Who likes pirates?

[elisi]

And (maybe more importantly) who would like to see Arthur Darvill as a pirate?



Well now's your chance, it's on youtube:

Official Treasure Island | Free National Theatre Live Full Performance

Available for free until 23 April! (So get in there now.)

Highly recommended - have seen it performed live (Impish Girl was Jim, and was Quite Brilliant, even if I say so myself) and also seen this production. (Online, not live, obvs.) And the staging is incredible.

ANYWAY. ENJOY! :D

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Our joint watching time has been pretty limited but maybe I'll just see this myself over the next few days as I've never read the book (but have seen Black Sails).

[elisi]

Haven't read the book either, but liked it very much indeed! :)

[auroracloud]

Ahh, thanks for reminding me, I thought there was a special reason why I wanted to watch this! :-D Apart from the whole "a chance to see a National Theatre performance for free" thing!

[elisi]

It's definitely an extra bonus. :)

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Awesome!!

[elisi]

You're welcome! :)

[sea_thoughts]

Yesss, he makes a very charming Long John Silver. It's easy to see why so many people are taken in by him.

[elisi]

Charming is much more lethal than scary...

[sea_thoughts]

Exactly. My friend saw it for the first time and said that even at the end, she was thinking "Well, maybe, maybe he IS good, maybe he COULD be good" XD

[elisi]

I remember Owls once describing psychopaths perfectly: 'They're your friend until they're not'. And that's Long John Silver in a nutshell.

[sea_thoughts]

Perfectly describes Mr Razor too >>

[elisi]

That is, indeed, whom the remark was originally about.

[sea_thoughts]

Welp, there you go. XD

[elisi]

You are ON FIRE!

[karmaku.livejournal.com]

I cannot believe you're posting this. I started watching it last night becuase I recommended the National Theatre performances to my students. They are watching and writing reviews, so I feel I should do it. I was gutted to miss One Man, Two Guvnors after they liked it so much. I have only managed to catch clips and trailers now and it looks brilliant. But nowhere to find the whole thing. I was really disappointed by Jane Eyre, but Treasure Island looked promising again. I started watching last night and absolutely loved it. I only stopped because I was fascinated by the girl playing Jim, so I had to stop to do a little research. And then I went down the Patsy Ferran rabbit whole. I love her! I have never seen Jamestown so I didn't know her. So I was really surprised to see she was born in Valencia (my area) to Spanish parents, just wow. You're right, the staging is amazing, too!

[elisi]

Serendipity! :D

And it's such a fun production. The girl playing Jim is very good, but I was (of course) comparing her to my own daughter. I am obviously biased, but Patsy Ferran is also very good! Enjoy the rest. <3