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Ich würde ihm wünschen, dass, wenn es schon Broadway sein müsste, er mit einem neuen Stück ran darf. Wenn er sich schon drei Monate in dieser Rolle verausgabt hat. Irgendwann hat er sicher davon die Nase voll bzw. es wird langweilig, immer das Gleiche spielen zu müssen...

Ich denke, TC ist nicht das Ende seiner Theaterarbeit, sondern erst der Anfang und dazwischen wird es auch noch anderes geben. Und falls TC an den Broadway käme, dann gäbe es sowieso eine Pause zur Londoner Spielzeit.

Auch mit Pause- irgendwie denke ich, er ist eher der Typ, der stets neue Herausforderungen und Rollen sucht- und nicht gern alte Kamellen wiederaufwärmt, so schön die Rolle auch gewesen sein mag.
Es bleibt aber in jedem Fall spannend- und wenn Baz Recht hat, wissen wir spätestens Mitte September mehr!

Ich würde ihm wünschen, dass, wenn es schon Broadway sein müsste, er mit einem neuen Stück ran darf. Wenn er sich schon drei Monate in dieser Rolle verausgabt hat. Irgendwann hat er sicher davon die Nase voll bzw. es wird langweilig, immer das Gleiche spielen zu müssen...

Er würde sicher gerne dort arbeiten, wo er lebt. Und da The Crucible so ein Erfolg ist, wäre das super um NY mit Paukenschlag zu erobern. Aber es stimmt vermutlich, dass es ein Jahr dauern würde, da die Theater längst Pläne für die nächsten Monate haben - und die Schauspieler auch.

Was aber doch kein Hindernis sein muss und durchaus so denkbar: "Jetzt auch/endlich am Broadway!"
Oder?

Die Eindrücke einer Studentin:

The Crucible at the Old Vic

Going out for a night to the theatre is always something exciting! Going to the Old Vic in London to see Richard Armitage in the Crucible was even more so than usual!

I was fortunate; the person I went with was able to get tickets cheap due to working in the area. However, for any student who thinks the theatre is too expensive, the Old Vic do £12 tickets for under 25’s! Not to mention it is an air-conditioned theatre – something beyond perfect considering the heat lately.

Even if it hadn’t been, it was still worth it!

The show was incredible.

Rather than being on a traditional stage, the performance took places in the rounds – a circle cleared in the centre of the theatre with seats all around it. It made it intense and focused, something that enhanced the power of the play itself. Although there were a lot of moments where at least two characters had their back to you, it didn’t matter. You didn’t notice. Not when the acting was incredible and the projection of their voices was beyond anything I had witnessed before. The play focuses on a heavy topic and the acting certainly did it credit. There was more than one moment that actually sends chills down your spine at what was happening in front of you. You forget you were in a theatre and it felt like you were in the time and place of the events.

For those who don’t know the story of The Crucible, it is based on the witch hunt in Salem and how it spirals so out of control and makes a whole village end up condemned. While being heavy going, there is no denying Richard Armitage knows how to pull off dark and brooding. That man can stage act as well as he can in front of the camera, and his performance was chilling and awe-inspiring.

The only drawback with the play was the length. Not that you noticed it was over three hours long. However, we had been warned which was lucky because it meant we were able to check train times before, but if you are going, definitely check your times. Some plays you feel every moment, but this was over in a flash due to the effective way you were drawn in and entranced by the magic of the play.

Who knows, maybe there were witches there after all?

Yours Theatrically,

http://mystudentstyle.co.uk/2014/07/21/crucible-old-vic/


Und einmal mehr ein Schauspielkollege - wenn auch nur ein Kurzauftritt in Spooks 9.1 als Pirat:

Patrick Regis ‏@Patrick_Regis 20 Min.

What direction from Yael Farber! One of the strongest plays I've seen for years! #TheCrucible @oldvictheatre damn!

https://twitter.com/Patrick_Regis/status/491956808307965952

Ausführlicher review eine tumblr-Bloggerin, mit einigen bisher nicht erwähnten Aspekten plus einige Einblicke in das z.T zweifelhafte Verhalten des Publikums: http://hobbitjt.tumblr.com/post/9263688 ... e-crucible

Richard reviewed von Richard :

http://rwh92.wordpress.com/2014/07/24/u ... -crucible/

David Schwimmer ( Ross von "Friends") wurde gestern im Publikum gesichtet:
https://twitter.com/justahelen/status/4 ... 2340187136

also spotted in the audience last night Ross from friends. He was transfixed. #TheCrucible
Islington

Danke für die neuen Reviews, Nimue! Davon kann man einfach nicht genug bekommen!

Für die, die nicht genug bekommen können:

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Performed at the Old Vic Theatre, London
23rd July 2014, Matinee

It seemed like a lifetime ago when I studied the Crucible, a play set during the Salem Witch Trials in 1690s Massachusetts, briefly just before GCSE Drama, when in reality it was just over five years ago. I also thought I would never have the opportunity to see the play being staged in the West End, but I was lucky enough to see this particular production, directed by the award winning Yäel Farber and being staged at the Old Vic Theatre in London.

For those who are not familiar with the plot of the Crucible, a rather extended metaphor for the McCarthyism the United States was suffering during the time Miller was writing the play, I shall explain – it centres on a farmer, John Proctor (Richard Armitage in this production, best known for his role as Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’s the Hobbit), after his former lover Abigail Williams (Samantha Colley) points the finger and declares his wife Elizabeth (Anna Madeley) to be in league with the Devil and being a witch.

What first struck me when sitting in the theatre waiting for the show to begin was the minimal use of stage space and scenery - it was being performed in the round, which would ultimately make the play far more immersive, and only using the bare essentials for the show – chairs, a bed, a table and a couple of other things – really made the audience focus on the performance rather than having their minds wandering, going “oooh that [bit of scenery] looks pretty”, and it worked incredibly well by the time the show had actually started. Everything was Spartan, fitting in with the Puritan religious undertones of the time –the costumes, the set, the props – nothing felt unnecessary.

It jilted me at first, but the director’s choice of not having the actors speak in an American accent was surely a creative choice – the Northern accents made the whole play feel closer to home for a British audience and thus giving more of an impact towards the subject matter. We had our own witch trials here, and I almost forgot that it was set in Salem, if it was not for the infrequent references to the town itself.

The acting itself, was on the whole, absolutely fantastic. The standouts had to go to Richard Armitage – I’ve always deemed it a pleasure to see him act on screen every time, but to see him on stage after a ten year absence was certainly something else -, the young Samantha Colley, fresh out of drama school, Anna Madeley who brought a tenderness to a character I never cared for when reading the play, and also Adrian Schiller (Reverend John Hale) and William Gaunt (Giles Corey). The acting by the ensemble of twenty-four was raw, visceral and the physicality of the possession scenes especially were absolutely terrifying – it could have looked as if it had come from a horror film. Which I see as a good thing – the Salem Witch Trials was a terrible time, with numerous innocents dying and the physicality really got that tone right for it. However, I felt that Michael Thomas – Reverend Parris – could have been better, despite myself recognizing that Reverend Parris was quite a weak character to begin with. Natalie Gavin (Mary Warren) was a bit too quiet for us up in the Lillian Baylis Circle, but I am sure the audience in the lower tiers would have been able to hear her fine enough.

One thing most people have complained about is the three-and-a-half hour run time, which can feel like it can drag, especially when you consider how quickly something such as Les Miserables, at three hours can pass by. I do not see it as a problem though – it means there is a proper devotion to the source material and it means it is not completely cut down to the bare bones – I would not however, recommend this particular production to anyone who has short attention spans, as it certainly is a play where you need to pay attention throughout in case you miss something. The only thing I can really complain about is the amount of shouting there was – it makes watching the production quite tiring sometimes, and the sheer volume can unfortunately take away some of the words – some words and phrases were lost on us because we simply could not understand what they were saying because they were shouting; it was a consistent problem, but to their credit, they did not have microphones like they do for musicals.

Overall, this is an incredible production and a spectacular piece of theatre. I predict that it will do very well during the theatre awards season – potentially seeing several Olivier Award nominations to Ms. Farber, Mr. Armitage, for Best Play (I believe the biggest rival will be Richard III, currently at the Trafalgar Studios and starring Armitage’s Hobbit co-star Martin Freeman) and possibly for Ms. Colley. If you want to see a production that has all the intensity of the source material, I would look no further, as this really does do justice to such a dark and harrowing text.

4.5/5

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Auf was für Ideen die so kommen...

Die haben hier mitgelesen! Plagiat! RAtbäckchen + Rotkäppchensekt wörtlich übersetzt... oder als Designerausgabe sozusagen.

Richard is superb!

Kleiner Film rund um die neuen Plakate am Old Vic:
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