Shouting in the Evenings: 50 Years on the Stage

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James, who is the only Geordie in the group, said the northern audience in Billingham was the wildest yet as he looked forward to his homecoming show in Newcastle this May. Still, it’s the ensemble prominence of the “golden oldies” here that’s striking, with only a sprinkling of younger players in supporting roles – the conceit being that we’re watching a reunion involving surviving cast-members of a 1978 production of the comedy, the lush spirit of which gets resurrected in an austere rehearsal room.

It takes its time to beguile, and push past a sense of conceptual strain; there’s something cosy about the initial thespian self-awareness and newcomers to the play might get befuddled. Even Geraldine James as Rosalind – at 72, showing that it’s never too late to make your RSC debut – struggles for a while to appear more than a remarkably ageless, agile actress affecting an alert, wide-eyed girlishness. It also brings a touch of poignancy to the piece. Elerian was largely prompted to re-focus the play by the famous ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech delivered by the contemplative Jaques and that speech takes on an additional resonance in this production. Review: Sean Hayes is a revelation in 'Good Night, Oscar' at Goodman Theatre. Broadway is surely next". Chicago Tribune. March 22, 2022 . Retrieved June 1, 2023. Fresh comedy emerges from the gap between customary expectation and inhibited execution – the early wrestling bout oozes bathos as Sinclair and Ewart James Walters’s Charles resort to an elaborately effortful round of hand-wrestling. James Hayes obtains a delightful quality of tragicomic zest as Touchstone the clown, luxuriating in a spry frailty and carefree attitude. More poignantly still, Christopher Saul, standing in for an indisposed Oliver Cotton as the melancholy Jaques, brings a fragile, faltering note to that famous Seven Ages of Man speech; even the prompts he gets feel like they’re reinventing the scene.This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. a b Rose, Lacey. "When Did Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner Take Over TV?". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 19, 2013. You can look like a Greek God but if you can't move and look like a stiff board on the stage, people are not going to pay to see that. In his book My Brother Evelyn and Other Profiles [5] Waugh describes Hayes as "A North Country man; he was nearly forty; he was brisk, assured, purposeful, with his eye on the main chance. He was the first person I heard analyse success." He gives Hayes's account of the writing of the poem: In October 2017, while appearing on an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Hayes revealed that he had been hospitalized with a rare condition in which his small intestine burst. The intestine was successfully repaired. [34] Filmography [ edit ] Film [ edit ] Year

I am very proud of what I do and If someone that I am talking to can't get on board with it then that person is not for me," he said. Everyone after the show always says how much they enjoyed seeing us have fun on the stage and messing about.In 2012, Flood began dating Italian actress Gabriella Pession, and the two became engaged in 2014. Shortly after, they announced that they were expecting their first child, Giulio Flood, born that same year. [7] [8] [9] On September 3, 2016, Flood married Pession in Italy. But seeing the reactions of the women in the crowd gives James an adrenaline rush like nothing else he's experienced before as a performer.

During the First World War he was commissioned in the Manchester Regiment, 31 December 1915 [1] and awarded the Military Cross in November 1917. [2] [3] In 1918 he was captured and was held as a prisoner of war at Mainz Citadel with, among others, John Ferrar Holms, Hugh Kingsmill and Alec Waugh. [4]Alongside all of this, four younger actors take on many of the smaller roles and support the older cast as they attempt to recall their memories of the past. Kit, Borys (April 4, 2011). "Sean Hayes to Play Larry in 'Three Stooges' Movie". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved November 4, 2020. a b c d Karpel, Ari (March 8, 2010). "Sean Hayes: I Am Who I Am". The Advocate . Retrieved February 22, 2014.