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Post by Dawnstar on Aug 4, 2017 11:16:11 GMT
I live in hope that I'll watch a Much ado one day that won't generate laughter on the kill Claudio line but suspect that one is unrealistic. Each time I see Much Ado I sit there in the run-up to that line praying for an absence of laughter. I was fortunate in the last one I saw, the RSC Haymarket transfer earlier this year, that no one laughed in the performance I was at. Such a relief!
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 4, 2017 12:39:47 GMT
Les Miserables through "Lovely Ladies" - which admittedly has some quick and clever lyrics but it's pretty sad stuff, poor old Fantine falling from grace, the inimitable Biggins laugh rang loud and clear through the audience ...
(It was an Alfie Boe/Matt Lucas performance, and I had Nick Jonas sat behind me)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 17:11:49 GMT
About every second 'adventurous' choice we make at the Edinburgh Festival is memorable for the one person who is smart enough to appreciate this comic masterpiece which is never heard of again. Often you can see it The 'one person who is smart enough' is the worst person. I last encountered her at One Night In Miami at the Donmar last year.
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Post by peggs on Aug 4, 2017 17:54:59 GMT
I live in hope that I'll watch a Much ado one day that won't generate laughter on the kill Claudio line but suspect that one is unrealistic. Each time I see Much Ado I sit there in the run-up to that line praying for an absence of laughter. I was fortunate in the last one I saw, the RSC Haymarket transfer earlier this year, that no one laughed in the performance I was at. Such a relief! Better than the Stratford audience then, they laughed a bundle, i'm impressed that for one night at least though no one did.
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Post by Jan on Aug 5, 2017 8:10:29 GMT
I live in hope that I'll watch a Much ado one day that won't generate laughter on the kill Claudio line but suspect that one is unrealistic. Each time I see Much Ado I sit there in the run-up to that line praying for an absence of laughter. I was fortunate in the last one I saw, the RSC Haymarket transfer earlier this year, that no one laughed in the performance I was at. Such a relief! I've seen the play done once where that was deliberately played for a laugh. Worked fine. Needs a bit of nuance from Beatrice to imply the request isn't totally genuine.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 8:14:22 GMT
There wasn't any laughter at that point when I saw the Tennant/Tate Much Ado, but they'd played that scene so broadly comic until that point that it worked as emotional whiplash (though that doesn't mean playing the scene for laughs worked in itself).
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Post by eatbigsea on Aug 5, 2017 20:52:20 GMT
I remember quite a lot of unsure laughter at King Charles III, where I (and, it seemed, many others) weren't sure if laughter was appropriate. I saw it fairly early in the run at the Almeida, so maybe they sorted that out later on.
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Post by Jane Parfitt on Aug 5, 2017 23:14:11 GMT
I remember quite a lot of unsure laughter at King Charles III, where I (and, it seemed, many others) weren't sure if laughter was appropriate. I saw it fairly early in the run at the Almeida, so maybe they sorted that out later on. Yes I saw it last year on tour with Robert Powell in the main role and I know what you mean, it was Diana's ghost that did it for me
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Post by SageStageMgr on Aug 7, 2017 14:28:36 GMT
Loads of shows caused have me accidental laughter with rubbishness.
Titanic (Charing Cross Theatre) Exposure: The Musical Passion (Donmar) Too Close to the Sun
Are the ones off the top of my head.
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