(Jensen’s article appeared, 7/12; via Pam Green.)
Very sad to hear of the passing of Roger Rees, beloved (and inexhaustible) star of the Royal Shakespeare Company's epic 8-hour production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
When Nicholas Nickleby was first broadcast on TV in the States in 1983, Rees' performance gave the whole sprawling enterprise its emotional center. His Nicholas navigated the massive plot with a quicksilver adrenalin-rush of moral courage that seemed to surprise even him.
I'm sure neither my husband nor his will mind me saying I've been in love with him ever since.
http://ljo-express.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-fond-farewell.html
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