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Post by Phantom of London on Sept 1, 2016 20:48:22 GMT
I saw a taping of this last year of the Tony award winning play, I know it has been done in London in the distant past.
for me this is thought provoking theatre and had me moved, by the power of the writing and performances, this is theatre at its best.
so would be great if we had a revival here, somewhere like the Dorfman or St James would be great or maybe the Young Vic, but be happy to see this done anywhere as long as it is well done.
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Post by n1david on Sept 1, 2016 20:56:12 GMT
The HBO production in 2014 was excellent - with a fantastic cast, including Mark Ruffalo, Alfred Molina and Jonathan Groff. But I'd love to see it back on stage in London.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 1, 2016 22:03:56 GMT
I am trying to find a way of doing a production here in Oxford. It is one hell of a script - the anger is palpable. And deservedly so.
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Post by andrew on Sept 2, 2016 0:48:42 GMT
The HBO film was a really difficult watch, some really harrowing scenes. Would be interesting to see something like that on stage.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 10:36:09 GMT
It's a wonderful and important play (nerd disclaimer, it's also one I wrote about for my PhD) and I would love to see a big revival. Given we're revisiting a lot of the plays from that era (Angels, Rent, Boys in the Band, Reg last year etc) I'd love for this to finally get the London revival it deserves.
Oddly an amatuer company did it in Cardiff last year, which is an unusual choice but well done to them for it!
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Post by couldileaveyou on Sept 2, 2016 11:38:36 GMT
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I think the movie is better than the play... but yeah, having it back on London stages would be great.
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Post by MoreLife on Sept 2, 2016 12:16:26 GMT
I have to say I wasn't the biggest fan of some of Ryan Murphy's directorial choices for the HBO adaptation, and while I have wholeheartedly admired Mark Ruffalo's work in other circumstances I didn't fully warm up to his portrayal of Ned. Having said that... yes, please, let's have a revival of the play!
Like emicardiff said, we are indeed getting to revisit a lot of material from that time and dealing with certain common topics, and I think it would be very interesting to see how it would impact audience members from different generations.
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Post by profquatermass on Sept 3, 2016 12:34:38 GMT
I saw this in the 1980s somewhere on St Martins Lane. Am I right in remembering Martin Sheen in the lead? I guess it's quite a period piece now but I can't remember much about it except the woman with polio (victim of the previous American epidemic)
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