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Post by joem on Aug 5, 2018 22:47:08 GMT
Does anyone have a view on these? Not a busy day theatre-wise so I opted to go to the Old Red Lion and see/hear a rehearsed reading of a play called "Zoltan In The Cabbage Van" by Trudy Hodgson.
It was free, so you can't argue with that, and it certainly made me think of how I would adapt it for an actual production.
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Post by harrietcraig on Aug 5, 2018 23:25:10 GMT
I think rehearsed readings can be a lot of fun, depending on the material and how well-rehearsed the cast is. They're often a way of becoming familiar with a play that would never get a fully staged production. For example, the last rehearsed reading I saw was David Garrick's "The Clandestine Marriage". It's hard to imagine any producer these days being willing to take a chance on staging that play, but in a reading (with a superb cast) it was great fun.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 5, 2018 23:25:53 GMT
I have been involved in a few (as an actor) and I thoroughly enjoyed the process. You get to explore a new text and flounce around in an actorly fashion without having to learn lines.
I haven't attended one - but I am not averse to the idea.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 6, 2018 2:26:39 GMT
I think rehearsed readings can be a lot of fun, depending on the material and how well-rehearsed the cast is. They're often a way of becoming familiar with a play that would never get a fully staged production. For example, the last rehearsed reading I saw was David Garrick's "The Clandestine Marriage". It's hard to imagine any producer these days being willing to take a chance on staging that play, but in a reading (with a superb cast) it was great fun. I remember seeing The Clandestine Marriage at the Queen's Theatre with Nigel Hawthorne (https://theatricalia.com/play/1cv/the-clandestine-marriage/production/dch) It was enormous fun (and was filmed in 1999) So you never know, it might get another high profile revival. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2018 13:06:05 GMT
I loved the gay ones at The Nash recently, they were smashing. And probably where someone got the idea to put dear Jonny B and Benny Batt together in 'The York Realist' too. I know I thought about them together for quite some time afterwards.
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