billboyd Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I must declare an interest - I'm playing Cardinal Wolsey - Putney Arts Theatre 24-28 June 7.45pm, mat 3pm 28th (Performances outdoors 11 & 12 July 3pm) http://www.putneyartstheatre.org.uk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 You could change the dialogue and change history - just kidding. Have a wonderful run! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Break a leg, Bill! (Not really!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melody Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I read the play (the closest I get to seeing British theatre these days) a couple of years ago and found it very interesting. It gives Anne Boleyn more dimensions than she's usually given credit for. Hope you have a good run, and I hope the weather behaves for the outdoor performances! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billboyd Posted May 24, 2014 Author Share Posted May 24, 2014 Correction to my post above - The outdoor performances are 12 & 13 July (Unfortunately, 12 July clashes with RBS main stage performance) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billboyd Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Next week.....24-28 June 7.45pm, 28 June 3pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billboyd Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 Open air performances 12 & 13 July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Williams Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 (edited) Saw 'Anne Boleyn' this week and loved it. Our own dear Bill Boyd made a very striking and convincing Cardina Wolsey. duplicitous and authoritative in his crimson robes in Putney Arts Theatre's production of Howard Brenton' s play'. Held at the company’s own theatre - a beautifully converted church in Putney's Ravenna Road, it was the first time I'd seen a work by Brenton, and I was both surprised and thriled by it. I'd somehow got the idea that Brenton was a grimly leftie sort of playwright, but there was no sign of that here. His Anne (played movingly by Kate Kenyon) was presented as a strong, determined character but also as a beautiful sexual creature and a touchingl human one. There was much wit in the play (though I do wonder if James I was really that camp?) as well as a clear account of the history-changing politics that characterised Henry VIII's reign. All the leads were strongly played (not a weak link amongst them) and our. attention was riveted from beginning to end, not something once can say about most amateur productions - the evening seemed to fly by. There are now only two further performances – on 12th and 13th July and they’re in the open air -. the old burial ground behind the church (or very close by) Could be nice for a picnic if the evening is balmy enough. Putney Arts Theatre 0208 788 6943 Edited July 2, 2014 by Ann Williams 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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