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Post by martin1965 on Feb 3, 2018 19:51:13 GMT
Oh, I think judging someone on the smallest bit of information you have is the only way to do it quite frankly. When you start to know more about them it becomes much harder to do and I do so hate having to back down or eat my words. Ryan, after your having seen Lady Windermere's Fan, I think that Oscar Wilde* is rubbing off on you. * his style that is, very Duchess of Berwick...... Oh god! Dont encourage Ryan but mentioning "rubbing off"😉
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 3, 2018 18:06:09 GMT
Booked for Othello in late September. Annoyingly i couldnt book for the Middleton read not dead, apparently coz its in December it forms part of the 18/19 winter season! Rowed back from Captive Queen as train snafus make it impossible tovgo down in the day i had wanted to go, oh well.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 3, 2018 18:02:04 GMT
One day, I'd love to see Orsino clearly prefer the brother, at the end, I've seen that done, but I can't remember the production (I've seen 13). Rings a bell with me too.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 3, 2018 18:00:24 GMT
Saw the matinee today, wow! Superb show, so glad it got a life after Bristol where scheduling meant i missex it there. Louis Maskell is surely a big star for the future, ive seen him in The Fix and West Side Story and now this and he has been excellent in them all. Julian Bleach was very good too. We had the understudy for Dea, she was very affecting and sung like an angel. Recommended. On the way to the venue i popped into the Duke of Yorks to see if there was a leaflet for the David Hare, i was met by someone who had Duty Manager on their badge, he barked at me are you seeing the performance? I looked at him said no and squeezed past. Needless to say no leaflet. The WE seems very unwelcoming recently. Can the owners not afford basic training?
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 3, 2018 8:34:22 GMT
Late to the party: an enjoyable Twelfth Night. The setting and period with the Indian servant idea, work very well, the reading of the letter scene is very funny ( though no titters at the rude letter jokes cos the good people of Midlands far too polite) all the performances are good but I did think Dinita Gohil playing Viola, threw away the wonderful moment she realises Olivia is in love with her. She was very composed at the beginning too for someone who had been pulled out of the sea and thinks her brother has drowned. And she has a weak singing voice so they had her do a duet with one of the lads. Nice ending though, catches the ambivalences in the play. Glad you enjoyed it too, WE transfer do you think?
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 3, 2018 8:31:42 GMT
Yes thank god! Still two weeks away, though i imagine we will get more leaks now. To be expected, at your age. Considering your previous attempts, thats actually funny.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 2, 2018 21:52:26 GMT
present laughter directed by sean foley. Gawd!!
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 2, 2018 18:36:13 GMT
Fantastically bad review in Spectator!
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 2, 2018 15:24:01 GMT
Yes thank god! Still two weeks away, though i imagine we will get more leaks now.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 1, 2018 17:44:42 GMT
Hahahaha! I love it when people find something to moan about when presented with what looks like a genuinely refreshing season, it's nice to know there's always consistency on TheatreBoard, and I do love a good laugh. Well its not refreshing for me im afraid. Still saves me some money i guess.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 30, 2018 13:48:01 GMT
Im going on 3 March, mainly on strength of the cast esp Ms Atwell.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 30, 2018 13:46:08 GMT
I would go again and it would be interesting with a different cast.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 29, 2018 19:33:33 GMT
I don’t mind standing! I think I made the right decision. Thank you. Yep as others have said its fine but remember you cannot sit or bring a foldaway chair! There is a small army of stewards ready to pounce if they so much as think someone is bending their knees😀😀
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 29, 2018 17:57:15 GMT
Im in town saturday so will go in person to book. I want to book for Captive Queen too. Read not Dead for me too. The Captive Queen. Really ? Are you aware Barrie Rutter is not only directing this but appearing in it too ? Best avoid the £62 tickets. Haha! I know but when is there going to be another opportunity to see Aurunge-Zeb, even in an adapadaptation?
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 29, 2018 12:44:25 GMT
The website works now. I got a ticket for Othello and one for Nanjing as I wanted. Just lucky - still won't let me in. I mean I only want some of the Read Not Dead performances, doubt anyone else does. Im in town saturday so will go in person to book. I want to book for Captive Queen too. Read not Dead for me too.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 29, 2018 11:48:22 GMT
Booked for 30 March evening, £17, bargain! Now to book for Paint Your Wagon the next day matinee.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 28, 2018 23:04:37 GMT
Yikes, at that sort of duration I'd better gor for a seat for this one then and not the standing option I often go for at Wyndhams! You've not seen O"Neill before then? His plays are never short.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 28, 2018 23:00:54 GMT
Always seems to be half term!
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 27, 2018 17:54:29 GMT
Was going to book as im a Marlowe fan but the Stage review put me off. However as the RSC are working their way through the Marlowe canon we shouldnt have too long to wait.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 27, 2018 7:02:07 GMT
Thank you for kind words. Good news - as it follows from the Facebook profile of the theatre, tickets will go on sale on Monday. Thanks for the heads up, about flipping time! Planning an Easter getaway oop north with this and Paint your Wagon in Liverpool.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 25, 2018 8:57:44 GMT
Oh I'm Chrissy Hampton. I'm so clever. I can translate from French to English. I can even mix them both together. Oh faff off Chrissy and cut your hair. I went off Hampton at the point where he thought writing a play (White Chameleon) about his own dull childhood would be interesting to anyone other than himself. The Guthrie in Minneapolis devoted a whole season to him a few years ago. He even wrote a new play Appomattox for them which app got lukewarm reviews, though Billington liked it! Suffice to say it has not had a UK production.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 24, 2018 20:41:12 GMT
Aren't we just getting the same cast as the upcoming New York Concert? Dont think so.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 24, 2018 20:39:58 GMT
I could see a case for doing an all French season in a London theatre - but the dual language thing just seems confused. My French isn't good enough to cope with untranslated Moliere though I could get the general gist of things. But switching between watching and reading will just be too much for many brains to cope with. Some of my favourite nights in the theatre have been watching the French Cheek by Jowl ensemble performing various plays - Andromache was superb, Ubu Roi was disconcertingly brilliant and I am looking forward to their Pericles later in the Spring. Once I am tuned into the language and surtitles - it all flows well. But switching between languages would just confuddle me. I would applaud a short season of Racine, Corneille and Moliere in French - would be great to see top French actors doing justice to these scripts. Ooh yes please! Racine was briefly in vogue a while back but nobody seems to want to do him nowadays.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 24, 2018 20:34:03 GMT
So you are Daniel Massey now? Yes. Who was I before ? Paul Scofield in what looked like JGB.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 24, 2018 20:32:28 GMT
I do think he will go after ten years, 2023 will mark ten years, he will be 65 that year and of course marks the anniversary of the first folio. Not sure what he might do but he will have had twenty years as either number two or AD and that is surely enough. 5 more years? Please no. The RSC feels like it is sleepwalking at the moment. It needs new, dynamic leadership. And that means getting rid of Doran and Whyman. Quite obviously not gonna happen. I happen to quite like Doran but there it is.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 24, 2018 14:48:38 GMT
I do think he will go after ten years, 2023 will mark ten years, he will be 65 that year and of course marks the anniversary of the first folio. Not sure what he might do but he will have had twenty years as either number two or AD and that is surely enough. They have a vacancy in the John Barton role though don’t they. So you are Daniel Massey now?
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 24, 2018 12:11:27 GMT
I do think he will go after ten years, 2023 will mark ten years, he will be 65 that year and of course marks the anniversary of the first folio. Not sure what he might do but he will have had twenty years as either number two or AD and that is surely enough.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 24, 2018 8:58:58 GMT
Tend to agree with you, i saw the Pennington one at the Barbican. Did you see the David Suchet one at the Young Vic a while back? Really good. Maybe one reason for putting it in a Swan slot is to catch up with the folio project, they are behind imo and at this rate it will take nearly all of Doran's tenure.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 24, 2018 8:54:44 GMT
If you are keen on Shaw there is still time to catch Heartbreak House at the Union Theatre. It is on until 3 Feb. I saw that but have seen two revivals so want to focus on those i havent yet seen.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 24, 2018 7:20:38 GMT
Yes i recall thinking that was an extraordinary comment from the AD if the National Theatre.
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