21st performance of Love's Labour's Lost (my 13th)
It was lovely to just drive about 20 miles to the theatre in time for a matinee today! It was a much older crowd again - I was the youngest by about 20 years in my 8 seat row! They all really seemed to enjoy the play a lot though. The pensioner next to me sometimes sat with her head in her hands as she was laughing so much! My seat was in Row K but in direct line with my usual seat in Row H so I could see perfectly down the centre aisle. It was also slightly raised so my view was just perfect.
There were a couple of mistakes on stage today but I'm sure that most people there won't have noticed them. For example Costard missed out his "Not a word about Costard yet" line (which doesn't affect Navarre's reading of Amado's letter to him).
Also, when Berowne pulled out his poem from the band in his trousers, it wasn't torn today so instead he pointed out a bit that was the rhyming part and another that was the melancholy part.
The other thing was that Amado had some trouble finding his pocket when he was looking for the remuneration, so he said "this", then "that" and then (when he found it "this")!
The folded arms person unfolded theirs very quickly again today.
I managed to guess the "German woman" again this afternoon!
David Tennant didn't seem to put as much paper in his mouth today. (Maybe he'd already had lunch?!!!)
Even though there was a performance of Hamlet tonight, they still performed the song at the end of the interval.
There was no signing after the performance today. My car was parked the other side of the river and as I walked past the fish and chip shop that used to have the photo of the dalek in the window with a sign saying "Exterminate your hunger", I noticed that they still have the dalek but they've changed the sign to say "New nemesis required, apply within"!
I really had to struggle to drive away from Stratford and not join the queue for returns for tonight! A friend had got me tickets to a concert so I felt that I had to attend.
There were a couple of mistakes on stage today but I'm sure that most people there won't have noticed them. For example Costard missed out his "Not a word about Costard yet" line (which doesn't affect Navarre's reading of Amado's letter to him).
Also, when Berowne pulled out his poem from the band in his trousers, it wasn't torn today so instead he pointed out a bit that was the rhyming part and another that was the melancholy part.
The other thing was that Amado had some trouble finding his pocket when he was looking for the remuneration, so he said "this", then "that" and then (when he found it "this")!
The folded arms person unfolded theirs very quickly again today.
I managed to guess the "German woman" again this afternoon!
David Tennant didn't seem to put as much paper in his mouth today. (Maybe he'd already had lunch?!!!)
Even though there was a performance of Hamlet tonight, they still performed the song at the end of the interval.
There was no signing after the performance today. My car was parked the other side of the river and as I walked past the fish and chip shop that used to have the photo of the dalek in the window with a sign saying "Exterminate your hunger", I noticed that they still have the dalek but they've changed the sign to say "New nemesis required, apply within"!
I really had to struggle to drive away from Stratford and not join the queue for returns for tonight! A friend had got me tickets to a concert so I felt that I had to attend.
Next performance for me: Hamlet on Saturday (8th)
