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Post by theatremiss on Jan 17, 2016 14:36:40 GMT
I feel the first performer post on here should perhaps be dedicated to Mr Rickman especially as he was the topic of a lot of "theatre spots" over the years. Sadly, I never saw him at a theatre nor performing on stage but, you guys always had such interesting stories about him I thought it would be a shame to see him go unnoticed on this new forum.
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Post by anthony40 on Jan 18, 2016 20:55:59 GMT
I never actually saw him on stage but saw him in the audience sat in front of me at The National for a performance of A Small Family Business. I also won tickets to see a show last year in the smaller space at Southwark Playhouse and when we came out, he was in the foyer.
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Post by Jan on Jan 22, 2016 14:42:59 GMT
I first saw him in the Aphra Behn play "The Lucky Chance" at the Royal Court in 1984 - Harriet Walter was in that too. I saw him several times after that, he was very good as Jacques in As You Like It. Sadly I missed him in what must have been a perfect role for him - Achilles in Troilus and Cressida (the brilliant Howard Davies production set during the Crimean War) - because when the RSC transferred it to London they re-cast that part. Overall I think I saw him in the audience about as many times as I saw him on stage. Ian McKellen wrote a very gracious tribute to him: www.facebook.com/ianmckellen/photos/a.162951253600.114392.149264868600/10153331431878601/?type=3&permPage=1
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Post by alexandra on Jan 22, 2016 15:50:30 GMT
Jan! Never seen on the same forum as Epi. Welcome back.
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Post by Jan on Jan 22, 2016 17:12:19 GMT
Jan! Never seen on the same forum as Epi. Welcome back. Protean. A word which only survives when attached to "actor".
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Post by Rozzi Rainbow on Jan 24, 2016 17:46:48 GMT
I was in London yesterday and as my train goes out of King's Cross I made a point of going to the memorial that's been set up next to Platform 9 and 3/4. It was nice, albeit sad, to see, a strange set of emotions. I've never seen him in person, either on stage or in the audience, but loved him in the Harry Potter films.
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Post by Steffi on Jan 24, 2016 18:05:02 GMT
I was in London yesterday and as my train goes out of King's Cross I made a point of going to the memorial that's been set up next to Platform 9 and 3/4. It was nice, albeit sad, to see, a strange set of emotions. I've never seen him in person, either on stage or in the audience, but loved him in the Harry Potter films. I went there last weekend when I was in the area. I only wanted to have a brief look but ended up staying for quite a while reading the cards. Lovely tribute.
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Post by frappuccino on Apr 1, 2020 7:39:11 GMT
I heard on the old board there were many posts about Alan rickman? Apparently there was some funny incident about a user called Judyfan and Alan Rickman regarding Alan not standing for a standing ovation. Where would i be able to read the old board? Could you guys share your encounters with Alan?
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Post by frappuccino on Apr 2, 2020 5:44:29 GMT
Welcome to the board frappuccino. Sadly, the "old board" was not only closed, but deleted by the previous owners, so it does not exist. Oh no!!! That is so sad. You don't remember the incident though do you? The incident with Judyfan and the standing ovation
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Post by frappuccino on Aug 3, 2020 15:19:08 GMT
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 3, 2020 15:51:55 GMT
The Dame Judi option is better!
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Post by frappuccino on Aug 4, 2020 4:16:29 GMT
The Dame Judi option is better! Alan sounds a little abrupt
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Post by ellisael on Aug 4, 2020 9:31:46 GMT
RIP Rickman. Ufortunately, I also never saw him onstage. HP brought me Alan
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Post by frappuccino on Aug 4, 2020 13:01:09 GMT
RIP Rickman. Ufortunately, I also never saw him onstage. HP brought me Alan National should have released Antony & Cleopatra during lockdown.
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Post by frappuccino on Aug 11, 2020 10:07:51 GMT
@robertdashow Semester abroad in London saw Les Liasons with my class. Alan Rickman spoke to us after. I asked if he would be playing the part in the movie version. He responded that he wasn’t a big enough star. He was right and wrong at the same time.
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Post by frappuccino on Aug 15, 2020 5:59:33 GMT
BroadwayWorld @broadwayworld Nominated by our readers for Best Leading Performer In A Play Of The Decade: Alan Rickman for Seminar!
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Post by barrowside on Sept 7, 2020 21:31:45 GMT
I saw him at The Abbey Theatre in John Gabriel Borkman with Lindsay Duncan and Fiona Shaw directed by James McDonald. It was fabulous but despite the great acting I remember it mostly for Tom Pye's beautiful design which had walls of ice and had a spectacular full scale blizzard that seemed to stretch to infinity.
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Post by frappuccino on Sept 8, 2020 1:36:00 GMT
I saw him at The Abbey Theatre in John Gabriel Borkman with Lindsay Duncan and Fiona Shaw directed by James McDonald. It was fabulous but despite the great acting I remember it mostly for Tom Pye's beautiful design which had walls of ice and had a spectacular full scale blizzard that seemed to stretch to infinity. How amazing! Did you stage door?
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Post by barrowside on Sept 8, 2020 10:03:26 GMT
No - I didn't. We don't tend to so much in Ireland. Stars regularly appear at The Abbey and Gate but don't get star billing and we tend to let them go about their business.
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Post by frappuccino on Sept 9, 2020 9:54:03 GMT
No - I didn't. We don't tend to so much in Ireland. Stars regularly appear at The Abbey and Gate but don't get star billing and we tend to let them go about their business. Oh I see. I heard Fiona Shaw was great too.
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Post by barrowside on Sept 9, 2020 22:11:23 GMT
She was terrific. I was surprised it didn't transfer to London - it mightn't be the most commercial play but with those three leads in a great production it would have done well for a limited season. The production might have had to be scaled down a little as the Abbey stage is wider than most London playhouses(it's similar in width to the Lyttleton). It did go to BAM in Brooklyn for a week.
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Post by frappuccino on Sept 13, 2020 15:27:49 GMT
She was terrific. I was surprised it didn't transfer to London - it mightn't be the most commercial play but with those three leads in a great production it would have done well for a limited season. The production might have had to be scaled down a little as the Abbey stage is wider than most London playhouses(it's similar in width to the Lyttleton). It did go to BAM in Brooklyn for a week. Probably so Alan could do some films.
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Post by frappuccino on Nov 17, 2020 15:26:24 GMT
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Post by frappuccino on Nov 20, 2020 19:02:12 GMT
Alam Rickman's Widow Sells Diaries
Best known for films such as the Harry Potter series and Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, actor Alan Rickman kept extensive diaries during his career. Running from 1992 until his unexpected death in 2016, I can reveal they will now be published in all their unexpurgated glory. Entries include worries about his role as Severus Snape in Harry Potter, particularly thoughts that his screen character was not as well fleshed out as in J.K. Rowling’s books. There are also comments about conversations of encouragement with Daniel Radcliffe, who was only 11 when cast in the lead role. ‘They are a detailed record of his career and remarkable life,’ says actor Neil Pearson, who these days owns a rare books company. He acquired Rickman’s archive, which includes diaries, letters and annotated scripts, from Rickman’s widow Rima. The publishing rights have now been sold to Canongate, best known for Barack Obama’s memoir Dreams From My Father. Rima Rickman already knew Canongate’s managing director Jamie Byng, son of the Earl of Strafford and stepson of the late Sir Christopher Bland, a former BBC chairman. Pearson says Rickman’s diaries also contain ‘his shrewd, waspish and often hilarious comments’ about films and plays he saw. And they detail stage rehearsals where he was both an actor and director, as well as meetings and even meals. He had a very wide circle of friends and acquaintances, including Prince Charles, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown (Rickman was a lifelong Labour supporter) and those close to him in his profession, such as Emma Thompson, Lindsay Duncan and Juliet Stevenson, who starred with him in Truly Madly Deeply. ‘Alan sort of adopted me when I was 20 at the Royal Shakespeare,’ says Stevenson, who did not know that Rickman was keeping diaries. ‘He scooped me up into his circle and we were very close friends for life. He loved to look out for young talent as they were a sort of children for him. ‘He would also come to see everything I did on stage
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Post by frappuccino on Dec 5, 2020 18:12:26 GMT
Can't wait for his diaries to be compiled and released as a book.
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