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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 22:40:14 GMT
Oh dear, it felt like there was a much better play waiting to claw its way out here, if only Harvey had had more interesting people to bounce off... His character was absolutely fascinating and even in the few moments he seemed to be genuine, I didn't trust him an inch! Elizabeth McGovern was good fun too, and my word, what a beautiful figure she's got!
Out of interest, does Sam Crane usually get applause when he does the calisthenics bit? He seemed to be having a bit of difficulty getting up from the push-ups tonight, which drew laughs and applause from the audience (which he acknowledged with an 'I know, I'm working really hard up here' sort of look). The rest of the cast also seemed to crack up along with the audience, especially when he then got into position to do sit-ups and paused again to summon up the strength to do them...? Maybe it always happens but it certainly felt pretty genuine!
In other news, I believe my side view seat in the pit has now qualified me to write an ode to Ben Miles' back muscles...so it wasn't an entirely wasted evening. ;-)
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Post by DuchessConstance on Jul 28, 2016 6:38:59 GMT
Didn't happen when I saw it.
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Post by danielwhit on Aug 4, 2016 16:00:29 GMT
I haven't read through this thread but having seen this afternoon I came out thinking "Clybourne Park rehash". The script is shoddy and simplistic, you don't therefore care for the characters. The actors generally do a good job with what they've got but it just felt as if the writer had seen Clybourne and decided to imitate in Greece with the problem being caused by the Americans.
It's just too rambling and badly focused, too many loose strands ticking over which aren't resolved and felt as if they came from a random plot generator to provide context to a story.
It's a shame the National is coming out with this type of stuff whilst the excellent Young Chekhov trilogy is happening just the other side of Drum Road. New theatre is great, but not when there's no point to it..
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