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Post by ncbears on Oct 17, 2022 22:45:22 GMT
Retiring from the stage per The Stage. Jacobi to Not Appear On Stage It was a joy seeing him in Romeo & Juliet as Mercutio in 2016 - for me, the best part of that production. In the states, we knew him from I, Claudius and I watched the BBC filmed Richard II here in the States. We had read it in school - but seeing it was a revelation. |
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Post by inthenose on Oct 17, 2022 23:06:12 GMT
Phew. Read this and expected the worst.
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Post by n1david on Oct 18, 2022 5:39:50 GMT
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Post by Jan on Oct 26, 2022 19:14:38 GMT
He's done very little stage work in the past 30 years anyway, not much in the last 40.
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Post by inthenose on Oct 26, 2022 21:57:51 GMT
He was outstanding in both The Tempest (Prospero, RSC tour) and in Twelfth Night (Malvolio, Donmar at the Wyndham’s season) for which he won the Olivier award.
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Post by Jan on Oct 27, 2022 8:25:58 GMT
He was outstanding in both The Tempest (Prospero, RSC tour) and in Twelfth Night (Malvolio, Donmar at the Wyndham’s season) for which he won the Olivier award. Yes. He’s great. In addition to those he was brilliant in. Much Ado and Cyrano for the RSC (less good as Macbeth) and a really striking King Lear at the Donmar. Also well received in Don Carlos. I didn’t see his Richard-II/ Richard-III double bill which oddly were commercial productions with less support than the subsidised sector could have provided. But that’s not much stage work over 40 years - a production every 5 years on average. His near contemporary McKellen was more active. |
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Post by inthenose on Oct 27, 2022 15:07:59 GMT
He was outstanding in both The Tempest (Prospero, RSC tour) and in Twelfth Night (Malvolio, Donmar at the Wyndham’s season) for which he won the Olivier award. Yes. He’s great. In addition to those he was brilliant in. Much Ado and Cyrano for the RSC (less good as Macbeth) and a really striking King Lear at the Donmar. Also well received in Don Carlos. I didn’t see his Richard-II/ Richard-III double bill which oddly were commercial productions with less support than the subsidised sector could have provided. But that’s not much stage work over 40 years - a production every 5 years on average. His near contemporary McKellen was more active. Absolutely, I’m not saying he was particularly prolific, but he was outstanding. He really picked his roles, it feels like |
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Post by David J on Oct 27, 2022 15:12:38 GMT
His King Lear is one of the best performances I've ever seen. The only Lear I shed a tear for at the end. Tread the fine line between a stubborn king and an ailing old father. Only Frank Langella came close for me
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Post by Jan on Oct 27, 2022 16:48:49 GMT
His King Lear is one of the best performances I've ever seen. That was only the second time I've actually been concerned for the actor playing a part - his sudden petulant red-faced fury was quite alarming. |
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Post by jaqs on Oct 31, 2022 15:56:15 GMT
That Lear has stayed with me like very few performances, the sheer despair.
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Post by Jan on Nov 13, 2022 12:14:02 GMT
In The Times yesterday he says he was misquoted and he hasn’t given up stage work. He sounded quite angry about it.
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