Three Richards
Aug. 6th, 2011 09:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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wendymr and Spouse, and wish we could have talked all night.
Before the cut, I'll say that Seana was brilliant, but it was a rather strange Richard because they wanted to push the idea of Richard as the continuation of the medieval play character of Vice, and thus Richard wasn't a frustrated king or a politician or even a person, he was an Idea of Evil. And... that didn't particularly work for me.
However! The ending scene made up for everything. And I didn't think that anything could compare to the last RIII I watched here, where Richard was hung up by his knees in a tree, and the last image was a back-lit shape of black (no, I can't spell the s-word and the ipad doesn't have spellcheck), an image of the dying king, his withered arm slowly falling to dangle next to his good one. Brilliant stuff, gave me goosebumps.
Here, they went surreal. And it worked. I've seen productions that took the "I have seen 6 Richmonds on the field and killed 5 of them" literally, having many men dressed as the new King. This one faded the battle itself into slow motion... and the ghosts of Richard's victims, who never left the stage after cursing him, pulled and plucked at Richard, fouling his sword arm or moving his targets out of range. That was cool, but what was best was when Lady Anne plucked off Richard's crown and gave it to the dead boy king, who held it safe from the fighting, dying Richard until the battle was won and they could restore it to the "rightful" king.
That kicked all kinds of ass. That really did.
And now, alas, I must pack to go home, a trip that will start horrifically early in the morning. When I get home, I'll see what's up with my userpics, half of which seem to have disappeared. I'd rather still be talking with Wendymr & Spouse!
wendymr and Spouse, and wish we could have talked all night.Before the cut, I'll say that Seana was brilliant, but it was a rather strange Richard because they wanted to push the idea of Richard as the continuation of the medieval play character of Vice, and thus Richard wasn't a frustrated king or a politician or even a person, he was an Idea of Evil. And... that didn't particularly work for me.
However! The ending scene made up for everything. And I didn't think that anything could compare to the last RIII I watched here, where Richard was hung up by his knees in a tree, and the last image was a back-lit shape of black (no, I can't spell the s-word and the ipad doesn't have spellcheck), an image of the dying king, his withered arm slowly falling to dangle next to his good one. Brilliant stuff, gave me goosebumps.
Here, they went surreal. And it worked. I've seen productions that took the "I have seen 6 Richmonds on the field and killed 5 of them" literally, having many men dressed as the new King. This one faded the battle itself into slow motion... and the ghosts of Richard's victims, who never left the stage after cursing him, pulled and plucked at Richard, fouling his sword arm or moving his targets out of range. That was cool, but what was best was when Lady Anne plucked off Richard's crown and gave it to the dead boy king, who held it safe from the fighting, dying Richard until the battle was won and they could restore it to the "rightful" king.
That kicked all kinds of ass. That really did.
And now, alas, I must pack to go home, a trip that will start horrifically early in the morning. When I get home, I'll see what's up with my userpics, half of which seem to have disappeared. I'd rather still be talking with Wendymr & Spouse!
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Date: 2011-08-07 02:00 am (UTC)The ending staging sounds wonderful.
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Date: 2011-08-07 11:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-07 02:34 am (UTC)This is what I'm currently knitting. See that cable pattern? It's complicated! And I've never done a hood before, though I've done wide collars plenty of times. 'Twill be interesting!
And I completely forgot to ask you in person, so I'll ask now: is that delicious icon of Sherlock in front of the TARDIS snaggable?
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Date: 2011-08-07 11:49 pm (UTC)As for the icon, I stole it m'self, so we can all credit the originator when we find him/her!
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Date: 2011-08-07 05:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-07 11:49 pm (UTC)