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tanzmaeusi in freemanfans

Martin Freeman as Richard III

Sep 18, 2014 18:19

Hello fellow Martin Freeman fans,

is anybody out there who saw Martin as Richard III on stage at Trafalgar studios in London and wants to discuss/share his opinion? I saw the play last week and thought it was terrific. And I would love to share my thoughts with other fans!

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alicambs September 18 2014, 22:51:21 UTC

I've read a number of comments and reviews plus loads of stage doors photos on tumblr... may be worth trying there if you haven't already.

tanzmaeusi September 20 2014, 11:19:40 UTC

I have read some reviews on tumblr too and saw many photos, but I don´t have a tumblr myself and thought it would be nice to start a discussion at LJ too.

cookiefleck September 20 2014, 06:45:53 UTC

I saw it twice, once from front row center, and loved it. We traveled from California. Glad to share thoughts! eta - I did a tumblr review, too.. can find that and share it here.

tanzmaeusi September 20 2014, 11:21:23 UTC

I just shared my thoughts in another comment and I would love to hear your opinion too, so maybe you can also share it here!

tanzmaeusi September 20 2014, 11:17:26 UTC

We traveled from Germany to London, stayed for 5 days and Richard III has been the highlight of our trip. I´m one of the theatre goers who prefer modern stagings to pure classical productions and I thought the transfer into the 70´s was a very clever and thoughtful idea and gave the play a cold war/conspiracy/coup feeling which made it really gripping, thrilling and intense in my opinion. I sometimes felt like watching a John Le Carre novel meeting Pulp Fiction and it had me on the edge of my seat and holding my breath for most of the play ( ... )

cookiefleck September 21 2014, 17:34:07 UTC

Hi - finally found some time to share this with you. My tumblr name is makeminemod but I don't post fannish stuff there, so someone else posted this for me on tumblr back in July, after my trip ( ... )

cookiefleck September 21 2014, 17:35:21 UTC

I just remembered that after I wrote that, I realized I should have said he kills mercilessly with his bare hand, not hands, ha ha.

tanzmaeusi September 22 2014, 16:59:36 UTC

Thank you so much for sharing your great and very eloquent review. I envy you for having seen the play twice and being able to notice the differences between the two performances, I really wished I could have seen the play at least twice too. But then I´m glad I was able to see it at all, it has definitely been the hightlight of 2014 so far.
Are you going to see Benedict cumberbatch as Hamlet next year too?

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