A sneak peek at NO MAN'S LAND.
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- This fall, four great actors return to Broadway in two great plays, performed in repertory. IAN McKELLEN, PATRICK STEWART, BILLY CRUDUP and SHULER HENSLEY star in Harold Pinter's comedy NO MAN'S LAND and Samuel Beckett's classic WAITING FOR GODOT. Sean Mathias' productions present a startling new look at these two theatrical masterpieces.
Now on Broadway through March 2, 2014. Purchase tickets at www.twoplaysinr...
Please make it available for the rest of d world who cant see it live, please...
"She told me all.""You listen to the dribblings of a farmer's wife?!" "Since I was the farmer, yes."😆😂
I´ve seen both plays in NYC; Waiting for Godot and this one! ALL 4 actors were magnificent!!! I´ll be back to NY in Feb 2014 cause I must see those plays again!!!!! I sincerely hope that they´ll make a DVD/BluRay! Obviously the material is already there!
Excellent! Will this be made available on dvd? Or bluray?
Fantastic!!
Does anyone know where you can get a recording of this? Online or off. Thanks!
Yeah. I need to get into British theater and develop some class. I've had quite enough American culture for one lifetime.
I feel quite the same, being overflooded by the American culture. I should like to move to London.
@@stardustpan There is almost no "American culture", but a lot of bullshit.
There... are... FOUR LIGHTS!
Dastardly props, provided by unhelpful SMs hindered the penultimate evening at Wyndhams, last night. Such a shame.
saw this yesterday at sheffield lyceum.i was expecting a very slow dark drama but some it it was very funny.and stewart had done away with the wig
What music is that?
Chopin, Fantaisie Impromptu No 66.
The audience laughter is idiotic. When I saw this play in London in 1993 the audience understood this was not a gag-show. Stewart and McKellen, in connivance with their oafish followers have turned this subtle play into a slapstick.
I kinda disagree. I've seen too many Pinter productions where no one in the production seemed to have any awareness of the humor that *is* present in the play(s). For me it's always been integral to the tension/paranoia/austerity of most Pinter works. I once saw (on tape) a production that Pinter had directed--and it included humor.
Having said that....when I saw the above production the audience did respond to humor but I think the video above is emphasizing it (both in terms of volume and frequency) as...well...a way to sell the play, which is, yes, misleading. BUT--for my money I'm happy that anyone is drawn into a theater to see Pinter...and I think, even if the ticket buyer is mislead, in the end they'll be affected by what they saw.
That was my genuine impression. This show is my favorite Pinter (though its hard to place it above "The Homecoming" and one of my three favorite pieces of theater. I really think they got it right and I think the audience 'understood' it as well...i.e. despite the *intermittent* and often tense laughter...I don't think *anyone* in the audience left thinking it was a comedy or a "gag-show".
Bill Smith I agree with you, Bill! I just came across this clip, and I was aghast at what a stupid production this appears to be. Calling the way they do it here a "gag show" is spot on. I saw an absolutely beautiful production of this play at the National in London in 2002, directed by Pinter. I felt it was so perfect, I made the choice not to go and see this one with McKellan and Stewart when it came near my city. I now know I made the right decision.
And of course the play contains humour, but it works best when the actors are playing their parts sincerely and with high stakes -- then it's a humour which surprises and delights, rather than dumbing down and advertising itself as a joke.
Having seen the production, I can only say that I think the video is terrible *and* that it is not an accurate account of the tone and execution of the production. Yes, a gag show is not Pinter. Yes, the video plays like a gag show..But the actual production I saw was not.
It's verrrrry easy to misrepresent a stage production with video and audio clips (even without deliberate manipulation---trust me--the audio in this video is not what I heard). Someone was trying to sell tickets with this video--someone without the imagination and skills to sell the nuance of a Pinter production.
"it works best when the actors are playing their parts sincerely and with high stakes -- then it's a humour which surprises and delights, rather than dumbing down and advertising itself as a joke." YES! I'm not debating anyone's estimation of what a Pinter play *should* be. I'm just tell the truth: this video does not represent the show. Trust me...you missed out. Never give up the chance to see Mckellen do Pinter. Stewart was good; but Mckellen was as close as I'll ever come to seeing Ralph Richardson live. : )
Concrete Turtle
OK, well I 'm glad to hear that this video does not represent the entire production. Appreciation of the work of actors is a subjective thing, of course. Speaking for myself, I doubt any performance as "Spooner" could surpass the one I witnessed as given by the late John Wood. Sir McKellen's approach in this role seems to be bit hammy for my taste, though I certainly respect him as an actor, and appreciate what various actors making unique choices can bring to a role. From what I could tell from the GODOT trailer, the performances looked delightful.
I too was fortunate enough to see it in 1993 where Harold Pinter himself was on stage. From what I can remember it was a very dark experience.
Abysmal. Two clapped out old hams scraping the barrel .
And yet ; the audience laps it up. ?! Time they re-read : The
Emperor's New Clothes .