Mark Rylance an absolute delight!
Billed as 'Lunchtime with Mark Rylance' this has to be one of my best lunchtimes ever! Slipping now and then into acting and vocal demonstrations, he talked about his hits Jerusalem and La Bete and his tendency to be given long soliloquies and heightened language because he does them so well. But this was in no way boasting - he is the most unassuming, gentle actor I have ever encountered, who shows such delight in his work, especially in the theatre, which he loves for providing a community/family with fellow actors and crew, and perhaps even more importantly to us, an up close and personal interaction with the audience. He talked at depth about this and how it is a collective experience and his performances vary in communication with us as the audience; be it verbally, physically or via some transpersonal {my word} connection. He imagines us going in to the theatre and coming out again, and during a performance we can be Hamlet's soul, or for Rooster trees and animals :).
Mark left the stage and then came back to thank us for coming to hear him talk.
Lunchtime with Mark Rylance – Review by TheRestrictedReviewer © 2011
Lunchtime with Mark Rylance – Review by TheRestrictedReviewer © 2011
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