剛到利物浦沒多久就聽說要上演李爾王。只是一直沒有試著去買票。因為:一、我不知道Everyman在哪裡/是什麼;二、我不覺得當時還買的到票。

跟樓友混熟了點後發現她跟我有很多興趣都很類似。我跟她說想去聽音樂會,也想看李爾王。她馬上叫我要去一定要約她去。我上網去查李爾王的表演才發現說預售票早就已經賣光了。只是又發現網站也說每日十二點會開賣12張當天晚上的票。我跟樓友11:30才出發。已經有一群人在那等著買票了。但也不算多啦,所以才打算再賭賭運氣。我數了人數發現我們是第十四跟十五個。可是我們不想就這樣放棄。還好沒有就這樣走掉。因為有個人突然宣佈說除了12張票之外,可能還會有更多!

他們開始派人數票,我們後面也漸漸的又增加了人群。數票的人在排在我們前面的兩個女士停下腳步時,我的心臟簡直快停了。以為這下真的買不到了啦!明天請早!沒想到,他繼續走向我們,我們也跟他要了兩張票。站在我們後面的男士也很幸運的買到票了。不過在他之後的人都被趕回家了。有個女士非常失望。問了他們到底要多早來排隊才肯定買的到票。他們說,今天最早到的可是9:30就來排隊了呢!

這可是我這一生當中第一次看莎士比亞的舞台劇呢!!能買到票真的是前世修來的福氣啦!

I first heard about this performance during the first meetings with my MA mates.  I didn't bother to get tickets then for two reasons: 1. I didn't know where/what Everman was, 2. I didn't think I would still be able to get tickets.

After confiding with my flatmate about my desire to hear concerts performed at the Philharmonic Hall and wondered if tickets were still available for King Lear, she excitedly agreed to join me to each performance.  I went to the website only to find out that all advance tickets had long been sold out.  However, it also said that 12 tickets will be available each day for those who wish to see it to pick up in person.  They start selling at noon.  My flatmate and I left our hall at 11:30.  There was already a queue.  Fortunately, it wasn't a very long one.  I counted, and realized that we were the 14th and 15th person.  We didn't want to give up.  Good thing we didn't, because a bloke announced that there might be a little more than 12 tickets available. 

Some more people queued up behind us.  Not long after, the bloke started counting tickets needed.  My heart almost stopped beating when he made a long pause in front of the two ladies before us.  We thought: 'That's it!' and prepared to go home, defeated.  Surprisingly enough, he continued towards us, and WE GOT OUR TICKETS!! 

The guy behind us also got his, but about a dozen people behind him were asked to go home.  Annoyed and disappointed, a woman asked how early one had to be here to ensure that they would get the tickets.  According to them, the first ones in line were there at 9:30!!

This is my first Shakespeare on-stage performance!  I can't tell you how excited I was, and still am.



觀後感想:

一直以來我都認為我不會喜歡這種現代服裝的莎士比亞劇。不過親眼目睹一齣這樣的戲之後才發現,服裝的部份會這樣設計不是沒有原因的。這樣省下多少經費?因為服裝的經費省下了,就有更多的經費可以請來更大牌的演員。Peter Postlewaite演過『以父之名』、『羅密歐與朱麗葉』等。當然也少不了許多莎士比亞劇的演出經歷啦!據說他事業的開端就是在這間Everyman Playhouse 開始的喔!另外讓我下一跳的是Tobias Menzies的出現。有看過HBO自製影集『羅馬的榮耀』就會認出他在裡面飾演的Brutus。再不,你可能也會記得他在『皇家夜總會』裡飾演『M』的助理。

我非常喜歡這裡的舞台設計。無論你買到哪個座位的票,都保證會跟演員有優良的互動。沒有不好的座位。每個座位、每個角度都很優!

終於能夠看到在舞台上演出的莎士比亞劇。我到現在都還不太敢相信我們真的買到票了!接下來的目標:Royal Shakespeare Company [一定要的啦!!]

Thoughts on the performance:

I used to think that I would have a problem with modernized costumes and props.  After seeing one myself, I realize now that it is not completely inacceptable.  There were instances when we thought that certain treatments were unnecessary, but overall the modernized costumes meant a great reduction in production budget, which in turn, meant more could be used to cast actors and actressess with greater caliber. 

The playhouse is aptly called the 'Everyman'.  Seating the audience around the stage, every seat is a good seat.  The performers make use of this unique design and does not simply enter the stage from the sides. 

The cast was incredible.  Pete Postlewaite as King Lear was impeccable.  Apparently this was the place that started Pete Postlewaite's career as an actor.  Tobias Menzies as Edgar was just as amazing.  The most difficult roles in a performance are those that include depictions of insanity.  They convincingly persuaded us that they had, indeed, lost their minds.  On top of that, the villains were also extremely difficult to portray.  Of the villains, our favorite was Goneril and Edmund.  Cordelia's presentation was a little disappointing.  We barely heard anything she said.  As far as I can say, she was the only disappointment of the night.

It was such an honor to see Shakespeare on stage for the first time, with such an amazing cast to compound.  I have fallen deeper in love with stage performances.  And I simply cannot wait to see one by the Royal Shakespeare Comany![must happen! must happen!!]

Cast:
King Lear - Pete Postlewaite [In the Name of the Father, Romeo and Juliet, the Constant Gardener...]
Goneril - Caroline Faber
Regan - Charlotte Randle
Cordelia - Amanda Hale
Duke of Albany - Michael Colgan
Duke of Cornwall - Clarence Smith
King of France - Christopher Middleton
Duke of Burgindy/Curan - John-Paul Macleod
Earl of Gloucester - John Shrapnel [Gladiator, K19: the Widow Maker, Troy]
Edgar - Tobias Menzies [Rome, Casino Royale...]
Edmund - Jonjo ONeill
Earl of Kent - Nigel Cooke
Fool - Forbes Masson
Oswald - Peter Bramhill
The Boy - Jacob Anderson





From the Artistic Director of the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse



Further Information:
King Lear at Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse

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