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Seen Geoffrey in 'Importance of Being Earnest' in Oz? Please share

posted 13 years ago by lfuller711
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Has anyone seen Geoffrey in "Importance of Being Earnest" in Melbourne, Australia? He's playing a woman - Lady Bracknell in this Oscar Wilde play for the Melbourne Theatre Company. The MTC won't even provide a clip to us for this sold out play.

If so, please share. I can't make it and I would love to know what you think.

(I would bet he's just amazing, but I'd like to find out from a real person who was there. I've read the reviews, but who knows with critics.)

Lynne
Las Vegas, NV

[–] dweediecat 13 years ago

No clips! Breaks my heart!

Is there really a good excuse these days for not providing a single clip? What - because they didn't HAVE to in order to sell seats?

It's just... wrong.

"Geoffrey Rush - The Thinking Woman's Crumpet"

[–] rtcnz 13 years ago

Yeah I saw it a few days ago. It's an excellent play - although that part is a relatively minor role, so he is not on stage for long scenes at a time. In fact, I think he actually comes on stage only twice - at the start and at the end - but he's there for reasonable lengths of time. He's really good - you would hardly know it was a man, let alone GR. The costumes he wears and the make up really do disguise him - and the voice! But the play was so good that aside from being famous, he didn't stand out over and the above the rest of the cast - they were all superlative! I'd pay double to see it again if I could!

[–] lfuller711 13 years ago

Thank you for sharing with us, rtcnz!

Lynne
Las Vegas, NV