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Post by lynette on Jan 1, 2019 23:26:13 GMT
Nobody does the HenryVI plays anymore. They conflate them into two at best. So good luck with that. They are a bit dull to be honest and clangy with lots of fighting but shame if you can’t complete the job. We'll keep an eye out. I’ll put a word in with Mr Doran 😘
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Post by showgirl on Jan 2, 2019 5:07:55 GMT
In addition to craving a transfer for The Watsons:
RSC to transfer the NEW work and arrange cinema screenings (eg Mrs Rich, Miss Littlewood, Tartuffe);
More normal new plays or classic revivals and less of the weird stuff, eg devised, one-person performances, promenades, etc - and yes, I know I can but dream;
Far more collaboration between theatres, both regional and London-based, on tours/transfers, so more people have a chance to see good work. Some companies/regional theatres are doing well in this respect, with sharing productions amongst 3 venues, but both in the interest of better access to the arts for all, and making best use of increasingly scarce resources, the potential exists for so much more.
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Post by learfan on Jan 2, 2019 6:41:50 GMT
Nobody does the HenryVI plays anymore. They conflate them into two at best. So good luck with that. They are a bit dull to be honest and clangy with lots of fighting but shame if you can’t complete the job. We'll keep an eye out. I’ll put a word in with Mr Doran 😘 RSC will be doing them in the next couple of years to finish their first folio project. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 9:06:47 GMT
After watching AAIP over Christmas I would love to see Robert Fairchild do something in the west end. So would I.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 9:09:20 GMT
More Tom Bateman.
More Jonny B.
More nudity.
Preferably all at once. 'nuff said.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 9:12:01 GMT
More Tom Bateman. More Jonny B. More nudity. Preferably all at once. 'nuff said. Someone commission me and I will write that play right now. Sod it I'll do it for free. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 9:13:58 GMT
It's easier to tick the Henry VIs off your list than Henry VIII.
Did someone up-thread really say that the RSC Histories cycle was only 3 years ago? Try ten! It finished for good in May 2008!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 2, 2019 10:16:45 GMT
Nobody does the HenryVI plays anymore. They conflate them into two at best. So good luck with that. They are a bit dull to be honest and clangy with lots of fighting but shame if you can’t complete the job. We'll keep an eye out. I’ll put a word in with Mr Doran 😘 Thanks but to be honest I find the histories quite boring, but I shall plough on regardless |
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Post by justfran on Jan 4, 2019 21:55:01 GMT
My wish would be to see a tour of Once this year and also for Ben Whishaw to do a play in London.
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Post by Jon on Jan 5, 2019 0:28:07 GMT
My wish would be to see a tour of Once this year and also for Ben Whishaw to do a play in London. Ben Whishaw did a play last year and the year before that. he'll probably do a play this year. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2019 4:45:05 GMT
Can I just add, after seeing Lena Hall's Midnight Radio as Hedwig on Youtube, I need to see her in anything in London. Asap!! She's mesmerizing.
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Post by indis on Jan 5, 2019 21:29:35 GMT
all i want is Harriet Jones on a London stage agaim
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Post by David J on Jan 5, 2019 22:18:56 GMT
Nobody does the HenryVI plays anymore. They conflate them into two at best. So good luck with that. They are a bit dull to be honest and clangy with lots of fighting but shame if you can’t complete the job. We'll keep an eye out. I’ll put a word in with Mr Doran 😘 Thanks but to be honest I find the histories quite boring, but I shall plough on regardless The Henry VI trilogy is like Game of Thrones combined with any mindless action movie series. Non stop action and two dimensional characters apart from a few exceptions like the future Richard III With the right director though it can be brilliant. Where the fights are brutal, the production values stylistic rather than historically accurate, portraying the hell england went through during the wars of the roses. Which is why I am not holding any hope that Doran will do it justice Honestly just take yourself up to Stratford for 2 days, go to the the Shakespeare Birthplace archives and watch the Michael Boyd version (preferably the roundhouse recording). That is a production I will never forget |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2019 23:20:17 GMT
Wait, what? You can watch old archive footage? OOOOOOH. How where when what?
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 6, 2019 0:14:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2019 8:31:38 GMT
Oh wow. That's amazing.
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