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Post by theoracle on Jan 5, 2020 23:43:24 GMT
Finally saw this Friday and was really impressed by the adaptation. The discussion on the effects of colonialism was very hard hitting. With the recent developments in Hong Kong, it seems that post colonialism effects such as the breaking down of culture and identity are still taking place around the world. Last show I saw at NT was translations so this was a great follow up to refresh on my thoughts of this issue and new discussions need to be had
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Post by lichtie on Jan 7, 2020 15:52:14 GMT
Was busy when I saw this on Saturday, and a fairly diverse audience (thought I'd get that in given the discussion on the NT2020 thread!). Never sat in stalls row C before. Don't think I will again, even if it's nice to actually see the actors for a change as opposed to distant blobs from the back of the circle. I thought the transpantation to the Biafran conflict was interesting. Surprised more wasn't made of the oil angle though. If anything the problems here are actually that the play is a bit too faithful to the original, with some bits not making much sense in this context (the duel makes much more sense as something out of the doomed enfeeble Russian lower aristocracy than it does here; also keeping virtually the same roles for all of the characters in terms of their careers sits oddly with what might actually have happened in a middle class family in a newly independent state). Having said all that definitely worth a look.
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Post by lynette on Feb 14, 2020 0:13:34 GMT
Saw this production this evening and very much enjoyed it. I think the transposing worked very well. Having a war as a background to the sisters' personal tragedies made it even more poignant and universal. I think the changes made fitted this 'new' play but in the original the failure to go to Moscow was within their psychologies whereas here it was prevented by outside forces. Chekhov making a different point I think. Some glorious acting especially in the conversations between two characters, the scenes with lots of characters less convincing.
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