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Post by Jan on Nov 18, 2018 18:17:25 GMT
He read the part of Robert at the Birthday Gala, so I didn’t realise that people would expect him to be Jerry. I’m interested to know why, if that can be articulated without massive spoilers! Is Jerry generally considered the juicier part? In my case it's mostly just the actors I've seen play Jerry - Jeremy Irons, Bill Nighy, Douglas Hodge - seems more in Hiddleston's scope. However, originally the great Dan Massey played Robert so it can be done differently. Remember too that Jerry is actually Harold Pinter so none of that casting looks right. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 22:11:40 GMT
Isn't the husband the bigger part? I saw the John Simm/Ruth Gemmell production, and it can't have been that long ago, but I can't even remember there being a third character!
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Post by joeinnewyork on Nov 18, 2018 23:51:55 GMT
This'll be playing during our London trip the last week of March - hoping to catch it!
(I still have fond memories of the first Broadway production, with Blythe Danner, Roy Scheider and an - IMO - ill at ease Raul Julia.)
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Post by Backdrifter on Nov 19, 2018 1:22:58 GMT
"Hi**les"
I can't bring myself to type it in full.
Where are the emojis for vomiting or my skin wanting to crawl off into another room?
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Post by showgirl on Nov 19, 2018 5:21:13 GMT
Indeed, and should James McAvoy join the cast as suggested, this would become a bargepole production for me.
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Post by Jan on Nov 19, 2018 6:47:40 GMT
Indeed, and should James McAvoy join the cast as suggested, this would become a bargepole production for me. I'm OK with that casting unless they also cast Maureen Limpman as Emma. |
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Post by kathryn on Nov 19, 2018 7:55:12 GMT
"Hi**les" I can't bring myself to type it in full. Where are the emojis for vomiting or my skin wanting to crawl off into another room? 🤮🤢 These the ones you need? I know some people hate the nickname because they think it indicates over-familiarity. I personally think it’s mildly ridiculous (and am aware that it’s a fan invention - no-one who actually knows in real life him calls him Hiddles) so find it slightly distancing - a way to stop myself descending into full-on fangirl gushing. Just ‘Tom’ feels way more familiar, and calling him just ‘Hiddleston’ feels unnecessarily reverential, or that I’m pretending to have a neutrality that I don’t possess. As ever, no-one is forcing you to read this thread or see this production... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2018 8:42:52 GMT
Would like to see this a lot but the thought of paying something like £90 for a decent seat with a noisy TH fan base all around puts me off a bit. I remember seeing Little Malcolm with Ewan McGregor at the same theatre and the audience nearly ruined the whole experience. The Hiddleston fans I was surrounded by at the Donmar Coriolanus were impeccably behaved. |
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Post by Rory on Nov 19, 2018 9:55:24 GMT
Would like to see this a lot but the thought of paying something like £90 for a decent seat with a noisy TH fan base all around puts me off a bit. I remember seeing Little Malcolm with Ewan McGregor at the same theatre and the audience nearly ruined the whole experience. The Hiddleston fans I was surrounded by at the Donmar Coriolanus were impeccably behaved. Good to hear. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2018 10:09:28 GMT
Would like to see this a lot but the thought of paying something like £90 for a decent seat with a noisy TH fan base all around puts me off a bit. I remember seeing Little Malcolm with Ewan McGregor at the same theatre and the audience nearly ruined the whole experience. The Hiddleston fans I was surrounded by at the Donmar Coriolanus were impeccably behaved. Yes, I don't recall them being too much of a problem either. Those Deborah Findlay fans on the other hand. Wow. |
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Post by kathryn on Nov 19, 2018 11:14:17 GMT
It's true, I actually interrupted Hiddles talking about Coriolanus to applaud Deb Findlay when he mentioned her name the other week!
(And then had one of those *sinking into seat* 'just me, then' moments.)
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Post by Backdrifter on Nov 19, 2018 11:41:16 GMT
"Hi**les" I can't bring myself to type it in full. Where are the emojis for vomiting or my skin wanting to crawl off into another room? 🤮🤢 These the ones you need? I know some people hate the nickname because they think it indicates over-familiarity. I personally think it’s mildly ridiculous (and am aware that it’s a fan invention - no-one who actually knows in real life him calls him Hiddles) so find it slightly distancing - a way to stop myself descending into full-on fangirl gushing. Just ‘Tom’ feels way more familiar, and calling him just ‘Hiddleston’ feels unnecessarily reverential, or that I’m pretending to have a neutrality that I don’t possess. As ever, no-one is forcing you to read this thread or see this production... For me it's more that this particular nick-name, if that's what it is, sounds nauseatingly coy and cloyingly twee, like a sugary term of affection. It's the use of performers' first names that I find over-familiar. Using just the surname doesn't sound reverential to me at all, I'd say it's just right. I have no particular problem with TH, as I think of him (and which others may well regard as affectedly chummy), and generally like Pinter's stuff a lot so would be happy to see the production and can well imagine him as Robert. It's a part that can be played with a sort of simmering restrained resentment tempered with cold, forced friendliness that I'd be interested to see TH do. |
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Post by kathryn on Nov 19, 2018 12:01:58 GMT
For me it's more that this particular nick-name, if that's what it is, sounds nauseatingly coy and cloyingly twee, like a sugary term of affection. To me, 'Hiddles' sounds like someone's pet cat! It is indeed cloyingly twee - the artwork (yes, of course there's fanart!) that goes with it is even worse. I have failed mightily to kick my Tom Hiddleston fangirl habit, so I kind of need to remind myself that it's all a bit ridiculous and that I should grow up and get over it. I don't want to fall into that obsessive trap of taking it all too seriously. I don't want to cause any actual nausea though - how do you feel about T Hiddy? Would that be a suitable compromise? |
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Post by Backdrifter on Nov 19, 2018 12:27:38 GMT
For me it's more that this particular nick-name, if that's what it is, sounds nauseatingly coy and cloyingly twee, like a sugary term of affection. It is indeed cloyingly twee - the artwork (yes, of course there's fanart!) that goes with it is even worse. I have failed mightily to kick my Tom Hiddleston fangirl habit, so I kind of need to remind myself that it's all a bit ridiculous and that I should grow up and get over it. I don't want to fall into that obsessive trap of taking it all too seriously. I don't want to cause any actual nausea though - how do you feel about T Hiddy? Would that be a suitable compromise? FAN ART! It's bad enough I can't un-know that, so will leave that one in a lead-lined concrete-wrapped container buried in the Atlantic Trench. I suppose a big part of the problem is that H-----s sounds exactly like obsessive fangirl language, though I understand your strategy. But hey, if that word is what you prefer, stick with it. I said it made me shudder but by no means do I want to make you change it. |
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Post by Jan on Nov 19, 2018 12:39:55 GMT
🤮🤢 These the ones you need? It's the use of performers' first names that I find over-familiar. That is very common over in the Musicals threads but is very rare here in legitimate theatre. |
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Post by Backdrifter on Nov 19, 2018 13:04:24 GMT
It's the use of performers' first names that I find over-familiar. That is very common over in the Musicals threads but is very rare here in legitimate theatre. I feel like I see it a fair bit here and in General Chat threads on TV shows, but then I tend not to visit the Musicals forum so haven't experienced the more frequent use of it there. "Legitimate" theatre - do I hear the sound of a wasps nest being poked with a stick? |
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Post by peggs on Nov 19, 2018 15:30:28 GMT
Yes, I don't recall them being too much of a problem either. Those Deborah Findlay fans on the other hand. Wow.[/quote] Well who could contain their excitment about Deborah Findlay?! And why isn't she Came Deborah? |
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Post by Jan on Nov 20, 2018 8:10:40 GMT
That is very common over in the Musicals threads but is very rare here in legitimate theatre. "Legitimate" theatre - do I hear the sound of a wasps nest being poked with a stick? Not really, it is a useful description and has been since 1737 when it had a very specific technical meaning. I saw Deborah Findlay play Hedda Gabler in 1984 and she was sensational. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2018 19:10:15 GMT
I saw Deborah Findley in the Crucible studio a couple of years ago, telling a Roald Dahl short story, with a pianist, and she was sensational then too. It was short notice too, it had been Richard Wilson booked in, but he was ill.
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Post by jess173 on Nov 26, 2018 16:25:40 GMT
Thank you for all your help on my last question. Since I talked with a friend yesterday I’ve now got another one... 🙈
I’m planning on booking two shows with two tickets each so I won’t step over the ticket limit. The first show has to be a specific date and I’m looking for seats as close to the stage as possible so that is the priority show, if you want to call it that.
For the second one there are more possible dates and times and my friend doesn’t want to spend that much money so it wouldn’t be that important to get the best seats.
So to ensure the best tickets for the first show I was planning on selecting them first and completing the transaction. Then see what else is left on the other dates and pick the second set of tickets and then pay for them in a second transaction (but with the same account and credit card).
Well now my friend said she thought the link to the presale might expire after one purchase. I don’t think so but now I’m insecure about it (thank you very much, my dear friend... 🙈).
I really don’t want to put the first tickets into my basket and then search for the others to pay for them all at the same time. I’m too afraid of them getting kicked out of my basket because of high demand (I had that happen to me at concert presales before).
I’ve asked ATG already but they have not responded yet (I’m not in the uk and I don’t have a landline so calling them is not really an option so I have to rely on email correspondence...)
What do you think? Is it safe to assume that multiple purchases with one presale link are possible as long as I use the same atg account and credit card and don’t step over the ticket limit?
Gosh, this is stressing me out way more than it should... 🙈
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Post by kathryn on Nov 26, 2018 18:07:29 GMT
General booking tip: the early shows always sell first, because people want to go as soon as possible. So if you can push your second visit to late in the run it will be less likely to have sold out while you booked the first trip. Also: cheapest seats sell out first.
Oh, and closest isn't necessarily best - slightly further back generally gets you a better viewing angle.
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Post by harlow on Nov 28, 2018 12:03:39 GMT
Despite booking for all the Pinter season through ATG I didn’t receive a presale link this morning so I’m just checking that other people did. It WAS supposed to be today at 9am?
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Post by harlow on Nov 28, 2018 12:26:39 GMT
Oops. Puts head in bucket.
As you were...
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Post by Latecomer on Nov 28, 2018 13:52:34 GMT
Oops. Puts head in bucket. As you were... I did exactly this...was getting very grumpy, then realised it was tomorrow!  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2018 13:58:31 GMT
Is this really going to sell out that quickly? Didn't Hiddles damage his brand a bit after that whole Taylor Swift debacle, is he still the big draw?
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