Uncle Vanya (Again)
Mar. 1st, 2020 12:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitI don't usually see a play twice, but it was no hardship for me to go to Uncle Vanya again. Last time I went to one of the preview performances by myself, this time the play is well into its run, and I went with friends.
It was lovely to seevix_spes again, and meet two of her friends for the first time. We'd hoped to go out for a meal together beforehand, but she had had to work late so it wasn't possible, but nevertheless we did catch up on each other's news.
I did enjoy seeing the play again, and not just because Richard Armitage takes his shirt off and gets wet! It seemed to move faster, or maybe they've tightened up some of the more tedious Chekovian speeches, because I no longer felt like shaking the characters. Or maybe it was simply because I knew what happened. In addition, the actress playing Sonya, who I'd not been too impressed with last time, had got a better feel for the part and gave a much more nuanced performance, so her final speech came over very well.
And it's left me hoping RA does more theatre soon!
It was lovely to see
vix_spes again, and meet two of her friends for the first time. We'd hoped to go out for a meal together beforehand, but she had had to work late so it wasn't possible, but nevertheless we did catch up on each other's news.I did enjoy seeing the play again, and not just because Richard Armitage takes his shirt off and gets wet! It seemed to move faster, or maybe they've tightened up some of the more tedious Chekovian speeches, because I no longer felt like shaking the characters. Or maybe it was simply because I knew what happened. In addition, the actress playing Sonya, who I'd not been too impressed with last time, had got a better feel for the part and gave a much more nuanced performance, so her final speech came over very well.
And it's left me hoping RA does more theatre soon!
