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Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 18, 2019 11:18:12 GMT
Director : Sean O'Connor.
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Post by maggiem on Feb 18, 2019 14:09:12 GMT
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Post by mrbluesky on Feb 18, 2019 14:53:14 GMT
Hmm. Not sure the update is going to work, but I’ll still pop along. Ritchie’s not someone I would associate with Osborne’s work so hopefully I’ll be surprised
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 18, 2019 14:55:21 GMT
Hmm...I don't think the modernisation or the casting of Archie will work at all.
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Post by learfan on Feb 18, 2019 15:31:33 GMT
I saw the production a few years back with Branagh and even with him acting his socks off, the play seemed a very dated affair.
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Post by Snciole on Feb 18, 2019 15:41:04 GMT
Yes, Branagh was totally miscast as well-tap dancing aside, he's a good actor and handsome man but he just lacked that old vaudeville charisma that he needed.
A shame because it was otherwise a well-cast production but it is a very stale story that is hard to get into.
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 18, 2019 15:56:29 GMT
Did anyone else think Branagh looked like Eddie Izzard in that production?
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Post by learfan on Feb 18, 2019 16:56:01 GMT
Did anyone else think Branagh looked like Eddie Izzard in that production? I recall some reviews mentioning that but i couldn't see it myself. |
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Post by hal9000 on Feb 18, 2019 21:43:27 GMT
OMG so Alfie will still be on the run with the money?
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Post by Fleance on Feb 18, 2019 22:13:51 GMT
I saw the production with Peter Bowles, Frank Middlemass, and Sylvia Syms, at the Shaftesbury Theatre, a while back. I remember enjoying it. I'm waiting for a good revival of Inadmissible Evidence, one of Osborne's best plays.
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 19, 2019 8:57:31 GMT
I saw the production with Peter Bowles, Frank Middlemass, and Sylvia Syms, at the Shaftesbury Theatre, a while back. I remember enjoying it. I'm waiting for a good revival of Inadmissible Evidence, one of Osborne's best plays. Did you see the 2011 Donmar production with Douglas Hodge? He was spectacular. |
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Post by Fleance on Feb 20, 2019 5:03:51 GMT
No, I regret that I missed it. Of Osborne's plays, I've only seen Look Back in Anger (Branagh, Thompson); A Patriot for Me (Bates, Gough); and The Entertainer (Bowles). I did however produce a program on Osborne's work, featuring readings of scenes from many of his plays. Luther is another one I'd like to see a full production of. (Btw, I am fascinated and awed by the work of George Devine, and his connection with Osborne).
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Post by duncan on Feb 20, 2019 10:18:43 GMT
Bit off to call it a UK tour when its not actually touring the UK but is instead only touring England.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2019 11:43:21 GMT
The updating seems like an odd idea as the original is so rooted in a particular time. Plus fairly pointless - 1982 is 37 years ago so its hardly going to make the play more resonant with a young audience anyway! Reminds me of the point Jan has made (I'm paraphrasing here) about creatives thinking "modern" means "when they were teenagers" (Sean O'Connor was 13 in 1982) |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 22, 2019 14:45:59 GMT
Though the 80's seem quite 'in' at the moment.
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Post by stevej678 on May 8, 2019 12:11:39 GMT
Sara Crowe joins the cast as Phoebe and Diana Vickers as Jean. Further casting to be announced.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 17:17:32 GMT
Heard Shane Ritchie being interviewed about this on the radio today. From his description the updating makes more sense than the initial publicity made it appear. In this version Archie is an old-school 70s style stand-up comic (of the Frank Carson or Ken "Settle Down Now!" Goodwin ilk), and the play is set at the point where the first wave of Alternative Comedians rose to fame and made his style obsolete.
Which is a reasonable updating of Archie as a faded variety star in the 1950s.
The updates have been done with the co-operation of the Osborne estate (whoever that might be these days!). Not sure to what extent the text has changed but Ritchie mentioned he references Thatcher in the stand-up routines.
Highlight of the interview was Ritchie saying "Where I think I have an advantage over Laurence Olivier is .." although to be fair he was being self-deprecating as he meant he has experience of being a stand-up and dying on stage on a regular basis.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Aug 12, 2019 18:45:29 GMT
Just caught the interview with Shane on the One Show, the transposition to the early 80’s and the Falklands seems an interesting idea and if done well will have a greater relevance to my generation, children/teenagers of the Comic Strip, Not the Nine O’Clock News and Young Ones.... who could never relate to the 70’s working men’s club comics who were on the whole grotesque and lived in an alien world.
Not sure how good an actor Shane is but my interest is suitably piqued and will look to catch it at Richmond.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 13, 2019 14:35:11 GMT
Opening night in Woking next week. This is struggling.  |
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Post by showgirl on Sept 13, 2019 14:58:17 GMT
I've seen enough good reviews to book (only £12 at Richmond for front row dress); also, I've never seen a production before so have nothing to compare this with.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 2, 2019 18:57:31 GMT
Tickets for Manchester now just £15 including premiums with code ENTERTAINER15
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Post by Jonnyboy on Oct 2, 2019 18:59:36 GMT
I wouldn’t mind seeing the play but cannot bear to pay anything to see its ‘star’.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 2, 2019 19:01:28 GMT
I agree it’s a bit of an offputting element for me too.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Oct 2, 2019 19:59:55 GMT
The thing is I imagine his main fan base are not the sort to see this sort of play.
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Post by xanady on Oct 4, 2019 21:26:31 GMT
Deals all over the place on this...
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