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| The playwright re the cast size (SPOILER). | |
| Posted by: kieran 03:17 am EDT 09/05/19 | |
| In reply to: Lehman trilogy question includes spoiler - dramedy 02:09 am EDT 09/05/19 | |
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| Maybe the actors who were "shed" during the first week (if casting had been done at this point) were kept on for the finale! | |
| Link | "The Lehman Trilogy" |
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| re: The playwright re the cast size (SPOILER). | |
| Posted by: mikem 08:41 am EDT 09/05/19 | |
| In reply to: The playwright re the cast size (SPOILER). - kieran 03:17 am EDT 09/05/19 | |
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| Others may already know the history of this play, but I did not know it in detail until reading Kieran's link and some other articles online. The Italian original version of the play had a much larger cast - at least 13 people, including several women. The play was also five hours long. Ben Power, who adapted the play to its current version, is the deputy artistic director of the UK's National Theatre. He did not do the translation; someone else did. It sounds like the original Italian version also had the idea of the actors essentially narrating in the third person, with minimal dialogue. Although this is direction and not writing, it also seems that the Italian premiere also had a fairly minimal set and the actors dressed in formal, mostly black, 19th-century dress. The glass cube was not present. (The play actually premiered in Paris prior to its Italian premiere in Milan, I believe with a different director. I was not able to find much information about that version.) I am curious what the final image was in the Milan version. The actors at curtain call are wearing the 19th-century dress, so it was presumably quite different. |
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| re: The playwright re the cast size (SPOILER). | |
| Posted by: mikem 10:37 am EDT 09/05/19 | |
| In reply to: re: The playwright re the cast size (SPOILER). - mikem 08:41 am EDT 09/05/19 | |
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| I found a cast list and program online from Milan. There were 12 actors, including 2 women. Interestingly, the Italian title is "Lehman Trilogy." No "The," but Trilogy is the English word, not the Italian word, "Trilogia." The program has a 2-page explanation of American history, since Italians may not know the details. Apparently, some English and Yiddish words were thrown in, since there is also a glossary. One of the sections of the history is about Martin Luther King, who is also in the glossary. I don't remember him being mentioned in the play, but it may have been part that was edited out. |
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| Last Edit: dramedy 11:32 am EDT 09/05/19 | |
| Posted by: dramedy 11:30 am EDT 09/05/19 | |
| In reply to: re: The playwright re the cast size (SPOILER). - mikem 10:37 am EDT 09/05/19 | |
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| mLK is quoted in the third act. I think it was more used to show time lapse than actual ah-ha moment. Because I thought—oh we are now in late 60s or 70s | |
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| re: (SPOILER). | |
| Posted by: mikem 02:14 pm EDT 09/05/19 | |
| In reply to: (SPOILER). - dramedy 11:30 am EDT 09/05/19 | |
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| dramedy, thanks. I had forgotten about that portion. | |
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