My Perfect Mind
From: Wednesday, 3rd April 2013
To: Saturday, 4 May 2013
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Synopsis
Acclaimed classical actor Edward Petherbridge rehearsed the role of King Lear - then a major stroke left him barely able to move. As he struggled to recover, he made a discovery: the entire role of Lear still existed word for word in his mind. Directed by Kathryn Hunter and performed by Edward Petherbridge and Paul Hunter, this is a moving and comic exploration of the resilience of the human spirit.
Our Review:
9 April 2013
One of the most memorable moments in Withnail and I comes when the late, great Richard Griffiths proclaims as Uncle Monty that “it’s the most devastating moment in a young man’s life when he quite reasonably says to himself, ‘I shall never play the Dane’”.
Edward Petherbridge has even more cause to bewail his ill-fortune. Not only was his proposed performance of Hamlet unceremoniously abandoned before rehearsals began but in a matter of days before King Lear was due to start its run in New Zealand, Petherbridge suffered a stroke and consequently never got to play the role once famously named “the Everest of acting”.
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Creative
Kathryn Hunter (Author)
Paul Hunter (Author)
Edward Petherbridge (Author)
Told By an Idiot (Company)
Kathryn Hunter (Director)
Michael Vale (Design)
Alex Wardle (Lighting)
Gregory Clarke (Sound)
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