![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Henry IV (parts 1 and 2)
May. 18th, 2014 08:59 pmYes, that is Ben Whishaw as Richard II, but it's either him or the penguin.
I went to Stratford-upon-Avon yesterday, to see both parts of Henry IV. I had debated about the wisdom of seeing both parts on the same day, but my friend D, who I was going with, said it would be easier for her if we did it in a day, so we did.
I arrived before D, so decided to look at one of the current exhibitions. This one was on some of the props and quite informative, but not as good as perhaps I'd hoped. There weren't many props on show, but each one was in a plastic tray. The idea was that you took the tray to a table in the middle and then on the space next to the tray various things to do with that particular prop were illuminated, whilst the voice of the person who'd made the prop told you something about it. Which was quite good, but required a reasonable level of interest in a particular prop, otherwise there was a couple of sentences by each item, for very quick browsing. And obviously only one person could look at something at a time. I tried a couple of things out, and there were very few people around, so that was fine, but it wouldn't be something I'd recommend.
They still have a selection of costumes on display around the building. This time I didn't stroke Sam Troughton's Brutus costume. Hmm, maybe I should use that icon instead ...
( Part 1 )
( Part 2 )
I went to Stratford-upon-Avon yesterday, to see both parts of Henry IV. I had debated about the wisdom of seeing both parts on the same day, but my friend D, who I was going with, said it would be easier for her if we did it in a day, so we did.
I arrived before D, so decided to look at one of the current exhibitions. This one was on some of the props and quite informative, but not as good as perhaps I'd hoped. There weren't many props on show, but each one was in a plastic tray. The idea was that you took the tray to a table in the middle and then on the space next to the tray various things to do with that particular prop were illuminated, whilst the voice of the person who'd made the prop told you something about it. Which was quite good, but required a reasonable level of interest in a particular prop, otherwise there was a couple of sentences by each item, for very quick browsing. And obviously only one person could look at something at a time. I tried a couple of things out, and there were very few people around, so that was fine, but it wouldn't be something I'd recommend.
They still have a selection of costumes on display around the building. This time I didn't stroke Sam Troughton's Brutus costume. Hmm, maybe I should use that icon instead ...
( Part 1 )
( Part 2 )
