To those who I was talking armour to in the piss-up

http://tinyurl.com/olkvxg - some pages from Brian Wood's Northlanders #17, the viking comic that talks about armour. gmh, silly_swordsman, here you go. And gmh, go and buy Crecy.

casting for physical type, brain hurting

Barrowman's been announced for Albin in La Cage Aux Folles in Sept. Currently listening to the Douglas Hodges-Denis Lawson version and.... okay, my squee level is ridiculously high for this, I won't deny it. But I seriously think he'd be better as Georges. Mostly because though I have utter confidence in him being able to act it, and he'll kill the 'I Am What I Am' scene at the end of Act 1, Albin is meant to be very middle-aged. He's wearing the corset for a *reason*. See dialogue for general idea :

'There comes a time in every Salome's life when she should no longer be dropping the last veil.'

Not fucking gorgeous, square-jawed, toned and limber as hell - which is a pretty decent depiction of Georges. Not to mention the scene in the second act where Albin appears in a suit and is supposed to be completely withdrawn, no confidence, looking godawful in said suit and.... No, I'm going to have to see it to believe that Barrowman can pull that off. Graham Norton? no problem. (kinda wish I'd seen him play Albin now)

I've probably ranted on this topic before. But yeah, still having problems.