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| Stockard Channing in 'Night, Mother! | |
| Posted by: portenopete 07:37 am EDT 08/25/21 | |
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| That is a bit of casting I never would have come up with but I'd see it. It's happening at the Hampstead Theatre in London this fall. Also at the Hampstead: Tamsin Greig in Peggy for You, a very entertaining solo show I saw yonks ago with Maureen Lipman. It's about the legendary British agent Peggy Ramsay (played by Vanessa Redgrave in the film Prick Up Your Ears.) Quite a few intriguing things on in London this fall: Saoirse Ronan in The Scottish Play, Eddie Redmayne in Cabaret, new production of the musical of Spring Awakening. |
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| Peggy for You | |
| Posted by: Showtunegal 04:59 pm EDT 08/27/21 | |
| In reply to: Stockard Channing in 'Night, Mother! - portenopete 07:37 am EDT 08/25/21 | |
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| I saw this place in London--at least, I know I saw a play about Peggy Ramsay and I thought it was this one. But in the play I saw, a young playwright (or actor?) who is visiting her office literally re-lays the large carpet while they are having a conversation, taking it all up and turning it around and re-laying it. It was an interesting bit of business that gave some physical action to a play that, set as it was in her office, didn't have much. Anyway, am I remembering a different play? I certainly remember that a lot of the play was Peggy Ramsay on the phone, but the one I saw had more than one actor in it. Unless...is there another play about Peggy Ramsay? Anyone have any ideas? What did I see? Thanks. | |
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| re: Peggy for You | |
| Posted by: sf 08:55 pm EDT 08/27/21 | |
| In reply to: Peggy for You - Showtunegal 04:59 pm EDT 08/27/21 | |
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| You saw "Peggy For You". The scene with the playwright and the carpet is in the second act. | |
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| re: Stockard Channing in 'Night, Mother! | |
| Posted by: bobby2 11:39 pm EDT 08/26/21 | |
| In reply to: Stockard Channing in 'Night, Mother! - portenopete 07:37 am EDT 08/25/21 | |
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| I'd have loved to have seen Sandy Dennis in it. Eileen Heckart was the mother. Are theaters running at full capacity? |
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| re: Stockard Channing in 'Night, Mother! | |
| Posted by: sf 07:48 am EDT 08/27/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Stockard Channing in 'Night, Mother! - bobby2 11:39 pm EDT 08/26/21 | |
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| "Are theaters running at full capacity?" With a few exceptions, yes. The first couple of weeks of The Memory Of Water at Hampstead - the show before 'Night, Mother, it opens next week - are socially distanced, but most theatres are operating at full capacity now. Given the infection rate here, that is possibly not a good idea, particularly since people are being incredibly lazy and complacent about protecting themselves and each other. At Joseph... at the Palladium last Sunday - my first time back in a theatre since March last year - probably three-quarters of the audience didn't bother to wear a mask. That's not good enough. |
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