Globe All Seasons

I think the logic is just that they were written around the same time, and would have likely been performed by the same company originally, which is kind of mind-boggling, admittedly, so they’re doing them in rep just to see what happens.

The brochure is available online - www.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/files/2018/01/summer_2018_brochure8.pdf

Seems odd that there are only 10 performances each of Emilia and Eyam.

And the brochure confirms there will be 4 pre-determined performances each of the touring productions at the Globe, and four "voter's choice" performances. 

And agree with Lynette that just saying "seated tickets from £22" is not particularly helpful! I think last year the cheapest seats were £20 so hopefully things haven't changed too much.

You a member Lynette? I mean to have brochure posted now. I was going to ring but thought they would tell ne to wait for public booking to open.

This is so prices can be 'dynamic'. For example if they fix the price of each seat as soon as the season is announced, they could potentially have made more money if the show is a hit by increasing prices subtly during the run. Or conversely, if it's a flop, it's more difficult to reduce the price of seats to shift them. In reality it means that, for example, if it says 'From £22', they only have to guarantee a handful of seats at £22 at a busy Saturday night performance, but they may change hundreds of seats at a quiet matinee to that price. It's a commercially savvy thing to do and I'm surprised it's taken them this long to change the model.

It's pretty standard that any new non-Shakespeare plays have a surprisingly short run. It doesn't sound like it at first because of the date range, but counting performances reveals the limits. Good news about the pre-determined performances of the touring shows though, thanks!

Thanx, the link on here crossed with my post.

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The opening double bill of the first season (Hamlet and As You Like It presented by The Globe Ensemble with no director) seems to me to be closer to my prediction than to an AD starting their programming a year or so ahead.

Of course, the outcome may be revelatory.

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At the start the fund raising of the Globe was amazing. Do you recall the bay they built? The obvious thing is to build up round and round but they realised that people wouldn't understand or visualise the finished building very well so they built a complete bay to let people see what it would be like. After that the money rolled in. And the wall, the named paving stones, the curtain , the events with Prince Philip and the 1000 club, with names up on the wall all strokes of genius that other places have failed to follow.

A friend of mine who used to work in the Globe's fundraising team told me that although there were lots of creative fundraising ideas in the early years, they all raised proportionately tiny amounts. Those paving stones basically didn't raise any money because they only just covered their own cost. They are also now faced with a huge cost to replace them all as they have degraded over time and face the dilemma of whether they should carve all those names into them again at great expense. Some of have been covered for years by temporary buildings. A couple of years ago when they remodelled the foyer they had to remove a wall of donors (of people who had paid tiny amounts to be up there) which caused a minor riot from people suddenly appalled to find their small donations from 20 years ago no longer acknowledged (and put more fuel in the Get Emma Rice Out fire). Basically spaces that could now potentially be sold for thousands aren't available because of short term thinking back in the day. Interesting...

Hmmm tiny amounts on the foyer wall? Not so tiny in the olden days ( the 1000 club was people who gave £1000 either one lump or in staged payments ) and out of taxed income. What do people expect? If you donate to a cause, you don’t expect continued obeisance. I agree the way some alterations to the building have covered the names or had them moved is a pity but even the tiny amounts contributed to the place as it stands with all the good work done in it, Emma's contribution included. The fund raising ideas died out somewhat but maintenaince is harder to sell than bricks. Everyone knows that to raise more dosh you ask the people who have already given and they haven’t done that vigorously enough. I’m sorry if people don’t feel happy. And amusingly I don’t understand the clique reference so proving that either I am very much in it or so far out of it that I am oblivious to any such thing.