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Post by zahidf on Mar 12, 2021 8:08:05 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2021 23:01:21 GMT
Was quite looking forward to seeing Miles Jupp in The Comedy of Errors last year, as he was brilliant in The Life I Lead as well as his other acting and comedy appearances. I hope he'll still be on board for this. |
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Post by cirque on Mar 19, 2021 17:07:25 GMT
Looks like Greg has given us 2023
Tempest
As You
Macbeth
Antony and Cleo
in todays Telegraph.......
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Post by lynette on Mar 20, 2021 12:51:00 GMT
Yep, read that: the ones without published versions except for the Folio. Interesting. Could be good with a couple of big names and decent directors. I live in hope.
By the way, I did watch Dream ( I know you are all panting fo know about it) and it wasn’t my cup of tea. It was something that was probably fun to do and a learning process for new techie skills, but had nothing to do with Shakespeare and very little to do with theatre in that it was all ‘filmed’ albeit with audience interaction. Personally I hope this isn’t the way theatre is going.
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Post by Jan on Mar 21, 2021 15:23:10 GMT
Looks like Greg has given us 2023 Tempest As You Macbeth Antony and Cleo in todays Telegraph....... So he will have finished the full cycle by then ? So we will have had Henry VIII by then ? Which other ones were left ? Quite an uninspiring selection, I think I'll join those complaining about too many Macbeths - I held back on The Bridge one but not now. A&C is very dull unless he has got absolute star actor for it (which he won't have). |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 21, 2021 16:34:52 GMT
Looks like Greg has given us 2023 Tempest As You Macbeth Antony and Cleo in todays Telegraph....... So he will have finished the full cycle by then ? So we will have had Henry VIII by then ? Which other ones were left ? Quite an uninspiring selection, I think I'll join those complaining about too many Macbeths - I held back on The Bridge one but not now. A&C is very dull unless he has got absolute star actor for it (which he won't have). I am sure Tony will make a lovely Cleo. |
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Post by Jan on Mar 21, 2021 17:54:45 GMT
So he will have finished the full cycle by then ? So we will have had Henry VIII by then ? Which other ones were left ? Quite an uninspiring selection, I think I'll join those complaining about too many Macbeths - I held back on The Bridge one but not now. A&C is very dull unless he has got absolute star actor for it (which he won't have). I am sure Tony will make a lovely Cleo. Sher has played Prospero before - it was a no good Lion King-themed production - but I wouldn't put it past him to have another go. |
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Post by lynette on Mar 22, 2021 7:13:24 GMT
Well with Ian McKellen playing Hamlet, what can we expect? Are they scouring the Italia Conti for a promising King Lear aged about 10 and a half?
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Post by Jan on Mar 22, 2021 7:27:32 GMT
Well with Ian McKellen playing Hamlet, what can we expect? Are they scouring the Italia Conti for a promising King Lear aged about 10 and a half? We must suspend judgement on McKellen until it has opened, but the apparently radical concept for the production is not matched by the prosaic nature of the director, venue, and the rest of the cast. I should say that in his prime McKellen was the best stage actor I've ever seen, bar none, so I'm generally well-disposed towards him. |
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Post by cirque on Mar 22, 2021 17:08:09 GMT
RSC open kindness shop in Stratford.
What the hell......
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Post by Fleance on Mar 23, 2021 20:02:15 GMT
Well with Ian McKellen playing Hamlet, what can we expect? Are they scouring the Italia Conti for a promising King Lear aged about 10 and a half? We must suspend judgement on McKellen until it has opened, but the apparently radical concept for the production is not matched by the prosaic nature of the director, venue, and the rest of the cast. I should say that in his prime McKellen was the best stage actor I've ever seen, bar none, so I'm generally well-disposed towards him. I still remember McKellen's early performances as The Wood Demon in Edinburgh; and as Doctor Faustus the following year. A memorable introduction for me, to a great actor. |
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Post by Jan on Mar 24, 2021 9:17:18 GMT
We must suspend judgement on McKellen until it has opened, but the apparently radical concept for the production is not matched by the prosaic nature of the director, venue, and the rest of the cast. I should say that in his prime McKellen was the best stage actor I've ever seen, bar none, so I'm generally well-disposed towards him. I still remember McKellen's early performances as The Wood Demon in Edinburgh; and as Doctor Faustus the following year. A memorable introduction for me, to a great actor. 1973 for The Wood Demon. I'd like to see that play but productions of it are very rare. I first saw McKellen in 1983 and by then many of his really great roles were already in the past: among them Macbeth, Richard II, Edward II, Face in The Alchemist along with several Shakespeare roles like Hamlet, Leontes, Romeo, Edgar, and Sir Toby. |
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Post by lynette on Mar 24, 2021 14:23:03 GMT
I’ve only ever seen him ‘old’. I liked his Lear very much, at the courtyard theatre in Stratford.
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Post by Fleance on Mar 24, 2021 15:28:41 GMT
I still remember McKellen's early performances as The Wood Demon in Edinburgh; and as Doctor Faustus the following year. A memorable introduction for me, to a great actor. 1973 for The Wood Demon. I'd like to see that play but productions of it are very rare. I first saw McKellen in 1983 and by then many of his really great roles were already in the past: among them Macbeth, Richard II, Edward II, Face in The Alchemist along with several Shakespeare roles like Hamlet, Leontes, Romeo, Edgar, and Sir Toby. You've inspired memories of the times I've seen him on stage (he has an excellent website to jog the memory): With the Actors Co. in Edinburgh: The Wood Demon, The Way of the World (as footman to Lady Wishfort), Dr. Faustus; Every Good Boy Deserves Favor; Pillars of the Community; Bent; Cowardice; Venice Preserv'd; Wild Honey; Coriolanus; The Duchess of Malfi; Henceforward; King Lear (Kent); Napoli Milionaria. |
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Post by Jan on Mar 24, 2021 20:22:30 GMT
Oh. You saw Cowardice. I thought it was only me. What a turkey that was.
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Post by cirque on Apr 6, 2021 17:47:55 GMT
Looks like RST won’t reopen until Christmas show. .disappointing .
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Apr 6, 2021 18:00:32 GMT
I’ve only ever seen him ‘old’. I liked his Lear very much, at the courtyard theatre in Stratford. Same - incredible. Broke my heart. |
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Post by Jan on Apr 7, 2021 7:26:54 GMT
Looks like RST won’t reopen until Christmas show. .disappointing . You always get the impression with them that actually staging productions is a minor inconvenience they could do without. This attitude started when they had the RST closed for redevelopment - they found that they could drastically reduce the number of plays they produced over several years but still get the same grants and no-one in ACE would complain. Their efforts during lockdown has followed this template, take the money on offer but produce relatively little in return. I believe they have had a full company of 35 actors and staff employed for the duration (the Comedy of Errors/Winters Tale company I suppose) but have done very little with them. Contrast with other venues who are desperate to reopen and have scheduled productions several times only to have to cancel them again but now will start again in the summer. |
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Post by Jan on Apr 21, 2021 10:42:05 GMT
The current situation with the RSC is unacceptable. I'm getting emails from all the theatres I follow giving their plans for opening soon. This includes venues like Chiswick Playhouse (formerly The Tabard) who got no money at all from the government support scheme despite applying but are running musical theatre events from May. But the RSC who literally got millions handed to them have no plans to do anything at all in any of their theatres until 14th October ? (albeit with a few outdoor performances of Comedy of Errors to be announced). It is not good enough.
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 21, 2021 11:09:07 GMT
The RSC's response to the pandemic was recently the subject of the In The Studio strand on the World Service. The BBC is to broadcasting what the RSC is to theatre, so it's probably far too chummy and uncritical, but at only 27 minutes long, it's worth a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1tcq |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 21, 2021 11:19:44 GMT
Out of interest has anyone written to RSC or ACE to complain?
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Post by Jan on Apr 21, 2021 11:30:31 GMT
Out of interest has anyone written to RSC or ACE to complain? Based on my experience if you write to the RSC to complain about anything related to the AD's area of responsibility then they won't reply. I have had replies (but no action) from ACE on the RSC in the past. Good luck. I'm not in the habit of writing to complain. Once years ago I wrote with some mild criticism to the NT and Peter Hall replied personally. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 21, 2021 12:13:31 GMT
Out of interest has anyone written to RSC or ACE to complain? Based on my experience if you write to the RSC to complain about anything related to the AD's area of responsibility then they won't reply. I have had replies (but no action) from ACE on the RSC in the past. Good luck. I'm not in the habit of writing to complain. Once years ago I wrote with some mild criticism to the NT and Peter Hall replied personally. Sounds very similar to ENO and ROH |
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Post by cirque on Apr 21, 2021 13:40:09 GMT
So right. However in Stratford they have opened a Kindness shop to meet nice folks.
All a joke and unlike ROH and ENO.......nothing major on horizon.
A glorious company diminished by ineptitude . A focus on wokery and nothing else.
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Post by Jan on Apr 21, 2021 16:21:19 GMT
Another example. Jermyn Street’s reopening programme is really great. Loads of events, short plays (new and old), one-man shows (including Michael Pennington), a Pinter fragment, poem readings (Shakespeare) some with an audience, some also on-line, literally something for everyone. I think the public launch is next week.
The RSC’s first thought ? Build a new outdoor theatre. No company in the country has ever been more obsessed by building new theatres than them. Programming events in them though ? Not so interested.
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