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Post by cirque on Aug 13, 2017 17:45:55 GMT
wondering if anyone has seen this in preview yet. .?
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Post by martin1965 on Aug 13, 2017 18:21:53 GMT
Going on 15/9, admittedly not with high expectations.
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Post by stefy69 on Aug 23, 2017 6:22:21 GMT
Went to see this yesterday and well,,, On the positive side Kevin McNally was very good as Lear but I couldn't for the life of me work out the point of the hoodies, suitcases etc. On balance three hours of my life I wont get back.  |
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Post by Marwood on Aug 23, 2017 6:56:26 GMT
Thanks for that, I was pondering going to see this on Saturday but what with the weather being decidedly dodgy at the moment thought I would wait to see a few more reviews (the one in Time Out wasn't exactly glowing), so I will probably give this a miss, even for £5.
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Post by Jan on Aug 23, 2017 12:55:00 GMT
Went to see this yesterday and well,,, On the positive side Kevin McNally was very good as Lear but I couldn't for the life of me work out the point of the hoodies, suitcases etc. On balance three hours of my life I wont get back. The point of the hoodies is to attract an exciting youthful audience who are given the chance to see to see people like themselves on stage. Nancy Meckler is 76. Are you seeing it Lynette ? I know you were very taken with her production of Romeo & Juliet with dance replacing fighting that time Michael Boyd boosted her pension a bit. |
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Post by lynette on Aug 23, 2017 16:38:39 GMT
Er, giving it a miss. (I will be seeing Much Ado towards the end of the season.)
I did notice from a review I read that she is using the same trick of having it made into something that a group is 'putting on' , same as that R&J job.
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Post by Jan on Aug 23, 2017 16:48:40 GMT
Er, giving it a miss. (I will be seeing Much Ado towards the end of the season.) I did notice from a review I read that she is using the same trick of having it made into something that a group is 'putting on' , same as that R&J job. Yes. Like TrevorNunn did with Taming of the Shrew in 1967. Cutting edge stuff. |
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Post by lynette on Aug 23, 2017 18:44:26 GMT
But the Shrew has bookend structure in the text. Or in some texts. Or in a text, I believe. Don't make me get off the sofa to go and look it up. I saw it by the way.
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Post by Jan on Aug 23, 2017 19:41:42 GMT
But the Shrew has bookend structure in the text. Or in some texts. Or in a text, I believe. Don't make me get off the sofa to go and look it up. I saw it by the way. Oh yes, it was a brilliant conceit by Nunn, group of players fleeing the plague in London set up a temporary stage and perform Shrew, makes sense of the Christopher Sly scenes. |
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Post by martin1965 on Aug 23, 2017 20:27:15 GMT
1967 Flip! you guys 😊
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Post by lynette on Aug 23, 2017 21:47:11 GMT
Of course as they say, if you remember it, you weren't there! I was a baby.
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Post by stefy69 on Aug 24, 2017 6:09:12 GMT
Went to see this yesterday and well,,, On the positive side Kevin McNally was very good as Lear but I couldn't for the life of me work out the point of the hoodies, suitcases etc. On balance three hours of my life I wont get back. The point of the hoodies is to attract an exciting youthful audience who are given the chance to see to see people like themselves on stage. Nancy Meckler is 76. Are you seeing it Lynette ? I know you were very taken with her production of Romeo & Juliet with dance replacing fighting that time Michael Boyd boosted her pension a bit. That made me smile thanks Jan Brock  |
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Post by rockinrobin on Aug 29, 2017 16:50:19 GMT
I saw it this afternoon.
I liked the drums. That is all.
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Post by Jan on Aug 29, 2017 18:54:06 GMT
I saw it this afternoon. I liked the drums. That is all. Hey Marty, do you remember the RSC/Howard Davies/Bob Peck Macbeth with two drummers with full drum kits permanently stationed on stage ? Awful. |
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Post by martin1965 on Aug 29, 2017 19:25:04 GMT
I saw it this afternoon. I liked the drums. That is all. Hey Marty, do you remember the RSC/Howard Davies/Bob Peck Macbeth with two drummers with full drum kits permanently stationed on stage ? Awful. Fraid not JB. Before my time theatrewise. 1987-88 was my start😄😄 |
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Post by Jan on Aug 29, 2017 19:28:36 GMT
Hey Marty, do you remember the RSC/Howard Davies/Bob Peck Macbeth with two drummers with full drum kits permanently stationed on stage ? Awful. Fraid not JB. Before my time theatrewise. 1987-88 was my start😄😄 You came to theatre quite late in life. Unusual. Anyway, a rare outing in Shakespeare for Howard Davies and it was awful. |
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Post by martin1965 on Aug 29, 2017 19:31:26 GMT
Well if you call mid 20s "late in life" i suppose.
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Post by martin1965 on Sept 15, 2017 16:38:28 GMT
On train after todays mat. Bloody hell! Ralph Davis made a suave Edmund in his stage debut and er that was anoit it. Lots of lines got laughs from the tourist groundlings and there were lots of sticks and drums. Two stars
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Post by justafan on Oct 3, 2017 17:35:16 GMT
I’ve never felt as disengaged from a theatrical experience as I felt today - I can usually block out sweet rustlers, chatterers and even the odd mobile sound ... but what was the reasoning behind the standing area - there seemed to be no patrolling of people moving from one side of the standing area to another - people left and returned - there was no boundaries around the entrances & exits for the actors who had to negotiate rucksacks let alone people - tho the audience were marginally better behaved in the 2nd act ... I thought Kevin McNally was tremendous but owing to not being focussed on the 1st act for the reasons given I haven’t a clue what it was all about
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Post by martin1965 on Oct 3, 2017 19:17:43 GMT
I’ve never felt as disengaged from a theatrical experience as I felt today - I can usually block out sweet rustlers, chatterers and even the odd mobile sound ... but what was the reasoning behind the standing area - there seemed to be no patrolling of people moving from one side of the standing area to another - people left and returned - there was no boundaries around the entrances & exits for the actors who had to negotiate rucksacks let alone people - tho the audience were marginally better behaved in the 2nd act ... I thought Kevin McNally was tremendous but owing to not being focussed on the 1st act for the reasons given I haven’t a clue what it was all about Pretty much sums up why i avoid the Globe! |
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Post by peggs on Oct 3, 2017 20:12:05 GMT
There do seem to be less stewards in the groundlings, I remember the days when I got shoved off my front of stage lean but a most belligerent steward, they seem to shout at people less to stand up 5 minutes before the interval ends too (or perhaps that was all one rather overbearing steward?). Was behind stewards in queue there on Sunday and they had nothing good to say about lear, did seem a bit of an odd place to loudly criticise it but there we go.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 8:55:54 GMT
I've been reliably informed a lot of the old guard of stewards have taken their bats home in protest against the Rice administration. I can't say I miss them personally, several being more notable for their rudeness than their helpfulness, but their absence is very noticeable. The Globe's been left with fewer stewards who have less experience so it's very different in there these days. I expect they'll be back when Michelle Terry takes over, excepting any who may have died in the meantime...
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Post by peggs on Oct 4, 2017 10:35:48 GMT
Yes was thinking that there are probably less now, so they're on entrances etc. But not scattered as much as they used to be. There were some new young stewards who generally (a load came and chatted at length in the queue before me) seemed to be new era fans.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 14:55:48 GMT
There were some new young stewards who generally (a load came and chatted at length in the queue before me) seemed to be new era fans. (Mark Rylance)
The Reformation (Dominic Dromgoole)
The Enlightenment (Emma Rice)
The Dark Ages (Michelle Terry) |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 15:07:03 GMT
Not that I didn't laugh, but hoping Michelle Terry's era will be more of a Renaissance, what with the return to it being actor-led.  |
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