This is a diary of our productions, explaining what's happening through the rehearsal process. Our current bloggers are:
Ben Deery
returns to the RSC following last year's stint as Edmund in the Young People's Shakespeare production of King Lear. This time he is playing Publius in Titus Andronicus and Lieutenant Sponger in A Mad World My Masters on the Swan Theatre stage.
Rose Reynolds
makes her debut at the RSC, playing Lavinia in Titus Andronicus and company in both Mad World My Masters and Candide. Passionate, feisty country mouse at heart. Must love long walks and possess ample knowledge of the weather.
Andrew French
is playing Decius Brutus and Titinius in our production of Julius Caesar. This is his first production with the RSC. A company that he has waited a long time to play for.
May 11, 2012
Tuesday we move to the Duchess, one of the youngest and smallest of the West End theatres, to tech the show. We will do our first preview on Thursday.
by James Hayes
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May 11, 2012
Monday 16th April we gather at the RSC rehearsal rooms back in Clapham where we started work on Written over eight months before.
by James Hayes
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May 4, 2012
I want to now move forward and write about the move from the Swan to the Duchess. On the 16th February 2012 before a performance of Written we were called to a meeting in the Swan with Greg Doran and West End producer Thelma Holt.
by James Hayes
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May 4, 2012
At the after-show party Thelma Holt, both a highly respected West End Producer and an RSC Associate Producer is extremely enthusiastic about the play and says she wants to 'Take it into Town'.
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May 4, 2012
Unlike no other night in the run Press Night is nearly always edgy. Nerves emerge. Big displacement activities are put in motion to assuage them. Usually a speech from the director exhorting us to forget/ignore the press - 'don't read the notices'!
by James Hayes
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May 1, 2012
I don't enjoy techs. Some actors say they love them. We go over entrances, exits, technical business, again and again and again. We can spend an hour changing from one scene to another.
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April 27, 2012
On the 23rd of October we moved to Stratford, which would now be our homes until 10th March the following year. I rent a small Victorian cottage from the RSC which is a mere six minutes walk from the theatre.
by James Hayes
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April 27, 2012
Sorry it's been so long since my last blog! It is getting quite hectic now, as is normal in rehearsals as more new ideas are thrown about and more roles are being cast.
by Andrew French
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April 25, 2012
Nearing the end of rehearsals with complete acts and longer sections of the play being run, the company work rises to a new intensity.
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April 24, 2012
Greg employs a much-used RSC device. We are each asked to pick some aspect of 16th and 17th historical life and events that are relevant to the production.
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