Alex Vlahos - The Five Senses (Part 1)
The Moon Under Water
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🗓️ 11 April 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Experts on Shakespeare will know that in his first draft of Hamlet the famous quote read “To beer, or not to beer: that is the question”. Had William not changed that line then Hamlet might have gone on to be the ultimate pub play; and we’re certain that this week’s guest would have ended up performing the lead role. It’s actor Alex Vlahos!
Alex has starred in everything from Versailles to Pobol y Cwm, as well as performing on stage alongside the likes of Kenneth Branagh. I wonder if Robin will be able to convince him to tread the boards of The Moon Under Water and share a little performance with us.
Want to hear an extended version of this episode, gain access to our bonus podcast ‘Behind The Cellar Door’ and support the upkeep of the pub? If so, head to moonunderpod.com and sign up to our Patreon!
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| 0:00.0 | ascend ascend with me put your arm in mine and we will walk together up the spiral stair of twilight see how the rooms unfold in violet and smoke. |
| 0:24.2 | See how the chestnut grain widens toward the bar. |
| 0:29.0 | Sit with me a while and we shall have an evening's escape in the moon underwater. |
| 1:14.8 | Music in the moon under water. Oh, that Shakespearean rag is here in my hand as I use it to wipe down the bar at the moon underwater. |
| 1:23.3 | And sitting opposite me, as I complete the ablutions of the moon underwater, is the lovely Robin, my regular at heart. |
| 1:24.7 | Robin, how are you doing? |
| 1:27.5 | I'm great. I'm really good. How are you? |
| 1:29.5 | I'm good, because I've got this oh, ho, ho, shaksaharian rag in my hand. |
| 1:32.8 | That's from the wasteland. Is that what you're doing? |
| 1:35.4 | Yes, it is. I'm, I've actually got the original shakespearean rag. |
| 1:40.2 | Why are you saying shakesperherian? |
| 1:41.7 | Because that's how T.S. Eliot pronounces it. |
| 1:44.0 | Ah. |
| 1:44.8 | I don't know whether he's just trying to fit in with his meter or his rhyme scheme or whatever. |
| 1:49.4 | You know, he makes his own choices. |
| 1:51.1 | He's picked his team. |
| 1:53.1 | You're right. |
| 1:54.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:56.8 | A bit of windy pops here. |
| 1:58.5 | Quite deep into a bottle of wine here at the moon underwater. |
| 2:02.2 | You join us at a lake juncture in the evening supping. |
| 2:07.4 | And the moon underwater has revealed a beautiful Sicilian white wine to me. |
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