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The Old Vic Theatre. Richard Armitage. Вопросы-ответы 12 сентября.

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What are your early memories of theatre? What sparked the passion?
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Gingerbread Man Leicester Haymarket aged 7. Michael Gambon 'Volpone’ Janet McTeer Dolls House... RSC Stratford
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Ian Holm Lear Alan Howard 'Women of Troy' audio.Ian McKellen Macbeth John Barton.Tony Sher 'Year of the King'

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Which of Proctor's lines do you find the most difficult to speak? Which line moves you most?
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"When will you know me...were I stone I would have cracked for shame this seven month".

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What were your first impressions of working with @yfarber?
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into the realm of the visceral ferocious burning humanity that yearns to be released from us all,
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if we can't do it, we must witness it

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What aspects of society/culture do you think #TheCrucible best speaks to today?
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to legislate in favour of such denial of human rights, be it, race, gender, religion, sexual preference and
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political orientation.

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How did visiting Salem help you prepare for the role? Anything in particular that put you in character?
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Seeing the foundations of Paris's parsonage, the clearing in the woods where the Girls may have danced...
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the grave stones in Salem town, and a baby’s small wooden cot in Rebecca nurses house.

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Proctor is quite an intense character, how did you prepare yourself to become him?
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He's been 43 years in the making, I can't describe it in 140 characters. CowsVoiceSalemMillerMillerMiller

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What has been the best moment for you during the production of #TheCrucible?
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. The first time I attempted Act 4, in the rehearsal room, the whole company were gathered to witness...
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and support. I could barely speak, it broke me.

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After playing a character for so long so intensely, how do you let them go when the role ends?
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. We never really let them go, I'll never play Proctor again, so I must keep him somewhere...
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. I think he's always been here to an extent.

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At what point of your performance in #TheCrucible have you felt most connected to your audience?
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. It's in the silences, 900 people collectively holding their breath as John and Elizabeth find each other in Act 4
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. it is a deafening silence, a respectful painful recognition of love from those who witness.

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Is it more challenging to perform in the round? How does it feel to be so close to the audience?
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It's thrilling,and challenging. From the woman in white who appeared to be shopping on the Internet on the front..
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row to people leaning forward with their trembling shocked hands to their mouths, we've seen them all.

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What's next? (and many more!)
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. hmmm?....let me think....
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tease!

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If you could ask any actor/director living or dead a question, who would it be and what would you ask?
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. Farber Re: bodily fluids in extremis, tears, snot, vomit,pee. Acceptable,accidental,incidental,essential?
yael farber
Essential. Need you ask?

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Now that you've re-entered theatre in a big way, what other plays are in your wishlist? Top 3?
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. Mamma Mia....
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No only kidding...Macbeth, Oedipus, The Cherry Orchard. One of them is germinating in my mind...

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Could you please highlight some of what you have learned professionally from #TheCrucible cast members?
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It takes a huge amount of commitment and concentration for 23 actors to haul this huge 'Opera' onto it's feet...
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every night, and Proctors journey could never have happened without that collective effort.

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What's the most important thing that playing John Proctor has taught you?
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That truth may be buried, hidden, obscured, denied, warped and discarded but man becomes closer to his 'God'...
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when he fights for that truth even at the cost of his own life. The courage to die for the truth.

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What drew you towards the character of John Proctor?
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The possibility to experience an ascent of the soul, the privilege speak Miller's words that grabbed me by the..
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throat, the heart and the balls when I read them 20 years ago.

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What is the one thing that you have enjoyed most about playing John Proctor?
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Feeling the full throttle,uninhibited release of a character. I hear him ringing in my ears well after the curtain..
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call, as Miller describes 'with a cry of his whole soul' "because it is my name"

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But really... What's next?
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A cameo in a movie based on a well known novel by Lewis Caroll, Independent psychological drama "Sleepwalker" directed by..
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Elliot Lester with Anha O'Reilly in LA, Hobbit BOFA press tour, Christmas with the family....Big SKI up a mountain!!

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What do you hope the audience will be left contemplating after the performance?
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I hope our audience leave with a sense of purpose, duty and responsibility...
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That they are at one with their mortality and that they believe in love.
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Thanks for listening everyone, and thank you for your brilliant questions. Winner of "What Not To Wear Salem 1692" coming up...