9th performance of Love's Labour's Lost (my 4th)
Photo by smhw
I had a really lovely drive up today. It was slightly foggy but sunny in places too and there were no hold-ups. I left the house at 8.15am and stopped for breakfast (at the usual service station) at 10.20am. As I knew The Mop Fair (basically a town fair with stalls and rides) was today I left early but they had only closed the main road so there was no problem getting to the theatre. I was really lucky too as someone was just pulling out of a parking space in my usual road so I whipped in there!
As I drove past the theatre a fire engine was just pulling in. I was told later that there was a small fire in the kitchen and they had to wheel all the costumes out on a rail! As I was driving I saw Tom Davey, Roderick Smith and Oliver Ford Davies (separately)!
I met up with a friend and her daughter and we sat by the river for a while before we went in. We made sure we were in our seats by the time Dumaine walked on stage! We bought our seats direct from the RSC via form when they first went on sale so we had great seats at the front in row C.
It was a good (older) crowd tonight who really seemed to enjoy all the comedy in the play. There were a few mishaps today (which is one of the joys of live theatre!) such as Amardo's fan falling on the ground when he drew his sword out of it's holder.
Also Amardo left his hat on the stage after his first scene so David Ajala took it off when he exited in the next scene.
When Moth left the stage in one scene the key (to Costard's cell) fell out of her pocket so Costard picked it up and took it off stage.
When Berowne pulled out his sonnet to Rosaline, it wasn't in two pieces so came out intact!
Boyet also noticeably made a mistake in one of his speeches.
It was interesting watching David Tennant at the start of the scene when he involves audience members as his eyes obviously dart all over the place looking for people to involve! I think the person DT chose for the crossed arm part (it was a woman for the first time I believe) knew that part as it's rare that a female sits with their arms crossed in the theatre and then when they came on for their bows, she handed him some flowers and then openly took several photos with a flash.
At the end of the interval, the dancers / singers only did the dancing and no singing. (Possibly to make it slightly shorter as there's an evening performance today too???)
Afterwards my friend and her 10 year old daughter wanted to go to the stage door. It was really busy (but thankfully well behaved) but they managed to get quite near the front. I stood back at the side again but near the end I heard a couple of women shouting that there was someone small who wanted an autograph and then I heard DT actually saying hello to my friend's daughter by name (she has an unusual name)! We then went to the front door and she managed to get Oliver Ford Davies, Tom Davey and Riann Steele's autographs too.
It was really nice only driving a few miles to my hotel and knowing that there is another performance to enjoy tonight too!
As I drove past the theatre a fire engine was just pulling in. I was told later that there was a small fire in the kitchen and they had to wheel all the costumes out on a rail! As I was driving I saw Tom Davey, Roderick Smith and Oliver Ford Davies (separately)!
I met up with a friend and her daughter and we sat by the river for a while before we went in. We made sure we were in our seats by the time Dumaine walked on stage! We bought our seats direct from the RSC via form when they first went on sale so we had great seats at the front in row C.
It was a good (older) crowd tonight who really seemed to enjoy all the comedy in the play. There were a few mishaps today (which is one of the joys of live theatre!) such as Amardo's fan falling on the ground when he drew his sword out of it's holder.
Also Amardo left his hat on the stage after his first scene so David Ajala took it off when he exited in the next scene.
When Moth left the stage in one scene the key (to Costard's cell) fell out of her pocket so Costard picked it up and took it off stage.
When Berowne pulled out his sonnet to Rosaline, it wasn't in two pieces so came out intact!
Boyet also noticeably made a mistake in one of his speeches.
It was interesting watching David Tennant at the start of the scene when he involves audience members as his eyes obviously dart all over the place looking for people to involve! I think the person DT chose for the crossed arm part (it was a woman for the first time I believe) knew that part as it's rare that a female sits with their arms crossed in the theatre and then when they came on for their bows, she handed him some flowers and then openly took several photos with a flash.
At the end of the interval, the dancers / singers only did the dancing and no singing. (Possibly to make it slightly shorter as there's an evening performance today too???)
Afterwards my friend and her 10 year old daughter wanted to go to the stage door. It was really busy (but thankfully well behaved) but they managed to get quite near the front. I stood back at the side again but near the end I heard a couple of women shouting that there was someone small who wanted an autograph and then I heard DT actually saying hello to my friend's daughter by name (she has an unusual name)! We then went to the front door and she managed to get Oliver Ford Davies, Tom Davey and Riann Steele's autographs too.
It was really nice only driving a few miles to my hotel and knowing that there is another performance to enjoy tonight too!
Next performance for me: Love's Labour's Lost tonight !!!
