Comments on: "The Black Moth" by Georgette Heyer http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-black-moth-by-georgette-heyer/ Tue, 15 May 2012 16:57:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laura McDonald http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-black-moth-by-georgette-heyer/comment-page-1/#comment-8401 Laura McDonald Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:32:17 +0000 http://girlebooks.com/?p=511#comment-8401 Awesome, thanks for the heads up! You can watch online here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/watch/index.html Awesome, thanks for the heads up! You can watch online here:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/watch/index.html

]]> By: Joyce McDonald http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-black-moth-by-georgette-heyer/comment-page-1/#comment-8400 Joyce McDonald Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:16:31 +0000 http://girlebooks.com/?p=511#comment-8400 Another Rufus Sewell sighting! After a long absence from TV (as far as I could tell) Rufus Sewell is back in action as Zen, an English detective working in Italy. It's on Masterpiece Mystery on PBS. I caught the first episode, and, true to form, it's stylish and exciting. My favorite aspect is that he is a soft-spoken, somewhat nerdy man that lives with his mother--but he also manages to solve the tough cases, even some the police would rather not touch. And those soft-spoken words sometimes carry a big impact--especially at the end of the first episode. Here's the link (plagiarized from Laura's comment, further down this page.) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/watch/index.html Another Rufus Sewell sighting! After a long absence from TV (as far as I could tell) Rufus Sewell is back in action as Zen, an English detective working in Italy. It's on Masterpiece Mystery on PBS. I caught the first episode, and, true to form, it's stylish and exciting. My favorite aspect is that he is a soft-spoken, somewhat nerdy man that lives with his mother--but he also manages to solve the tough cases, even some the police would rather not touch. And those soft-spoken words sometimes carry a big impact--especially at the end of the first episode.

Here's the link (plagiarized from Laura's comment, further down this page.)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/watch/index.html

]]> By: Joyce McDonald http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-black-moth-by-georgette-heyer/comment-page-1/#comment-6101 Joyce McDonald Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:34:07 +0000 http://girlebooks.com/?p=511#comment-6101 Oh, Hugh Jackman would be a stunning Black Moth! About the right age, great looks, and a little undercurrent of evil as seen in some of his roles (like the one where he plays a magician, the title of which escapes me at the moment.) Oh, Hugh Jackman would be a stunning Black Moth! About the right age, great looks, and a little undercurrent of evil as seen in some of his roles (like the one where he plays a magician, the title of which escapes me at the moment.)

]]> By: Lori Winward http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-black-moth-by-georgette-heyer/comment-page-1/#comment-6078 Lori Winward Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:55:50 +0000 http://girlebooks.com/?p=511#comment-6078 I think Hugh Jackman would make a delicious on-screen Black Moth. He could also fit into so many of her other male lead characters. I think Hugh Jackman would make a delicious on-screen Black Moth. He could also fit into so many of her other male lead characters.

]]> By: Joyce McDonald http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-black-moth-by-georgette-heyer/comment-page-1/#comment-3480 Joyce McDonald Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:22:04 +0000 http://girlebooks.com/?p=511#comment-3480 I will have to read and review more of these Heyer books just to see if our obsession with Rufus Sewell still does justice to the character of the Black Moth. Like Mr. Sewell, one never knows what direction the Black Moth is going to follow next. For the record, Mr. Sewell said that he chooses his roles on the basis of how broke he is at the time. I will have to read and review more of these Heyer books just to see if our obsession with Rufus Sewell still does justice to the character of the Black Moth. Like Mr. Sewell, one never knows what direction the Black Moth is going to follow next. For the record, Mr. Sewell said that he chooses his roles on the basis of how broke he is at the time.

]]> By: Laura McDonald http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-black-moth-by-georgette-heyer/comment-page-1/#comment-3479 Laura McDonald Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:01:34 +0000 http://girlebooks.com/?p=511#comment-3479 Yet another Sewell sighting--I just saw him in Cold Comfort Farm. He pops up all over the place if you know who he is! Yet another Sewell sighting--I just saw him in Cold Comfort Farm. He pops up all over the place if you know who he is!

]]> By: Joyce McDonald http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-black-moth-by-georgette-heyer/comment-page-1/#comment-3409 Joyce McDonald Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:46:22 +0000 http://girlebooks.com/?p=511#comment-3409 Rufus Sewell would make a good screen "Black Moth" because he plays a very low-key hero (as in "Eleventh Hour") but he usually steals the show as the villain (as in "The Illusionist," as Crown Prince Leopold, "Knight's Tale," as Count Adhemar, and "Zorro" as Armand.) He in inhabits a role so fully, that sometimes you don't recognize him. I watched the excellent TV miniseries, "John Adams" all the way through and never realized that Sewell was Alexander Hamilton. He also got critical acclaim for his role as Charles II (a monarch very dear to McDonald hearts) in the mini series "The Last King." This same series was broadcast in England (unabridged) as "The Power and The Passion." The Black Moth is such a complicated character that one could not choose someone to play him just on the basis of the way he looks. This is the reason that Rufus Sewell is so perfect. He not only looks like the character described by Georgette Heyer, (dark hair, green eyes, narrow nose, chiseled features) but he also has the dimension to play him. Of course, if Mr. Sewell were not available, it's possible that we could go with a Sewell look-alike and similarly dimensional, Joaquim (or Joaquin, depending on who you ask) Phoenix. Rufus Sewell would make a good screen "Black Moth" because he plays a very low-key hero (as in "Eleventh Hour") but he usually steals the show as the villain (as in "The Illusionist," as Crown Prince Leopold, "Knight's Tale," as Count Adhemar, and "Zorro" as Armand.) He in inhabits a role so fully, that sometimes you don't recognize him. I watched the excellent TV miniseries, "John Adams" all the way through and never realized that Sewell was Alexander Hamilton. He also got critical acclaim for his role as Charles II (a monarch very dear to McDonald hearts) in the mini series "The Last King." This same series was broadcast in England (unabridged) as "The Power and The Passion."

The Black Moth is such a complicated character that one could not choose someone to play him just on the basis of the way he looks. This is the reason that Rufus Sewell is so perfect. He not only looks like the character described by Georgette Heyer, (dark hair, green eyes, narrow nose, chiseled features) but he also has the dimension to play him.

Of course, if Mr. Sewell were not available, it's possible that we could go with a Sewell look-alike and similarly dimensional, Joaquim (or Joaquin, depending on who you ask) Phoenix.

]]> By: Laura McDonald http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-black-moth-by-georgette-heyer/comment-page-1/#comment-3406 Laura McDonald Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:36:14 +0000 http://girlebooks.com/?p=511#comment-3406 I love Rufus Sewell! I first saw him as Ladislaw in the 1994 adaptation of Middlemarch. I also saw that version of Hamlet, but I don't remember Sewell in it. I should watch that again. I love Rufus Sewell! I first saw him as Ladislaw in the 1994 adaptation of Middlemarch. I also saw that version of Hamlet, but I don't remember Sewell in it. I should watch that again.

]]> By: Joyce McDonald http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-black-moth-by-georgette-heyer/comment-page-1/#comment-3392 Joyce McDonald Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:31:36 +0000 http://girlebooks.com/?p=511#comment-3392 I had to add to my review a stream of conciousness experience that came to me when I was reading another GirlEBook review. I just finished "The Leavenworth Case" by Anna Katharine Green. In it, she has some quotes from Hamlet, my favorite Shakespearean play. My favorite character in that play is Fortinbras. The person that played Fortinbras in Kenneth Branagh's production of Hamlet was an English actor named Rufus Sewell. He now plays the lead in the TV Series "Eleventh Hour." Ms. Heyer's description of The Black Moth might fit him rather nicely. I had to add to my review a stream of conciousness experience that came to me when I was reading another GirlEBook review. I just finished "The Leavenworth Case" by Anna Katharine Green. In it, she has some quotes from Hamlet, my favorite Shakespearean play. My favorite character in that play is Fortinbras. The person that played Fortinbras in Kenneth Branagh's production of Hamlet was an English actor named Rufus Sewell. He now plays the lead in the TV Series "Eleventh Hour." Ms. Heyer's description of The Black Moth might fit him rather nicely.

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