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Post by bee on Sept 7, 2016 20:28:37 GMT
Why? I was very reluctant to book Dr Faustus at RSC cos it was directed by my non fave Maria Aberg but it wasn't that bad... I couldn't cope with Matter of life and death years ago at the NT. But thought it best to give her recent Dream a try but I also hated it - walked out Was A Matter of Life and Death was one of hers? I had forgotten that. That means she's got spots 2 and 3 on my list of Worst Things I've Ever Seen.
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Post by bee on Sept 5, 2016 19:08:51 GMT
I am hoping to get to see it early next year. I worked opposite James Corrigan when he was a student (he was Dakin to my Hector) and it has been great to see his progress He was great in this, he actually reminded of Hugh Laurie at times in the more comic scenes.
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Post by bee on Sept 5, 2016 18:55:40 GMT
I saw this at the weekend. I went without really having any knowledge of the play and was pleasantly surprised, given that it’s hardly ever performed, that it is actually half-decent, no worse than a lot of the “proper” Shakespeare plays.
I thought it was an excellent production on the whole, the mostly young and unknown (to me at least) cast were all pretty solid with good performances all round, especially the two leads and the jailer’s daughter. Since going I’ve read a couple of reviews which said some of the actors’ diction was a bit off but it seemed fine to me (other than at one point towards the end which I assume was deliberate).
My main motivation in going to this was to tick off a Shakespeare play I hadn’t seen before but it turned out to be a good and worthwhile night out.
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Post by bee on Aug 28, 2016 19:40:05 GMT
Out of interest - the question for those who attended a hardcore marathon for this: Does the entire cast tend to take a bow at the end of the evening (after The Seagull)? When I was in, every single actor came to the last curtain call (to the standing ovation), but it was the press-night so I'm wondering whether they do it each Three Play Day. Yes, when I did the triple-header (July 30th if I remember rightly) everyone came on stage to take a bow after The Seagull.
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Post by bee on Aug 3, 2016 8:12:29 GMT
I was genuinely baffled by the negativity towards the Dream. I thought it was riotous fun and the female Globe volunteer mechanicals were great. The Shrew was as good a production as you ever get (it's such a horrible play). And Kneehigh's presence is surely unsurprising and I'd have thought they'd be a company well-suited to the theatre. I think Dream was in general well received. It got good reviews, and from what I remember most people on here seemed to like it. Just not my cup of tea really. I'm not against modern dress productions as such - for example I actually rather enjoyed the recent rubber-doll-fest Measure for Measure at the Young Vic - but somehow at The Globe it just seems all wrong.
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Post by bee on Aug 2, 2016 18:53:31 GMT
I'm unhappy about it all really. I had a Best Friend membership which I haven't renewed. I went to Midsummer Night's Dream, which to me was a complete car crash. Macbeth was better but still pretty mediocre. I had a ticket for Taming of the Shrew but didn't bother going.
In past years I've gone to 5 or 6 productions every season at The Globe, and since the SWP opened, maybe another 2 or 3 there as well. I can't see me doing that in the immediate future. I liked the idea of The Globe, the fact that they did they plays in (more or less) Elizabethan dress made it unique. It's now just another theatre where they do Shakespeare in modern dress.
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Post by bee on Jul 6, 2016 18:34:25 GMT
I saw this a couple of years ago at Regents Park. I liked it though it was a fairly low key cast - no Jim or Imelda I'm afraid. My main memory of it is the actors having to go off twice due to rain.
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