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Post by learfan on Aug 6, 2018 5:15:06 GMT
Next year's booklet must be about to go to the printers. Anyone heard what might be on, or which actors may be persuaded to go to Stratford? The complete works project is entering the final phase and fingers crossed we get some neglected plays in the Swan.
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Post by Jan on Aug 6, 2018 7:29:38 GMT
Next year's booklet must be about to go to the printers. Anyone heard what might be on, or which actors may be persuaded to go to Stratford? The complete works project is entering the final phase and fingers crossed we get some neglected plays in the Swan. It’s a bit optimistic to say the complete works project is in the final phase, I can think of about a dozen plays that haven’t appeared yet, looks like it will limp on for another three years at least. |
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Post by altamont on Aug 6, 2018 8:24:37 GMT
A few thoughts about the RSC - we've only been going to Stratford since the start of the current Complete Works - what is likely to happen when it concludes?
I assume there will still be regular productions of Shakespeare, but fewer than currently? I'm not sure what has happened in the past - but will other plays start appearing in the main house? Apart from the Christmas shows, the only non-Shakespeare I can recall in recent years is Death of a Salesman. And I wonder when the next Complete Works project is likely to start
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2018 8:40:53 GMT
Oh, they'll just keep churning out Shakespeare after Shakespeare after Shakespeare, it's what they do. While they're actively working through a Complete Works cycle, you're unlikely to see repetition, because they can't afford to waste time on yet another Midsummer Night's Dream when they still haven't done Pericles, King John, or Henry VIII, but when they're not constrained by the project of Doing Every Single One (which might not include Pericles actually), then you'll have to wait less time between the more popular plays. I wouldn't expect there to be any less Shakespeare than there currently is, it'll just get a little harder to predict what's coming next because they won't be working off a checklist anymore.
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Aug 6, 2018 8:48:23 GMT
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Post by learfan on Aug 6, 2018 8:48:23 GMT
Next year's booklet must be about to go to the printers. Anyone heard what might be on, or which actors may be persuaded to go to Stratford? The complete works project is entering the final phase and fingers crossed we get some neglected plays in the Swan. It’s a bit optimistic to say the complete works project is in the final phase, I can think of about a dozen plays that haven’t appeared yet, looks like it will limp on for another three years at least. Yes, indeed i count that as final phase! I reckon we are looking at 2021 to finish. |
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Post by Jan on Aug 6, 2018 9:12:47 GMT
A few thoughts about the RSC - we've only been going to Stratford since the start of the current Complete Works - what is likely to happen when it concludes? I assume there will still be regular productions of Shakespeare, but fewer than currently? I'm not sure what has happened in the past - but will other plays start appearing in the main house? Apart from the Christmas shows, the only non-Shakespeare I can recall in recent years is Death of a Salesman. And I wonder when the next Complete Works project is likely to start It will revert to programming similar to the Globe. The programming isn’t the problem, it’s the AD. Let’s hope they replace him with someone younger and less conservative at the end of this cycle. |
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Post by theatremad on Aug 6, 2018 9:39:49 GMT
Im going to start a game of fantasy season:
RST
Henry VIII
Alls Well
Taming
Swan
Another Spanish Golden Age or Jacobeathon season
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Post by Jan on Aug 6, 2018 10:26:50 GMT
Im going to start a game of fantasy season: RST Henry VIII Alls Well Taming Swan Another Spanish Golden Age or Jacobeathon season Mine: Robert Icke Ivo van Hove Katie Mitchell Ian Rickson Julie Taymor |
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Aug 6, 2018 10:35:47 GMT
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Post by David J on Aug 6, 2018 10:35:47 GMT
Simon Godwin
Jonathan Munby
Ivo Van Hove
Robert Icke
And return Michael Boyd, Rupert Goold and David Farr from the old days
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Aug 6, 2018 11:25:21 GMT
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Post by learfan on Aug 6, 2018 11:25:21 GMT
Im going to start a game of fantasy season: RST Henry VIII Alls Well Taming Swan Another Spanish Golden Age or Jacobeathon season Mine: Robert Icke Ivo van Hove Katie Mitchell Ian Rickson Julie Taymor Thats definitely fantasy prof!! |
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Aug 6, 2018 11:26:45 GMT
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Post by learfan on Aug 6, 2018 11:26:45 GMT
Im going to start a game of fantasy season: RST Henry VIII Alls Well Taming Swan Another Spanish Golden Age or Jacobeathon season Sounds good with Silent Woman, Atheists Tragedy and Michaelmas Term in the Swan. |
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Aug 6, 2018 11:27:25 GMT
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Post by learfan on Aug 6, 2018 11:27:25 GMT
A few thoughts about the RSC - we've only been going to Stratford since the start of the current Complete Works - what is likely to happen when it concludes? I assume there will still be regular productions of Shakespeare, but fewer than currently? I'm not sure what has happened in the past - but will other plays start appearing in the main house? Apart from the Christmas shows, the only non-Shakespeare I can recall in recent years is Death of a Salesman. And I wonder when the next Complete Works project is likely to start It will revert to programming similar to the Globe. The programming isn’t the problem, it’s the AD. Let’s hope they replace him with someone younger and less conservative at the end of this cycle. Godwin? |
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Aug 6, 2018 11:32:05 GMT
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Post by learfan on Aug 6, 2018 11:32:05 GMT
A few thoughts about the RSC - we've only been going to Stratford since the start of the current Complete Works - what is likely to happen when it concludes? I assume there will still be regular productions of Shakespeare, but fewer than currently? I'm not sure what has happened in the past - but will other plays start appearing in the main house? Apart from the Christmas shows, the only non-Shakespeare I can recall in recent years is Death of a Salesman. And I wonder when the next Complete Works project is likely to start This project is not the norm. Historically they do a main house Shakespeare season with the Swan doing a mixture really. Now that they dont transfer to a London base for a season, non Shakespeares are the exception. Its not like the North American theatres who feel they have to programme musicals, more modern revivals plus Christmas Carol every year. |
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Aug 6, 2018 11:45:55 GMT
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Post by Jan on Aug 6, 2018 11:45:55 GMT
Im going to start a game of fantasy season: RST Henry VIII Alls Well Taming Swan Another Spanish Golden Age or Jacobeathon season Sounds good with Silent Woman, Atheists Tragedy and Michaelmas Term in the Swan. The RSC Danny Boyle production of Silent Woman was brilliant - don’t need to see it again. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2018 12:01:48 GMT
The problem is finding an AD who is prepared to relegate their other work and focus on Shakespeare, you won’t get many of the best directors because of that. Simon Godwin maybe?
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Aug 6, 2018 12:24:06 GMT
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Post by Jan on Aug 6, 2018 12:24:06 GMT
The problem is finding an AD who is prepared to relegate their other work and focus on Shakespeare, you won’t get many of the best directors because of that. Simon Godwin maybe? Doran was prepared to do that but turned out to be unsuitable for running a company. Maybe if they appointed co-directors. |
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Post by cirque on Aug 6, 2018 13:10:56 GMT
Mine
Robert Lepage. Transfer Coriolanus from other Stratford
Ivo van Hove
Imagine a Lepage Pericles and V H Measure For Measure
Robert Icke
Sally Cookson. Yes....devises a lot but exciting prospect
Michael ?Boyd. But he won't
Katie Mitchell. She won't
Elizabeth Freestone
All be interesting to see at RSC but they won't and RSC will not deviate from usual roster ..........
Future AD. Don't think it's an attractive post anymore.....Goold would have been wonderful but alas too late.
It is Shakespeare's house so someone with a passion but also a dynamic approach that is not simply using contemporary music etc....rather a director who can illuminate through understanding and also attract good actors on board.Talent this season not great at all.
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Aug 6, 2018 14:11:39 GMT
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Post by learfan on Aug 6, 2018 14:11:39 GMT
The problem is finding an AD who is prepared to relegate their other work and focus on Shakespeare, you won’t get many of the best directors because of that. Simon Godwin maybe? Doran was prepared to do that but turned out to be unsuitable for running a company. Maybe if they appointed co-directors. Says who? I know you dont rate him but its hardly been an unsuccessful tenure so far. WE transfers, 2016 anniversary. They tried Nunn and Hands as co-directors, didnt seem to work. |
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Aug 6, 2018 16:39:57 GMT
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Post by Jan on Aug 6, 2018 16:39:57 GMT
Doran was prepared to do that but turned out to be unsuitable for running a company. Maybe if they appointed co-directors. Says who? I know you dont rate him but its hardly been an unsuccessful tenure so far. WE transfers, 2016 anniversary. They tried Nunn and Hands as co-directors, didnt seem to work. Of the 20 or so Shakespeares in the cycle so far how many have been outstanding productions? None ? How many have been appallingly bad ? Well, three of the Romans for a start. Nunn and Hands worked fine, why do you say it didn’t ? |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 6, 2018 16:41:06 GMT
Doran has been pedestrian and nepotistic. His tenure has been lacking in ambition.
The sooner he makes way, the better.
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Aug 6, 2018 16:44:09 GMT
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Post by learfan on Aug 6, 2018 16:44:09 GMT
Doran has been pedestrian and nepotistic. His tenure has been lacking in ambition. The sooner he makes way, the better. Well i can't see him going til 2023, when his ten years is up, so keep grinding those teeth! |
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Aug 6, 2018 16:45:26 GMT
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Post by learfan on Aug 6, 2018 16:45:26 GMT
Sounds good with Silent Woman, Atheists Tragedy and Michaelmas Term in the Swan. The RSC Danny Boyle production of Silent Woman was brilliant - don’t need to see it again. That's 30 years ago! Isnt a rarely done Jonson worth another look? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2018 17:12:15 GMT
Nah. I mean, some of us were toddlers 30 years ago so definitely didn't have an opportunity to see it, but Dr Brock saw it so clearly that's ALL that matters and literally no one should ever think about producing it ever again.
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Post by Jan on Aug 6, 2018 17:30:54 GMT
Nah. I mean, some of us were toddlers 30 years ago so definitely didn't have an opportunity to see it, but Dr Brock saw it so clearly that's ALL that matters and literally no one should ever think about producing it ever again. Thanks for the support ! |
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Post by lynette on Aug 6, 2018 20:37:09 GMT
I didn’t see it. So we need another production.
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