Uncle Vanya
Jan. 19th, 2020 03:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitIt will come as no surprise to regular readers that as soon as tickets went on sale for Uncle Vanya, in which Richard Armitage was to play Astrov, I was online booking one!
I went to a preview of the play, slightly cheaper seats, but otherwise no major difference from seeing it later in the run. Reports had been good, although press night isn't until next week, when the formal reviews will be released, and it was sold out when I saw it.
I'm delighted to say I thought it was really good - and not just because I may be biased. RA was excellent as Astrov, and worked well with Toby Jones, who was Vanya. The whole cast was good, many of whom were actors with a long list of roles. The only one I was slightly less taken with was the actress playing Sonya, but whether it was her or the part I'm not sure.
This production brings out the humour in the play very well, and the cast bring out the humanity of the characters. The set is excellent, and the only downside is that this is a Chekhov play, with very typical Chekhovian characters, who at times I feel like shaking. It shows how good the actors were that I felt the characters could have had a better future if only they had done something.
It was lovely seeing RA on stage again - five and a half years since I saw him in The Crucible - and when I saw him on the stage as the curtain went up for the first act it was a great feeling.
I went to a preview of the play, slightly cheaper seats, but otherwise no major difference from seeing it later in the run. Reports had been good, although press night isn't until next week, when the formal reviews will be released, and it was sold out when I saw it.
I'm delighted to say I thought it was really good - and not just because I may be biased. RA was excellent as Astrov, and worked well with Toby Jones, who was Vanya. The whole cast was good, many of whom were actors with a long list of roles. The only one I was slightly less taken with was the actress playing Sonya, but whether it was her or the part I'm not sure.
This production brings out the humour in the play very well, and the cast bring out the humanity of the characters. The set is excellent, and the only downside is that this is a Chekhov play, with very typical Chekhovian characters, who at times I feel like shaking. It shows how good the actors were that I felt the characters could have had a better future if only they had done something.
It was lovely seeing RA on stage again - five and a half years since I saw him in The Crucible - and when I saw him on the stage as the curtain went up for the first act it was a great feeling.
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Date: 2020-01-19 10:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-01-19 11:04 pm (UTC)I can sympathise with your daughter's view!