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Subject: Re: Questions interviewers never ask...

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Melissa

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Date Posted: 08:19:16 08/15/01 Wed
In reply to: Jen 's message, "Questions interviewers never ask..." on 07:47:38 08/15/01 Wed

Interviewers tend to be fixated on his film career and not his stage career. Granted, his stage career was short, but he was THE prodigy of the RSC during its infancy, not to mention the fact that he played major roles in the now legendary productions of 'Hamlet' and 'The Wars of the Roses'.

If I were the interviewer, I would ask him about what was his favorite role at the RSC and why, and what he thought of other now famous productions of the RSC and the National Theatre (like Paul Scofield's Lear and Olivier's Othello) that he probably saw. The 60's were an exciting decade for the British theatre and I'd love to hear DW's slant on it.

I'd also ask him less cerebral questions like who is his favorite leading lady in theatre and film, and downright silly questions like 'Exactly how many cigarettes did you smoke in 'Cross of Iron'? I'm sure to come up with more things to ask him about.

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[> [> Subject: I'll Just Say this.........
Author: SnakePriestess [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:23:27 08/15/01 Wed You're asking the wrong person.... I'll come back when my mind isn't in the....well where it is right now.... I think my cats are laughing at me...

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Thanks Melissa!

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Jen
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Date Posted: 07:03:05 08/16/01 Thu

That must've been you in my fax machine, right? It actually came through better than I thought (readable). My Q is from the Maher book now that I read the section on Burton (since I still have to review the DVD for a book unless my time is way up). Burton **wanted to talk to the audience** and Gielgud wouldn't let him!!! I wonder if Burton ever said, "Hey that was my idea, you stole it!!"?

[> [> [> Subject: What was Giegud's Problem?
Author: Melissa [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 08:29:23 08/16/01 Thu I wonder why Gielgud wouldn't let Burton talk to the audience? I saw a production of 'Uncle Vanya' last year and half the cast came on stage after the performance and did a wonderful Q&A session with the audience for 30 minutes. Can you imagine if DW had done that for 'Hamlet'? I bet no one would have moved from their seats.

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: What was Giegud's Problem?
Author: Jen [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 09:40:53 08/16/01 Thu Sorry, I meant in terms of addressing the soliloquies to the audience, within the play, not talking afterwards. That's what Warner did that was new in the sense that it hadn't been done that way for endless decades.