24th and final performance of Love's Labour's Lost (my 14th)
This was the final performance of Love's Labour's Lost and there was a definite feeling of last day of term on stage! We spoke to one of the theatre staff during the interval and she said exactly the same! (Hamlet and MND are moving to London but LLL isn't.)
David Tennant didn't get the hat in the tree today so instead he went and picked it up and put it on the vertical branch which received a terrific laugh!
There were a few mishaps today (I love live theatre!). For example near the beginning the Princess's purse fell onto the stage. She looked down at it but Boyet picked it up and she fastened it when she was sitting down later.
Also when the Princess through the coin to the Forester, he didn't catch it and it ended up in the front row so he got off the stage to pick it up.
Also Nathaniel's cloth hat fell off. He realised it had as he moved it with his foot slightly nearer the side of the stage. Later Costard picked it up and gave it back to him. He acted as tough he hadn't realised that he'd lost it but he had.
Another thing that happened was that as the swing came down the first time, a flower fell down off it so Ryan Gage picked it up and prsesnted it to the maid.
The other mishap was that one of the coins came off the camel's bridle and rolled across the stage so Dumaine gave that to his lady.
When Berowne came out today he spoke to both Longaville and Dumaine before lying down on the stage.
David Tennant didn't get the hat in the tree today so instead he went and picked it up and put it on the vertical branch which received a terrific laugh!
There were a few mishaps today (I love live theatre!). For example near the beginning the Princess's purse fell onto the stage. She looked down at it but Boyet picked it up and she fastened it when she was sitting down later.
Also when the Princess through the coin to the Forester, he didn't catch it and it ended up in the front row so he got off the stage to pick it up.
Also Nathaniel's cloth hat fell off. He realised it had as he moved it with his foot slightly nearer the side of the stage. Later Costard picked it up and gave it back to him. He acted as tough he hadn't realised that he'd lost it but he had.
Another thing that happened was that as the swing came down the first time, a flower fell down off it so Ryan Gage picked it up and prsesnted it to the maid.
The other mishap was that one of the coins came off the camel's bridle and rolled across the stage so Dumaine gave that to his lady.
When Berowne came out today he spoke to both Longaville and Dumaine before lying down on the stage.
I was quite sad at the end that this was the last performance of Love's Labour's Lost as this is a great production (far better than the version I saw at The Globe last year).
And my favourite line (and delivery) is still "I that am honest"!
Next performance for me: Hamlet tonight (15th)
