Fill what's empty. Empty what's full.

If you put 'Fill what's empty. Empty what's full' into google you'll find that many sites have this quotation on them.

In fact the quotation is from Alice Roosevelt Longworth

In an interview at the time of her ninetieth birthday, television commentator Eric Sevareid told her of the newest movement: “to liberate the old.” 

“That is fun!” Alice interjected. Its purpose, Sevareid continued, was “to make people understand that old people have feelings, an that they even have sexual passion… Are you for all that?” 

She smilingly shot back, paraphrasing Queen Victoria, “Well, as long as they don’t do it in the streets.” At another time, when asked her opinion of the sexual revolution, she said she’d always lived by the adage “Fill what’s empty, empty what’s full, and scratch where it itches.“

Now what exactly does that mean...'fill what's empty...' etc? especially in the context of the sexual revolution?

Certainly someone asked about it here - and was told off for his troubles!

This simple philosophy - 'fill what's empty...' etc appears in the play 'Wonder' which - along with two other plays, 'Call on Me' and 'Circles' is performed in Brixton, next week. (Details below).

if you wish to read up on Ms Longworth, then by all means do so. Tonight I was shown the picture below of three people who quite clearly have been reading this post so it is nice to know this blog is broadening people's knowledge!

On the other hand, maybe they're rehearsing for the play...

Why not come along and see for yourself?

All tickets: £5 (of which 50p goes to The MS Society)

7.30pm on Tues 20^th, Wed 21^st and Thurs 22^nd November 2012.

At The Dogstar, 389 Coldharbour Lane, London, SW9 8LQ.
(Nearest tube: Brixton).

Produced by Almost Random Theatre.