Mirror and the Light-Gielgud

That’s a very short run.
It must surely be extending longer than that

The whole project is very odd.

She has no track record of writing for the stage. That decision seems to smack more of her ego than anything else.

Poulton remains one of the most dependable and skilled adapters of his generation. To be sidelined after the success of the first two seems unfair.

Miles is a competent actor (and better in the role than Rylance) but again has no track record in writing for the stage.

It falls ill-conceived and I won't be rushing to support it. The RSC getting it wrong again.

I reviewed the originals in quite glowing terms. But much of that was due to the quality of the script and the staging in Stratford.

Without the more objective hand of Poulton at the helm, I fear it will be too Mantel. She won't have the keen editorial eye necessary to do away with her own self indulgences.

And having just published a novel of over 900 pages, brevity is not her forte

Is this a particularly balky website, or have I forgotten how to book theater tickets? I thought I'd signed up at the Subscriber level to get priority booking, so went online today at 10 am to book. Couldn't find a Book Now button to save my life, then checked my email and credit card statement and realized the purchase must not have gone through. Oh, well, I'll buy tomorrow when they go on sale to the public.

Later this afternoon, an email hits my in-box saying tickets are now on sale! I try going through the Priority purchase process again and see a screen that says "Log in or Join Now to purchase priority tickets", so I'm still apparently not registered as a Subscriber. Then I click the button in the email and breeze through the process. So I'm still confused as to whether or not I'm a Subscriber, but at least I'm confused with a ticket now!

Does anyone know the cast by sight well enough to know if these are Cromwell's victims come to witness his execution? I'm thinking Catherine of Aragon (left, white dress) and Anne Boleyn (right, white trousers, stretching up from the floor)?

Is it enjoyable on its own without knowing anything of the previous stories?

The matinee finished at 5:07 when I went.

If anyone booked via Rush tickets already. Could you share where in the auditorium are these seats placed and how hard was to get them?
Thanks!

I do think that the RSC and Playful missed a trick not reviving Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies and playing them in rep with The Mirror and the Light.

It will be interesting to see how the upcoming TV adaptation of The Mirror and the Light which I think isn't due until 2023 compares to the play. Mantel and Miles manages to compress what is a long book into a 2 hours 40 minute play but I imagine the TV adaptation will likely be 3 or 4 episodes so they'll be able to do things that were cut in the play version.

I would love to see all three plays running in rep at Stratford next year - any likelihood of that happening, do you think? 

I tempted to say that there is enough of Willie’s own work which has ‘parts’ they shy away from. Cod Willie taking up one theatre for a whole season would be a right turn off for some of us. Tempted to say..

I'm hoping for January, as soon as the Elephant musical closes! Maybe even a December Shakespeare to reopen the Swan? I wish they'd hurry up with their new season announcement.