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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 10:01:56 GMT
you know how u get a copy of the play as the programme at the Royal Court? Do any other theatres do that?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 10:17:26 GMT
I've seen it happen at the Bush, and sometimes at the Soho or occasionally if you're at a touring production of a new play. Some theatres such as the Almeida or the National will sell the playtext but in addition to rather than instead of a programme.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Jul 26, 2016 10:45:01 GMT
The Young Vic used to but that appears to have stopped.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Jul 26, 2016 12:05:39 GMT
The RSC's Swan Theatre did for its first two years of opening, in 1986 and 1987.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Jul 26, 2016 12:07:12 GMT
Young Vic did for "Blue / Orange" oddly. Ah, yes. I should know that, as I bought one! |
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Post by Honoured Guest on Jul 26, 2016 12:10:25 GMT
or occasionally if you're at a touring production of a new play Yes, Paines Plough, Pentabus, Out of Joint, sometimes Headlong (if it ever deigns to tour). |
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Post by bordeaux on Jul 26, 2016 12:55:52 GMT
Hampstead theatre, I think too. Actors Touring Company.
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Post by mallardo on Jul 26, 2016 13:16:06 GMT
The Finborough does it, as does, recently, The Arcola.
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Post by maggiem on Jul 26, 2016 14:50:21 GMT
Hampstead theatre, I think too. Actors Touring Company. I have the Hampstead programme/playtext for "Little Eagles". |
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Post by Lemansky on Jul 26, 2016 21:55:03 GMT
It tends to be down to the producers, it depends what they want to have on sale, in the fringe venues. Also any theatres which do their own programmes, like ATG etc., will never do a programme text, although as mentioned above they might give permission for a script to be sold as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 8:07:39 GMT
I had an interesting discussion in a playwrighting workshop about this! (side note a few regional theatres are also starting to do this for new works, so the Sherman in Cardiff has for example) What the writer said-and obviously this is one personal anecdote-is that if a theatre agrees to sell copies as a programme it's a way of persuading the printer to do a run. If the theatre agrees to buy say 200 to sell at just above print cost (so £3-£5 usually) then this makes it more attractive to publish the play becuase obviously there's a good chunk already 'sold' (and if it's a longer run/larger theatre obviously increase those numbers) Then whatever is left of the inital run the publisher will sell for the usual retail price of £10-12.
Personally I love when theatres do this because I'd rarely 'justify' the £12 for a playtext unless I actually needed it for something.
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Post by schuttep on Jul 27, 2016 9:35:36 GMT
I bought playtexts from the Gate theatre, too.
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Post by peelee on Jul 28, 2016 16:21:49 GMT
The Finborough sells play texts but not always, e.g. one play that is currently running there. The Royal Court sells them as/in lieu of a programme, and I very much approve of that. The Tricycle has sometimes sold play texts, which I always buy in the way that usually I won't buy a programme there. Hampstead Theatre usually offers the play text. I was pleased to be able to buy the text of the splendid 'Kenny Morgan' at the Arcola recently. They sell for £4 or £5 while the play is running at those theatres.
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