the corporation's most exported television programme, being sold nearly 1,000 times to overseas broadcasters. A prequel titled Young Hyacinth, featuring Hyacinth as a 19-year-old maid in the 1950s, was made that year.[3]
Contents
[hide]
1 Background
2 Cast
3 Episodes
4 Series summary
4.1 Series 1–5
5 Production
5.1 Locations
5.2 Vehicles
5.3 After Keeping Up Appearances
6 Merchandise
6.1 Audio
6.2 VHS
6.3 DVD
6.4 Streaming
6.5 Books
6.5.1 Overseas books
7 Theatre adaptation
8 Prequel
9 References
10 External links
Background[edit]
Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge)— who insists her surname is pronounced Bouquet (although her husband Richard has said, "It was always 'Bucket' until I met you!")[4] — is an over-bearing, social-climbing snob, originally from a poor working-class background, whose main mission in life is to impress others with her lifestyle, perceived affluence and refinement. She's terrified that her background will be revealed, and goes to great lengths to hide it. Hyacinth likes to spend her days visiting stately homes (convinced she will meet and strike up a friendship with the upper-class owners, especially if they are aristocratic) and hosting "executive-style" candlelight suppers (with her Royal Worcester double-glazed Avignon china and Royal Doulton china with "the hand-painted periwinkles").[5] She ostentatiously brags about her possessions to others, including her "white slimline telephone with automatic redial," which she always answers with "The Bouquet residence, the lady of the house speaking."[6] (Frequently she receives misdialed calls asking for a Chinese take-away, making her very angry.) She speaks in an exaggerated RP-like accent with Northern undertones, while her relatives speak in broad Northern accents. Her neighbours speak in milder RP accents. When flustered, Hyacinth regresses to her native Northern accent for a while.
Hyacinth's attempts to impress make the lives of those around her difficult; her continual efforts to improve her social position usually involve inviting her unwitting neighbours and friends to 'exclusive candlelit suppers'. Although Hyacinth is not deterred by the lack of response to her attempts, nearly everyone around her lives in fear of being invited, and usually makes frantic attempts to excuse themselves. Unfortunately, her husband Richard (Clive Swift) bears the brunt of the suffering. He initially worked for the council but, at the beginning of series 3, reluctantly accepts early retirement. Although he loves her with a long-suffering endurance, he is notably exasperated by her plans and her habit of making extravagant and unnecessary purchases. Although she lives to impress others, Hyacinth regularly competes with the upper-middle-class neighbours (whom she considers snobbish show-offs), such as Sonia Barker-Finch, Delia Wheelwright and Lydia Hawksworth (who alone of Hyacinth's rivals seems to be an actual snob, as she disdains kiwifruit as "lower middle class".) Hyacinth sometimes says things like "I haven't a snobbish bone in my body" or "I can't abide such snobbery like that" when talking about those she considers her competition.
Always hindering Hyacinth's best efforts to impress – and providing an unwelcome reminder of her less-than-refined roots – are her underclass sisters Daisy (Judy Cornwell) and Rose (Shirley Stelfox in series 1; Mary Millar thereafter), and Daisy's proudly "bone-idle" husband Onslow (Geoffrey Hughes). They, along with Hyacinth's senile father, frequently turn up inconveniently (usually in their clapped–out Ford Cortina Mk IV – which always makes a characteristic backfire when it arrives), with Hyacinth going to great lengths to avoid them (saying "Richard, you know I love my family, but that's no reason why I should have to acknowledge them in broad daylight!"). Hyacinth's senile father frequently has flashbacks to the Second World War, and often exhibits bizarre behaviour, sometimes involving embarrassing situations with women (Onslow describes him as "barmy"). Two relatives of whom Hyacinth is not ashamed are her wealthy sister Violet (Anna Dawson) and her unseen son Sheridan. Violet frequently telephones Hyacinth for advice, allowing her to loudly announce to anyone in earshot, "It's my sister Violet – the one with a Mercedes, swimming pool/sauna and room for a pony". However, Violet's social acceptability is damaged by the eccentric behaviour of her transvestite, equestrian-loving husband Bruce, whom she violently attacks because of his behaviour. Hyacinth also tries to impress people with the intellectual prowess of her beloved Sheridan (who actually only takes courses in needlework at a polytechnic). Hyacinth boasts about the "psychic" closeness of their relationship and how often he writes and phones her, although he never writes and usually phone calls only to ask for money (much to the despair of Richard).[7] Hyacinth is blissfully oblivious of the seemingly obvious hints that Sheridan, who lives with a man named Tarquin (who makes his own curtains, wears silk pyjamas, and has won prizes for embroidery), is homosexual.[8] It is at one point implied that Sheridan has come out to his father.
Hyacinth's neighbour Elizabeth Warden (Josephine Tewson) is frequently invited round to the Buckets' for coffee. Though she is ordinarily calm, Liz's nerves go to pieces in Hyacinth's house, causing her to smash Hyacinth's china and spill coffee and biscuits on Hyacinth's Burmese rug.[9] She is married with a daughter away at University, but her husband works abroad and, like Sheridan, neither character ever appears. Elizabeth is occasionally able to 'one-up' Hyacinth herself by reminding her neighbour that her daughter is at University, whilst Sheridan is studying at a lesser Polytechnic. Liz's brother Emmet (David Griffin) moves in with her at the beginning of series 2 after a messy divorce. Hyacinth, upon learning that Emmet is a musician, frequently and abruptly sings out-of-key at him in an attempt to get a part in one of his productions, making him terrified of leaving the house, lest she see him ("She'll sing at me!"). Emmet's problems are further complicated by Hyacinth's mistaken belief that his frightened reactions indicate that he is infatuated with her which, in fact, could not be further from the truth.
Hyacinth frequently confronts the postman with complaints, such as having to receive mail bearing second class stamps, harassing him to the point that he will go to extreme lengths not to face her; and she often forces workmen and other visitors to her home to remove their shoes before entering. Michael, the vicar of the local church (Jeremy Gittins) is also loath to face the overbearing Hyacinth, to whom he refers (to others) as "the Bucket woman". The vicar and his wife sometimes exact comic revenge on Hyacinth for her snobbishness; on one occasion, when she was one of a group of volunteer helpers at the church, the vicar's wife saw to it that Hyacinth's hand went up prematurely and assigned her the job of cleaning the church toilets.
Cast[edit]
The cast in 1991. Standing from left to right, Jeremy Gittins, David Griffin, Judy Cornwell, Geoffrey Hughes, and Mary Millar.
Seated from left to right, Clive Swift, Patricia Routledge and Josephine Tewson.
Main article: List of Keeping Up Appearances characters
Patricia Routledge as Hyacinth Bucket
Clive Swift as Richard Bucket
Josephine Tewson as Elizabeth 'Liz' Warden
Judy Cornwell as Daisy
Geoffrey Hughes as Onslow
Shirley Stelfox as Rose (Series 1)
Mary Millar as Rose (Series 2–5)
David Griffin as Emmet Hawksworth (Series 2–5)
Jeremy Gittins as Michael, the vicar
George Webb as Daddy or Father (1990–1995)
Marion Barron as the Vicar's wife (1990–1995)
David Janson as the Postman (1992–1995)
Robert Rawles as the Milkman (1990–1995)
Anna Dawson as Violet (1995)
Peter Cellier as the Major (1990–1991)
Charmian May as Councillor Mrs. Nugent (1990–1992)
John Evitts as Bruce (1995)
Episodes[edit]
Main article: List of Keeping Up Appearances episodes
Keeping Up Appearances aired for five series, four Christmas specials, and one short Children in Need special, from 29 October 1990 to 25 December 1995. The series officially ended after the episode "The Pageant", because Patricia Routledge wanted to focus on other TV and theatre work, including Hetty Wainthropp Investigates which began airing in 1996. Clive Swift, who portrayed Richard, stated in a BBC interview that Routledge "didn't want to be remembered as simply 'Mrs. Bucket'".[10]
Series summary[edit]
Series 1–5[edit]
Series
Premiere
Finale
Episodes
Specials
Main cast
1 29 October 1990 3 December 1990 6 0 Patricia Routledge
Clive Swift
Josephine Tewson
Judy Cornwell
Geoffrey Hughes
Shirley Stelfox
2 1 September 1991 3 November 1991 10 1 Patricia Routledge
Clive Swift
Josephine Tewson
David Griffin
Judy Cornwell
Geoffrey Hughes
Mary Millar
3 6 September 1992 18 October 1992 7 0
4 5 September 1993 17 October 1993 7 2
5 3 September 1995 5 November 1995 10 1
Production[edit]
Locations[edit]
The council terrace in Stoke Aldermoor occupied by Daisy and Onslow
Exterior shots around Hyacinth's house were taped in Binley Woods, Warwickshire, a village east of Coventry.[11]
Exterior shots around Daisy and Onslow's council terrace were taped in Stoke Aldermoor in Coventry.[12] Other exterior street and town shots were taped in Leamington Spa, and in various towns throughout Warwickshire, along with many scenes from the large town of Northampton, mainly the church hall. Some scenes were also shot in Swindon, Oxford, and Bristol. One scene was shot in Oslo, Norway. One episode was filmed in Great Yarmouth, mainly in the Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach Theme Park.
The opening sequence shows Hyacinth writing an invitation to one of her trademark candlelight suppers; this invitation lists Hyacinth's address as "Waney Edge, Blossom Avenue, Fuddleton". In the same sequence, the invitation is eventually sent to an address in Eddleton. Neither town actually exists. However, there are several references to the characters being in the West Midlands throughout the series, as when Hyacinth said that she could become the "Barbara Cartland of the West Midlands Social Circuit Scene" in the episode "The Hostess". In another episode, police officers wearing West Midlands Police jumpers escort Richard home.
Vehicles[edit]
Richard and Hyacinth Bucket's car is a Rover 200-series (SD3) saloon. Early episodes show a light blue 1987 216S bearing the number plate D541 EXL, but later episodes feature a sky blue 1989 216SE EFi model (bearing same number plate bar one letter, now D541 EFL).[13]
Onslow drives a 1978 Ford Cortina (number plate VSD 389S) that is in poor condition and backfires loudly almost every time it starts or stops, embarrassing Hyacinth, and frequently crushing her hopes of creating a perfect impression with new people. Onslow is also the owner of the rusting carcass of a Hillman Avenger in his front garden, wherein lives Onslow's dog that always barks at Hyacinth as she approaches.[13]
Violet and Bruce own a Mercedes-Benz W126 S-class and later a Mercedes-Benz W202 C-class.
Neighbour Elizabeth drives a white 1989 Austin Metro City hatchback with number plate F434 RLA (which, despite being the subject of comments from Hyacinth about its age, is actually newer than Richard's car).[13]
After Keeping Up Appearances[edit]
Various shows related to the programs were released:
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
In March 1997, Geoffrey Hughes and Judy Cornwell reprised their roles as Onslow and Daisy for a special compilation episode recorded for broadcast in the United States on PBS. The show sees the pair introduce classic clips from the series.
Comedy Connections
In 2004, the documentary series featured an episode dedicated to Keeping Up Appearances. Stars Clive Swift, Josephine Tewson, Judy Cornwell and David Griffin, along with writer Roy Clarke and producer/director Harold Snoad, all discussed the series. Clips from an interview with Patricia Routledge from 2002 were also included. The episode revealed that there were serious artistic differences between Clarke and Snoad. Specifically, Clarke refused to act as anything but a writer and rarely visited the set or location shoots, necessitating that Snoad make minor rewrites to accommodate the realities of taping. This infuriated Clarke, who disliked any tampering of his work, and Snoad thought Clarke was being unreasonable. The situation was mitigated in later series by the hiring of a production assistant whose sole job was to keep Clarke apprised of Snoad's changes, and to keep Snoad informed of Clarke's opinion of them.[10]
Life Lessons from Onslow
In early 2008, Geoffrey Hughes reprised his role as Onslow once again for a clipshow of the series; this was to be broadcast on American television, and sees him teaching a credit course at the Open University, and has selected "successful relationships" as his subject matter. The special was also released on Region 1 DVD.
Mary Millar, who played Rose from series two to series five, died on 10 November 1998. George Webb, who played Daddy, died on 30 December 1998. Charmian May, who played Mrs. Councillor Nugent, died on 24 October 2002. Geoffrey Hughes, who played Onslow, died on 27 July 2012. Shirley Stelfox, who played Rose in series one, died on 7 December 2015.
Merchandise[edit]
Audio[edit]
In 1998, the BBC released three episodes of the show: "A Job for Richard", "Country Retreat" and "Sea Fever" on audio cassette. Clive Swift reprised his role as Richard recording a narrative to compensate for the lack of images.
VHS[edit]
BBC Video released three videos featuring episodes from the series.
How to Enhance Your Husband's Retirement
This was released in 1993 and featured the episodes: "Iron Age Remains", "What to Wear when Yachting" and "How to Go on Holiday Without Really Trying".
Sea Fever
This was released in 1994 and featured the episodes: "Sea Fever" and "A Job for Richard".
Rural Retreat
This was released in 1995 and featured the episodes: "Country Retreat", "Let There Be Light" and "Please Mind Your Head".
DVD[edit]
United States – Region 1
My Way or the Hyacinth Way (volume 1) – released 18 March 2003 (contains the complete series 1)
Hints from Hyacinth (volume 2) – released 18 March 2003 (contains episodes 1–5 from series 2)
Home is Where the Hyacinth Is (volume 3) – released 18 March 2003 (contains episodes 6–10 from series 2)
Deck the Halls with Hyacinth (volume 4) – released 18 March 2003 (contains all 4 Christmas Specials from 1991, 1993, 1994 & 1995)
Hyacinth in Full Bloom – released 18 March 2003 (contains volumes 1–4)
Everything's Coming Up Hyacinth (volume 5) – released 3 February 2004 (contains the complete series 3)
Some Like it Hyacinth (volume 6) – released 3 February 2004 (contains the complete series 4)
Living the Hyacinth Life (volume 7) – released 3 February 2004 (contains episodes 1–6 from series 5)
Hats Off to Hyacinth (volume 8) – released 3 February 2004 (contains episodes 7–10 from series 5 & the special "The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket")
Hyacinth Springs Eternal – released 3 February 2004 (contains volumes 5–8)
The Full Bouquet – released 7 September 2004 (complete series – contains volumes 1–8)
The Full Bouquet: Special Edition – released 9 September 2008 (complete series re-release, everything from volumes 1–8 & special "Life Lessons from Onslow")
Life Lessons from Onslow – released 9 September 2008
Collector's Edition – 5 November 2013 (contains all 5 series and every special)
United Kingdom – Region 2
Series 1 & 2 – released 7 March 2003
Series 3 & 4 – released 16 February 2004 (includes the 1991 Christmas special)
Series 5 – released 26 December 2006 (includes Christmas Specials from 1993, 1994 & 1995)
The Essential Collection – released 8 October 2007 (complete series)
The Complete Collection – released 23 September 2013 (complete series re-release, slimmer version)
Christmas Specials – released 3 November 2014 (contains all 4 Christmas specials)
Australia – Region 4
Series 1 & 2 – released 1 September 2003[14]
Series 3 & 4 – released 8 July 2004[15]
Series 5 – released 3 November 2005[16]
Christmas Specials – released 11 November 2005[17]
The Complete Series – released 2005
Life Lessons from Onslow – released 15 April 2010[18]
Streaming[edit]
In the United States, the complete series was available via streaming through Netflix and Amazon Video, but is no longer available to stream on either platform.[19] However, it is available for streaming on BritBox.
Books[edit]
Three books related to the series have been released in the UK. Two were written by Jonathan Rice and published by BBC Books and the other one was written by Harold Snoad (the director of Keeping Up Appearances) and was published by Book Guild Publishing.
Hyacinth Bucket's book of etiquette for the socially less fortunate
This was first published in 1993, and is a light-hearted guide to manners, as seen through Hyacinth Bucket's eyes. It is based on the TV series' scripts and contains many black-and-white photos of scenes from the show.
Hyacinth Bucket's Hectic Social Calendar
This was published in 1995 and is presented in a diary format chronicling a year in Hyacinth Bucket's life, with typical comments about her relations and neighbours.
It's Bouquet – Not Bucket
This was published in late 2009, the book includes rare photos which were taken during the filming of Keeping Up Appearances. The book contains full plot synopses for all episodes, main cast details, filming locations for all episodes which used outside shots, and stories of some entertaining events which happened during filming.
Overseas books[edit]
Due to the popularity of Keeping Up Appearances in the United States, books about the series have also been published across the Atlantic.
Keeping Up Appearances: A Companion to the Series
This comical series guidebook was published in the late 1990s by WLIW21. It was co-authored by mother-and-daughter writers Georgene and Mary Lee Costa. It features summary descriptions of each episode, cast and crew biographies, series photographs and an interview with Harold Snoad.
Since it was written during the filming of the final series of episodes, Snoad included the co-authors of the guide as extras in the episode "The Fancy Dress Ball".
Theatre adaptation[edit]
In 2010, the television show was adapted into a play entitled Keeping Up Appearances that toured theatres in the UK.[20] The cast included Rachel Bell as Hyacinth, Kim Hartman as Elizabeth, Gareth Hale as Onslow, Steven Pinder as Emmet, Debbie Arnold as Rose, David Janson (who had previously appeared in the TV show as the postman) as Mr Edward Milton, a new character created for the stage show,[21] Christine Moore as Daisy and Sarah Whitlock as Mrs Debden.[22] Main character Richard Bucket, Hyacinth's husband, does not appear in the production, but is frequently referred to: Hyacinth addresses to him off-stage and talks to him on the phone. The main plot of the show revolves around Emmet directing a play at the local village hall, but when Hyacinth is cast in the play's leading role disaster is in the making.
This adaptation, directed by playwright Johnny Culver, made its American premiere in New York City in March 2015, at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church Theater Fellowship/Jones Auditorium. Culver directed an additional production of this adaptation with performances on 5 August 2017 and 6 August 2017 at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Forest Hills, Queens.
Prequel[edit]
In 2015, it was announced that a prequel to the series entitled Young Hyacinth would be made, following a 19-year-old Hyacinth Bucket during the early postwar years and set some forty years before the events of Keeping Up Appearances.[23] The cast were announced on 11 April 2016.[24] Hyacinth was played by Kerry Howard; Rose by Katie Redford; Daisy by Katherine Pearce; Violet by Tamla Kari and Daddy by Mark Addy. It was broadcast on BBC One on 2 September 2016.[25] The prequel sees Hyacinth working as a maid and attempting to manage her family so they appear well above their means. In the special, Hyacinth is in a relationship with a Mr. William Hitchcock, whom Hyacinth forces to dress up and wear a hat when they walk. The special ends with her drunken Daddy falling into the canal, which Hyacinth's employers see, causing her great embarrassment. However, she blames Daddy's behaviour on "an old war injury".[26][27] Approximately 4.14 million viewers watched the show within seven days of its broadcast, making it the 22nd most watched BBC One show for the week ending 4 September. A total of 4.39 million viewers watched the show within 28 days of its initial broadcast.[28]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Keeping up appearances. / Life Lessons from Onslow".
Jump up ^ The device of a humorously affected pronunciation of Bucket as Bouquet was used previously in the 1944 British comedy film Don't Take It to Heart.
Jump up ^ Stolworthy, Jacob (18 February 2016). "BBC's most popular show overseas is...Keeping Up Appearances". The Independent. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
Jump up ^ Keeping Up Appearances. Series 5. Episode 3. Event occurs at 8:57. Yes, I'll give you my name and address. It's "Bouquet." B-u-c-k-e-t. No, it is "Bouquet."
Jump up ^ Keeping Up Appearances. Series 5. Episode 3. Event occurs at 19:28. It houses my Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles.
Jump up ^ Keeping Up Appearances. Series 5. Episode 1. Event occurs at 5:46.
Jump up ^ Keeping Up Appearances. Series 5. Episode 1. Event occurs at 1:03. Do you think Sheridan's voice is getting deeper?" "It's still asking for money, I know that.
Jump up ^ "BBC Keeping Up Appearances page".
Jump up ^ Keeping Up Appearances. Series 5. Episode 3. Event occurs at 13:40.
^ Jump up to: a b "Comedy Connections – Keeping Up Appearances". Comedy Connections. 26 July 2004. BBC. BBC One.
Jump up ^ "Bucket's Residence Street View". Google Maps. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
Jump up ^ "Onslow and Daisy's Street View". Google Maps. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Keeping Up Appearances, TV Series, 1990–1995". imdcb.com. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
Jump up ^ "Keeping Up Appearances Series 1 And 2 on DVD". dvdorchard.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
Jump up ^ "Keeping Up Appearances Series 3 And 4 on DVD". dvdorchard.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
Jump up ^ "Keeping Up Appearances Series 5 on DVD". dvdorchard.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
Jump up ^ "Keeping Up Appearances Christmas Specials on DVD". dvdorchard.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
Jump up ^ "Keeping Up Appearances Life Lessons From Onslow on DVD". dvdorchard.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
Jump up ^ "Keeping Up Appearances: Season 1, Episode 1 "Daddy's Accident"". Amazon.com. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
Jump up ^ Berry, Kevin (3 June 2010). "Keeping Up Appearances". thestage.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
Jump up ^ Burbridge, Steve. "Theatre review: Keeping Up Appearances at Darlington Civic Theatre and touring". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
Jump up ^ Barr, Gordon (12 June 2010). "Preview: Keeping Up Appearances, Playhouse Whitley Bay". The Chronicle. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
Jump up ^ Foster, Patrick (16 November 2015). "Keeping Up Appearances set to return as Young Hyacinth". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
Jump up ^ "Kerry Howard to play Young Hyacinth in a special prequel to Keeping Up Appearances for BBC One". BBC. BBC. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
Jump up ^ "Young Hyacinth". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
Jump up ^ Warner, Sam (11 April 2016). "Keeping Up Appearances remake casts Kerry Howard as a young Hyacinth". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Jump up ^ Harp, Justin (11 April 2016). "Sacked Coronation Street star Katie Redford lands a new role in the Keeping Up Appearances prequel". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Jump up ^ "Weekly top 30 programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
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William Allingham
Born
(1824-03-19)19 March 1824
Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland
Died
18 November 1889(1889-11-18) (aged 65)
Hampstead, London
Nationality
Irish[a]
Occupation
poet, scholar
Spouse(s)
Helen Paterson Allingham (1874–1889)
William Allingham (19 March 1824 – 18 November 1889) was an Irish poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem 'The Faeries' was much anthologised; but he is better known for his posthumously published Diary,[1] in which he records his lively encounters with Tennyson, Carlyle and other writers and artists. His wife, Helen Allingham, was a well-known water-colorist and illustrator.[2]
Contents
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1 Biography
2 Assessment and influence
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
Biography[edit]
William Allingham was born on 19 March 1824 in the small town of Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, and was the son of the manager of a local bank who was of English descent.[3] His younger brothers and sisters were Catherine (b. 1826), John (b. 1827), Jane (b. 1829), Edward (b. 1831; who lived only a few months) and a still-born brother (b. 1833). During his childhood his parents moved twice within the town, where the boy enjoyed the country sights and gardens, learned to paint and listened to his mother's piano-playing. When he was nine, his mother died.[4]
He obtained a post in the custom-house of his native town, and held several similar posts in Ireland and England until 1870. During this period were published his Poems (1850; which included his well-known poem, 'The Fairies') and Day and Night Songs (1855; illustrated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and others). (Rossetti's Letters to Allingham (1854–1870), edited by Dr. Birkbeck Hill, would be published in 1897.) Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland, his most ambitious, though not his most successful work, a narrative poem illustrative of Irish social questions, appeared in 1864. He also edited The Ballad Book for the Golden Treasury series in 1864, and Fifty Modern Poems in 1865.
In April 1870 Allingham retired from the customs service, moved to London and became sub-editor of Fraser's Magazine, eventually becoming editor in succession to James Froude in June 1874 – a post he would hold till 1879.[5] On 22 August 1874 he married the illustrator, Helen Paterson, who was twenty-four years younger than he. His wife gave up her work as an illustrator and would become well known under her married name as a water-colour painter. At first the couple lived in London, at 12 Trafalgar Square, Chelsea, near Allingham's friend, Thomas Carlyle, and it was there that they had their first two children – Gerald Carlyle (b. 1875 November) and Eva Margaret (b. 1877 February). In 1877 appeared Allingham's Songs, Poems and Ballads. In 1881, after the death of Carlyle, the Allinghams moved to Sandhills near Witley in Surrey, where their third child, Henry William, was born in 1882. At this period Allingham published Evil May Day (1883), Blackberries (1884) and Irish Songs and Poems (1887).
In 1888, because of William's declining health, they moved back to the capital, to the heights of Hampstead village. But in 1889, on 18 November, William died at Hampstead. According to his wishes he was cremated. His ashes are interred at St. Anne's church in his native Ballyshannon.
Posthumously Allingham's Varieties in Prose was published in 1893. William Allingham A Diary, edited by Mrs Helen Allingham and D. Radford, was published in 1907. It contains Allingham's reminiscences of Alfred Tennyson, Thomas Carlyle and other writers and artists.
Assessment and influence[edit]
Working on an un-ostentatious scale, Allingham produced much lyrical and descriptive poetry, and the best of his pieces are thoroughly national in spirit and local colouring. His verse is clear, fresh, and graceful. His best-known poem remains his early work, "The Faeries".[6]
Allingham had a substantial influence on W. B. Yeats;[7] while the Ulster poet John Hewitt felt Allingham's impact keenly, and attempted to revive his reputation by editing, and writing an introduction to, The Poems of William Allingham (Oxford University Press/ Dolmen Press, 1967). Allingham's wide-ranging anthology of poetry, Nightingale Valley (1862) was to be the inspiration for the 1923 collection Come Hither by Walter de la Mare.[8]
We daren't go a-hunting/For fear of little men... was quoted by the character of The Tinker near the beginning of the movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, as well as in Mike Mignola's comic book short story Hellboy: The Corpse, plus the 1973 horror film Don't Look in the Basement. Several lines of the poem are quoted by Henry Flyte, a character in issue No. 65 of the Supergirl comic book, August 2011. This same poem was quoted in Andre Norton's 1990 science fiction novel Dare To Go A-Hunting (ISBN 0-812-54712-8).
Up the Airy Mountain is the title of a short story by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald; while the working title of Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men was "For Fear of Little Men".
The Allingham Arms Hotel in Bundoran, Co. Donegal is named after him.[9]
See also[edit]
Celtic Revival
Leigh Hunt
Thomas Moore
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Ireland, was within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during his lifespan.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ William Allingham: a Diary; edited by H. Allingham and D. Radford (1907 and reprints)
Jump up ^ I. Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (1995) p. 18
Jump up ^ D. Daiches ed., The Penguin Companion to Literature 1 (1971) p. 19
Jump up ^ William Allingham A Diary Edited by H. Allingham and D. Radford (1907)
Jump up ^ I. Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (1995) p. 18
Jump up ^ The Fairies, multimedia eBook.
Jump up ^ D. Daiches ed., The Penguin Companion to Literature 1 (1971) p. 19
Jump up ^ T Whistler, Imagination of the Heart (1993) p. 322
Jump up ^ "Allingham Arms Hotel | Bundoran". Allinghamarmshotel.ie. 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Allingham, William". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Further reading[edit]
M. McClure, 'Biographical Note: the Allinghams of Ballyshannon', in Donegal Annual; 52 (2000), p. 87–89
M. S. Lasner, 'William Allingham. Some Uncollected Authors LVI Part 1 (2)', in Book Collector; 39 (1991 summer, autumn), p. 174–204 and 321–349
S. A. Husni, William Allingham An Annotated Bibliography (1989)
A. Warner, 'William Allingham Bibliographical Survey', in Irish Book Lore; 2 (1976), p. 303–307
P. M. England, 'The Poetry of William Allingham' [M.A. thesis, Birmingham University] (1976)
A. Warner, William Allingham (1975)
H. Shields, 'William Allingham and folk song', in Hermathena; 117 (1974), p. 23–36
A. Warner, William Allingham An Introduction (1971)
W.I.P. McDonough, 'The Life and Work of William Allingham' [PhD thesis, Trinity College, Dublin] (1952)
P.S. O'Hegarty, 'A Bibliography of William Allingham', in Dublin Magazine (1945 Jan–Mar and July–September)
J. L. Donaghy, 'William Allingham', in Dublin Magazine; 20:2 (1945), p. 34–38
H. Knopf, 'William Allingham und seine Dichtung im Lichte der irischen Freheitsbewegung' [Dissertation] (1928. Biel)
Letters to William Allingham, ed. H. Allingham (1911)
William Allingham, William Allingham A Diary, ed. H. Allingham and D. Radford (1907)
D. G. Rossetti, The Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William Allingham 1854–1870, ed. G.B.N. Hill (1897)
External links[edit]
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"Archival material relating to William Allingham". UK National Archives.
Works by William Allingham at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about William Allingham at Internet Archive
Works by William Allingham at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
William Allingham at University of Toronto Libraries
William Allingham at Library of Congress Authorities, with 41 catalogue records
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Drinkin' Problem
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"Drinkin' Problem"
Single by Midland
from the album On the Rocks
Released
February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)
Format
Digital download
Genre
Country
Length
3:41
Label
Big Machine
Songwriter(s)
Mark Wystrach
Cameron Duddy
Jess Carson
Shane McAnally
Josh Osborne
Producer(s)
McAnally
Dann Huff
Osborne[1]
Midland singles chronology
"Drinkin' Problem"
(2017) "Make a Little"
(2017)
"Drinkin' Problem"
(2017) "Make a Little"
(2017)
"Drinkin' Problem" is the debut single of the American country music band Midland. It was released on July 27 2017, as the first single from their upcoming debut album On the Rocks. The band members wrote the song with Josh Osborne and Shane McAnally, the latter of whom also produced it.
Contents
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1 Content
2 Critical reception
3 Commercial performance
4 Music video
5 Charts
6 References
Content[edit]
The song is about a man who is "at the bar drinking" and claims that "people say I got a drinkin' problem / But I got no problem drinkin' at all."
Critical reception[edit]
Country Perspective rated the song 8/10, with an uncredited review saying that " This is straight up, stone cold, country music. It immediately takes me back to what country radio sounded like a couple of decades ago with all of the steel guitar."[1]
Taste of Country reviewed the song with favor, saying that "The trio’s 'Drinkin’ Problem' keeps the pretty of old-school country swing but dives dark into sorrow with no shame."[2]
Commercial performance[edit]
"Drinkin' Problem" was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 16, 2017.[3] has sold 314,000 copies in the United States as of September 2017.[4]
Music video[edit]
The song's music video, directed by group member Cameron Duddy, was shot in Lockhart, Texas. It features the band selling moonshine.[5]
Charts[edit]
Chart (2017)
Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6]
98
Canada Country (Billboard)[7]
1
US Billboard Hot 100[8]
45
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[9]
3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10]
4
Preceded by
"Craving You"
by Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris Billboard Canada Country
number-one single
August 5–12, 2017 Succeeded by
"For Her"
by Chris Lane
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "'Drinkin' Problem' review". Country Perspective. March 6, 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
Jump up ^ Dukes, Billy (December 27, 2016). "ToC Critic’s Pick: Midland, ‘Drinkin’ Problem’ [Listen]". Taste of Country. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
Jump up ^ "American single certifications – Midland – Drinkin' Problem". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
Jump up ^ Bjorke, Matt (September 18, 2017). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart: September 18, 2017". Roughstock.
Jump up ^ Konicki, Lisa (February 24, 2017). "Country’s Hippest New Trio, Midland, Reveals Lawbreaking New Video for “Drinkin’ Problem”". Nash Country Daily. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
Jump up ^ "Midland – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Midland. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Midland – Chart history" Billboard Canada Country for Midland. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Midland – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Midland. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Midland – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Midland. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Midland – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Midland. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
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