New Old Vic Season Announced: Kevin Spacey And Trevor Nunn!

New Old Vic Season Announced: Kevin Spacey And Trevor Nunn! "Inherit the Wind" and "Six Degrees of Separation"

#1 BenMonk

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Posted 05 June 2009 - 09:23 AM

The New Old Vic Season has been announced!

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'Inherit the Wind' by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Directed by Sir Trevor Nunn.
Starring Kevin Spacey as Henry Drummond and David Troughton as Matthew Harrison Brady.
Design by Rob Howell, Lighting by Howard Harrison and Sound by Fergus O'Hare.
Cast also features: Paris Arrowsmith, Paul Birchard, Ken Bones, Adam Booth, David Burrows, Sonya Cassidy, Ian Conningham, Sam Cox, Mark Dexter, Mary Doherty, Branwell Donaghey, Janine Duvitski, Sarah Ingram, Nicholas Jones, Sid Livingstone, Simon Lee Phillips, Sam Phillips, Vincent Pirillo, Christopher Ragland, Susan Tracy and Janet Whiteside.
18th September - 20th December (Press Night 1st October)
£10, £15, £20, £28.50, £38.50, £48.50

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'Six Degrees of Separation' by John Guare
Directed by David Grindley
Design by Jonathan Fensom, Lighting by Jason Taylor and Sound by Gregory Clarke.
7th January - 3rd April (Press Night 19th January)
£10, £15, £20, £27, £37, £47

I can't wait to get my £12 under 26 tickets.

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Posted 05 June 2009 - 10:32 AM

Ooh, smashing! :3 No idea who Spacey's playing in Inherit the Wind, I suppose?

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Posted 05 June 2009 - 10:45 AM

QUOTE(Weez @ Jun 5 2009, 11:32 AM)

Ooh, smashing! :3 No idea who Spacey's playing in Inherit the Wind, I suppose?

Presumably Brady or Drummond?

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Posted 05 June 2009 - 10:49 AM

He played Clarence Darrow (Drummond) in a film as I recall so maybe him again.

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Posted 05 June 2009 - 10:59 AM

QUOTE(curzon @ Jun 5 2009, 11:45 AM)

Presumably Brady or Drummond?

Sebastian

I reckon that's a fair enough assumption; I'd come to the same one myself. I was just wondering if anyone was able to narrow it down further.

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Posted 05 June 2009 - 11:08 AM

QUOTE(Weez @ Jun 5 2009, 11:59 AM)

I reckon that's a fair enough assumption; I'd come to the same one myself. I was just wondering if anyone was able to narrow it down further.

I've asked Kevin Spacey on twitter so hopefully he'll give us an answer

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Posted 05 June 2009 - 11:11 AM

Only 2 plays announced so far? Have next year's Bridge plays been officially announced? (other than in Telegraph or wherever it was).

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Posted 05 June 2009 - 11:29 AM

QUOTE(Alexandra @ Jun 5 2009, 12:11 PM)

Only 2 plays announced so far? Have next year's Bridge plays been officially announced? (other than in Telegraph or wherever it was).

Yes, weirdly. And no

The website only mentions the two plays, and so does this

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Posted 05 June 2009 - 11:37 AM

Fair enough. That's enough to be getting on with, anyway.

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Posted 05 June 2009 - 11:59 AM

As You Like It and The Three Sisters are also mentioned in the Winter's Tale/Cherry Orchard programme, which has reprinted the Telegraph article, so they presumably will be happening.

I have to say I'm a little underwhelmed by the choice of plays. I've seen the film of Inherit the Wind (with Spencer Tracey) and it is perfectly enjoyable and interesting, but does it really merit a theatrical revival? I would love to be proved wrong, but it seems a touch middle-of-the-road somehow.

And Six Degrees of Sepration is a very good play, but do we need a revival so soon, and would it not have been more interesting to go for something of Guare's that hasn't already had a high-profile production over here? Four Baboons Adoring the Sun or Bosoms and Neglect?