A few weeks ago I gathered a group of friends together to chat. For months now I’ve had virtually the same conversation with each of my friends in the theater. The conversations all revolved around Mark Rylance and the fact that we’d become intoxicated with his audaciously brilliant work. A trend or pattern began emerging around these conversations: Rylance’s performances in “La Bete” and “Boeing-Boeing” and “Jerusalem” had sparked something deep in the marrow of our actor bones. We’ve each in our own way been inspired by his work. Moreover we’ve been inspired to investigate further what we are all capable of as artists. For us, Rylance’s work has become a testament to our collective hopes for a more courageous theater to work and play in. Thanks for tuning in.
(Video by Emma Tammi)
- Zack Fine
Actors on Mark Rylance from The Actors Center Journal on Vimeo.
Abandonment in the moment but not lost at all; fearless, risky, brilliantly failing and failing to be brilliant, vulnerable, believable, alive, playful, celebrating the beautiful ugly and the ugly beauty of daily life. Craft perfected to excellence but not showing, raw humanity smelling like our lives, mirrors of thin air that will not allow mediocrity – all revealing an on-going curiosity and deepening qwest for something that matters on stage, back stage, and in the audience. This is what I got out of the actor discussion and the article about Mark Rylance. William Killian, actor, SAG/AFTRA/AEA, Tucson, http://www.williamkillian.com, http://www.freethrowdoc.com, author, All The Faces I Have Been: An Actor’s Notebook and From The Balcony: Poetry from Italy, Imago Press, Tucson.
Dear Zack, So good to see your video and hear young actors really wanting to share their gifts with the world. I thought you may want to look at Peter Bridgmont’s website http://www.liberationofacting.com . Peter and his wife Barbara had a very special Drama school in London for many years where they taught actors unique ways of working. Mark has kindly written a foreword to the web site where he recognises Barbara and Peter’s contribution to his work. Best Regards Frances