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Subject: Oh, you lucky ones in England...
Author: Agatha	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 11:18:55 02/05/05 Sat Sit down before I tell you. DW is performing King Lear at the Minerva Theatre in Chichester from May-September. I'm going to go be depressed for a while ... [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Wow!

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Suky
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Date Posted: 21:54:11 02/07/05 Mon

DW as King Lear! Speaking of what roles he should play! Why didn't we think of it before?! (Maybe cuz he doesn't seem old enough yet? :-))

We studied the play in a Shakespeare course I took last year. Lear is supposed to be an incredibly difficult role. Some Shakespeare scholars argue that it's "unactable"! But if anybody can do it, David Warner can. I bet he's going to be awesome.

I take it you're trapped on this side of the pond too, Agatha. How long do you suppose it would take us to *swim* across? ;-)

I found the official site for the theatre:

http://www.cft.org.uk/cgi-bin/productions.pl#1105974897

So if we can't afford to get over there to see the play, how much do you suppose they want for that poster?!

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[> [> Subject: Re: Wow!

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Agatha
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Date Posted: 13:03:09 02/08/05 Tue

>Some Shakespeare scholars argue that
>it's "unactable"! But if anybody can do it, David
>Warner can. I bet he's going to be awesome.

I'm sure he'll be great, I'm just sad I won't get to see it :~(. Hopefully he'll get some good press out of it! And bigger roles ...

>I take it you're trapped on this side of the pond too,
>Agatha. How long do you suppose it would take us to
>*swim* across? ;-)

Yeah, I am. Why can't I get quality Shakespeare by RSC vets in Indianapolis? Oh, I know, all our tax money is going to buy a new stadium for a loser football team.

>So if we can't afford to get over there to see the
>play, how much do you suppose they want for that
>poster?!

I DO like the poster. The picture is very small, I can't tell if he has a beard or not. For some reason, Lear always seems to have a beard. I'd have to read the play again to see if it's mentioned specifically.

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[> Subject: Re: Oh, you lucky ones in England...
Author: Eva [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 18:39:05 05/10/05 Tue DW's King Lear at the Minerva Theatre's website: http://www.cft.org.uk/cgi-bin/productions.pl#1105974897 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]