tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post5051409360735735208..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: Review: The Wild DuckAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-56353494564159064762012-03-22T12:28:28.134+11:002012-03-22T12:28:28.134+11:00The music at the start of the production alternate...The music at the start of the production alternates between the Giga and Ciaccona from Bach's Partita in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004).Philiphttp://thiel.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-71564938860969497142011-04-01T09:11:07.364+11:002011-04-01T09:11:07.364+11:00Hi Simon - thanks for your comment. I agree, it...Hi Simon - thanks for your comment. I agree, it's not Ibsen's play. It's another play which draws on Ibsen's work, and this play is about the price of an old but foundational lie in a marriage between two people which has grown to be loving, strong and true (that isn't Ibsen, either). Gregers is another character, and isn't driven by the fanatic idealism that informs IbsenAlison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-26132105797947567112011-04-01T07:52:16.053+11:002011-04-01T07:52:16.053+11:00I do think the disappearance of Gregers in the sec...I do think the disappearance of Gregers in the second half of this adaptation is a bigger flaw than you do - while the production is brilliantly presented (design, acting, direction), the decision to cut out Gregers being confronted with the cost of his own quest for truth reduces the scale of the drama to just the Ekhdal's personal tragedy. Which isn't what Ibsen's play is ultimatelysimonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-75554895086638654772011-03-30T19:02:44.295+11:002011-03-30T19:02:44.295+11:00Note: have amended the music to Bach's cello s...Note: have amended the music to Bach's cello suites until someone tells me better.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-43681239215648630652011-03-30T16:08:13.065+11:002011-03-30T16:08:13.065+11:00You're phobic about lips???You're phobic about lips???Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-46082078618277651872011-03-30T15:10:30.430+11:002011-03-30T15:10:30.430+11:00I can only clarify that the word 'labial' ...I can only clarify that the word 'labial' is too much for little me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-68945427953876354392011-03-30T14:50:22.526+11:002011-03-30T14:50:22.526+11:00Now that you're asking the question, I'm n...Now that you're asking the question, I'm not sure. I thought it was, but I wouldn't bet my life on my musical knowledge. Maybe someone else can clarify...Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1104575055790875262011-03-30T14:33:40.145+11:002011-03-30T14:33:40.145+11:00Was it actually the Bach partita or is that just a...Was it actually the Bach partita or is that just a guess? If it was, then I do believe I made a rather egregious mistake in my own review (mentioning a cello and viola in an apparently solo-violin piece). Oops. My ignorance of music knows no bounds.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to Baal now too (I wasn't all that fussed before I saw <i>The Wild Duck</i>), and am now also regretting Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com