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Post by Jan on Feb 8, 2017 10:10:22 GMT
Saw him a couple of times, his Rudyard Kipling one-man show and as Prospero for RSC. Very good in both.
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Post by Jan on Feb 9, 2017 14:15:05 GMT
Of course his obituary reminds me he appeared in one of the greatest Shakespeare productions of all time - he was Fool to Paul Scofield's Lear in the Peter Brook production. Anyone here see that ? I believe it was a bit different to the film version they eventually made.
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Post by loureviews on Feb 9, 2017 15:26:50 GMT
He was an amazing actor and by all accounts a very nice chap indeed with a wicked sense of humour. Also half of a very devoted couple with his partner Geoff until his sad early death back in 1987.
I will always remember both the RSC Prospero and the performance as Clement Attlee in 'Tom and Clem'. A huge stage presence. Also much fun on film and television.
I would have loved to have seen him play the Fool but far before my time.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 11, 2017 15:24:00 GMT
Just seen that this stalwart of the stage died the other day, bit surprised more wasnt made of it. He played many parts at the RSC and NT. I saw him as Prospero in the 1993 RSC production with Simon Russell Beale as Ariel. A sad loss😓
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Post by Jan on Feb 11, 2017 15:31:52 GMT
There's a thread over in Performers but not many comments, he has been long absent from the stage.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2017 15:46:48 GMT
He was strangely anonymous to many - well, to me, anyway. I thought I'd never seen him but Michael Billington's obituary in the Guardian lists several things in which I did see him.
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Post by Michael on Feb 11, 2017 15:54:29 GMT
There's a thread over in Performers but not many comments, he has been long absent from the stage. |
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 11, 2017 18:37:59 GMT
Stupidly lazy bbc online states he would be best known for a bit part in a non official Bond film made in the 80s!😡
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 11, 2017 18:39:18 GMT
Of course his obituary reminds me he appeared in one of the greatest Shakespeare productions of all time - he was Fool to Paul Scofield's Lear in the Peter Brook production. Anyone here see that ? I believe it was a bit different to the film version they eventually made. You didnt? |
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Post by Jan on Feb 11, 2017 21:36:36 GMT
Stupidly lazy bbc online states he would be best known for a bit part in a non official Bond film made in the 80s!😡 Maybe he would. There have been a few actors like him, great stage actors in their day but somehow partially forgotten in later life when they stopped appearing regularly - John Wood, John Neville, David Warner even. Albert Finney seems to be another. |
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