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Post by alicechallice on Jul 27, 2022 14:15:08 GMT
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Post by Rory on Jul 27, 2022 14:25:51 GMT
I'm here for it!
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Post by Jon on Jul 27, 2022 14:26:48 GMT
I'll be curious to see who plays Richard Burton.
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Post by Jan on Jul 27, 2022 14:40:56 GMT
Doesn’t look obviously commercial to me so far - a bit of a niche theatrical piece. What will make it commercial is the cast - let’s see who they’ve got. Burton was 39 at the time - Michael Sheen a bit old I suppose. For Gielgud, Alex Jennings ?
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Post by Jon on Jul 27, 2022 14:43:48 GMT
Doesn’t look obviously commercial to me so far - a bit of a niche theatrical piece. What will make it commercial is the cast - let’s see who they’ve got. The Lehman Trilogy wasn't a commercial idea on paper but yet it's returning to the West End.
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Post by Jan on Jul 27, 2022 15:26:15 GMT
Doesn’t look obviously commercial to me so far - a bit of a niche theatrical piece. What will make it commercial is the cast - let’s see who they’ve got. The Lehman Trilogy wasn't a commercial idea on paper but yet it's returning to the West End. It was a commercial idea on paper when Simon Russell Beale was cast.
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Post by nottobe on Jul 27, 2022 15:27:37 GMT
Maybe Andrew Scott as Richard Burton, and a bonus as he had played Hamlet. Agree that Alex Jennings would be a great pick for John Gielgud.
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Post by Jan on Jul 27, 2022 15:48:38 GMT
Maybe Andrew Scott as Richard Burton I very much doubt the NT will cast anyone whose lived experience is not being Welsh.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jul 27, 2022 16:11:38 GMT
He isn't a big name, but Richard Cant would be worth considering for Gielgud
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Post by Marwood on Jul 27, 2022 16:50:07 GMT
Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan. 😝
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Post by Jan on Jul 27, 2022 17:44:19 GMT
He isn't a big name, but Richard Cant would be worth considering for Gielgud Yes. Would work. How about someone for Elizabeth Taylor ?
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Post by shambles on Jul 27, 2022 17:51:58 GMT
Don't have a lot of faith in Jack Thorne's writing, always too schmaltzy. Perhaps the iterative process to get here has ironed some of that out.
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Post by barelyathletic on Jul 28, 2022 15:12:39 GMT
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 29, 2022 8:27:22 GMT
I don’t care what this is about or who’s in it. Sam Mendes. Jack Thorne. Booking this asap.
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Post by teamyali on Jul 29, 2022 10:06:08 GMT
It would be lovely to have Ben Daniels back on stage again (and he’s also an NT favorite), and I guess given the great momentum he had for The Normal Heart last year, so maybe he’ll return to theatre more often. And Sam Mendes is a gem!!
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Post by Dave B on Nov 22, 2022 10:35:03 GMT
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Post by mrnutz on Nov 22, 2022 11:43:52 GMT
Do we know when this is on sale?
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Post by Dave B on Nov 22, 2022 12:07:42 GMT
Opens 20 April. On sale 08 December. NT just pushed out their 2023 announcements.
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Post by mrnutz on Nov 22, 2022 12:08:48 GMT
Opens 20 April. On sale 08 December. NT just pushed out their 2023 announcements. Thanks!
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Post by orchidman on Nov 23, 2022 14:03:41 GMT
Not sure audiences are going to be as fascinated as to how Hamlet was staged on Broadway in 1964 as the luvvies think they will
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Post by alicechallice on Nov 23, 2022 14:07:05 GMT
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Post by Dave B on Nov 23, 2022 14:10:51 GMT
Oops, I missed that would BurlyBeaR please merge? Ta!
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Post by Jon on Nov 23, 2022 14:48:41 GMT
I think it'll do quite well. You've got a known director in Sam Mendes, a known playwriter in Jack Thorne and some pretty decent names. Has Tuppence Middleton done theatre before?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 23, 2022 14:50:29 GMT
Merged
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Post by showgirl on Nov 23, 2022 15:18:59 GMT
I've seen Tuppence Middleton at Jermyn Street Theatre- 2013.
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Post by bordeaux on Nov 23, 2022 15:21:40 GMT
Not sure audiences are going to be as fascinated as to how Hamlet was staged on Broadway in 1964 as the luvvies think they will 'Luvvies'? I'm always amazed when people who seem to like theatre, and presumably feel a large amount of gratitude for all the pleasure theatre people have given them over the years, reveal their contempt for them - which is what the word 'luvvies' suggests to me. Writers, directors, actors - why the need to mock them?
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Post by orchidman on Nov 23, 2022 15:32:24 GMT
Not sure audiences are going to be as fascinated as to how Hamlet was staged on Broadway in 1964 as the luvvies think they will 'Luvvies'? I'm always amazed when people who seem to like theatre, and presumably feel a large amount of gratitude for all the pleasure theatre people have given them over the years, reveal their contempt for them - which is what the word 'luvvies' suggests to me. Writers, directors, actors - why the need to mock them? We've just seen a fantasist called Liz Truss destroyed in 44 days as PM. Most of the luvvies would have put a fantasist called Jeremy Corbyn into that job. That's why they get mocked. Because they talk about truth when they have a very tenuous relationship with reality.
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Post by Rory on Nov 23, 2022 16:22:23 GMT
'Luvvies'? I'm always amazed when people who seem to like theatre, and presumably feel a large amount of gratitude for all the pleasure theatre people have given them over the years, reveal their contempt for them - which is what the word 'luvvies' suggests to me. Writers, directors, actors - why the need to mock them? We've just seen a fantasist called Liz Truss destroyed in 44 days as PM. Most of the luvvies would have put a fantasist called Jeremy Corbyn into that job. That's why they get mocked. Because they talk about truth when they have a very tenuous relationship with reality. *What* on earth are you talking about?
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Post by harrystyles on Nov 23, 2022 16:24:16 GMT
'Luvvies'? I'm always amazed when people who seem to like theatre, and presumably feel a large amount of gratitude for all the pleasure theatre people have given them over the years, reveal their contempt for them - which is what the word 'luvvies' suggests to me. Writers, directors, actors - why the need to mock them? We've just seen a fantasist called Liz Truss destroyed in 44 days as PM. Most of the luvvies would have put a fantasist called Jeremy Corbyn into that job. That's why they get mocked. Because they talk about truth when they have a very tenuous relationship with reality.
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Post by harrystyles on Nov 23, 2022 16:25:23 GMT
We've just seen a fantasist called Liz Truss destroyed in 44 days as PM. Most of the luvvies would have put a fantasist called Jeremy Corbyn into that job. That's why they get mocked. Because they talk about truth when they have a very tenuous relationship with reality. Relentless negativity is Orchidman’s MO
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