Aidan LeBlancJun 24, 20205 min readSoulless EmotionsWriting as Erich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front. Sitting in the trench feeling cool, wet, sticky and dirty, I...
Aidan LeBlancJun 2, 202014 min readAn Episode of Criminal Minds Based on King Lear Act 3, Scene 7Previously on Criminal Minds In a circular room which has windows on one half which look out upon the vast estate in Virginia and dark...
Aidan LeBlancMay 28, 20206 min readShakespear’s Production of King Lear in 1606: A View From the Cheap Seats“Attention!” I hear the caller yell. Attention! Production in the Globe Theatre this afternoon!” The announcement pulls me from my...
Aidan LeBlancMay 8, 202012 min readCorrupting Results When Gatsby Gives Nick a JobThe light shines through the pane glass window on my all around gloomy day. In my small, modest cottage on West Egg which was enough...
Aidan LeBlancMay 6, 20206 min readOne Christmas LaterRewriting/adding part of A Christmas Carol as Charles Dickens Marley is dead, this is crucial. Although you should already know this...
Aidan LeBlancMay 3, 20204 min readWhy I Think Fitzgerald Wrote The Great GatsbyIt’s 1924, almost the middle of the decade. The last few years have been different from any of the others I have experienced. The...