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Post by mistressjojo on Sept 12, 2016 8:50:56 GMT
Who is directing ? Doran has directed all four of those Roman plays before. Two of them (Coriolanus and Antony & Cleo) are also notoriously difficult to cast, so we need to see the actors - I expect they'll be a long time announcing casting. Doran isn't directing any of the Roman plays. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2016 9:00:20 GMT
Angus Jackson is the season director of the RST Shakespeare Roman season, directing the opening Julius Caesar and the final play Coriolanus (booking in the Winter 2017 season).
Iqbal Khan directs Antony and Cleopatra, with Josette Simon returning to Stratford to play Cleopatra.
Blanche McIntyre directs Titus Andronicus.
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Post by alnoor on Sept 12, 2016 9:37:24 GMT
Josette Simon--she will be back!!
Very happy with that news
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Post by Jan on Sept 12, 2016 10:41:59 GMT
Josette Simon--she will be back!! Very happy with that news Yes. Haven't seen her for ages - After The Fall at NT maybe which was decades ago. |
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Post by martin1965 on Sept 12, 2016 11:08:43 GMT
Saw her as Titania in Boyd's Dream, that was 16 years ago!! She will always remain in my heart as one of Blakes Seven😀😀 shame about the usual lack of casting details😕 but looking forward to season nonetheless.
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Post by Snciole on Sept 12, 2016 11:18:34 GMT
Josette Simon was meant to be in Luce at Southwark but dropped out. In theory she is quite an old Cleopatra but she looks amazing so it will probably work.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 12, 2016 11:25:54 GMT
Are any of the Roman Plays coming to London?
Please and ta
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2016 11:29:07 GMT
The other casting announcement is that Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra share a single acting company.
Also, the four Shakespeare Rome plays in the RST will have a season design environment by Robert Innes Hopkins and play on a reconfigured RST stage, with a more intimate audience experience.
The Chinese play and the City of Culture play have national press nights on consecutive evenings, so maybe the RSC will hire a bus to shuttle Michael Billington and chums between Kingston-upon-Hull and Stratford-upon-Avon. Imagine the threat to the national critical conversation if it were to crash in a motorway pile-up with Mark Shenton as the only survivor, due to the lorry bouncing off his ample flesh.
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Post by Jan on Sept 12, 2016 11:38:17 GMT
Saw her as Titania in Boyd's Dream, that was 16 years ago!! She will always remain in my heart as one of Blakes Seven😀😀 shame about the usual lack of casting details😕 but looking forward to season nonetheless. Oh yes I had forgotten she was in that Dream. The lack of casting details will be because it is so far ahead they haven't cast most of the parts yet. |
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Post by David J on Sept 12, 2016 11:40:02 GMT
Christopher Marlowe's Dido Queen of Carthage will also be put on in the Swan later in the year, directed by Kimberley Sykes the associate director for the recent Midsummer Night's Dream tour
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2016 12:16:57 GMT
Lack of Doran (other than a revival of "Venus and Adonis") is interesting, as is Angus Jackson's role as "Season Director".
Regarding the membership changes Martin mentioned - just looked at the website and it seems they have dropped the "£10 off two full price tickets" benefit from full membership. So actually a £30 price increase.
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Post by martin1965 on Sept 12, 2016 12:33:49 GMT
Indeedio. However interested to see they are finally bringing in season offers whereby if you book for whole season you get discount. Also there is a deal if you book JC and AC😉.
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Post by Jan on Sept 12, 2016 12:55:21 GMT
Are any of the Roman Plays coming to London? Please and ta Unclear. But the Simon Russell-Beale "Tempest" is planned to. |
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Post by nash16 on Sept 12, 2016 14:38:08 GMT
JULIUS CAESAR TITUS ANDRONICUS ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Angus Jackson to direct one. Any thoughts for the roles of Caesar, Cleopatra, Antony, Brutus, Cassius? Glad to see my earlier post confirmed! Sounds like a great rest of season too. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2016 14:39:51 GMT
Hey Nash, I reckon Josette Simon for Cleopatra.  |
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Post by nash16 on Sept 12, 2016 15:03:09 GMT
Hey Nash, I reckon Josette Simon for Cleopatra. Naaaah, she ain't known is she?? |
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Post by Jan on Sept 13, 2016 16:30:58 GMT
In their email covering the season up to September Coriolanus isn't mentioned. Is it scheduled after that ?
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Post by martin1965 on Sept 13, 2016 16:54:02 GMT
In their email covering the season up to September Coriolanus isn't mentioned. Is it scheduled after that ? Yep Jan, its a bit like this year when they announced Lear but it wasnt in original summer booklet. It looks like a standalone production as the other three roman plays all finish in September. Maybe they have someone lined up who cant be part of ensemble? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2016 23:18:13 GMT
According to artwork on the Hull Truck Theatre's website, it looks like Mark Addy is playing Sir John Hotham in The Hypocrite.
I enjoyed One Man, Two Guvnors so may attempt to see this as it's by Richard Bean. Not that I know a massive amount about Hull or whatever this play is about, but I'm always down for a good laugh. Other than that, there's very little else I particularly like the look of in this season.
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Post by theatremad on Jan 6, 2017 10:01:47 GMT
Just a little update. According to an inside source:
Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus: 'Traditional'
Titus Andronicus: Modern Dress
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 12:38:30 GMT
Eek. How has Baz failed to tweet such momentous tittle-tattle?
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Post by lynette on Jan 6, 2017 13:30:02 GMT
Just a little update. According to an inside source: Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus: 'Traditional' Titus Andronicus: Modern Dress There will be a 'connection' between the productions via the set and costume, as I understand. So a kinda 'arc' 😜 |
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Post by David J on Jan 6, 2017 13:55:48 GMT
What the 'Histories' Arc where England went from Elizabethan back to the medieval period and then leaped in the modern age by the end
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2017 17:48:04 GMT
£15 tickets for "Snow in Midsummer" for a few dates early in the run. Doesn't seem to be selling well so wouldn't be surprised if this is extended to more dates later on. Link in the tweet should take you to the date listing, alternatively use code 16384 on the RSC website.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 30, 2017 18:53:37 GMT
No real surprise this isnt selling. At least it has short run. Hoping for better news in day or so with winter season announcement
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