Post by bordeaux on Mar 3, 2024 21:58:18 GMT
You've been made artistic director of the Donmar and you're planning your first season. What's it going to be? Something new, something old, a modern classic, a rarity, the first major revival of a recent play? Timothy Sheader will be announcing his first season soon. What would yours be?
I'd copy Mendes and start with Sondheim's Here We Are, which would cover the new writing base and the musical one. And the Donmar is a great place for Sondheim musicals. For my modern classic/first revival I'd go for Intimate Apparel or Ruined by Lynn Nottage as I'd like to see some of her pre-Sweat work and didn't see these when they were originally on. For my rarity I'd like to see Arthur Schnitzler's Undiscovered Country, in Tom Stoppard's translation, which may need updating as, for reasons I don't fully understand, translations date more quickly than the original writing. I love Schnitzler's work and, from reading about it, Stoppard turned it into something witty and wise. For my more well-known classic I'd like to see Titus Andronicus in that intimate space. The only time I've seen it was Deborah Warner's superb production in the Pit with Brian Cox in the late 80s.
Over to you....
I'd copy Mendes and start with Sondheim's Here We Are, which would cover the new writing base and the musical one. And the Donmar is a great place for Sondheim musicals. For my modern classic/first revival I'd go for Intimate Apparel or Ruined by Lynn Nottage as I'd like to see some of her pre-Sweat work and didn't see these when they were originally on. For my rarity I'd like to see Arthur Schnitzler's Undiscovered Country, in Tom Stoppard's translation, which may need updating as, for reasons I don't fully understand, translations date more quickly than the original writing. I love Schnitzler's work and, from reading about it, Stoppard turned it into something witty and wise. For my more well-known classic I'd like to see Titus Andronicus in that intimate space. The only time I've seen it was Deborah Warner's superb production in the Pit with Brian Cox in the late 80s.
Over to you....
