May 16, 2012
Rather controversially, The Shakespeare Young Company (SYC) have decided that instead of performing The Bard's work for this season's Dell, we will look at the writing of another great storyteller; Chaucer.
by Isabella James
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May 15, 2012
Monday, a wet April day. Texts from our new Company Stage Manager Alex Constantin. She has arranged temporary membership for us to a number of clubs - The Groucho, The Ivy and Century.
by James Hayes
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May 15, 2012
Wednesday we tech the whole show. Greg is unavailable, as he is directing his African Julius Caesar.
by James Hayes
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May 11, 2012
Sorry sorry sorry. Have been filming and desperately trying to learn lines. And failing. So will catch up you all up with what's been happening.
by Andrew French
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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 11, 2012
Well, I did fear the blogs might run dry, but yesterday, a bunch of us from the WCFIT company went to see the understudy run of King John in the Swan. What a joy!
by Nick Day
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May 11, 2012
In our version of The Comedy of Errors, Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse (played by Jonny McGuinness and Bruce MacKinnon) arrive in Ephesus in a wooden crate.
by Ankur Bahl
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May 7, 2012
After a brief respite following the press nights, the company started the process of rehearsing and running full productions with all the understudies.
by Nick Day
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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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