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Six hours ago, priority booking began at Royal Shakespeare Company for their Winter 2013 season. Full members -- and only full members -- were able to start buying tickets for the October to March shows.
Thus it was that I spent about three hours procuring tickets to see Richard II with my beloved![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cheshcat in October. It should not be so difficult to buy theatre tickets! However, the flagship of their Winter 2013 season is a five week run of R2... with David Tennant in the title role.
I really want to see Richard II on stage again, having seen it only once before, as part of the RSC's complete History Cycle back in Feb 2008. (Gods, was that really five years ago now??) Although it doesn't get nearly the circulation as they play about his first cousin twice removed (i.e., Richard III), Richard II is really a rather good play. Indeed, tis one of the few plays by the Bard that I have taken the time to read through, in addition to seeing it on stage!
That said, I am not particularly impressed with David Tennant as an actor.cheshcat and I saw Tennant in the title role of an RSC production of Hamlet back in August 2008. Patrick Stewart's portrayal of Claudius was fantastic. The rest of the cast was excellent. As Hamlet... well, let's just say that Tennant made a very good Doctor Who. I really really hope that his Richard II is better.
Nevertheless, the man is clearly a draw, as indicated by the difficulty in procuring tickets. All I can say is that it's a good thing we are full members of the RSC. By the time booking opens to the public in three weeks, there may not be any tickets left!
Meanwhile, as a follow-up to my previous post, I have to say that I finally sought out a comic book store and bought up all the issues of The Superior Spider-Man. With the exception of Iron Man -- where I have a complete run covering fifty years of publication -- I had stopped collecting super-hero comic books a couple of years ago. However, Spider-Ock, or whatever one wants to call Doctor Octopus in Peter Parker's body, is just a fantastic read! What finally pushed me over the edge and made me get them is the three page preview of Superior issue #3. Check it out here -- you won't be sorry!
Thus it was that I spent about three hours procuring tickets to see Richard II with my beloved
cheshcat in October. It should not be so difficult to buy theatre tickets! However, the flagship of their Winter 2013 season is a five week run of R2... with David Tennant in the title role.I really want to see Richard II on stage again, having seen it only once before, as part of the RSC's complete History Cycle back in Feb 2008. (Gods, was that really five years ago now??) Although it doesn't get nearly the circulation as they play about his first cousin twice removed (i.e., Richard III), Richard II is really a rather good play. Indeed, tis one of the few plays by the Bard that I have taken the time to read through, in addition to seeing it on stage!
That said, I am not particularly impressed with David Tennant as an actor.
cheshcat and I saw Tennant in the title role of an RSC production of Hamlet back in August 2008. Patrick Stewart's portrayal of Claudius was fantastic. The rest of the cast was excellent. As Hamlet... well, let's just say that Tennant made a very good Doctor Who. I really really hope that his Richard II is better.Nevertheless, the man is clearly a draw, as indicated by the difficulty in procuring tickets. All I can say is that it's a good thing we are full members of the RSC. By the time booking opens to the public in three weeks, there may not be any tickets left!
Meanwhile, as a follow-up to my previous post, I have to say that I finally sought out a comic book store and bought up all the issues of The Superior Spider-Man. With the exception of Iron Man -- where I have a complete run covering fifty years of publication -- I had stopped collecting super-hero comic books a couple of years ago. However, Spider-Ock, or whatever one wants to call Doctor Octopus in Peter Parker's body, is just a fantastic read! What finally pushed me over the edge and made me get them is the three page preview of Superior issue #3. Check it out here -- you won't be sorry!
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