Play-Beckett 2001

[frappuccino]

Juliet Stevenson was in this play with Alan Rickman. She said she had memorised the script but Alan Rickman did not. He read it of autocue.

Juliet was also pregnant and sick and didn't like sitting in the pots because of the bad smell of melting glue. She told Alan Rickman he was lazy for not memorising it. She told him it won't sound good if he is reading it of autocue because he wont be able to inhabit it.


Now when she watches it she says she was so wrong and he was so good at it.

[imstillhere]

I wonder if a big reason why the late great Rickman sounded so good in this was simply because of the richness and timbre of his voice? He had one of the most unique voices around. I'm not sure it's because of the technical choices he made.

[Jan]

Reading that from the autocue would seem to me to be more difficult than learning it.

[TallPaul]

Would it even be possible to read an autocue with such rapid eye movement?

Maybe Alan Rickman was like those cool kids who claimed they hadn't revised, but had actually been putting in hour after hour, for weeks and weeks.

[frappuccino]

Jun 11, 2021 8:15:54 GMT TallPaul said:

Would it even be possible to read an autocue with such rapid eye movement?

Maybe Alan Rickman was like those cool kids who claimed they hadn't revised, but had actually been putting in hour after hour, for weeks and weeks.

I was surprised his eyes didn't move rapidly sideways. I think he might have used it to prompt him.

[Jan]

Jun 11, 2021 9:26:27 GMT frappuccino said:

Jun 11, 2021 8:15:54 GMT TallPaul said:

Would it even be possible to read an autocue with such rapid eye movement?

Maybe Alan Rickman was like those cool kids who claimed they hadn't revised, but had actually been putting in hour after hour, for weeks and weeks.

I was surprised his eyes didn't move rapidly sideways. I think he might have used it to prompt him.

Or maybe just for the cues so he could follow on immediately from the previous actor.