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no, me neither - to add insult to injury I was staying near stratford for the first two weeks and went every day for returned tickets, but nothing doing. When I spent one whole day there shopping (which I recommend, btw), none of the shop assistants was even aware he was coming!
I went - and it was fab. I bought tickets a year ago, and it was well worth the wait! The entire cast was fantastic - not just David T and Patrick Stewart. Gertrude was superb.
I was there last week. Gertrude, I've always had trouble with her, but she made far more sense to me this time than she ever has. And Oliver Ford Davies, gotta love him.
DP was a bit meh about going. He bought the tickets for me for Christmas, he won't usually watch a drama or read fiction, but he was slightly tearful and said it was too good. (Obviously I slapped him round the head and told him to get a grip, but you see his point.)
Yes, it was a very physical performance, wasn't it? But he seemed delighted by the applause at the end - genuinely delighted and almost surprised. I did expect knickers to be thrown at him at one stage - there were a lot of swooning ladies and adolescents in the audience!
I'm sure they'd have to have told you in advance of buying the tickets if the advertised actor won't be in it. That said, I saw a stand-in when Daniel Day Lewis stepped out of Hamlet, years back. The understudy was Jeremy Northam - and he was absolutely brilliant!
I'm going on Thursday with DH - got a short break through RSC. Not my cup of tea (got tickets for DH's birthday) but I am interested to see what he is like.....
I went early on - 29th July and loved it. DT was good but as other posters have said the rest of the cast were fantastic too. I laughed so much at Oliver Ford Davies! annaje (and everyone else still to go) - hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think!
Will report back and let you know how it went - we could only get the matinee performance. Personally I am looking forward to a night away from the kids in a moderately posh hotel.......
Seeing him in Love's Labour's Lost next month tho <note to self; read play beforehand!>
Really excited!
Read hilarious story about how DT and Pat St have vetoe dsigning any Dr Who/Star Trek stuff at the door. No Tardis or Trekkie suit, Hamlet programme only lol
mmmmn - did you see the comic relief video with the proclaimers with him in the background with the tux and kilt? (Must stop - dh gets really cross about dribble on the keyboard)
I saw it! We went for our wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago. Booked about a year ago, and timed it really well, as I'm now 7 months pregnant with our first baby so theatre trips are going to be off the menu soon!
He was very yummy, though very very skinny. We went to the stage door afterwards but didn't manage to get autographs - he came out and signed for a bit, then went back inside. No one else came out and a bit later a security guy came and told everyone that all the actors had left now. Walking back we got passed by Patrick Stewart in his jag
I went to see it yesterday. DT was brill (and more handsome in the flesh - great smile). I was pleasantly surprised by it - as I had mentioned previously on this thread, shakespeare is not my thing - but I really enjoyed it and it was surprisingly funny! Patrick Stewart was very good but you could tell everyone was there to see DT. Anyone still going to see it - enjoy!!!
I got hold of return tickets for Love's Labour's Lost from the RSC website this afternoon. You have to be a member to book online but it is very possible to get tickets if you keep trying. I'm still after a Hamlet ticket too, I want to see it again as it was so unbelievably brilliant.
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