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 16, 2013
The Titus/Mad World company finally arrived in Stratford during a glorious spell of bank holiday sunshine. In fact, the weather was so gorgeous towards the beginning of the past week, and the atmosphere in the town so pleasant, that I had to constantly remind myself that this wasn't some sort of Shakespearean holiday camp.
by Ben Deery
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May 14, 2013
There was a funny end-of-term sort of frisson in the air on our last Friday in London. The end of the laval stage in the life of our production had arrived, and, after nine weeks, it was time for us to emerge from our Clapham chrysalis.
by Ben Deery
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May 14, 2013
It's something of a relief having only one play to focus on for a while, as we go into technical rehearsals for Titus and get ready for previews on Thursday.
by Rose Reynolds
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May 13, 2013
Has it has come to this? Which, by the way is another quote from the play of course.
by Andrew French
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April 26, 2013
With just over a week to go before the company migrates to Stratford for the summer, we're getting to the point in rehearsals of A Mad World My Masters when we start to have a go at 'running' lengthy sections, sometimes entire acts or halves.
by Ben Deery
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April 22, 2013
Stratford reminds me of a place in a JRR Tolkien novel. For me it could easily be a Middle-Earth Rhovanion.
by Rose Reynolds
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April 19, 2013
This has been an exciting week in the Mad World rehearsal room. Partly because we found ourselves running the second half of the play (blimey, how did that happen?), and partly because the RSC has built us a new toy.
by Ben Deery
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April 16, 2013
We have been reviewed. The NY Times is notoriously difficult to impress. New York is a city that knows what it likes and what it doesn't. After Matilda's rave reviews we really needed to step up.
by Andrew French
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April 16, 2013
Working on a Sunday! How horrific. But as the attached picture testifies its not really that hard. This is Simon Manyonda and Chinna Wodu seriously prepping for our Sunday performance.
by Andrew French
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April 16, 2013
I have been informed by the beauteous Philippa Harland (Head of Press) that I really should be talking more about the play so...
by Andrew French
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