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Post by lynette on Nov 21, 2016 14:31:40 GMT
Chatting the other day and subject came up of what plays we would like to see again. You can just twiddle your thumbs for only half an hour and a Hamlet pops up but other good stuff never reappears or you just missed it. I missed Translations twice and would love to see it. I think its theme would go down well today. What do you want revived in 2017 ? ( people do read our stuff you know 😉)
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 21, 2016 14:50:56 GMT
Well, since it's an Ablee's year I wouldn't mind a revival of "Three Tall Women".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2016 15:13:43 GMT
The Fire Raisers by Max Someone was a massive fav of mine at school.
The Killing of Sister George would be AMAZEBALLS!
And Dealers Choice please
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Post by Mr Crummles on Nov 21, 2016 15:42:58 GMT
I'd love to see Pack of Lies (Hugh Whitemore). Please, Santa!
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Post by lynette on Nov 21, 2016 16:14:34 GMT
What a great season we are creating here!
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Post by martin1965 on Nov 21, 2016 16:49:28 GMT
Plenty by Hare
Incident at Vichy by Miller
Night&Day/Jumpers by Stoppard
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 21, 2016 16:52:02 GMT
The Invention of Love by Stoppard
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2016 16:59:58 GMT
Some London theatres do already regularly stage revivals as part of their programming policy.
For example the Lyric Hammersmith, the Orange Tree and Trafalgar Studio One.
And the Royal Court is reviving Road over the summer, when it's usually closed.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2016 18:32:13 GMT
Anything Alan Bennet but preferabley the history boys even though it may be a bit soon. Am also seeing Bennet do at talk.at the national about his new book on Wednesday so am quite exited and wondering if anyone else is going.
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Post by profquatermass on Nov 21, 2016 18:34:56 GMT
The Fire Raisers by Max Someone was a massive fav of mine at school. The Killing of Sister George would be AMAZEBALLS! And Dealers Choice please Benedict Cumberbatch did the Fire Raisers a while back at the Royal Court but I suppose someone is going to tell me it was 15 years ago. Dealers Choice was at the Menier a few years ago. I'd like to see Edward Bulwer-Lytton's Money which was fantastic at the NT with SRB, Roger Allam, Denis Quilley and Victoria Hamilton about 20 years ago. And Stoppard's Coast of Utopia. |
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Post by crabtree on Nov 21, 2016 18:57:21 GMT
I'd love to see Hitchcock Blonde revived - such a great dark, sexy play. I directed it a couple of years back in a studio production and the audience were left feeling both horny and scared. Mission achieved.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 21, 2016 19:06:03 GMT
Absolute Hell by Rodney Ackland is a stormingly good piece that deserves another major revival - I love that play.
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Post by Jon on Nov 21, 2016 20:12:16 GMT
The Invention of Love by Stoppard I'm surprised it's not been done yet, it'd be a good one for Sonia Friedman to produce commercially or somewhere like the National or Old Vic |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2016 20:12:42 GMT
A Raisin in the Sun, please!!!!!! Loved the play when I read it in the summer.
Have got some great ideas for cast and a good director who should be brought on board for this too
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Post by Latecomer on Nov 21, 2016 21:15:37 GMT
A Raisin in the Sun, please!!!!!! Loved the play when I read it in the summer. Have got some great ideas for cast and a good director who should be brought on board for this too Saw a rehearsed reading of it at Oxford Playhouse last year and it was great! |
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Post by bordeaux on Nov 21, 2016 21:16:00 GMT
Savages by Christopher Hampton (the one set in South America)
Night and Day by Tom Stoppard in a double-bill with Hare/Brenton's Pravda
Serious Money by Carol Churchill
The Way of the World by William Congreve
Athalie by Racine
The Game of Love and Chance by Marivaux
Egmont by Goethe
Penthesilea by Kleist
The Mayor of Zalamea by Calderon
The Persians by Aeschylus
All, incidentally, plays I haven't seen except the Congreve.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 21, 2016 21:20:05 GMT
A Raisin in the Sun, please!!!!!! Loved the play when I read it in the summer. Have got some great ideas for cast and a good director who should be brought on board for this too Sophie Okonedo should totally reprise her role. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2016 21:42:49 GMT
A Raisin in the Sun, please!!!!!! Loved the play when I read it in the summer. Have got some great ideas for cast and a good director who should be brought on board for this too Sophie Okonedo should totally reprise her role. 100% agree. Naomie Harris would play Beneatha and Idris Elba should be Walter, that's who I've "cast" |
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Post by Marwood on Nov 21, 2016 21:54:31 GMT
Anything by Martin McDonagh except The Beauty Queen Of Leenane, Cripple Of Inishmaan or Hangmen.
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Post by crabtree on Nov 21, 2016 22:09:40 GMT
And it's a long time since I have seen any Aristophanes.....
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Post by stefy69 on Nov 22, 2016 9:17:53 GMT
Basically any Restoration comedy would do for me !
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 22, 2016 9:41:48 GMT
Nothing has been done by Neil Simon for ages in the West End/Fringe\Regional so definitely welcome that.
In would enjoy seeing Trevor Nunn's Not About Nightingales done again.
Also I suspect that once that the Old Vic goes in the round again they will revive The Norman Conquests (fingers crossed)
Other than that I welcome anything from the British greats, such as: David Hare/Alan Bennett/Harold Pinter/Noel Coward/Alan Ayckourn
It also would be great to see the Normal Heart and another revival of A Taste of Honey both plays spoke for their time, but for different reasons.
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Post by d'James on Nov 22, 2016 9:44:24 GMT
I'd love to see Pack of Lies (Hugh Whitemore). Please, Santa! Saw that a few years ago at Richmond with Lorna Luft. I really liked it. I watched the TV Film of it again recently. I really enjoy it because it's a true story and set really near me. (I watched another film about it too and I didn't like that much.) Would definitely watch a revival production! |
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Post by profquatermass on Nov 22, 2016 10:13:42 GMT
I've never seen any play by Dodie Smith on stage - Dear Octopus, Service, Autumn Crocus were all huge hits in their day.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2016 10:14:58 GMT
Why haven't they revived 'Lettice & Lovage' yet? And why hasn't someone asked Katherine Parkinson to star?
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