tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post8132290153899822437..comments2023-12-14T21:08:52.235+11:00Comments on SOYP: The People's Theatre Advisor : STC’S ‘THE MAIDS’ dissected by meAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13465326595602560516noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-43900409188655611912021-09-15T00:46:35.329+10:002021-09-15T00:46:35.329+10:00We have sell some products of different custom box...We have sell some products of different custom boxes.it is very useful and very low price please visits this site thanks and please share this post with your friends. <a href="https://www.canada-visa-online.org/ja/%E8%A6%B3%E5%85%89%E3%83%93%E3%82%B6" rel="nofollow">カナダ観光ビザ</a><br />Ross Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844708560868033421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-85768669175075052052019-02-11T19:57:45.942+11:002019-02-11T19:57:45.942+11:00I love this blog!! 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The STC is a farce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-64569366782565214862013-07-20T21:50:59.620+10:002013-07-20T21:50:59.620+10:00Just saw The Maids today. It is polished, edited s...Just saw The Maids today. It is polished, edited successfully ...apart from the rambling finale, but not a play I loved or would wish to see again. Great acting by all 3 leads...sisters looking and speaking completely differently a tad distracting!<br />...and frankly not a riveting script. Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-14944640693639174232013-07-11T11:23:54.673+10:002013-07-11T11:23:54.673+10:00Thank you and Sydney Abba for spot on reviews. It...Thank you and Sydney Abba for spot on reviews. It clarified some major reservations I had after seeing this play on Tuesday night. I agree it was fairly laboured and the casting was very problematic, perhaps too many stars! Perhaps IH could have been madame and CB and ED the sisters/ maids but I still think that would have been wrong. Jacki Weaver and Lynette Curran would have been more convincing as the maids and CB could have been madame,actually i'd rather see Pamela Rabe in that role. Annabelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-80327217062010296052013-07-06T20:00:08.404+10:002013-07-06T20:00:08.404+10:00I agree with James - the papers seem to be too afr...I agree with James - the papers seem to be too afraid to say how bad it was. <br /><br />This is what we said: <br /><br />http://dinnerandshowblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/03/the-maids-make-a-mess-an-stc-production/<br /><br />Thank you Jane for another honest and thorough review. <br /><br />Hoping you'll be around for the rest of the STC season, especially for 'Waiting for Godot'. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13610252509839374041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-8520489216344498382013-06-16T01:05:45.389+10:002013-06-16T01:05:45.389+10:00Thanks for the spot-on review: yet again, the majo...Thanks for the spot-on review: yet again, the major papers fail to provide an honest review.<br /><br />The play was so boring I really wanted to leave and I kept hoping it would get better. I was surprised: it had two great stars who can act. What happened?<br /><br />I haven't read the play and so I don't know how much of it is due to the adaptation. I doubt it will improve because Isabelle Huppert can barely get through her lines, she's not acting, she's indicating and gesticulating most of the time, probably because it's in English. <br /><br />The scenes with the maids didn't seem to go anywhere: they are role-playing but surely we don't need 60 minutes of the same thing over and over again. <br /><br />Another point: the letter written to the police which got the mistress' partner jailed was an essential plot point. It would have been believable in the original 1930s-40s setting but in this contemporary staging with cordless phones etc it didn't make any sense. <br /><br />So disappointing that STC keeps serving up rubbish.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16744691668619867433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-12926216219500415222013-06-14T11:49:11.609+10:002013-06-14T11:49:11.609+10:00Hi James- thanks for the clarification. I think &#...Hi James- thanks for the clarification. I think 'uninterested' has almost disappeared from the lexicon these days. I promise to revisit it now you've given it a home in the comments section of my reviews!<br /><br />One of these days I will actually develop the technological skills (which are the only thing worse than my grammar)to create links to some of the other review sites like yours and Kevin Jackson's. As you say, it's great we don't always agree. I'm just happy we have lots of alternative voices out there. I know as an audience member, apart from what was in the papers, I didn't know where to find these critical voices but lots of people are pretty savvy to it now.<br /><br />Here's to a plethora of opinions and expressions!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465326595602560516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-29561666018435850642013-06-14T11:08:33.583+10:002013-06-14T11:08:33.583+10:00A lot of people do this these days- so not just pi...A lot of people do this these days- so not just picking on you. But it's wrong. When you say 'disinterested' I am pretty sure you mean 'uninterested' - as in NOT interested. Disinterested means not having a 'vested' interest in the outcome or the proceedings. As in a judge presiding over two sides of an argument in court. Being 'disinterested' is a very important word and it's sad to see it lose its meaning through very regular misuse these days.<br /><br />I am in the middle of a review of The Maids myself - to appear initially in the ABR (Australian Book Review) online early next week. I will then put up a link from my site to it.I am not finding it easy to say what I want to say.<br /><br />I enjoy your lively reviews, while not always in agreement. Now THAT would be boring!<br /><br />Cheers James WaitesJames Waiteshttp://www.jameswaites.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-22533602837306401032013-06-11T17:18:24.899+10:002013-06-11T17:18:24.899+10:00I hoped you'd do a review of The Maids. I saw...I hoped you'd do a review of The Maids. I saw it a couple of days after the first preview and it was a bit shorter but still about 30 minutes too long. Just not enough happening to stretch as long as it does. Elizabeth Debicki was a great choice for the Mistress - quite stunning for the part. Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211083304365411848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-760847474036282182013-06-11T13:58:34.731+10:002013-06-11T13:58:34.731+10:00oh no!!! I have been so very much looking forward ...oh no!!! I have been so very much looking forward to this!! We are going in July so I'm hoping it's ironed out the crinkles by then. I performed in a production of this in Newcastle in 1998 to great critical acclaim and I was so looking forward to seeing Cate on stage in a role I loved, we used the original translation and in my memory it was all action.. I have not been to STC in years...Please get it together guys!! Angehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04243179052196242522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-63147209236674191782013-06-11T10:17:18.243+10:002013-06-11T10:17:18.243+10:00It's travesty!!It's travesty!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-20016523327398777182013-06-10T14:49:27.488+10:002013-06-10T14:49:27.488+10:00It was a difficult play to watch but one that had ...It was a difficult play to watch but one that had us talking for ages. I suspect there was a lot of visual and interplays that would come out on a second more relaxed viewing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-51997415690556975802013-06-09T15:59:11.861+10:002013-06-09T15:59:11.861+10:00Oh yes- that 'this is rubbish' line. I thi...Oh yes- that 'this is rubbish' line. I think we were all in agreement...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465326595602560516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-89112784499799919142013-06-09T15:55:14.158+10:002013-06-09T15:55:14.158+10:00Agree - I was there on the first preview night and...Agree - I was there on the first preview night and wanted to yell "just drink the tea" during the never-ending final monologue...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-92148706097130858452013-06-08T22:56:42.759+10:002013-06-08T22:56:42.759+10:00Totally agree, this was a big disappointment. The...Totally agree, this was a big disappointment. The pacing was off. Cate Blanchett veered towards over-exaggeration at times, enough to be distracting. Elizabeth Debicki was the highlight though. As for Isabelle Huppert – well, during that l-o-n-g monologue when she shouts out “this is rubbish” there was a soft applause from one audience member and hushed mutterings of agreement from many in the front stalls. For me there was nothing endearing about the two lead performances to make me care about any of the play’s themes. I would have gladly reheated that cup of tea and drink it myself!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com