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Post by Jan on Sept 20, 2018 19:38:46 GMT
Ditto, though - when I saw SRB was going to be in RII my first thought was "who as?". Still, the recent Hamlets have been as old as Uncle Monty (if my maths is right, Richard Griffiths was around 38 in Withnail). Just on a tangent, I saw Withnail for the first time only a couple of years ago and was very disappointed in it, one of those cult films that have not stood the test of time for those who didn’t see them at the time in context. I had a similar reaction to the stupendously tiresome Blues Brothers which I saw long after it had achieved cult status. |
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Post by jadnoop on Sept 20, 2018 19:53:11 GMT
Ditto, though - when I saw SRB was going to be in RII my first thought was "who as?". Still, the recent Hamlets have been as old as Uncle Monty (if my maths is right, Richard Griffiths was around 38 in Withnail). Just on a tangent, I saw Withnail for the first time only a couple of years ago and was very disappointed in it, one of those cult films that have not stood the test of time for those who didn’t see them at the time in context. I had a similar reaction to the stupendously tiresome Blues Brothers which I saw long after it had achieved cult status. I'm not convinced that Withnail needed to be watched at the time to be appreciated; after all, it's well loved by uni students who would've been very young when it came out. My feeling is that it needs to be watched at the right moment in life; if you watch it when your life is relatively settled it will probably click less than if you watch it around your teens/twenties. |
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Post by crowblack on Sept 20, 2018 21:37:25 GMT
it needs to be watched at the right moment in life; if you watch it when your life is relatively settled it will probably click less I love it, always have. I think it's near perfect. |
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Post by lynette on Sept 21, 2018 11:37:43 GMT
SRB will have about 6 weeks between finishing RII before reprising his Lehmans in New York. Nice to see he's busy. Yeah but he knows the words..to both..I expect. 😁 |
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Post by Jan on Sept 21, 2018 11:56:02 GMT
SRB will have about 6 weeks between finishing RII before reprising his Lehmans in New York. Nice to see he's busy. Yeah but he knows the words..to both..I expect. 😁 It does likely mean no West End Transfer for R-II though. I wonder why SR-B and the director had to take this production to the Almeida - NT, Young Vic and RSC didn’t want it ? |
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Post by bordeaux on Sept 22, 2018 10:34:52 GMT
Yeah but he knows the words..to both..I expect. 😁 It does likely mean no West End Transfer for R-II though. I wonder why SR-B and the director had to take this production to the Almeida - NT, Young Vic and RSC didn’t want it ? But do Shakespeares ever transfer from one London theatre to another? You get the odd one (well, McKellen's Lear) coming up from Chichester, but that's about it. The RSC ones don't count as those transfers are built-in. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 12:01:18 GMT
Hamlet transferred from the Almeida to the West End, so there's precedent.
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Post by maniscus on Sept 22, 2018 15:09:32 GMT
It does likely mean no West End Transfer for R-II though. I wonder why SR-B and the director had to take this production to the Almeida - NT, Young Vic and RSC didn’t want it ? Forgive my ignorance, why would that mean no West End transfer? Tiredness? |
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Post by Jan on Sept 22, 2018 15:31:40 GMT
It does likely mean no West End Transfer for R-II though. I wonder why SR-B and the director had to take this production to the Almeida - NT, Young Vic and RSC didn’t want it ? Forgive my ignorance, why would that mean no West End transfer? Tiredness? Because I assume he’s signed up for a significant Broadway run and transferring R-II after that’s finished would probably require extensive re-casting. Not impossible but unlikely. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 16:09:39 GMT
Memory might be failing me, but I thought Lehman Trilogy was only going to NY for about 6 weeks?
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Post by Jan on Sept 22, 2018 17:10:08 GMT
Memory might be failing me, but I thought Lehman Trilogy was only going to NY for about 6 weeks? Oh ? Didn’t know that. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 17:28:36 GMT
Memory might be failing me, but I thought Lehman Trilogy was only going to NY for about 6 weeks? Oh ? Didn’t know that. Clearly I'm more prepared to be wrong than I am to Google it so take with a pinch of salt. |
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Post by Jan on Sept 22, 2018 18:01:53 GMT
Clearly I'm more prepared to be wrong than I am to Google it so take with a pinch of salt. I checked. It’s only doing a 4 week run. |
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Post by NeilVHughes on Sept 23, 2018 9:06:07 GMT
NT Live e-mail reports RII will be screened on the 15th Jan, does not look like a transfer is being considered.
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Post by alicechallice on Sept 23, 2018 9:43:41 GMT
It was always strange that SR-B had never played Richard II as he seems perfect for it - now he seems possibly a bit old for the part but let's see. The Trump one sounds like it will go down well in Islington and continues London subsidised theatre's obsession with all things American. Why another "version" of Three Sisters ? The original is good enough. For me the most interesting one is the Vassa production - the NT have an adaptation in the works too but the Almeida have beaten them to it. Did you see the production in i think 2000 also by the Almeida? It was part of their WE residence. Good cast, Tennant, Duff, O'Sullivan, Hancock. Neil, Hilary, Ronnie & Tony? |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 23, 2018 10:12:45 GMT
Just on a tangent, I saw Withnail for the first time only a couple of years ago and was very disappointed in it, one of those cult films that have not stood the test of time for those who didn’t see them at the time in context. I had a similar reaction to the stupendously tiresome Blues Brothers which I saw long after it had achieved cult status. I'm not convinced that Withnail needed to be watched at the time to be appreciated; after all, it's well loved by uni students who would've been very young when it came out. My feeling is that it needs to be watched at the right moment in life; if you watch it when your life is relatively settled it will probably click less than if you watch it around your teens/twenties. I think you probably need to be in a phase of your life that includes heavy drinking. I saw it as a teetotal student and only found it mildly diverting. |
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Post by peggs on Sept 29, 2018 10:48:27 GMT
Having had time to flick through the map for RII it looks like the auditorium is going to be much narrower than usual. No side blocks and at least 2 seats missing off the ends of each row in the centre block of the stalls. Wonder what is planned. [bre] Rubbish, so more scramble for less seats then? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2018 10:59:32 GMT
I think in the past they’ve done this when the side blocks are kept off sale until they work out sight lines
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Post by NeilVHughes on Sept 29, 2018 11:00:40 GMT
Could also explain £10 increase in price for a Zone A ticket.
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Post by lynette on Sept 29, 2018 12:51:58 GMT
Yep, I was told no sides so got tix in the middle.
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Post by peggs on Sept 29, 2018 15:02:02 GMT
This is not looking wonderful for booking period whilst trying to appear as if working whilst in an inspection, I tell myself they're screening it but I'm not really buying it.
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Post by crowblack on Oct 1, 2018 8:17:31 GMT
the side blocks are kept off sale until they work out sight lines Maybe? Quite late in the day they released some front row side seats for Hamlet (lucky me!) |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2018 9:07:34 GMT
That was surprisingly painless! Got my usual partially restricted seats.
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Post by alnoor on Oct 4, 2018 9:14:04 GMT
Tickets booked. Absolutely brilliant service by Almeida theatre this morning.Thank you
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Post by lichtie on Oct 4, 2018 9:37:36 GMT
Was expecting far more trouble there this morning - got the date and time and cheap seat I wanted, so happy:) Even though I'd forgotten to clock watch to get in absolutely on the opening bell...
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