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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 0:02:12 GMT
So the Royal Court production is transferring to the Atlantic Theater Company January 17 to March 4, 2018 at the Linda Gross Theater. Casting is to be announced.
All great news for the play, of course, but are there any plans at all to bring it back to the UK?! It has been nearly 16 months since it closed in London which seems like quite a long time for something that only initially ran 4 months (1 at the Royal Court, 3 in the West End) and won the Olivier for Best New Play.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 29, 2017 1:32:46 GMT
I suspect part of the issue is the original set design is not really ideal for a touring set-up. Of course a new design concept could be developed but capturing the power of the end of the opening scene into the transition would be a challenge.
It is also a challenge that will probably stop it being frequently performed outside of the professional realm.
Sometimes a successful play does not have much of an afterlife. You only have to look at the winners of Best New Play over the years - surprisingly few have really entered the repertoire.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 19:17:47 GMT
I suspect part of the issue is the original set design is not really ideal for a touring set-up. Of course a new design concept could be developed but capturing the power of the end of the opening scene into the transition would be a challenge. It is also a challenge that will probably stop it being frequently performed outside of the professional realm. Sometimes a successful play does not have much of an afterlife. You only have to look at the winners of Best New Play over the years - surprisingly few have really entered the repertoire. Easy to overcome, the opening scene is performed in front of a wall/cloth towards the front of stage and the subsequent pub scene is revealed by taking away the wall/cloth (preferably flying it out but to the sides if needs be) and moving tables, stools etc. into the space opened up by its removal. You'll need a stage with a trap door far enough forwards and enough space to allow for the hanging though (the rope can easily be made taut as the actor hits the crash mat). |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 22:38:53 GMT
Do you even need to stage the hanging? Can you not lead him out of the door, dim the lights a little, and do the rest by sound effects alone? Everything is stageable, even on tiny budgets in non-theatrical spaces, you just have to think less literal and come up with your own ideas rather than recreating the original.
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Post by mistressjojo on Jun 30, 2017 3:00:38 GMT
I would have thought their main issue would be with play itself rather than staging.
It didn't seem to me to be something that would translate well to American audiences.
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Post by 49thand8th on Mar 27, 2020 16:39:54 GMT
variety.com/2020/legit/opinion/critics-notebook-the-night-before-broadway-went-dark-1203546641/My trip was like a surgical strike, in and out of Newark airport in 48 hours, long enough to catch both parts of “The Inheritance,” and also to squeeze in one other show for good measure. That’s how I managed to see a preview performance of “Hangmen,” a wonderfully macabre feat of wit and wordplay from my favorite voice in contemporary theater, Martin McDonagh. (He’s the Irish chap who wrote the astonishingly bloody “The Lieutenant of Inishmore” for the stage and a sinister little dark comedy called “In Bruges” for the screen.)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2022 21:11:24 GMT
Previews begin 8 April on Broadway
Cast includes Alfie Allen (Mooney), David Threlfall (Harry), Tracie Bennett (Alice), Owen Campbell (Clegg), Jeremy Crutchley (Inspector Fry), Olivier Bursary Award winner Gaby French (Shirley), Josh Goulding (Hennessy), John Hodgkinson (Albert), Richard Hollis (Bill), John Horton (Arthur), Andy Nyman (Syd), and Ryan Pope (Charlie), with Sebastian Beacon, Peter Bradbury, Katie Fabel and Colin McPhillamy.
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Post by Jon on Feb 1, 2022 22:12:12 GMT
Previews begin 8 April on Broadway Cast includes Alfie Allen (Mooney), David Threlfall (Harry), Tracie Bennett (Alice), Owen Campbell (Clegg), Jeremy Crutchley (Inspector Fry), Olivier Bursary Award winner Gaby French (Shirley), Josh Goulding (Hennessy), John Hodgkinson (Albert), Richard Hollis (Bill), John Horton (Arthur), Andy Nyman (Syd), and Ryan Pope (Charlie), with Sebastian Beacon, Peter Bradbury, Katie Fabel and Colin McPhillamy. I'm surprised they're returning to Broadway. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 2, 2022 0:43:37 GMT
That is a decent looking cast
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Post by Mark on Apr 28, 2022 12:33:56 GMT
Saw the matinee yesterday. Absolutely brilliant! Didn't know much about the play at all but found the writing to be very strong and great performances all around. Nice to see a few familiar British faces in the cast too. Highly recommend.
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