tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781475196023418414.post2931962668437499895..comments2024-03-28T18:29:26.971+00:00Comments on Partially Obstructed View: Re-review: King Charles IIInick730http://www.blogger.com/profile/17790671846484940609noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781475196023418414.post-51583037821971362792014-11-14T11:59:06.938+00:002014-11-14T11:59:06.938+00:00I don't think it is; it probably doesn't h...I don't think it is; it probably doesn't help having already seen TP-S, certainly the majority of the audience who had nothing to compare it to seemed to be totally engrossed. But Richardson is, as you say, competent rather than stonking, and more like the real Charles. He feels more knocked about by events, as opposed to TP-S's Lear/Richard II hybrid, brought down by his own folly.nick730https://www.blogger.com/profile/17790671846484940609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781475196023418414.post-12217958286412692852014-11-14T11:18:01.917+00:002014-11-14T11:18:01.917+00:00I guess you need at least one stonking lead - I sa...I guess you need at least one stonking lead - I saw Miles Richardson's first performance the day TPS had had his accident and thought he was possibly vocally more Charles than TPS - and entirely competent, but of course the production was further buoyed up by Oliver Chris. Hope this superfine production isn't now limping towards closure.JohnnyFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826323649061407095noreply@blogger.com