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Post by lou105 on Oct 7, 2017 8:20:28 GMT
Can't find a thread for this, which surprises me given the cast announcement. This stars Sir Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson, adapted and directed by Richard Eyre and also features Emily Watson, Jim Broadbent, Christopher Eccleston, Andrew Scott and Jim Carter. I know that some will quake a little at the promise of a fictional present day with England under a military dictatorship, but I think Lear lends itself to such changes more than some plays. We shall see, sometime in 2018.
And Karl Johnson as the Fool- I loved him in Frankenstein!
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Post by lou105 on Oct 7, 2017 8:39:58 GMT
As long as she's playing Regan, not Reagan, we'll be fine.
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Post by Jan on Oct 7, 2017 9:13:55 GMT
Can't find a thread for this, which surprises me given the cast announcement. This stars Sir Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson, adapted and directed by Richard Eyre and also features Emily Watson, Jim Broadbent, Christopher Eccleston, Andrew Scott and Jim Carter. I know that some will quake a little at the promise of a fictional present day with England under a military dictatorship, but I think Lear lends itself to such changes more than some plays. We shall see, sometime in 2018. And Karl Johnson as the Fool- I loved him in Frankenstein! I can't quite see why Emma Thompson gets star billing in that list - can't stand her, a follower of the Maureen Lipmann "Look at me ! I'm acting !" performance style. Agree on Karl Johnson, one for the theatre aficionados. I saw Hopkins' previous Lear - appallingly badly directed by Sir David Hare - and also Eyre's previous very good production with Ian Holm. This production looks promising though I don't think Shakespeare really works on TV. |
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Post by dani on Oct 7, 2017 9:20:28 GMT
Karl Johnson was Gloucester in the Glenda Jackson Lear at the Old Vic. He wasn't very good in my opinion and had serious problems making himself audible. I guess that won't be an issue on the radio!
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Post by loureviews on Oct 7, 2017 9:29:30 GMT
Can't find a thread for this, which surprises me given the cast announcement. This stars Sir Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson, adapted and directed by Richard Eyre and also features Emily Watson, Jim Broadbent, Christopher Eccleston, Andrew Scott and Jim Carter. I know that some will quake a little at the promise of a fictional present day with England under a military dictatorship, but I think Lear lends itself to such changes more than some plays. We shall see, sometime in 2018. And Karl Johnson as the Fool- I loved him in Frankenstein! Karl was Gloucester in the Glenda Lear and he was excellent IMO. Very interested to see hin as the Fool. And both prolific Jims. Will be watching. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2017 9:39:02 GMT
I can't quite see why Emma Thompson gets star billing in that list - can't stand her, a follower of the Maureen Lipmann "Look at me ! I'm acting !" performance style. I guess it might be something to do with the fact that she has a couple of Oscars in the bathroom. And she's most probably an equal to Hopkins as well. In the movies at the very least, if not on stage. |
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Post by Jan on Oct 7, 2017 10:26:40 GMT
I can't quite see why Emma Thompson gets star billing in that list - can't stand her, a follower of the Maureen Lipmann "Look at me ! I'm acting !" performance style. I guess it might be something to do with the fact that she has a couple of Oscars in the bathroom. And she's most probably an equal to Hopkins as well. In the movies at the very least, if not on stage. My guess is the star billing is purely for the USA market. People like Ecclestone, Scott and Carter are bigger draws than her on UK TV I'd say. Broadbent has an Oscar too of course. |
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Post by martin1965 on Oct 7, 2017 12:03:39 GMT
Karl Johnson was Gloucester in the Glenda Jackson Lear at the Old Vic. He wasn't very good in my opinion and had serious problems making himself audible. I guess that won't be an issue on the radio! Indeed, he was awful, though to be fair, he wasnt the only one in that production. |
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Post by callum on Oct 10, 2017 21:58:00 GMT
I guess it might be something to do with the fact that she has a couple of Oscars in the bathroom. And she's most probably an equal to Hopkins as well. In the movies at the very least, if not on stage. My guess is the star billing is purely for the USA market. People like Ecclestone, Scott and Carter are bigger draws than her on UK TV I'd say. Broadbent has an Oscar too of course. Dr Jan can I have some of what you're smoking if you think Jim Carter is a bigger name than Emma Thompson!! |
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Post by Polly1 on May 16, 2018 17:56:18 GMT
Scheduled for BBC2 on 28th May, 9.30pm. Less than 2 hours so likely to be heavily cut.
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Post by learfan on May 16, 2018 19:15:15 GMT
Saw big poster for this in the WE at the weekend, hope the cuts have been made judiciously. Cast looks good.
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Post by Jan on May 17, 2018 5:45:51 GMT
.... hope the cuts have been made judiciously. Agree, let's hope that impenetrable mock trial scene has been entirely removed. Did you see Hopkins' NT Lear ? I think the worst directed Shakespeare I've ever seen - the current NT Macbeth is a work of directorial brilliance compared with it - and the director then had the cheek to blame Hopkins for the failure. |
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Post by learfan on May 17, 2018 6:20:03 GMT
I did. In fact it was my first Lear and it didn't put me off! He was probably too young and ought to have done it more recently. Sadly that year at the NT doing Lear and Antony (which was much better) made him leave the stage, think he has only did M Butterfly since. The sets and costumes were all v odd.
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Post by Jan on May 17, 2018 6:44:33 GMT
I did. In fact it was my first Lear and it didn't put me off! It was in the Olivier. In the scene where Lear confronts his daughters the stage was empty, they all marched on side by side, stopped at the centre of the stage and then turned and faced each other with much swirling of cloaks, delivered their lines, then turned and all marched off side by side. Literally no direction at all beyond "Go on, say your lines, come off". |
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Post by lynette on May 17, 2018 14:25:58 GMT
The tv clips look promising. And frankly, what a cast! Like the director made his Dream list one night in the pub and then bless em, the BBC got them all. 😂
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Post by peggs on May 29, 2018 15:54:19 GMT
Surprised no thoughts on here yet? What did we think? I thought AH was good, well generally the acting was although some characters seemed to have lost quite a bit and be a bit diminished as a result. I rather liked the way Home til and Regan seemed to start off uncomfortable in the first scene and really distant but wasn't entirely sure how we got from there to raging fury. Did like KJs take on the fool, a character that generally annoys me, here sort of desperate to try and keep Lear with them in his thought process but seemingly baffled by what his master was coming out with. Thumbs up for Kent and Gloucester too. Not sure about the setting, when it was all filmed modern warfare and apparently blowing up a bus stop rather took me out of it. Nice and short for tv viewing though.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2018 16:05:06 GMT
'King Lear' always makes me chuckle. Fancy calling your daughter Gonorrhoea and not expecting anyone to smirk.
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Post by bellboard27 on May 29, 2018 16:16:08 GMT
'King Lear' always makes me chuckle. Fancy calling your daughter Gonorrhoea and not expecting anyone to smirk. Smirk? Clap more like. |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2018 18:14:03 GMT
Surprised no thoughts on here yet Recorded it, so no spoilers please. Eye swear eye won't say a word. |
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Post by lynette on May 29, 2018 19:29:46 GMT
'King Lear' always makes me chuckle. Fancy calling your daughter Gonorrhoea and not expecting anyone to smirk. Yeah and what with the slang meaning of 'nothing' so I’m reliably told..well, what did the first audience make of it? |
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Post by foxa on May 29, 2018 20:21:13 GMT
Lear breaks my heart so didn't feel up to watching more than a few tiny bits of it last night but Mr Foxa loved it. Amazing cast.
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