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Goodnight, sweet prince.
Jan. 13th, 2010 02:21 pmOn 16 August 2008 RTD went to Stratford for the first time in his life (or so he claims in DWM 400), to see "Hamlet", in the company of Jane Tranter, Julie G and Phil C. He seemed to enjoy himself:
"It's bloody brilliant. Surprisingly funny. Amazingly clear....David is just dazzling. He seems young, he seems old, he's fast, he's wild, he's detailed, he's honest, he's heartbreaking. I don't need to have seen Hamlet before: I cannot imagine better than this."
For someone who'd previously said, "Who could sit through three hours of Hamlet?" that's pretty high praise. Afterwards the DW people met with David for dinner and a long chat. The Specials - at least up to WoM - were already at the stage where RTD could drop teaser words from the scripts - they've turned out to be correct, by the way. I don't know what stage the finale was at - hopefully the reissue of "A Writer's Tale" will tell us more about that, so from here on it's mainly conjecture on my part.
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"It's bloody brilliant. Surprisingly funny. Amazingly clear....David is just dazzling. He seems young, he seems old, he's fast, he's wild, he's detailed, he's honest, he's heartbreaking. I don't need to have seen Hamlet before: I cannot imagine better than this."
For someone who'd previously said, "Who could sit through three hours of Hamlet?" that's pretty high praise. Afterwards the DW people met with David for dinner and a long chat. The Specials - at least up to WoM - were already at the stage where RTD could drop teaser words from the scripts - they've turned out to be correct, by the way. I don't know what stage the finale was at - hopefully the reissue of "A Writer's Tale" will tell us more about that, so from here on it's mainly conjecture on my part.
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