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Apr 8, 2024 · It was a 42-page script. Richard and I first met in 1990 at the RSC in Stratford when the late Roger Michell cast me in Richard's play Two Shakespearean Actors. Roger's assistant director on the production was one Clarissa Brown. It was a season of enduring friendships, actually quite rare in the theatre, and in subsequent years Richard and I ...
Apr 12, 2024 · R ichard’s Nelson’s monologue, written for Paul Jesson to perform, is a meditation on life and death, the theatre and what it means to be an actor. Beginning at Waterloo train station, he ...
Apr 10, 2024 · PAUL JESSON ON SURVIVAL, STRENGTH, AND THE HEALING POTENTIAL OF ARTS. Posted on 10 April 2024. Posted in: Hampstead Downstairs. Olivier Award-winning actor, Paul Jesson, explains how Richard Nelson came to write a solo play for him.
Apr 12, 2024 · An Actor Convalescing in Devon is a deeply personal work. The convalescence of The Actor is based on that of the real-life actor Paul Jesson – a friend of Richard Nelson – who recently underwent surgery for jaw cancer, leaving him with his face and his enunciation transformed.
Apr 12, 2024 · Prolific US writer Richard Nelson ’s latest play was specifically written for and with his friend Paul Jesson in mind. An Actor Convalescing In Devon tells the story of an actor who (like Jesson ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Production name An Actor Convalescing in Devon. Venue Hampstead Theatre. Location London. Starts 05/04/2024. Ends 11/05/2024. Press night 11/04/2024. Running time 1hr 10mins. Author Richard Nelson ...
Apr 13, 2024 · It's not acting, it's empathy “One gets wonderful lighting in hospitals.” The actor This play was written for Paul Jesson by Richard Nelson, an American playwright. The actor in it is not Paul Jesson despite it containing many references to Jesson’s battle against cancer and anecdotes from his life. What worse cancer
