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Post by finalperformance on Aug 26, 2016 1:48:13 GMT
Recently watched the film version of this play and wasn't to impressed. Johnny Depp and a good supporting cast tried hard to make this,talkie interesting. It was pretty ho hum. A lot of talk and not all of it interesting at that. Don't expect to much in this revival.
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Post by stefy69 on Sept 8, 2016 6:55:54 GMT
I'm going to see this at the Haymarket when it opens as this opened in Bath on the 31st August just wondering if anyone here saw it there and has comments to make on it ? The internet, apart, from one brief comment is silent !
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Post by Jan on Sept 8, 2016 7:14:13 GMT
This is all you need to know folks:
"Audience Suitability : Please note there is an age restriction of 15+ years, as this play contains strong language and scenes of a sexual nature"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2016 7:43:10 GMT
I'm going to see this at the Haymarket when it opens as this opened in Bath on the 31st August just wondering if anyone here saw it there and has comments to make on it ? The internet, apart, from one brief comment is silent ! Bath theatregoers are far too wellbred to comment publicly during previews. |
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Post by DuchessConstance on Sept 8, 2016 9:09:34 GMT
I haven't seen it but my friend is in it and some of the stuff she's been sharing has been pretty jaw dropping. I think we'll love it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2016 9:27:20 GMT
I haven't seen it but my friend is in it and some of the stuff she's been sharing has been pretty jaw dropping. I think we'll love it. Oooh smashing. I can't wait for this one actually. Does one of the jaw dropping moments involve Dominic Cooper and a birthday suit, i.e., his?  |
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Post by DuchessConstance on Sept 8, 2016 9:31:16 GMT
That was rather the impression I got, hopefully she wasn't just talking about dressing room japery!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2016 9:46:12 GMT
That was rather the impression I got, hopefully she wasn't just talking about dressing room japery!  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2016 9:50:59 GMT
Literate, too.
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Post by stefy69 on Sept 9, 2016 7:33:02 GMT
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Post by kathryn on Sept 9, 2016 7:52:03 GMT
I'm now getting strange looks on the train for laughing out loud.
Definitely need to see this!
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Post by stefy69 on Sept 9, 2016 7:58:02 GMT
I'm now getting strange looks on the train for laughing out loud. Definitely need to see this! Oh I know Kathryn, am so glad I've booked for this at the Haymarket ! |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 9, 2016 8:02:23 GMT
We haven't booked yet - figured we could probably dayseat or do a TodayTix lottery, and that it was unlikely to be a huge sell-out hit.
But I'm tempted to book now!
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Post by ldm2016 on Sept 9, 2016 11:17:38 GMT
We haven't booked yet - figured we could probably dayseat or do a TodayTix lottery, and that it was unlikely to be a huge sell-out hit. But I'm tempted to book now! It's already being sold on Time Out Offers for cheap... |
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Post by Jan on Sept 9, 2016 13:06:54 GMT
Yes, a well-educated and sophisticated Bath audience bemused by the fact Terry Johnson seems to think a song about dildos is in the slightest bit amusing. Looks like the age guidance on this should be 15 and under rather than 15 and over. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2016 13:13:33 GMT
Yes, a well-educated and sophisticated Bath audience bemused by the fact Terry Johnson seems to think a song about dildos is in the slightest bit amusing. Looks like the age guidance on this should be 15 and under rather than 15 and over. It isn't? Oh, I'm not sure I got that memo. Hey ho . . . |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2016 13:56:46 GMT
And it's one of the most popular rides in all the Disney parks around the world. Broomsticks give the best ride? No. More prefer a lad in. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2016 1:33:18 GMT
Well, I saw it tonight and it's not at all what we were anticipating. I went for Dominic Cooper but was disappointed as the play is much too historical and serious for me and he seems to be smoulderingly developing a performance which he may finally unleash when the play opens in Theatre Royal Haymarket, which is a much bigger and airier theatre than the lovely Theatre Royal Bath.
Will Merrick is wasted (not in the Skins sense). The mass dildo song and dance routine turns out to be textually fundamental to the play and not at all an embellishment by Terry Johnson. This show is deadly serious, and I suppose it's a natural for Theatre Royal Haymarket, like Dr Legge's Other Foote which I didn't see.
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Post by Jan on Sept 13, 2016 6:28:20 GMT
Well, I saw it tonight and it's not at all what we were anticipating. I went for Dominic Cooper but was disappointed as the play is much too historical and serious for me and he seems to be smoulderingly developing a performance which he may finally unleash when the play opens in Theatre Royal Haymarket, which is a much bigger and airier theatre than the lovely Theatre Royal Bath. Will Merrick is wasted (not in the Skins sense). The mass dildo song and dance routine turns out to be textually fundamental to the play and not at all an embellishment by Terry Johnson. This show is deadly serious, and I suppose it's a natural for Theatre Royal Haymarket, like Dr Legge's Other Foote which I didn't see. Interesting. I withdraw the dildo charge I made earlier. You saw it in Bath ? On a scale or 1 to 10 how "bemused" were the audience (omit yourself from the calculation). |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2016 10:10:53 GMT
The audience (including me) was a bit withdrawn and holding back, expecting a breakout of licentious riproaring action which the play never delivers because it turns out it's not that sort of play! We were all bemused, which I think is intended, by that scene because it deliberately changes the tone of the play, and is only explained shortly afterwards. The play is full of humour so there was lots of laughter around me from some people, whereas I was trying to understand the point of the dialogue but not much laughing. The applause at the end was surprisingly warm, given our slightly bemused aloofness through the actual show, with no standing ovations. Although this is the third week, it still feels like a preview, with the national press night still to come when it transfers to Theatre Royal Haymarket. One of Rochester's companions is already leaping about vigorously (as expected in this Restoration setting) and I enjoyed the performances of Rochester's wife, his manservant and his favourite prostitute, but it feels as though there's general controlled holding back until they get the complex balance of this intelligent play completely right in London.
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Post by Jan on Sept 13, 2016 16:34:25 GMT
Sounds like the appalling Haymarket is precisely the wrong venue for this play (as it is for all others of course)
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Post by lynette on Sept 13, 2016 21:23:27 GMT
What do you mean it isn't what we were anticipating? The ads promise sex and sexiness. So no nudity, no dogs, no macaroons?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2016 10:43:40 GMT
Tantalising partial glimpse of dying chest, a monkey as painted by Jacob Huysmans, some authentic tavern victuals.
Apart from that: No, No, No.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2016 11:08:19 GMT
Tantalising partial glimpse of dying chest, a monkey as painted by Jacob Huysmans, some authentic tavern victuals. Apart from that: No, No, No.  |
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Post by Polly1 on Sept 16, 2016 11:23:46 GMT
What do we reckon, good people of the board, is this a must-see? I quite like Dominic Cooper and could just about fit in a visit but... Offers about already so I suppose I could wait for reviews.
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