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Saturday, April 09, 2011
Mark Rylance on ‘Jerusalem, at the Music Box Theater
NYTimes.com: "DURING rehearsals in 2009 for the London production of “Jerusalem,” Jez Butterworth’s play about outcasts in modern England, the actor Mark Rylance drove one Sunday to the rural village of Pewsey to look up Micky Lay, a retired builder who was the inspiration for Rooster Byron, Mr. Rylance’s drug-dealing, authority-defying character. The encounter did not go well. Mr. Rylance walked past the wrecked cars in Mr. Lay’s yard and knocked on his front door, where wood had been nailed over shattered glass. Mr. Lay answered with an “Awww what’a ye want?” said Mr. Rylance, who identified himself and asked for a word. In colorful profanity, Mr. Lay told him to go away.
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Mark Rylance is a God. Enough said. I got to see him preform live in "Boeing Boeing" almost two years ago, and by doing so little, he simply stole the show. I really hope I get to see this show because I have heard even more amazing things about his serious performances. i've watched clips of him doing Shakespeare, and I'm thrilled to see what he does with a text like "Jerusalem" that is so loaded and nuanced.
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