Teeny-tiny bridge readthrough

[wildeabandon]

About six months ago I organised a weekend event which consisted of a very small cast readthrough of Marlowe's Tamburlaine* and Aeschylus' The Persians on the Saturday, followed by a small duplicate bridge tournament on the Sunday. It was tremendous fun, and I'd like to do something similar again soon, and was wondering who might be interested.

Poll #7582 Teeny-tiny bridge readthrough

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

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Gauging interest:

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I would be up for reading a play on a Saturday
6 (100.0%)

I would be up for playing duplicate bridge on a Sunday
4 (66.7%)

I ticked boxes one and two, and live close enough to do both without needing crash space
1 (16.7%)

I ticked boxes one and two, but would need crash space to do both the same weekend
1 (16.7%)

I ticked box one or two but would need crash space to make a day in London viable
0 (0.0%)

I think the following play would be excellent for a readthrough with a small cast:

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I can definitely make the following weekends (based on my current plans)

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30/31 July
1 (25.0%)

6/7 Aug
3 (75.0%)

13/14 Aug
1 (25.0%)

20/21 Aug
3 (75.0%)

27/28 Aug
3 (75.0%)

3/4 Sep
1 (25.0%)

10/11 Sep
4 (100.0%)

17/18 Sep
4 (100.0%)

24/25 Sep
4 (100.0%)

1/2 Oct
2 (50.0%)

I can possibly make the following weekends:

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30/31 July
0 (0.0%)

6/7 Aug
1 (33.3%)

13/14 Aug
0 (0.0%)

20/21 Aug
0 (0.0%)

27/28 Aug
1 (33.3%)

3/4 Sep
1 (33.3%)

10/11 Sep
0 (0.0%)

17/18 Sep
0 (0.0%)

24/25 Sep
0 (0.0%)

1/2 Oct
2 (66.7%)

The bridge bit needs a multiple of four people to work, of course, but we don't have to have precisely the same people on both days. This is a public post, so feel free to send links to anyone you know who plays bridge and likes readthroughs :) Anyone who doesn't have a Dreamwidth account and wants to answer, just do so in the comments (and let me know if you'd like an invite code)

*okay, so with 8 actors there may have been a leetle bit of running backwards and forwards between warlords to be their officers, but I think there was only one scene that had people talking to themselves, which I feel is quite an achievement!

Comments

[merrythebard]

Bah, if my health weren't as sucky as it is at the moment I would have ticked far more of the boxes!

Realistically I would probably need either Nick or Sam to be going as well in order to get there. The "probably" boxes I've ticked are pretty much "yes I can make it if my health isn't too shitty", to clarify. :-)

You are great! And please consider me definitely interested in future readthroughs whatever happens re: this one. :-)

[emperor]

I'll have to get back to you on the weekends thing; we don't have many spare over the next month or so.