Blogs dated April 2012

Press to impress

April 30, 2012
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We made it. It was a long journey to the opening performances, and there is such a sense of relief all round.

by Nick Day  |  2 comments  |  Read this entry

Moving to Stratford

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  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

Hunger Games

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  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

Big Daddy and Baghdadis

April 26, 2012
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Shakespeare's Birthday. We don't really know if it was the 23rd of April, so it might as well have been the 21st when we celebrated it on the streets of Stratford.

by Nick Day  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

Visiting Stratford

April 25, 2012
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Nearing the end of rehearsals with complete acts and longer sections of the play being run, the company work rises to a new intensity.

by James Hayes  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

Week 12: Bad news

April 25, 2012
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In The Comedy of Errors I play the Messenger, who crashes into Act V with some very bad news. He has just witnessed Antipholus of Ephesus (played by Stephen Hagan) in a state of madness.

by Ankur Bahl  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

Grisly wood-cuts

April 24, 2012
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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.

by James Hayes  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

Non-visible acting

April 24, 2012
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David Fielder (Nations at War company) had a few of us to dinner on Sunday night. Rack of lamb, perfectly pink. We all agreed how lucky we were to have the excellent Barry the Butcher within close shopping distance. It seems everybody gets almost as much pleasure from their cheer as from their chops.

by Nick Day  |  1 comment  |  Read this entry

Written in London

April 20, 2012

Greg has arranged a tour of St Paul's Cathedral for us. We are met by the canon chancellor Giles Fraser, a warm open-faced, balding man, fizzing with energy and the exact opposite to the kind of modern cleric I had expected to meet.

by James Hayes  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

Taking shape

April 17, 2012

Rehearsals are now in full swing. The production takes shape.

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