The Garret

Ooh! Though most of what I remember about that episode is cringing for Josie, I seem to have lately developed a great fondness for movies or tv shows about older actresses. Starting with Being Julia--have you seen it? More recently, though, Slings and Arrows, which you simply must seek out when you have time if you haven't already seen it, and not at all just for the older actress. It's a Canadian tv show about a Shakespeare festival, and the opening credits alone make it worth watching. Neither of these actresses is old, though, just no longer ingenue. And the more-legitimately-old Lauria in Ha'Penny, by Jo Walton, the sequel to Farthing, both of which I heartily recommend. My sister describes Farthing as an alternate-history English country house murder, which it is, and so much more... It does, however, have nothing to do with the stage, unlike Ha'Penny, which I suppose would stand alone, but is probably best read after the first one.

Oh, I'm glad to hear Wilde was good. It's been sitting in limbo halfway down my Netflix queue for the last two years, mostly because I'm afraid it won't live up to expectations.

Also, whoops. I only just realized that this entry is five months old and I had merely followed the link back. Ah well, commenting anyway.

(edited to fix incomplete ital tag)