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When I interviewed the director Harold Prince in his offices in Rockefeller Center in 2018—offices that were wallpapered with reminders of his d
Were very cross, that, you know, that the national had chosen somebody who wasn't known and a newcomer to play ophelia. but i learned because it wasn't just six weeks, it was a year. so if you don't learn something in that time, you've had it, really. give up. as ophelia descends into madness, she sings to herself, and although you're not known primarily as a singer, it was about ten years after you made your debut in hamlet that you were cast as sally bowles in the very first london production of cabaret, directed by hal prince. were you surprised to get that part? you bet i was surprised! i ...
Glynis Johns – Send In The Clowns
Lighting designer who worked with Laurence Olivier on the construction and design of the National Theatre in London
Glynis Johns, the actress, who has died aged 100, rose to fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s in a series of film comedies; she became best-known for playing the suffragette mother Mrs Banks in the Walt Disney classic Mary Poppins, while on stage her distinctive, husky voice – described by one critic as sounding like “a princess who is turning into a frog” – was perfect for Send in the Clowns in A Little Night Music, the Broadway hit for which she won a Best Musical Actress Tony award.