Re: Like Button
Posted: February 18th, 2023, 2:51 pm
I attempt to avoid quoting. It can get confusing rather quickly. My sloppy eyesight doesn't help.
Swithin wrote: ↑February 18th, 2023, 1:49 pm
Let me guess, Dennehy as Lopahin, Josephson as Gaev, my guess for Linda Hunt would probably be Anya first choice, or maybe Dunyasha, she's too pretty for Varya (Sorry, Varya. Well it's you own fault, you had your chance with Lopahin and you both blew it, ha) In the other you mention, Zoe would make an excellent Varya (no offense Zoe, you are not the conventional beauty, but you have a fascinating, vibrant and interesting face, a perfect Varya. I can see you clenching your hands with anguish and saying, "Oh, if I'm not doing something I'll go crazy?"). Redgrave no doubt Anya, and Dench no doubt Lubov Andreyevna.
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laffite wrote: ↑February 18th, 2023, 2:29 pmSwithin wrote: ↑February 18th, 2023, 1:49 pmI still find quoting threads that have already been quoting a mystery! Here's the cast for that production, but first, the last lines of Frank Rich's review from The New York Times:laffite wrote: ↑February 18th, 2023, 1:21 pm
Let me guess, Dennehy as Lopahin, Josephson as Gaev, my guess for Linda Hunt would probably be Anya first choice, or maybe Dunyasha, she's too pretty for Varya (Sorry, Varya. Well it's you own fault, you had your chance with Lopahin and you both blew it, ha) In the other you mention, Zoe would make an excellent Varya (no offense Zoe, you are not the conventional beauty, but you have a fascinating, vibrant and interesting face, a perfect Varya. I can see you clenching your hands with anguish and saying, "Oh, if I'm not doing something I'll go crazy?"). Redgrave no doubt Anya, and Dench no doubt Lubov Andreyevna.
[the formatting is weird. i previewed this post and it seems to be connected to a prior post of mine rather than it's proper place at the very end. I have not tampered with all the prior posts. Tis a puzzlement.
"That's the human comedy, and, if it isn't riotously funny, one feels less alone in the solitary plight, indeed exhilarated, watching it unfold on stage as honestly and buoyantly and poetically as a dream. This is a Cherry Orchard that pauses for breath only when life does, for people to recoup after dying a little. I think Mr. Brook has given us the Chekhov production that every theatergoer fantasizes about but, in my experience, almost never finds."
Lopakhin...Brian Dennehy
Dunyasha...Kate Mailer
Yepikhodov...Jan Triska
Firs...Roberts Blossom
Anya...Rebecca Miller (Daughter of Arthur Miller; Wife of Daniel Day-Lewis)
Lyubov Ranyevskaya..Natasha Parry
Varya...Stephanie Roth
Gaev...Erland Josephson
Charlotta...Linda Hunt
Pishchik...Mike Nussbaum
Yasha...David Hyde) Pierce
Trofimov...Zeljko Ivanek
Passer-by...Howard Hensel
Stationmaster...Chris McNally
In the other productions I mentioned (it was three separate productions), those three ladies played Lyubov Ranyevskaya. In the Dench production (1989), Michael Gough was Firs, Lesley Manville was Varya; in the Redgrave production (2000), Corin Redgrave was Gaev, Ben Miles was Trofimov, Roger Allam was Lopakhin; in the Zoe Wanamaker production (2011), Conleth Hill was Lopakhin.
laffite wrote: ↑February 18th, 2023, 2:29 pmSwithin wrote: ↑February 18th, 2023, 1:49 pmI still find quoting threads that have already been quoted a mystery! Here's the cast for the Peter Brook production, but first, the last lines of Frank Rich's review from The New York Times:laffite wrote: ↑February 18th, 2023, 1:21 pm
Let me guess, Dennehy as Lopahin, Josephson as Gaev, my guess for Linda Hunt would probably be Anya first choice, or maybe Dunyasha, she's too pretty for Varya (Sorry, Varya. Well it's you own fault, you had your chance with Lopahin and you both blew it, ha) In the other you mention, Zoe would make an excellent Varya (no offense Zoe, you are not the conventional beauty, but you have a fascinating, vibrant and interesting face, a perfect Varya. I can see you clenching your hands with anguish and saying, "Oh, if I'm not doing something I'll go crazy?"). Redgrave no doubt Anya, and Dench no doubt Lubov Andreyevna.
[the formatting is weird. i previewed this post and it seems to be connected to a prior post of mine rather than it's proper place at the very end. I have not tampered with all the prior posts. Tis a puzzlement.
"That's the human comedy, and, if it isn't riotously funny, one feels less alone in the solitary plight, indeed exhilarated, watching it unfold on stage as honestly and buoyantly and poetically as a dream. This is a Cherry Orchard that pauses for breath only when life does, for people to recoup after dying a little. I think Mr. Brook has given us the Chekhov production that every theatergoer fantasizes about but, in my experience, almost never finds."
Lopakhin...Brian Dennehy
Dunyasha...Kate Mailer
Yepikhodov...Jan Triska
Firs...Roberts Blossom
Anya...Rebecca Miller (Daughter of Arthur Miller; Wife of Daniel Day-Lewis)
Lyubov Ranyevskaya..Natasha Parry
Varya...Stephanie Roth
Gaev...Erland Josephson
Charlotta...Linda Hunt
Pishchik...Mike Nussbaum
Yasha...David Hyde) Pierce
Trofimov...Zeljko Ivanek
Passer-by...Howard Hensel
Stationmaster...Chris McNally
In the other productions I mentioned (it was three separate productions), those three ladies played Lyubov Ranyevskaya. In the Dench production (1989), Michael Gough was Firs, Lesley Manville was Varya; in the Redgrave production (2000), Corin Redgrave was Gaev, Ben Miles was Trofimov, Roger Allam was Lopakhin; in the Zoe Wanamaker production (2011), Conleth Hill was Lopakhin.
Swithin wrote: ↑February 18th, 2023, 3:06 pmThanks for all that. Interesting.laffite wrote: ↑February 18th, 2023, 2:29 pmSwithin wrote: ↑February 18th, 2023, 1:49 pm
I still find quoting threads that have already been quoted a mystery! Here's the cast for the Peter Brook production, but first, the last lines of Frank Rich's review from The New York Times:
"That's the human comedy, and, if it isn't riotously funny, one feels less alone in the solitary plight, indeed exhilarated, watching it unfold on stage as honestly and buoyantly and poetically as a dream. This is a Cherry Orchard that pauses for breath only when life does, for people to recoup after dying a little. I think Mr. Brook has given us the Chekhov production that every theatergoer fantasizes about but, in my experience, almost never finds."
Lopakhin...Brian Dennehy
Dunyasha...Kate Mailer
Yepikhodov...Jan Triska
Firs...Roberts Blossom
Anya...Rebecca Miller (Daughter of Arthur Miller; Wife of Daniel Day-Lewis)
Lyubov Ranyevskaya..Natasha Parry
Varya...Stephanie Roth
Gaev...Erland Josephson
Charlotta...Linda Hunt
Pishchik...Mike Nussbaum
Yasha...David Hyde) Pierce
Trofimov...Zeljko Ivanek
Passer-by...Howard Hensel
Stationmaster...Chris McNally
In the other productions I mentioned (it was three separate productions), those three ladies played Lyubov Ranyevskaya. In the Dench production (1989), Michael Gough was Firs, Lesley Manville was Varya; in the Redgrave production (2000), Corin Redgrave was Gaev, Ben Miles was Trofimov, Roger Allam was Lopakhin; in the Zoe Wanamaker production (2011), Conleth Hill was Lopakhin.
I see Elizabeth Dennehy (daughter) once in a while on an online open mic that comes from England. Anybody can come, so no inference that I would remotely equated with her. She is an accomplished actress with an impressive resume and I have done nothing but community theater and not known at all. (Oh wait, I did something for the San Diego Repertory, I played Hans Bethe In the Matter of J.R. Oppenheimer. I had virtually no resume, a couple of gigs, and I was cast because I looked like him, ha!). It's an open mic and this really open, anybody can come. I wonder perchance you may know her. Another lady who attends on occasion is Danielle Farrow, also accomplished and a splendid actress. She has worked in England I'm sure. Perchance you may know her as well.
Well in that case here laffite, I have always wondered where this guys falls in the Enterprise's Chain of Command.
I'm jealous. Or envious. I have seen virtually nothing comparison. When in New York I saw Death of a Salesman with Dustin Hoffman in the title role and John Malkovich as Biff. And Joe Mantegna in that play that he is famous for, what is it? ... Modern author? 1985. I cannot recall enough information to search with.Swithin wrote: ↑February 18th, 2023, 6:47 pm Here is a list of the plays I've seen Judi Dench in, not in any particular order:
The Gay Lord Quex (Pinero; Directed by John Gielgud) with Daniel Massey and Sian Phillips
Pillars of the Community (Ibsen) with Ian McKellen
Comedy of Errors (musical)
The Boys from Syracuse (as Director)
The Cherry Orchard
The Seagull
Amy's View (David Hare)
Gift of the Gorgon (Peter Shaffer)
The Winter's Tale (as Paulina)
A Little Night Music (as Desiree)
Absolute Hell (Ackland)
Hamlet (as Gertrude) with Daniel Day-Lewis
Semi-Monde (Noel Coward. Benefit performance that everyone was in, including her husband, daughter, and dog).
Antony and Cleopatra (Cleopatra) with Anthony Hopkins