On July 22nd 1987 I journeyed with Angela Julian-Day from Brussels to Antwerp to visit the zoo and the Rubens House Museum.
On the train there I read Shakespeare’s play, Richard III.
When I got to Rubens’ house there were posters all around announcing a performance of Richard III, scheduled for two weeks’ time in the garden of the house itself.
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Twenty-five years later this codicil happened at Facebook.
James Eadon, who had already published extracts from my book plus readers´ opinions on it and even some of my unpublished coincidence examples at his website, put up at Facebook a link to an announced exhibition at the National Gallery in London of the works of Peter Paul Rubens.
That prompted me to post a link to this Blog Entry.
Eadon responded -
James Eadon Uncanny, Brother H. James Plaskett The arts coincidence comes full Circle, I have very nearly finished the play Richard III! Most of the way through Act 5 Scene 3. Did you know I was reading that? >mind blown<
H. James Plaskett How COULD I have known? But the coincidence has been up at my blog for years, so you may have subliminally registered THAT I suppose. But, even so...
James Eadon I had not read that posting, and indeed bought Richard III by accident, the only reason I was reading it was that the play I was otherwise reading I lost. That was Henry IV part 1, lost it in Germany. So I read Richard III instead, I bought the plays 3 for 2 at Foyles. I'm pretty sure I didn't mention reading Shakespeare here so it's a full blowing mind-f***
H. James Plaskett Regarding the reading of Shakespeare you may wish also to read Entry 99 at the Blog...
James Eadon the rubens thing came up in the fb feed, due to me "like"ing the national gallery, I think. I finished the play last night too. A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!
2 comments:
Mind blowing coincidence that I posed the Reubens link and am just finishing Richard III, what a stunner.
I hasted to add, there's nothing supernatural about this, coincidences are inevitable :)
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