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Don Basilio
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« on: 22:10:54, 08-08-2008 »
We have just staggered back from King Lear at the Globe.

It was pretty powerful and straightforward (although I had never noticed Kent being homophobic as he was here - Osmund's steward was noticeably camp).  Edmund was a handsome bastard in every sense of the word.

I do think the Globe has improved under Dominic Dromgoole.  Mark Rylance wanted to star in everything himself.

I hope to see Timon of Athens here later - never seen it before.
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« Reply #1 on: 16:44:03, 22-08-2008 »
Saw Timon of Athens yesterday.  Never saw it before.  The play really IS King Lear without the jokes.  (And I can't help feeling that the misanthropy is related to misogyny.  The only female characters are whores.)

But Lucy Bailey's production was brilliant.  I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but can only recommend it.  Inspired by Hitchcock's The Birds, the arena is covered netting, on which actors in black crawl and fly down like birds of prey.  You will never see a more gripping version of this play - very little characterization for WS.
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« Reply #2 on: 22:26:23, 27-08-2008 »
Glad you enjoyed the productions, Don B. 

My one experience of the Globe was back in 2000 - a production of The Tempest featuring Vanessa Redgrave as quite the worst Prospero I ever expect to see.  The whole thing sank under the director's determination to make it a participatory event - which just meant the audience (white middle-class broadsheet readers to a person, by the look of them) being encouraged to shout and heckle at every opportunity.  The Tempest is not a robust play, imo - it can't survive an unsatisfactory production - but the aim here seemed to be to produce some sort of pantomime for the semi-educated.  It failed on all counts.

I've not risked a visit since.  But maybe Rylance's departure will change things....
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« Reply #3 on: 22:32:54, 27-08-2008 »
I should probably open THE SHAME ROOM rather than posting on this thread, as I work a whole 5 minutes away from the Globe, and haven't been to a single play there Embarrassed

(Nice restaurant though.)

Must try to make the effort next year...
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« Reply #4 on: 22:59:53, 27-08-2008 »
If you're used to standing for two hours at the proms, the Globe should present no problems.

As I say, I think it is far better with Dominic Drongolle in charge rather than Mark Rylance.
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