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Post by nash16 on Jan 4, 2018 11:47:40 GMT
Matt Hartley’s new play Eyam, which is about a town in Derbyshire when the plague arrives in 1665.
Short run at the end of the season.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2018 12:08:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2018 13:19:16 GMT
Another Derbyshire native checking in! Directed by Adele Thomas who did the Oresteia, Knight of the Burning Pestle and Thomas Tallis at the Globe previously.
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Post by Tibidabo on Jan 4, 2018 14:42:47 GMT
Oh how exciting!
Many years ago I saw a fantastic Mountview third years' production of Don Taylor's The Roses of Eyam which, for some reason, has stayed with me. It was the first thing I truly bawled at in the theatre.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 4, 2018 15:24:32 GMT
Lovely little village, Eyam. There’s a pub called the Miners Arms used to do a marvellous monkey gland steak (shhh, don’t tell him!)
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 4, 2018 15:35:58 GMT
Oh how exciting! Many years ago I saw a fantastic Mountview third years' production of Don Taylor's The Roses of Eyam which, for some reason, has stayed with me. It was the first thing I truly bawled at in the theatre. I must admit I did wonder why a new play was needed on this subject when a very powerful one already exists. I know it counts as new writing but.... |
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Post by Tibidabo on Aug 7, 2018 11:59:23 GMT
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 7, 2018 12:11:36 GMT
^ It's not just any old female though, it's Annette Badland from Bergerac!
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Post by Tibidabo on Aug 7, 2018 12:21:14 GMT
Is Bergerac in Derbyshire too? Sounds French to me.  Seriously though, a bit ridiculous? Female clergy happened in my lifetime, so it's pushing it just a few hundred years. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2018 13:25:12 GMT
You know that even if they got a man to play the role, he'd still be unlikely to be an ordained minister, and it's all pretend, right?  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2018 13:41:36 GMT
I know just how you feel. When I discovered that Meryl Streep didn't have a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills, I was livid.
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Post by Tibidabo on Aug 7, 2018 13:48:41 GMT
You know that even if they got a man to play the role, he'd still be unlikely to be an ordained minister, and it's all pretend, right? Why not try and be just a little more patronising? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2018 13:49:18 GMT
Apparently Babette, the Lehman wife, wasn't really an overweight middle aged man in a frock coat and a beard. DOWN WITH THIS FILTH!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2018 8:39:35 GMT
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Post by dani on Sept 20, 2018 9:11:18 GMT
Has anyone here seen this? It appears it is officially opening tonight, but then there are apparently only five more performances. I am thinking about bagging a ticket for the yard.
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Post by chameleon on Sept 20, 2018 10:21:51 GMT
Has anyone here seen this? It appears it is officially opening tonight, but then there are apparently only five more performances. I am thinking about bagging a ticket for the yard. If you're in the yard, get there a bit early & go into the area in the centre...(they limit the number of people in there, but there's lots of close-up action..).. For the play - a bit long, a bit shouty. Tends to dot all the 'i's and cross all the 't's in the story, across a lot of characters, & ends up losing focus a bit. Some good scenes, though, particularly between the Reverend & his wife. Main issue is the true story itself - the second half can be summarised, pretty much, as 'lots of people die, painfully...'. So there are a few jokes. But mostly, boils, vomiting, and grave-digging. Not an up-beat evening. |
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