#paul jesson

[philiponmycracker]

Tom Hulce as Ned Weeks, in The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer at the Albery Theatre, 1986

[shakespearenews]

Celebrating the launch of 'Voices of British theatre design', an exciting new British Library website featuring over 50 audio clips from National Life Stories oral history recordings.

Billy Meall’s costume design for Shakespeare’s Richard III

Theatre designer Billy Meall (born 1947) describes the terrifying costume he created for Shakespeare’s Richard III. The costume featured a shrunken hand, armour with a spiked hump, and a painful boot that caused the actor Paul Jesson to drag his leg around the stage. Paul Jesson (born 1946) is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

[jurijurijurious]

More images stored on my external hard drive: Photos of the RSC’s production of “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies”.

These were fun, though I remember Thomas More being played more like what I imagined Norfolk would be, really loud and blustering - but that aside, I enjoyed them. I do regret seeing them In London rather than at the RSC in Stratford as most London theatres are those old Victorian set-ups where the cheaper seats are in the stratosphere, and since I am poor and was up in the Gods, I spent the whole time squinting down at the tiny figures on stage - whereas even in the bad RSC seats you aren’t too far away from the stage.

Ben Miles played Cromwell (with a very Cockney accent, a bit distracting). Paul Jesson was Wolsey, Nathaniel Parker King Henry VIII, Lucy Briers was Katherine of Aragon (as well as doubling up as Jane Rochford) and Lydia Leonard was Anne Boleyn.

I miss theatre... :(

[earlymidsomermurders]

“Not that kind of copper. I like to poke my nose into everything.”

Midsomer Murders, Season 2 - Blood Will Out

[fourorfivemovements]

Films Watched in 2020:

71. Mr. Turner (2014) - Dir. Mike Leigh

[hellyescharlesedwards]

Kate Mosse interviews the cast of the 2018 revival of Michael Frayn's Copenhagen at CFT’s Minerva Theatre, starring Charles Edwards, Paul Jesson and Patricia Hodge.

At the start, you hear some applause, but this is not because the actors have appeared (although they do show up about 2 seconds later with the host). The reason for it is that the audience have just spotted Michael Frayn, the writer of the play, silently stroll into the auditorium. It’s a very sweet moment. (The host gets her Michaels mixed up though, thinking the man was Michael Blakemore the director and not Frayn, whoops!) 

Also apologies for the quality. Overall it’s not bad, but you do hear some rustling and muffled noises, which is likely coming from me, I’m sorry.

Hope you find this as insightful and entertaining as we did that evening!

[xenagabrielleforever]

De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)

[nevernlandia]

Mr Turner: interiors