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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2018 16:14:44 GMT
It's also probably helpful that Paul Ready is in one of the biggest and most talked about TV shows of the year. He's everywhere at the moment. He was great in Motherland, showing his comic skills off, and I also just finished watching the excellent 'The Terror' about the failed expedition to find the North West Passage.
Appointing Sean Holmes isn't a surprise either, or at least getting a director with wider experience on board. Hopefully it will help to give more consideration to that area for the next season.
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Post by Snciole on Sept 19, 2018 16:54:51 GMT
If there chemistry is as bad as Rory and Anne-Marie's I will be hysterical with grief. They are both great actors and I think Terry has shown great restraint from casting Ready, maybe because he is in demand.
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Post by learfan on Sept 19, 2018 17:19:12 GMT
Bit surprised to see Sean Holmes appointed as an associate artistic director. First because it’s a step down for someone who was a full artistic director, and secondly because his recent Shakespeares have been exactly the sort of thing that got Emma Rice into trouble. Anyone heard who’s taking over from him at the Lyric Hammersmith ? Yep, i thought this an odd appointment. |
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 19, 2018 17:35:22 GMT
I never believed that Rice's firing had anything to do with her vision or creative differences (or rather, only inasmuch as her vision created significant financial issues). So I doubt Holmes will get into trouble for enjoying more radical interpretations. It is a bit of a step down, though.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2018 20:21:47 GMT
Anyone heard who’s taking over from him at the Lyric Hammersmith ? Rachel O'Riordan. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2018 21:34:28 GMT
Do any of you think it could work if one cast Macbeth female and Lady Macbeth male?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2018 7:25:52 GMT
Do any of you think it could work if one cast Macbeth female and Lady Macbeth male? Why not? I don't see why it couldn't work perfectly well. After that bin liner disaster at The Nash, anything is worth a shot. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2018 15:09:49 GMT
Do any of you think it could work if one cast Macbeth female and Lady Macbeth male? Why not? I don't see why it couldn't work perfectly well. After that bin liner disaster at The Nash, anything is worth a shot. I’d love to see a production that did this. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 20, 2018 15:27:57 GMT
I have seen a male Lady M - but it was in an all male production. And he was the best Lady M I have seen to date. But he did play it as a woman. So the gender of the character was maintained.
Making Lady M a man would alter the relationship between him and their dead child(ren)
"I have suckled a baby, and I know how sweet it is to love the baby at my breast. But even as the baby was smiling up at me, I would have plucked my nipple out of its mouth and smashed its brains out against a wall if I had sworn to do that the same way you have sworn to do this."
Not insurmountable - but it would require changing a very well-known section of the play just to fit in with a concept.
A same sex couple could also be interesting to explore.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2018 15:38:34 GMT
I have seen a male Lady M - but it was in an all male production. And he was the best Lady M I have seen to date. But he did play it as a woman. So the gender of the character was maintained. Making Lady M a man would alter the relationship between him and their dead child(ren) "I have suckled a baby, and I know how sweet it is to love the baby at my breast. But even as the baby was smiling up at me, I would have plucked my nipple out of its mouth and smashed its brains out against a wall if I had sworn to do that the same way you have sworn to do this." Not insurmountable - but it would require changing a very well-known section of the play just to fit in with a concept. A same sex couple could also be interesting to explore. I think that speech would be great if delivered by a man because the reference to suckling might be read as being metaphorical. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 20, 2018 15:57:27 GMT
We each approach texts in a different way - but I must admit I find it a struggle to see that as metaphorical.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Sept 23, 2018 15:10:09 GMT
Haw many real couples have played the Macbeths? I can only think of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier.
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Post by Jan on Sept 23, 2018 17:15:34 GMT
Haw many real couples have played the Macbeths? I can only think of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. That’s the only one I know. Antony & Cleopatra is another that springs to mind where husband and wife have played the leads. The most powerful and unsettling husband and wife turn I have seen was Burton and Taylor in the film of “ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”. (Originally James Mason and Bette Davis were cast in that film, which would also have been good). |
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Post by lynette on Sept 23, 2018 18:28:18 GMT
Have you watched The Americans. Terrifying married couple in real life but now estranged I believe.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2018 10:32:09 GMT
Just catching up on the recent announcements - agree Sean Holmes appointment is odd, although it is supposedly related to his experience running the long-term Secret Theatre ensemble at the Lyric.
The announcement also mentioned they are planning "a year-long cycle of History plays"
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Post by learfan on Sept 25, 2018 17:06:34 GMT
Just catching up on the recent announcements - agree Sean Holmes appointment is odd, although it is supposedly related to his experience running the long-term Secret Theatre ensemble at the Lyric. The announcement also mentioned they are planning "a year-long cycle of History plays" Yes, apparently R2 is first off so presumably we can expect both parts of Henry 4 next summer. Wonder who their Falstaff will be? |
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Post by learfan on Sept 25, 2018 17:08:13 GMT
Haw many real couples have played the Macbeths? I can only think of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. That’s the only one I know. Antony & Cleopatra is another that springs to mind where husband and wife have played the leads. The most powerful and unsettling husband and wife turn I have seen was Burton and Taylor in the film of “ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”. (Originally James Mason and Bette Davis were cast in that film, which would also have been good). Not sure if they were actually cast, just mentioned. But i agree they would have been good. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 25, 2018 14:19:06 GMT
Any rumours?
As someone trying to programme a summer Shakespeare production, it is always helpful to know what they are sending out round the country. Don't want to pick a play and then find it being duplicated by a company with a bigger name and deeper pockets!
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Post by NeilVHughes on Nov 25, 2018 14:39:12 GMT
Quote from the launch of the 2018/19 Winter season.
Looking ahead to the 2019 season, Terry added: “As the UK approaches its exit of the EU, our theatre will present a cycle of history plays, providing a unique opportunity to rediscover how Shakespeare perceived ‘this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England’.”
Things may change, expect at least one History play, seeing that Richard II is in the Winter season, Henry IV parts I and II which do have skirmishes between different parts of the UK are the most likely.
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Post by lynette on Nov 25, 2018 19:43:03 GMT
I might risk my knees for a good , well cast Henry I and II
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Post by learfan on Nov 25, 2018 21:01:38 GMT
Yes hoping for a good Henry 4. Can see Terry as Hal though!
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 25, 2018 21:54:32 GMT
It is not that long since the Allam/Parker H4s - or is it?
A quick check reveals that it was from 2010.. which is a reasonable gap. Just doesn't feel that long.
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Post by learfan on Nov 26, 2018 4:50:59 GMT
Sad i missed that but as they have already announced the history cycle it will be done next summer, now for casting.
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Post by partytentdown on Nov 26, 2018 8:44:03 GMT
It is not that long since the Allam/Parker H4s - or is it? A quick check reveals that it was from 2010.. which is a reasonable gap. Just doesn't feel that long. I think this feels like it was much more recent because it was such a strong, memorable season. In my head that sort of time was 'peak Globe'. |
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Nov 26, 2018 19:28:21 GMT
I know Michelle Terry has commissioned more female-led new plays from emerging women writers, hoping to continue the success of Emilia. I think we'll see much more new writing combined with different approaches to Shakespeare productions. And people called Emma Rice too modern for putting some lights in!
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