Re: Messiah XXI - apologies if this is duplicated

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

Hmmm.  Well, I was thinking the backlash had only been local, as the only 
way I knew about it was to poke around in the Irish Times.  I guess it must 
have gotten around in the UK, though.  I guess we'll just have to wait.

keets


>I've been in touch with him but I think the opinion within the company is 
>that because it received such bad press they're waiting for things to die 
>down.
>The bad press came not from the performances,but from the organisation - 
>the government had allocated £x million for a "millenium event"...The 
>Messiah show took a large share of this and there was a huge backlash 
>against it because only a certain portion of the population could see it 
>and so it shouldnt have been eligible for a national fund etc...
>
>As I've mentioned,if your VCR can play PAL I can run off a copy.
>
>Jeremy
>
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