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  • ‘History of My Life’ by Giacomo Casanova

    • June 19, 2017
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    When we mentioned to people that we were putting together a graphic novel on Casanova there was a certain amount of wink winking and nudge nudging. Casanova the archetypal womaniser is what comes to most people’s minds. And it is true, he was a man who was fascinated by love and love-making. In terms of
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  • Palais-Royal

    • September 26, 2020
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      Among many other things, Casanova was a great travel writer.  Here’s his account of a visit to the garden of the Palais-Royal in Paris which was open to the public:    After his visit I told Esprit to take me to the Palais-Royal, and I left him at the gates. I felt the greatest
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  • Uniforms Script

    • September 19, 2020
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      Following up on a previous blog (here) analysing the opening two pages of chapter one ‘The Southerner’, here’s the script: Label which states ‘Paris – Eglise Saint-Mael’. External view of church and entrance porch.  Same church as original sequence 4.  Bright sunshine (to contrast with weather when we return to church for funeral). Entrance
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  • The painter

    • September 12, 2020
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    The character Duparc, D’Urfé’s lover, is based upon a real female painter of the time but about whom not a great deal is known.  What is known about her work is that she largely adopted a simple style and painted everyday life.  Like D’Urfé and Gabrielle, our Duparc is a woman who is subverting the
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