Othello- Globe

Hmmm, not a big fan of his but may well go to this. Who is the moor? They will need a strong personality or Rylance will wipe the floor with him.

Andre Holland is Othello. Excellent casting imo, I've loved him in a load of film and T.v. stuff. I may be tempted to see this!

Ooooo yes rather confirms US transfer. One of the few Brits they know over there! 

Ooooh this sounds very exciting. If I'm honest I thighs after Emma rice had left I would probably not end up seeing anything there but this and some other things sound tempting. No really familiar with the play but you know your in good hand with Mark Rylance. Just wondering what are the best value seats that aren't the standing ones with a good view as well as price.

The very nature of how the Globe is build means it is exposed to the elements - it is worth siting in the pouring rain just to watch the brilliant Mark Rylance perform the iconic lago in Othello, this will be the theatre highlight of the year.

Why do you assume it is 'old folk' who stopped going? You would not use other physical characteristics to describe a group, so why is it ok to talk about old folk? Unless you have access to information on the change to the age audience members by age and their reason for not going to the Globe this statement is not necessarily true.

Ian McKellen played Iago rather well at 50, I recall. Not a problem.

God I hate it when people start coming back with reasoned arguments. It's really rather annoying.

Had to google him, not the best start.

I generally go for the "partially restricted" ones in the front facing blocks of seats. Best option is the back row as you have something to lean on. Last year these were £30 compared to £45 for top price.

André Holland is an exquisite actor and exquisite looking. Became slightly obsessed with him after seeing him in Moonlight. Will book for him alone, Rylance is just an added bonus.

Normally there are plenty of seats left when public booking opens. Although this is the return of Mark Rylance so could be trickier! Last time he performed at the Globe (which was after he did Jerusalem in the West End and Broadway) there was no problem getting tickets.

There's a performance schedule in the season brochure - www.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/files/2018/01/summer_2018_brochure8.pdf

So saw it yesterday and I just found it average and underwhelming. I liked the Globe when Emma Rice was there and was going to see this production for Mark Rylance. I should have known classical Shakespeare isn’t my thing and I personally like it done a bit more modernly.I liked Mark Rylance a lot as he made all the lines seem understandable and conversational however most of the other cast members did it in the classic speaking loud and rather annoying way where they lacked emotion with the lines and I just couldn’t really understand it as much as when Mark said the lines. Andre Holland was also very dare I say hammy and I wouldn’t say his performance was anything special . Shelia Atim was good but just felt odd as Iagos wife as the age gap and lack of a romance showed. Mark Rylance did feel like he was in a completely different naturalic small production of Othello. I liked the costumes but they just seemed to be set in a generic time for maybe 150-50 years ago but no where specific . I just didn’t t really engage or care about any of the characters and couldn’t wait till the end bed scene . Also the globe audience were a little badly behaved. I was sand at the back row of the lower gallery near the entre ce and kept being frequency deistacted by people going in and out to the toilet or just out and the ushers looked a bit annoyed by this too. Overall I would say if you took a school to see it you would be happy enough but it wasn’t nothing special , it just makes me miss Emma Rice.

Running Time 2:45

Saw it on the first night, foundation is there and came over as a work in progress as expected , seeing it again this Saturday and will give my final thoughts then.

The audience reaction at the end was extremely positive.