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Jacobi, Sinden & Richardson Don RSC Hollow CrownDate: 15 April 2002
Stage royals Derek Jacobi, Donald Sinden and Ian Richardson will star in a fresh revival of John Barton's royal ode, The Hollow Crown. The production kicks off a two-month Australasian tour today in Wellington, New Zealand, before coming to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre for five days only from 16 to 20 July 2002. Diana Rigg will appear alongside the three male veterans down under but will not return with the production to the UK.
The Hollow Crown was devised in 1961 by Barton for the Royal Shakespeare Company, as a celebratory entertainment, by and about the Kings and Queens of England. Through letters, songs, speeches, poems and music, it explores the changing role of the monarchy in this country, from Richard II's soliloquy at Pomfret Castle through to Malory's Morte D'Arthur, by way of Victoria's naïve description of her own coronation and many other episodes.
Since its premiere more than four decades ago, more than 70 actors have performed The Hollow Crown at different times. It will arrive in Stratford at the tail end of the RSC's official celebrations of the Queen's Golden Jubilee. The revival is produced, on tour and in Stratford, by Duncan C Weldon and Paul Elliott for Triumph Entertainment.
Jacobi is well-known to both television and film audiences for work including, on the small screen, I Claudius, Cadfael, The Wyvern Mystery, Randall and Hopkirk and Frasier; and, on the large screen, The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, Dead Again, Father Damien and Gladiator. He is also a veteran stage actor, with long seasons at both the RSC and the National to his credit, as well as, more recently, roles in major productions such as The Suicide, Kean, Becket, Uncle Vanya, Breaking the Code and God Only Knows.
Since making his stage debut in 1942, Sinden's many theatre credits have included Present Laughter, Uncle Vanya, The School for Scandal, She Stoops to Conquer and Quartet in the West End and numerous productions for the RSC, at Chichester and on Broadway. His TV credits include Two's Company and Never the Twain.
Amongst Richardson's many credits are, on stage, Man and Superman, My Fair Lady, Richard II and The Marat Sade and, on television, House of Cards, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, To Play the King and An Ungentlemanly Act. He made headlines this past week for an interview with The Melbourne Age newspaper, in which he said that soap stars were not up to the demands of live theatre.
- by Terri Paddock
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