Jonathan Strange anticipation thread

[lucysnowe]

Thought I would start one as have just watched the full trailer here. Am so very exciting now!! Anyone else??

I think he was off somewhere having fun and just popped back to have a look to see how his spell (ie the two magicians) were doing, the slacker.

Hey apparently there was an radio adaptation of Mrs Mabb from The Ladies of Grace Adieu and it's now available to listen! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009fwpk

Finally caught up with the last episodes. Thought it was incredibly well done - amazing performances from the two leads. And the quality of the photography was something else.

I love the idea that we are all at heart either Strange-ites or Norrellites.

Also have to admit that I got a bit lost with the plot especially towards the end - think I'm getting stupider as I get older.

Check out these gorgeous tarot cards!

erebusodora.tumblr.com/post/123145868856/so-the-star-the-magician-the-king-the-hermit

Love that Strange is the fool :)

They look great...and Childermass as the Magician! I suspect Vinculus would be the Hanged Man and the Gentleman the Devil. The Tower should also be an obvious one. :)

You'll never guess who's death (or maybe you will :))

Nice articles on the book too:

www.dailygrail.com/Guest-Articles/2015/6/Strange-Norrell-I-The-Language-Birds

I was racking my brains trying to think who it could be but I've just seen who it is on Tumblr. Very interesting choice in light of his book ending- death as a transformed state...

dd was reading some forum where they discussed casting (this discussion might have been posted before the broadcast) and some poster there suggested Tilda Swinton as the Gentleman. The more I think about it the more I like the idea, she would have been great.