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Post by kate8 on Jun 28, 2023 15:56:06 GMT
Globe winter season:
Othello
Duchess of Malfi
Ghosts
I, Malvolio
Hansel and Gretel
Ghost Stories by Candlelight
I’m reasonably happy with this, especially the Webster. I haven’t seen Ghosts for years, and not sure it should be done at the expense of giving us 2 Shakespeares. I’ve seen Othello twice already this year, but will probably still book all three of these.
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Post by Jan on Jun 28, 2023 17:17:26 GMT
Quite a surprise they would do Ghosts and quite a long run too. Joe Hill-Gibbins directs with the threat that it is “a new version”.
No sign of the Read Not Dead rehearsed readings returning unfortunately - I think the people running that programme left during Covid.
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Post by David J on Jun 28, 2023 17:54:16 GMT
Quite a surprise they would do Ghosts and quite a long run too. Joe Hill-Gibbins directs with the threat that it is “a new version”. I was interested, then you pointed out the guy who directed Edward II at the NT, that muddy Midsummer Night's Dream at the Young Vic, and Richard II at the Almeida. Thanks for saving me any more interest in this! |
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Post by Jan on Jun 28, 2023 18:45:20 GMT
Quite a surprise they would do Ghosts and quite a long run too. Joe Hill-Gibbins directs with the threat that it is “a new version”. I was interested, then you pointed out the guy who directed Edward II at the NT, that muddy Midsummer Night's Dream at the Young Vic, and Richard II at the Almeida. Thanks for saving me any more interest in this! I quite liked all of those but maybe because I’d seen multiple more conventional versions of each before. But Ibsen is a different matter, it’s rare that anything other than an in-period production with a neutral translation works. |
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Post by Fleance on Jun 28, 2023 19:55:01 GMT
Globe winter season: Othello Duchess of Malfi Ghosts I, Malvolio Hansel and Gretel Ghost Stories by Candlelight I’m reasonably happy with this, especially the Webster. I haven’t seen Ghosts for years, and not sure it should be done at the expense of giving us 2 Shakespeares. I’ve seen Othello twice already this year, but will probably still book all three of these. Always pleased to see the Duchess in a lineup! I've seen three great ones: Eleanor Bron, Harriet Walter, and Eve Best. I would also like to see a few lesser-known Jacobeans. Re: Othello, let's hope for a better production than that silly version with Mark Rylance as Iago! |
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Post by Jan on Jun 29, 2023 6:07:34 GMT
Always pleased to see the Duchess in a lineup! I've seen three great ones: Eleanor Bron, Harriet Walter, and Eve Best. I would also like to see a few lesser-known Jacobeans. The Duchess of Malfi is a good play with good roles in addition to the lead - I remember McKellen being very good in the Eleanor Bron one - but it does get done quite often, in addition to those three I've seen four others and the Globe did it as recently as 2014 (Gemma Arterton), it must be the most produced play by one of Shakespeare's contemporaries ? |
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Post by bee on Jun 29, 2023 7:19:58 GMT
Always pleased to see the Duchess in a lineup! I've seen three great ones: Eleanor Bron, Harriet Walter, and Eve Best. I would also like to see a few lesser-known Jacobeans. The Duchess of Malfi is a good play with good roles in addition to the lead - I remember McKellen being very good in the Eleanor Bron one - but it does get done quite often, in addition to those three I've seen four others and the Globe did it as recently as 2014 (Gemma Arterton), it must be the most produced play by one of Shakespeare's contemporaries ? The blurb on the Globe website suggests that Duchess of Malfi is being done to celebrate the SWP's 10th anniversary. The production with Gemma Arterton was the first thing they did there. |
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Post by Fleance on Jun 29, 2023 12:27:49 GMT
Always pleased to see the Duchess in a lineup! I've seen three great ones: Eleanor Bron, Harriet Walter, and Eve Best. I would also like to see a few lesser-known Jacobeans. The Duchess of Malfi is a good play with good roles in addition to the lead - I remember McKellen being very good in the Eleanor Bron one - but it does get done quite often, in addition to those three I've seen four others and the Globe did it as recently as 2014 (Gemma Arterton), it must be the most produced play by one of Shakespeare's contemporaries ? The Old Vic presented a good production (Jonathan Miller) of Bussy D'Ambois many years ago, which I saw on the same day as the National's excellent production of The Changeling. There are other options, many relatively unknown, for Jacobean plays. The Globe presented The Broken Heart a few years ago (2015). |
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Post by Jan on Jun 29, 2023 13:06:18 GMT
The Duchess of Malfi is a good play with good roles in addition to the lead - I remember McKellen being very good in the Eleanor Bron one - but it does get done quite often, in addition to those three I've seen four others and the Globe did it as recently as 2014 (Gemma Arterton), it must be the most produced play by one of Shakespeare's contemporaries ? The Old Vic presented a good production (Jonathan Miller) of Bussy D'Ambois many years ago, which I saw on the same day as the National's excellent production of The Changeling. There are other options, many relatively unknown, for Jacobean plays. The Globe presented The Broken Heart a few years ago (2015). The one I’d like to see again is The Second Maiden’s Tragedy by Thomas Middleton - an over-the-top piece of Jacobean horror. |
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Post by bee on Jun 29, 2023 13:34:54 GMT
The Old Vic presented a good production (Jonathan Miller) of Bussy D'Ambois many years ago, which I saw on the same day as the National's excellent production of The Changeling. There are other options, many relatively unknown, for Jacobean plays. The Globe presented The Broken Heart a few years ago (2015). The one I’d like to see again is The Second Maiden’s Tragedy by Thomas Middleton - an over-the-top piece of Jacobean horror. In the early days of the SWP they did a pretty decent job of putting on Jacobean plays, but they seem to have drifted away from that mission. Having said that, even as recently as 2020 they did Middleton's Women Beware Women - if I remember rightly I saw it on the last Saturday before lockdown. |
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Post by foxa on Jun 29, 2023 14:14:16 GMT
Quite a surprise they would do Ghosts and quite a long run too. Joe Hill-Gibbins directs with the threat that it is “a new version”. I was interested, then you pointed out the guy who directed Edward II at the NT, that muddy Midsummer Night's Dream at the Young Vic, and Richard II at the Almeida. Thanks for saving me any more interest in this! Yes, but....he also directed my favourite Glass Menagerie (this was a truly splendid version) and a really entertaining Measure for Measure. |
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Post by partytentdown on Jun 29, 2023 17:53:38 GMT
Emma Rice wanted to do "A Little Night Music" in there.
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Post by Jan on Jun 30, 2023 6:55:25 GMT
Emma Rice wanted to do "A Little Night Music" in there. I doubt the "West End" audience that would have attracted would have been happy about the near zero comfort/price ratio of the terrible seats they have in there - best stick to stuff only a hardcore theatre audience will like. |
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