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| Arkadina, Ranevskaya would've been good fits; Claire Zachanassian? | |
| Posted by: Delvino 12:19 pm EDT 06/18/18 | |
| In reply to: Let's cast Faye Dunaway in a play - bobby2 08:26 pm EDT 06/16/18 | |
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| Ten years ago, Arkadina; now, maybe Ranevskaya. "The Visit" seems almost ideal. |
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| re: Arkadina, Ranevskaya would've been good fits; Claire Zachanassian? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 08:35 pm EDT 06/18/18 | |
| In reply to: Arkadina, Ranevskaya would've been good fits; Claire Zachanassian? - Delvino 12:19 pm EDT 06/18/18 | |
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| Ranevskaya has a 17-year-old daughter. In 1971, she did a stock tour of Candida, directed by Harris Yulin, with Roy Poole as Morell, Chris Sarandon as Marchbanks, Sorrell Booke as Burgess, Charlotte Moore as Prossy, and Chet Carlin as Lexy. |
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| The great Irene Worth played Ranevskaya at 61 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 08:58 am EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Arkadina, Ranevskaya would've been good fits; Claire Zachanassian? - AlanScott 08:35 pm EDT 06/18/18 | |
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| I considered your well-taken point. But 61 in 1977 was certainly older than it's viewed today. Plus, in today's world, when faces are ... refreshed ... Dunaway might match Worth. That said, Alan, I'm not exactly pushing a Dunaway "Cherry Orchard." I just thought Chekhov grand dames might match her ... outre persona. |
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| re: The great Irene Worth played Ranevskaya at 61 | |
| Posted by: larry13 08:26 am EDT 06/20/18 | |
| In reply to: The great Irene Worth played Ranevskaya at 61 - Delvino 08:58 am EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| You put Faye Dunaway in the same sentence as Irene Worth?!! On a THEATRE site? | |
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| re: The great Irene Worth played Ranevskaya at 61 | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 03:00 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: The great Irene Worth played Ranevskaya at 61 - Delvino 08:58 am EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| And Worth at the time did seem a bit old to have a 17-year-old daughter, but not impossible. :) Of course, the problem is that Chekhov originally thought of Ranevskaya as an "old lady." I believe that's how he referred to her in letters (in Russian of course). And then he realized that the MAT didn't have an appropriate old-lady actress, and his wife, in her mid-30s, was going to end up in the role. I've never read whether he rewrote the role to some degree when it was clear that Olga Knipper was going to play her, but it seems to me that in the script we have, Ranevskaya makes most sense as someone in her mid- to late 40s. |
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| Something I should add, even though we all know it | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:30 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: The great Irene Worth played Ranevskaya at 61 - AlanScott 03:00 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| At the time Chekhov wrote the play, a woman of 50 or so might well have been considered an old lady. | |
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