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Post by skullion on Dec 14, 2017 21:00:38 GMT
What are people's views on this, I can remember seeing one or two of them at school and finding them a bit cheap looking but that was looking with teenage eyes. Interested to hear if people think thus is a set worth buying now.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 14, 2017 23:18:56 GMT
There are some great performances and some shocking productions. It is very much a mixed bag. Useful as a near complete collection of the plays with some great actors. But they are very dated now - both in terms of design/production values and the style of acting.
My guess is the RSC are hoping that their new DVDs will build up into a rival collection - and that, again, will be a flawed package.
In many ways, the audio recordings by Arkangel might be worth exploring as an alternative. You can revel in the words without being distracted by the dated visuals.
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Post by loureviews on Dec 15, 2017 6:52:48 GMT
There are some fantastic adaptations in this set alongside some oddities. For the time it was ground-breaking and some casting looks curious but worked well.
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