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Post by Rory on Oct 31, 2024 0:13:16 GMT
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Post by greenandbrownandblue on Oct 31, 2024 6:39:24 GMT
Great cast - what are the chances of this transferring to the Barbican?
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Post by Jan on Oct 31, 2024 7:40:52 GMT
Great cast - what are the chances of this transferring to the Barbican? Just a guess but I'd say high - I imagine Rupert Goold would have made it a condition and I don't think some of those actors would have signed on without a London transfer (or alternatively a USA run of course). |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 31, 2024 10:21:25 GMT
I am intrigued as to how different this will be to his production at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton twenty years ago.
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Post by Jan on Oct 31, 2024 11:00:08 GMT
I am intrigued as to how different this will be to his production at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton twenty years ago. I assume that as he was so keen to direct it again (he approached the RSC not vice versa) that it will be significantly different. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 31, 2024 11:11:04 GMT
We will find out in due course
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Post by thistimetomorrow on Oct 31, 2024 11:24:27 GMT
I like Luke Thallon a lot, but wasn't planning on travelling to Stratford to see this. Now that the rest of the cast is announced though I think I may make a trip
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Post by nash16 on Oct 31, 2024 11:40:46 GMT
Definitely coming to London, with also a New York run optioned to try and launch Luke more over there.
That might be Tammy Faye success dependent, but the RSC name should secure it despite Goold‘s flop rate over there.
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Post by kate8 on Oct 31, 2024 13:16:20 GMT
Already booked on the strength of Luke Thallon, but this is a great cast. Can’t wait, and I’ve booked it as a double bill with Edward II, so even better.
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Post by aspieandy on Oct 31, 2024 21:28:43 GMT
yup, strong cast indeed: are they going to buy a job lot of headsets off Tennant??..
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 31, 2024 21:36:31 GMT
So why is Goold directing this in the RSC and not the Almeida?
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Post by Jon on Oct 31, 2024 21:41:28 GMT
So why is Goold directing this in the RSC and not the Almeida? Goold has been doing a few non Almeida shows in the last few years so it's not that unusual. |
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Post by aspieandy on Oct 31, 2024 21:53:43 GMT
I noticed R. Frecknall is back on the team sheet (twice) for the coming season. Some new folks, as well.
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Post by aloysius on Nov 1, 2024 12:41:41 GMT
So why is Goold directing this in the RSC and not the Almeida? Maybe this production was part of his pitch for the NT job - Shakespeare on a grand scale - and he took it to the RSC after failing to secure that? |
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Post by thaneofglamis on Nov 1, 2024 17:53:18 GMT
I’ve got really high hopes for this. The cast looks fantastic. I’ve got tickets for the performance with a pre-show director’s talk. I’ve managed to catch a few pre-show director talks and post-show cast talks at the RSC and really recommend them!
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Post by Jan on Nov 1, 2024 18:09:13 GMT
So why is Goold directing this in the RSC and not the Almeida? I think probably because the Robert Icke production was only in 2017 so it didn't make sense for the Almeida to programme it again so soon. |
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Post by Jan on Nov 1, 2024 18:15:21 GMT
So why is Goold directing this in the RSC and not the Almeida? Maybe this production was part of his pitch for the NT job - Shakespeare on a grand scale - and he took it to the RSC after failing to secure that? If you are pitching for the NT job it would be extremely foolish to mention Hamlet - that's exactly the type of thing they don't want. Odd to remember that there were a few years when Goold was by far the most exciting and lauded director of Shakespeare there was, he had some sensational productions - his Tempest & Macbeth were the best I've ever seen - but then he interested himself in other things and when he returned with Richard III it was very pedestrian and boring. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 1, 2024 22:34:45 GMT
Wish is a surprise was he didn’t move on the vacancy of RST AD.
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Post by rumbledoll on Nov 16, 2024 12:07:35 GMT
Sorry for a short off topic, thought it’s no biggie to create a separate discussion.
Seeing this in early March, does anyone know what happened to direct trains to Stratford Upon Avon? Ten years I haven't been but I’m pretty sure I didn’t change..
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Post by lichtie on Nov 16, 2024 16:47:16 GMT
Sorry for a short off topic, thought it’s no biggie to create a separate discussion. Seeing this in early March, does anyone know what happened to direct trains to Stratford Upon Avon? Ten years I haven't been but I’m pretty sure I didn’t change.. All gone now. Change at Leamington best from the south. |
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