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romeo and juliet

Sun, 6 Oct 2002, 02:57 pm
Walter Plinge10 posts in thread
We have all seen this play a hundred times before, so for Angela Chaplin to get someting new from this production at the Hayman was bound to be difficult, but with Emily Brennan as Juliet she did just that. Juliet was portrayed as the very young innocent teenager that she was, fawning, giggly, with a big crush on her cousin Romeo - Ian Meadows. With very strong perfomances from the leads and Zilla Turner - the nurse, Renato Fabretti - Mercutio and Crispian Chan as Tybalt the show flowed nicely.

The presentation was superb, with excellent lighting and a simple but very effective set.

Re: row-mee-oh and joo-lee-ett

Sat, 11 Jan 2003, 10:37 am
I’m trying to recollect if ‘Bill’ put on any plays
where a Geordie dialect could have been used, for that of the characters, which is more of a truer Anglo-Saxon accent, than that found at Southwalk, pronounced So'thwaak, at that time.
Therefore are we not putting a "StrineÂ’lish" strangle hold on it? With what we think it should soond like?
Noo waa hinny! ahdiv’t na’h ‘boot ‘t, - But ‘t myt torn oot a cuddy of n’aaf’l r’ng culaa? kidaa!

Q: if yÂ’waakÂ’t Waaka,
bykÂ’t Byka,
w’t y’dee ‘t Waals’nd?

A: Faal off!

Excuse my anglish! ItÂ’s been a "vury lang" tyme!
I hope this helps?
"Chookas"

GAAFA

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