The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 18.0146 Thursday, 15 February 2007
[1] From: Arthur Lindley <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 13 Feb 2007 18:37:00 +0000
Subj: Re: SHK 18.0141 Ian Richardson Dies
[2] From: David Evett <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 13 Feb 2007 16:50:56 -0500
Subj: Re: SHK 18.0141 Ian Richardson Dies
[3] From: Mary Rosenberg <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 14 Feb 2007 10:58:16 -0800
Subj: Re: SHK 18.0141 Ian Richardson Dies
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From: Arthur Lindley <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 13 Feb 2007 18:37:00 +0000
Subject: 18.0141 Ian Richardson Dies
Comment: Re: SHK 18.0141 Ian Richardson Dies
Until shortly before his death, Ian Richardson was appearing in the
National Theatre's production of *The Alchemist,* giving a sly and
inventive reading of Sir Epicure Mammon as a kind of pedant of gluttony,
lecturing the other characters on the particularly revolting delicacies
required by a taste as delicate as his. I'm glad I had a chance to see
it. Better to remember a distinguished career that way than the way CNN
did. They headlined his obituary "Actor in Mustard Ad Dies." Grey
Poupon has a lot to answer for. So does Ted Turner.
Regards,
Arthur
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From: David Evett <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 13 Feb 2007 16:50:56 -0500
Subject: 18.0141 Ian Richardson Dies
Comment: Re: SHK 18.0141 Ian Richardson Dies
My memory is of Richardson, early in his career (1962), as Edmund in the
Peter Brook *King Lear* (from which the movie developed); he is still
vivid in my mind's eye, sitting on the apron of the Shubert Theater
stage in Boston, swinging his legs and making us all deeply complicit in
his schemes. Pretty vivid exit, too-dragged off the otherwise empty
stage by his brother, feet first, arms trailing, while the lights slowly
dimmed for the first time in the performance, and the only sound was the
shhh----shhh---shhh of his garments on the floor.
David Evett
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From: Mary Rosenberg <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 14 Feb 2007 10:58:16 -0800
Subject: 18.0141 Ian Richardson Dies
Comment: Re: SHK 18.0141 Ian Richardson Dies
I, too, regret the passing of Ian Richardson. During my years as a young
theatre-goer at Stratford, I was always impressed by his tremendous
stage presence. Although physically slight, he could command a stage
simply by standing still. Every gesture was well-judged and meaningful,
never fussy or fidgety. He was always noticeable without seeking to draw
attention to himself. He was also cherished among the local people who
used to talk of seeing him carrying his shopping bag out of the
supermarket at weekends just like "one of us." He was a fine actor and
will be greatly missed.
Mary Rosenberg
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