in all the play there is not one word apt, one player fitted

[angevin2]

So the_red_shoes reminded me recently that the New York Times, back in 2001, ran a review of John Farrell's regrettable whizzing of Richard II down his leg (usually referred to in this space as "the Abomination" because, well, it is1I had seen this review ages ago, but that was before I actually saw the movie, and having had the misfortune since then, the

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[angevin2]

HELL YES.

The trout bit will never, ever stop being funny, especially.

(Also I didn't think that redheaded gun-toting Aumerle was comparatively bad enough to single out; many of the other supporting performances were at least equally unwatchable.)

[angevin2]

Yeah -- well, "not that bad" in the context of the total crapstravaganza Farrell made of the play's ending. I am also convinced that the giant knife is actually a bread knife, but that might just be because it's funny, rather than because it actually looks like a bread knife.

Having rewatched the film, I think that much of my vitriol in re: the supporting cast is reserved for Henry the Human Two-By-Four.

[macmauve]

sad to say the macbeth reviews for Liam's production are not great although he personally is getting great write-ups - " perfect, ever excellent" etc but he didn't expect good reviews for the production as a whole and he hasn't been disappointed :-(: This is the Scotsman: http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features?articleid=4508464... )

[macmauve]

ps - what happened to your post with teh lyceum links? I think he looks lovely in that :-)

[angevin2]

It's at obasc! Nothing has happened to it as far as I know. :)

[macmauve]

ok - I remembered it being on your pages rather than there but will keep tabs! Bless him :-)