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Post by crabtree on Jan 8, 2017 22:06:43 GMT
Ok, for those of a certain vintage and whose memory still works, does anyone remember seeing this landmark production in stratford in 1964. I was 8 and on a barging holiday and we moored for two days whilst this was going on, and I have a distinct memory of a huge 30 foot sword continually on fire, planted in the gardens down past the Dirty Duck. My mind is want to fabricate things but usually based on a grain of truth. I was at stratford yesterday and asked some of the staff, but they are all so young and were not around then. Anyone else remember this sword? There was also talk of a ghost that had been seen then. Strange the things a child remembers, children will listen after all, but it whetted my appetite to see what was going on in that wonderful building. I do like the new building but there are some dead spaces - the whole of the old front and the box office area is not utilised at all. It feels very sad.
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Post by profquatermass on Jan 8, 2017 22:22:49 GMT
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Xanderl
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Not always very high value in terms of ticket yield or donations
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Post by Xanderl on Jan 8, 2017 22:42:47 GMT
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Post by crabtree on Jan 8, 2017 23:34:07 GMT
oh thank you, gents, thank you. I will pursue that.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 9, 2017 11:29:57 GMT
These filmed productions (and many others) can also be accessed through the Shakespeare Archive Resource: shakespeare.ch.bbc.co.uk/ |
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Post by lynette on Jan 9, 2017 21:19:55 GMT
Did you mean the old box office opposite the main bar? They can lift it up when they like. The floorboards in the foyer are from the old stage. The walls of the old theatre are there and can be seen up on the third floor. So they have incorporated the old stuff as much as possible.
I'm sorry to say Crabtree that I don't remember the sword though I was a wee bit older than you. I did see the RIII production in '64, the first show I saw in Stratford. I can remember bits of it but I think I was too overawed to remember much. I do remember visiting the exhibition on the other side of the river and I still possess the brochure from that. I've kept it with me through many moves. Small fee to view it 😂😂
Ps I'm processing the 'vintage' concept.
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Post by crabtree on Jan 9, 2017 22:06:19 GMT
yes the old chrome box office looks a little lost now, with only a rather token small coffee bar keeping it company in that large space.
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