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Post by Jan on Oct 2, 2016 12:48:07 GMT
Some fiercely intelligent comments there, Nicholas, but I'm not as enamoured of Ms Cracknell's "open-minded, even-handed approach to drama" as you are. To me, her "kind" take on the men in Nora's life and her insistence on opening that play out scenically so that what should have been offstage was always firmly onstage, confusing the issues and, incidentally, totally undercutting Ibsen's "iconic ending like no other", badly damaged the Doll's House production, taking the focus away from where it should always be, on Nora.
Right. Showing us Nora packing to leave before she tells Torvald was a really catastrophic misjudgement. Agree on Nick Fletcher, brilliant also as Stockmann @ Young Vic between his turn as Krogstadt and this.
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Post by dramaqueen on Oct 7, 2016 16:23:47 GMT
I thought this was good, but not great as I hoped/expected it to be. I also saw "Kenny Morgan" prior and found it the superior production. However I still enjoyed "The Deep Blue Sea" and for me Helen McCrory is an actress I always enjoy watching on stage.
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Post by ncbears on Jul 10, 2020 1:19:58 GMT
Now streaming for a week. Based on comments, I may pass, even though it is relatively short
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Post by lynette on Jul 10, 2020 13:30:33 GMT
Good in real life and good on the telly. Would benefit from a proper tv mode production without the long shots of the stage so to speak, The last few minutes brilliantly written and brilliantly acted - egg sandwich eh? Give it the Olivier for best supporting sandwich.
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Post by peggs on Jul 14, 2020 18:29:31 GMT
Finished watching tonight, foolishly before I'd eaten as of course I didn't then want to eat what I had.
Any somehow I had forgotten the ending...........got to a point where I was thinking hang on this is the ending and there's been no egg, did I miss it? How did I watch this and think it ended about 5 minutes before it did? I'd always argued I could bounce from seeing one thing to another and it didn't diminish anything but now am wondering how many other plays am I remembering wrong?!
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