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Post by nash16 on Feb 5, 2016 1:22:12 GMT
Ralph Fiennes to play the title role in Rupert Goold's new take on Shakespeare's classic.
Opening June.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 5, 2016 1:34:56 GMT
Not at all sure about that casting
53 is too old for Richard - it is the story of a young man on the make, not someone in late middle age
Surprised at Goold for this
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Post by Jan on Feb 5, 2016 7:04:20 GMT
Not at all sure about that casting 53 is too old for Richard - it is the story of a young man on the make, not someone in late middle age Surprised at Goold for this Best I've seen: McKellen. 51. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 7:25:52 GMT
Kevin Spacey was also in his early 50s for the Old Vic production
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Post by Snciole on Feb 5, 2016 7:29:18 GMT
Oh wonderful! I've been wanting to see a juicy Richard III and recently joined as an Almeida friend (plus will still be under 30 in June)
I am surprised he is doing so much varied theatre across different stages after being away. He must be losing film money doing this so has to be for love.
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Post by Jan on Feb 5, 2016 8:36:34 GMT
I am surprised he is doing so much varied theatre across different stages after being away. He must be losing film money doing this so has to be for love. Has to be. It is very rare for any leading actor to actively want to play Antony (NT 2018) I think the comment about him being too old for RIII is not really valid (I mean shortly we're getting Jacobi as Mercutio for goodness sake). If you do RIII as part of a Henry VI cycle then of course he has to be younger but the standalone play can be interpreted in several ways to make it suitable for an older actor. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 9:38:40 GMT
Blimey. Ralph Fiennes is putting it about a bit isn't he!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 9:43:17 GMT
Richard III when presented as a stand-alone is pretty much a tragedy in form, there's no reason why you can't do what Maria Aberg did with King John (and what people regularly do with King Lear and Cymbeline and Macbeth) by presenting it as a fiction story about a king called Richard III. I mean, Shakespeare's version is pretty much fiction anyway. I admit to getting annoyed when people say "THAT GUY IS TOO OLD FOR RICHARD II, HE SHOULD PLAY RICHARD III INSTEAD" because historically Richard III died younger than Richard II did, but if you're presenting them as stand-alones, then why not? Do a good job and people will forget about their age pedantry very quickly (in a way they apparently never would for Hamlet).
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Post by David J on Feb 5, 2016 10:30:58 GMT
I prefer Richard III as a stand alone
I love the role itself, and a production excel with an outstanding performance from the lead.
Otherwise I find Richard III the play rather dull. You know Richard is going to kill his victims so there's no tension.
If you put it on next to Henry VI it pales in comparison. Henry VI, and Game of Thrones for that matter, is a blood fest that can be thrilling. It also has that unpredictability in that anyone could get picked off at any moment. Richard III feels dull as a follow up to three plays of bloody fighting
A stand alone Richard also has the freedom to present Richard in a stylistic way. Could you imagine Anthony Sher or Simon Russell Beale's Richards in Henry VI.
For continuity and practicality's sake a production(s) of Henry VI and Richard III would likely keep Richard's presentation simple. A raised shoulder, a slight limp and a gloved hand. It is down to the actors performance to carry Richard III following Henry VI, and only Jonathan Slinger managed that in my opinion
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 10:34:32 GMT
Ralph just needs to give it the Full Rigsby and he's pretty much there
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 10:38:20 GMT
Poor old RSC, again. Their Richard III is almost certain to seem a bit pedestrian when it turns up a year or two after A Rupert Goold Almeida version with Ralph Fiennes.
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Post by Jan on Feb 5, 2016 11:03:32 GMT
Poor old RSC, again. Their Richard III is almost certain to seem a bit pedestrian when it turns up a year or two after A Rupert Goold Almeida version with Ralph Fiennes. I doubt it because I have always assumed David Tennant will oblige for them, I assume he will have still retained enough of his fame to create a media and booking frenzy. |
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Post by irmaii on Feb 5, 2016 12:10:41 GMT
So excited!!! Hope, it is true.
Where have you heard this from?
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Post by Jon on Feb 5, 2016 15:33:08 GMT
Oh wonderful! I've been wanting to see a juicy Richard III and recently joined as an Almeida friend (plus will still be under 30 in June) I am surprised he is doing so much varied theatre across different stages after being away. He must be losing film money doing this so has to be for love. I assume the money he made from Spectre alone will be enough for him to do theatre projects. |
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Post by lynette on Feb 5, 2016 22:48:36 GMT
Richard III when presented as a stand-alone is pretty much a tragedy in form, there's no reason why you can't do what Maria Aberg did with King John (and what people regularly do with King Lear and Cymbeline and Macbeth) by presenting it as a fiction story about a king called Richard III. I mean, Shakespeare's version is pretty much fiction anyway. I admit to getting annoyed when people say "THAT GUY IS TOO OLD FOR RICHARD II, HE SHOULD PLAY RICHARD III INSTEAD" because historically Richard III died younger than Richard II did, but if you're presenting them as stand-alones, then why not? Do a good job and people will forget about their age pedantry very quickly (in a way they apparently never would for Hamlet). Don't know where to start here but you can't seriously be proposing that Maria Aberg be let loose on another Shakespeare. She had no idea what King John was about, she did no favours to the talented cast, she filled the stage with giant balloons for goodness sake. |
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Post by Jan on Feb 6, 2016 13:06:14 GMT
Richard III when presented as a stand-alone is pretty much a tragedy in form, there's no reason why you can't do what Maria Aberg did with King John (and what people regularly do with King Lear and Cymbeline and Macbeth) by presenting it as a fiction story about a king called Richard III. I mean, Shakespeare's version is pretty much fiction anyway. I admit to getting annoyed when people say "THAT GUY IS TOO OLD FOR RICHARD II, HE SHOULD PLAY RICHARD III INSTEAD" because historically Richard III died younger than Richard II did, but if you're presenting them as stand-alones, then why not? Do a good job and people will forget about their age pedantry very quickly (in a way they apparently never would for Hamlet). Don't know where to start here but you can't seriously be proposing that Maria Aberg be let loose on another Shakespeare. She had no idea what King John was about, she did no favours to the talented cast, she filled the stage with giant balloons for goodness sake. Right. And the tedious Witney Set wedding disco that lasted about 5 minutes. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2016 14:07:52 GMT
Looks like the Almeida are doing a Shakespeare season next, if it is this coupled with Andrew Scott's Hamlet.
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Post by Jan on Feb 6, 2016 15:49:28 GMT
Looks like the Almeida are doing a Shakespeare season next, if it is this coupled with Andrew Scott's Hamlet. Would make sense tied in with the Shakespeare 400 festival - some interesting events www.shakespeare400.org/Of course the NT are above that sort of thing. |
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Post by peggs on Feb 6, 2016 17:18:45 GMT
Another scramble when booking opens then, oh how we love their booking system!
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Post by alexandra on Feb 6, 2016 22:46:15 GMT
Someone at the Almeida is leaking programming info. First Hamlet, now this.
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Post by Jan on Feb 7, 2016 8:44:55 GMT
Someone at the Almeida is leaking programming info. First Hamlet, now this. Yes. Their PR has improved greatly in recent years. Actually I prefer the Rose Kingston approach, they email you with their new season which is the first you've ever heard about it and then you go over to their website and booking is already open. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2016 23:38:38 GMT
Baz is confirming this with Vanessa Redgrave as Margaret.
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Post by nash16 on Mar 3, 2016 23:55:07 GMT
Baz is confirming this with Vanessa Redgrave as Margaret. It should be a very exciting production. Really can't wait for this. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 4, 2016 0:30:17 GMT
Does anyone know when tickets go on sale please?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 4, 2016 0:49:55 GMT
Baz clearly doesn't know his Shakespeare or History...
Baz Bamigboye @bazbam 1 hr1 hour ago
Family favourites#RalphFiennes #VanessaRedgrave reunite as son & mother in #RichardIII @almeidatheatre @rupertgoold
Margaret is not Tricky Dicky's mum....
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