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Post by couldileaveyou on Dec 13, 2023 14:00:07 GMT
The wonderful director was 95
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Post by alicechallice on Dec 13, 2023 14:21:47 GMT
If you haven't got round to it, his memoir 'Stage Blood' about his time at the National Theatre, is a must-read!
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Post by bordeaux on Dec 13, 2023 15:45:18 GMT
Indeed, what a great director. I particularly remember the Michael Gambon Uncle Vanya, 1988ish, with Jonathan Pryce and an astonishing cast. Superb director of new plays too - Michael Frayn's Copenhagen, which I seem to remember he directed and won prizes for in the same year he directed and won prizes for Kiss Me Kate. He also directed the original Noises Off and the very different Democracy for Frayn. And his original production of the musical City of Angels was excellent too. I'd have loved to see some of those late 60s, 1970s productions too.
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Post by Jan on Dec 14, 2023 8:16:48 GMT
In addition to those mentioned his NT production of Arthur Miller's "After The Fall" with Josette Simon in the role based on Marilyn Monroe was excellent and was praised by Miller himself. Agree on his book "Stage Blood" - a must read.
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Post by harrietcraig on Dec 15, 2023 15:52:06 GMT
If you haven't got round to it, his memoir 'Stage Blood' about his time at the National Theatre, is a must-read! He also wrote a novel called Next Season, which was first published in 1969 and which is described by Simon Callow in his introduction to the 1988 paperback edition as “the finest fictional celebration of the passionate craft of the actor”. I must have read it around the time I bought the 1988 edition, but I remember nothing about it. Time for a re-read. |
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Post by emsworthian on Dec 18, 2023 7:46:09 GMT
I saw his production of "Copenhagen" at Chichester a few years ago. He was 90 when he directed it.
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