VIDEO: Richard II - Production Diary 7

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bmBoJ-afcZ7WUE02wLNOggj86eNxaothvntJlKXKVHW7E2leDL3R4nKEB3qwkpdrwsKzkNv4L9DvlqLtLN49YIysM7Y1cRRNMXFe6vSTpZPQhf0uP0xLW9DJCjHeHHloCBAdw3iVShM/s1600/prod7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bmBoJ-afcZ7WUE02wLNOggj86eNxaothvntJlKXKVHW7E2leDL3R4nKEB3qwkpdrwsKzkNv4L9DvlqLtLN49YIysM7Y1cRRNMXFe6vSTpZPQhf0uP0xLW9DJCjHeHHloCBAdw3iVShM/s1600/prod7.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">n this week's production diary video from the Royal Shakespeare Company </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Simon Ash, Senior Production Manager for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, describes the last week of technical work before Richard II opens.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">'Are we going to be ready to get the actors on stage on Monday evening at 6 o'clock?' he asks. His explanation of the process of bringing the show to stage makes clear it's not an easy question to answer.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Simon and the team have been planning this work for at least three months. In the week before the show opens, six departments - 40 to 50 people - will be working in the forestage, auditorium and backstage of the the theatre for 12 hours a day. Transport, facilities, equipment and scenery all come together. Watch the video to see it happen.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Richard II plays in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from 10 October to 16 November 2013. It transfers to the Barbican 9 December to 25 January. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">For more information visit http://onscreen.rsc.org.uk/richard-ii/</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/wa0-_arRG64?rel=0" width="480"></iframe>

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I n this week's production diary video from the Royal Shakespeare Company  Simon Ash, Senior Production Manager for the Royal Shakespear...

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