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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 20:13:18 GMT
Enjoyed the performance this afternoon and it was interesting to to see how they handle things when it doesn't quite go to plan. I really can't see how this can successfully transfer, without a lot of re-writing as it is quite site specific. I am at the moment staying in Hathersage which I doubt most people outside Yorkshire/Derbyshire will have heard of. I loved The Nap! My friend and I are still quoting Waxy Chuff, and I still chuckle to myself every time I drive past the turning to Hathersage. I would agree with this comment though - I can't see how it could ever transfer successfully. There's the snooker element, but very much also the Yorkshire/Sheffield element which would be so hard to move elsewhere. Jokes about Rotherham, Chesterfield, Hathersage, Manor Top and student flats down the Eccy Road are very very specific to the local area! (I live in Derbyshire, a few miles from Sheffield, and before that I lived in Sheffield for 5 years.) The fact that when they're playing the Worlds final they're actually IN the Crucible is a huge part of the play. |
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Post by harrietcraig on May 4, 2018 22:01:37 GMT
For those who wondered whether this could successfully transfer, it has just been announced that it will be playing on Broadway this fall: it's the first production of Manhattan Theatre Club's 2018-2018 season: www.manhattantheatreclub.com/2018-19-season/the-napIt will be interesting to see how it goes over with a U.S. audience. |
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Post by orchidman on Oct 1, 2018 2:03:47 GMT
Does anyone know if this is likely to transfer to London at any point? I'm in New York in November and would be interested in seeing it but weighing up my options. Probably be weird to see a play about snooker with an American audience.
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Post by Rory on Oct 1, 2018 5:32:48 GMT
The play may be revived in the UK at some point but I would say it is highly unlikely that the Sheffield production directed by Richard Wilson starring Jack O'Connell will be remounted at this stage. If you want to see it, New York may be your best bet at the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2018 13:48:52 GMT
Though it's worth bearing in mind that it's US actors doing northern UK accents ....
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Post by david on Oct 1, 2018 15:06:59 GMT
Though it's worth bearing in mind that it's US actors doing northern UK accents .... Must admit, Im tempted to watch this when im over in NY in a few weeks if I can pick up a cheap ticket, just out of sheer curiosity with the accents if nothing else. I wonder if the cast have been to the Dick Van Dyke school of English accents? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2018 15:14:46 GMT
No Jack leaning over a table with his cue out and sinking his balls into the corner, no Ryan.
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 1, 2018 15:22:55 GMT
Isn't a northern UK accent usually called a Scottish accent?
If a Scottish actor currently on the largest stage at our revered Nation Theatre cannot find a convincing accent, I'm not sure we should be too hard on American actors in an off-Broadway production of a play set thousands of miles away.
None of the cast of Jamie has mastered a true Sheffield accent, and they have less of an excuse!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2018 15:23:56 GMT
Though it's worth bearing in mind that it's US actors doing northern UK accents .... Oh good Lord, it's bad enough when people from The actual North do northern accents without having to put up with Americans having a bash at it. They'll be serving tripe and milk stout in the interval next. Heaven preserve us. |
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