I received vouchers for my birthday last year and eagerly awaited a performance that I like the look of. I am a huge Rose Leslie, so chose The Constant Wife as soon as tickets were available - front row so that my husband could see and hear the performance @ £125.00!I looked forward to the performance for five months, travelled a considerable distance, stayed overnight in Stratford and then, without warning or explanation, found myself watching an understudy. I was fuming for a good twenty minutes, and pondered leaving, before a funny line from the mother character made me laugh.In short, the play was well adapted, the direction excellent, and the music a nice touch, but the whole performance was lacking. I felt cheated. There is no other medium in which this would be acceptable - imagine buying tickets to see Robbie Williams and ending up with a tribute act. Upset, I emailed the RSC the following day, to ask the reason for Rose Leslie's absence, which I now understand has occurred previously during this run. The RSC took eleven days to respond, indicating that Rose Leslie had been ill (again?). Rather than apologise for my obvious disappointment, the RSC defensively emphasised its pride in its understudies. Never again!
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