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Post by alicechallice on Jul 27, 2022 14:15:08 GMT
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Post by Rory on Jul 27, 2022 14:25:51 GMT
I'm here for it!
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Post by Jon on Jul 27, 2022 14:26:48 GMT
I'll be curious to see who plays Richard Burton.
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Post by Jan on Jul 27, 2022 14:40:56 GMT
Doesn’t look obviously commercial to me so far - a bit of a niche theatrical piece. What will make it commercial is the cast - let’s see who they’ve got. Burton was 39 at the time - Michael Sheen a bit old I suppose. For Gielgud, Alex Jennings ? |
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Post by Jon on Jul 27, 2022 14:43:48 GMT
Doesn’t look obviously commercial to me so far - a bit of a niche theatrical piece. What will make it commercial is the cast - let’s see who they’ve got. The Lehman Trilogy wasn't a commercial idea on paper but yet it's returning to the West End. |
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Post by Jan on Jul 27, 2022 15:26:15 GMT
Doesn’t look obviously commercial to me so far - a bit of a niche theatrical piece. What will make it commercial is the cast - let’s see who they’ve got. The Lehman Trilogy wasn't a commercial idea on paper but yet it's returning to the West End. It was a commercial idea on paper when Simon Russell Beale was cast. |
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Post by nottobe on Jul 27, 2022 15:27:37 GMT
Maybe Andrew Scott as Richard Burton, and a bonus as he had played Hamlet. Agree that Alex Jennings would be a great pick for John Gielgud.
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Post by Jan on Jul 27, 2022 15:48:38 GMT
Maybe Andrew Scott as Richard Burton I very much doubt the NT will cast anyone whose lived experience is not being Welsh. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jul 27, 2022 16:11:38 GMT
He isn't a big name, but Richard Cant would be worth considering for Gielgud
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Post by Marwood on Jul 27, 2022 16:50:07 GMT
Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan. 😝
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Post by Jan on Jul 27, 2022 17:44:19 GMT
He isn't a big name, but Richard Cant would be worth considering for Gielgud Yes. Would work. How about someone for Elizabeth Taylor ? |
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Post by shambles on Jul 27, 2022 17:51:58 GMT
Don't have a lot of faith in Jack Thorne's writing, always too schmaltzy. Perhaps the iterative process to get here has ironed some of that out.
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Post by barelyathletic on Jul 28, 2022 15:12:39 GMT
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 29, 2022 8:27:22 GMT
I don’t care what this is about or who’s in it. Sam Mendes. Jack Thorne. Booking this asap.
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Post by teamyali on Jul 29, 2022 10:06:08 GMT
It would be lovely to have Ben Daniels back on stage again (and he’s also an NT favorite), and I guess given the great momentum he had for The Normal Heart last year, so maybe he’ll return to theatre more often. And Sam Mendes is a gem!!
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Post by Dave B on Nov 22, 2022 10:35:03 GMT
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Post by mrnutz on Nov 22, 2022 11:43:52 GMT
Do we know when this is on sale?
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Post by Dave B on Nov 22, 2022 12:07:42 GMT
Opens 20 April. On sale 08 December. NT just pushed out their 2023 announcements.
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Post by mrnutz on Nov 22, 2022 12:08:48 GMT
Opens 20 April. On sale 08 December. NT just pushed out their 2023 announcements. Thanks! |
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Post by orchidman on Nov 23, 2022 14:03:41 GMT
Not sure audiences are going to be as fascinated as to how Hamlet was staged on Broadway in 1964 as the luvvies think they will
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Post by alicechallice on Nov 23, 2022 14:07:05 GMT
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Post by Dave B on Nov 23, 2022 14:10:51 GMT
Oops, I missed that would BurlyBeaR please merge? Ta! |
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Post by Jon on Nov 23, 2022 14:48:41 GMT
I think it'll do quite well. You've got a known director in Sam Mendes, a known playwriter in Jack Thorne and some pretty decent names. Has Tuppence Middleton done theatre before?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 23, 2022 14:50:29 GMT
Merged
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Post by showgirl on Nov 23, 2022 15:18:59 GMT
I've seen Tuppence Middleton at Jermyn Street Theatre- 2013.
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