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Post by Jan on Jun 6, 2017 12:13:52 GMT
Anyone seeing it ?
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Post by bee on Jun 6, 2017 13:04:14 GMT
Yes, but not till June 24th.
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Post by bee on Jun 24, 2017 20:59:48 GMT
I liked this. It's relentlessly miserable to an almost ludicrous degree but the fine performances make it worth hanging on in there. Daragh O'Malley as Ivan is especially good, constantly bullying and criticising his family - other than the son who appears to be becoming just like him, and a daughter with whom he appears to have an almost incestuous relationship - but at the same time wallowing in self pity at how they have all let him down.
It's set against a backdrop of anti-Tsarist revolution, and the police are portrayed as a bunch of corrupt thugs, but the real focus of the play is the breakdown of Ivan's dysfunctional family.
Disappointing crowd though, less than half full I'd say. I think it deserves better than that.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Jun 25, 2017 20:43:08 GMT
I was there on Saturday night as well. Good play, performed very well. Possibly one of the best plays around at the moment?
Incredibly dreary though. Even for Russian standards this is a very depressing play.
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Post by peelee on Jun 25, 2017 20:47:05 GMT
I am tempted, I admit. Maxim Gorky was such an interesting writer.
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