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Post by lynette on Jun 22, 2020 19:10:03 GMT
I saw this tweet regarding the Alan Rickman Helen Mirren version: I saw Alan Rickman and Helen Mirren play Antony and Cleopatra. Such an experience. I heard Rickman's haunting voice perfectly. The London critics savaged this production and acclaimed Nicole Kidman's nude scene at another theatre. As she received this final night applause at Antony and Cleopatra, Helen Mirren stood centre stage and quietly removed her clothes. A silent comment by Helen Mirren that the critics had celebrated Kidman's nude scene in another theatre while savagely and very nastily damning Alan Rickman and Mirren's superb interpretation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. And it was superb --------- Wow! I didn't know Helen Mirren did this! Yes she did , it was the reason so many stayed to the end as it was well trailered. It wasn’t in response to Nicole Kidman whom I also saw. Mirren’s performance was good but she was totally overshadowed by dreadful production and poor performance of Rickman. You know you can trust me. It wasn’t a ‘superb interpretation’ It was clunky and overblown and if you check out what Sam West says somewhere if I remember correctly ( sorry I can’t remember exact reference) you will find he was less than delighted. Can someone find that? Must be a theatre memoir book. Kidman’s performance was superb by the way and that Donmar production was good. Famously she was called ‘theatrical viagra’ by the critic whatisname Spencer.
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Post by frappuccino on Jun 23, 2020 2:14:10 GMT
I saw this tweet regarding the Alan Rickman Helen Mirren version: I saw Alan Rickman and Helen Mirren play Antony and Cleopatra. Such an experience. I heard Rickman's haunting voice perfectly. The London critics savaged this production and acclaimed Nicole Kidman's nude scene at another theatre. As she received this final night applause at Antony and Cleopatra, Helen Mirren stood centre stage and quietly removed her clothes. A silent comment by Helen Mirren that the critics had celebrated Kidman's nude scene in another theatre while savagely and very nastily damning Alan Rickman and Mirren's superb interpretation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. And it was superb --------- Wow! I didn't know Helen Mirren did this! Yes she did , it was the reason so many stayed to the end as it was well trailered. It wasn’t in response to Nicole Kidman whom I also saw. Mirren’s performance was good but she was totally overshadowed by dreadful production and poor performance of Rickman. You know you can trust me. It wasn’t a ‘superb interpretation’ It was clunky and overblown and if you check out what Sam West says somewhere if I remember correctly ( sorry I can’t remember exact reference) you will find he was less than delighted. Can someone find that? Must be a theatre memoir book. Kidman’s performance was superb by the way and that Donmar production was good. Famously she was called ‘theatrical viagra’ by the critic whatisname Spencer. That spencer sounds like a gross pervert! Thanks for replying! Alan wanted to play someone who was washed up but the critics thought he should play a swashbuckling hero. I think also the problem was that not everyone would know his intention and would wonder why he was playing it like that. Plus, at the best of times he swallowed his words.
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Post by Jan on Jun 23, 2020 7:40:54 GMT
That spencer sounds like a gross pervert! You think ? Plenty of the audience were there for the same reason, demand for tickets was massive. Iain Glen also appeared nude in the play, so something for everyone there. Shows with nudity almost always sell better than they would otherwise especially if they're dressed up with the intellectual imprimatur of (in this case) Sir David Hare. Equus is another one where humbug levels from the audience are high.
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 23, 2020 8:26:48 GMT
CHARLES Spencer, lynette, in The Daily Telegraph.
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Post by Jan on Jun 23, 2020 13:38:21 GMT
CHARLES Spencer, lynette, in The Daily Telegraph. Spencer was hopeless - I remember in particular his review of the Goold/Stewart Macbeth where he gave away every single staging surprise and trick.
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