It's a genuinely monumental piece of theater, even broken up on DVD; I'm so glad there's a record of it. I can only imagine what it must have been like to be in the audience in 1980.
(The ART owes it a huge debt right now: otherwise I can't imagine proposing a six-hour staged reading of The Great Gatsby.)
John Woodvine (Ralph Nickleby) is still with the RSC. He plays The Player King in the David Tennant Hamlet.
I saw that in his filmography! Another reason for me to rent that version. (And I'd already wanted to see Trevor Nunn's Macbeth (1979), but now I really do.) He also turned up a few nights ago as Admiral Croft in Persuasion (1995), which a friend showed me without naming any of the cast. He and Fiona Shaw make a terrific couple.
It's a mystery why Roger Rees hasn't had a bigger, starrier career.
I'm guessing he spends most of his time onstage, which is wonderful; but frustrating for those of us without the resources to see all the productions we want.
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It's a genuinely monumental piece of theater, even broken up on DVD; I'm so glad there's a record of it. I can only imagine what it must have been like to be in the audience in 1980.
(The ART owes it a huge debt right now: otherwise I can't imagine proposing a six-hour staged reading of The Great Gatsby.)
John Woodvine (Ralph Nickleby) is still with the RSC. He plays The Player King in the David Tennant Hamlet.
I saw that in his filmography! Another reason for me to rent that version. (And I'd already wanted to see Trevor Nunn's Macbeth (1979), but now I really do.) He also turned up a few nights ago as Admiral Croft in Persuasion (1995), which a friend showed me without naming any of the cast. He and Fiona Shaw make a terrific couple.
It's a mystery why Roger Rees hasn't had a bigger, starrier career.
I'm guessing he spends most of his time onstage, which is wonderful; but frustrating for those of us without the resources to see all the productions we want.