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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 14, 2019 15:07:32 GMT
Interesting idea for a new play - seems much suited for film but could be something special. "Based on an original idea by Rylance, Semmelweiss centers on the maverick Dr. Semmelweis (Rylance), who is confronted by the terrible death toll of childbed fever and makes a discovery that could save hundreds of thousands of new mothers. But when the medical establishment questions his methods, rejects his theory and doubts his sanity, the controversial surgeon finds that being a pioneer is not enough."
www.broadway.com/buzz/197621/mark-rylance-to-star-in-world-premiere-semmelweiss-at-bristol-old-vic/ |
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Post by stephen on Dec 14, 2019 22:52:48 GMT
Sounds very promising.
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Post by pacinoyes on May 8, 2020 21:10:19 GMT
Postponed but notably not cancelled - rehearsals were to start this week: Mark Rylance said today, "I am very sad not to be rehearsing this resonant play for our scheduled opening this summer. I was particularly looking forward also to living and playing in Bristol. I have always enjoyed being in the audience at the beautiful Bristol Old Vic and spent many enjoyable days and nights in Bristol while filming Wolf Hall or visiting friends. I hope that we as a society will one day soon feel safe to gather again in theatres and share these moving, amusing and sometimes tragic stories in the same room together."
www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/play-starring-mark-rylance-bristol-4112332 |
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Post by stephen on May 8, 2020 21:24:12 GMT
This was supposed to be the Summer of George Mark.
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 15, 2023 7:32:31 GMT
This got so-so reviews the first time but this suggests a retooled production and if its good - possibly Broadway where he'd be going for (gulp) Tony number 4 Mark Rylance will return to the West End in Dr Semmelweis this summer.
Rylance, known for his turns in Jerusalem and Bridge of Spies, will be reprising his role in the Bristol Old Vic production, which will open at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 11 July, with previews starting on 29 June and dates until 7 October.
Directed by Tom Morris, Dr Semmelweis follows pioneering Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis, who made one of the most important discoveries in modern medicine. His research on bacteria, which was later proved by Louis Pasteur and Dr Lister, could have saved countless lives, but it was ignored for forty years. The production features a chorus of ballet dancers and a quartet representing the thousands of mothers who perished unnecessarily.
www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/mark-rylance-west-end-semmelweis_58529.html |
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Post by VERITAS on Mar 15, 2023 22:30:57 GMT
Haven't followed this specifically...but on the topic of Rylance, I've just been fascinated by him lately (especially after his turn in Bones and All, though I didn't care for the film itself) and I'd honestly love to see him take on John Joel Glanton in an "unfilmable" Blood Meridian adaptation now that I've finished it...
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Post by stephen on Mar 16, 2023 2:16:24 GMT
Haven't followed this specifically...but on the topic of Rylance, I've just been fascinated by him lately (especially after his turn in Bones and All, though I didn't care for the film itself) and I'd honestly love to see him take on John Joel Glanton in an "unfilmable" Blood Meridian adaptation now that I've finished it... Rylance is someone I always thought would make a good ex-priest Tobin, but now I'm envisioning his Glanton and I think there's great potential there. |
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Post by VERITAS on Mar 16, 2023 21:47:16 GMT
Haven't followed this specifically...but on the topic of Rylance, I've just been fascinated by him lately (especially after his turn in Bones and All, though I didn't care for the film itself) and I'd honestly love to see him take on John Joel Glanton in an "unfilmable" Blood Meridian adaptation now that I've finished it... Rylance is someone I always thought would make a good ex-priest Tobin, but now I'm envisioning his Glanton and I think there's great potential there. Yeah, for sure could see Rylance as Tobin as well but he deserves juicier material. Glanton conceptually reads as an unhinged Faust to Holden's "Devil" and after seeing how merciless Rylance was in Bones/how he embodied Sully's devotion to such a morbid lifestyle (albeit nuanced) he'd fit Glanton like a glove. I'd love to see it... |
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Post by stephen on Mar 16, 2023 21:51:05 GMT
Rylance is someone I always thought would make a good ex-priest Tobin, but now I'm envisioning his Glanton and I think there's great potential there. Yeah, for sure could see Rylance as Tobin as well but he deserves juicier material. Glanton conceptually reads as an unhinged Faust to Holden's "Devil" and after seeing how merciless Rylance was in Bones/how he embodied Sully's devotion to such a morbid lifestyle (albeit nuanced) he'd fit Glanton like a glove. I'd love to see it... Just imagine Rylance doing a one-man show recitation of Chapter 10, though, when he tells the kid how the Glanton gang first met the judge. I get chills thinking about it. Rylance is a bit too old for Glanton now (my personal choice for the last decade has been Ben Foster, who was my original choice for David Brown), but his Sully does feel spiritually connected to the depravity one typically finds in the pages of Cormac McCarthy. But Rylance is capable of extreme physicality on stage, so depending on how they portrayed it here, he could probably still be physically up to the role. I do love the idea of him staring into the fire, his eyes "burning centroids of murder" as McCarthy describes, seeing his ultimate fate in the flames. |
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Post by VERITAS on Mar 16, 2023 22:18:34 GMT
Yeah, for sure could see Rylance as Tobin as well but he deserves juicier material. Glanton conceptually reads as an unhinged Faust to Holden's "Devil" and after seeing how merciless Rylance was in Bones/how he embodied Sully's devotion to such a morbid lifestyle (albeit nuanced) he'd fit Glanton like a glove. I'd love to see it... Just imagine Rylance doing a one-man show recitation of Chapter 10, though, when he tells the kid how the Glanton gang first met the judge. I get chills thinking about it. Rylance is a bit too old for Glanton now (my personal choice for the last decade has been Ben Foster, who was my original choice for David Brown), but his Sully does feel spiritually connected to the depravity one typically finds in the pages of Cormac McCarthy. But Rylance is capable of extreme physicality on stage, so depending on how they portrayed it here, he could probably still be physically up to the role. I do love the idea of him staring into the fire, his eyes "burning centroids of murder" as McCarthy describes, seeing his ultimate fate in the flames. Foster could absolutely body Glanton but it wouldn't feel as inspired as Rylance because Foster always seems pigeonholed/typecast into this type of role. I'd like to see artistic liberties taken for Rylance regardless of age. I'd also like to see how the utter carnage of chapter ten's closing would play out on screen... |
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