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Post by raiseitup on Apr 7, 2017 16:54:03 GMT
Terribly sad news
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Post by theatreliker on Apr 7, 2017 16:58:29 GMT
Tragic. RIP. Had tickets for Death of a Salesman next week.
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Post by martin1965 on Apr 7, 2017 17:04:01 GMT
Crikey! Didnt know he was ill. Thats no age nowadays. He was vgood Lear up at Leeds. Always good in fact.😕
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Post by Tibidabo on Apr 7, 2017 17:14:58 GMT
I think he's in the next 2 episodes of Decline and Fall, tonight and next Friday. (BBC Evelyn Waugh thing with a surprisingly good Jack Whitehall and an hilarious Douglas Hodge.)
RIP.
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Post by Snciole on Apr 7, 2017 17:26:24 GMT
What a shock! I saw him at the Almeida for King Charles III but missed him in the West End due to his broken collar bone. One of the reasons I am so shocked is that it was Pamela Miles who was out of action, not him.
RIP
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Post by caa on Apr 7, 2017 17:32:24 GMT
So sad, he was one of my favourite actors
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Post by theatremadness on Apr 7, 2017 17:39:37 GMT
Wow, that really is a shock. Only thing I was lucky enough to see him in live was Educating Rita and he was a wonderful Frank. Really sad, and he must've been in rehearsals recently too? What with his wife recently pulling out of the play, it's extremely sad circumstances.
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Post by sherriebythesea on Apr 7, 2017 17:47:24 GMT
So sad. I always admired his work. So wonderful at being a horrid character.
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Post by Phantom of London on Apr 7, 2017 17:52:28 GMT
Ironic he was about to star in a play Death of a Salesman, which I was hoping to catch.
This should really be in the cast and creative section, but it is Tim Piggott Smith.
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Post by alexandra on Apr 7, 2017 18:48:24 GMT
Do you think maybe you could spell his name correctly, at least in the title of the thread? Sad. He was a versatile and splendid actor.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 7, 2017 18:56:37 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2017 19:09:46 GMT
Heartbreaking. What a loss.  |
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 7, 2017 19:16:24 GMT
I was sorry to read this. I remember seeing him as a very good Higgins 10 years ago, opposite a pre=Downton Michelle Dockery. And yes, awfully ironic to die just bfore Death Of A Salesman.(I couldn't help wondering what a Death Of A Salesman Goes Wrong play could be made out of this!)
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Post by MrBunbury on Apr 7, 2017 19:27:44 GMT
Very sad. I had met him at the Almeida because he had come to see Hamlet as well at the end of February.
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Post by loureviews on Apr 7, 2017 21:45:02 GMT
That is sad news, saw his Higgins ten years ago too and Brutus in Julius Caesar, Frank in Educating Rita, and more. Seems to have been very sudden and unexpected which makes it even more heartbreaking.
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Post by David J on Apr 7, 2017 22:02:18 GMT
RIP
Had the honour of seeing him giving a frightening performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. I can not think of another production where considering leaving during the interval would be considered a good thing.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2017 22:02:31 GMT
Very sad news indeed. Especially so soon after he collected his OBE.
It will be interesting now to see the TV film of King Charles III (IF it still is going ahead, as I'm sure it has finished filming now...?), not only because I love the play but I'm guessing it is his final performance.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Apr 7, 2017 22:25:24 GMT
Was going to watch Salesman tomorrow. Sad news
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Post by joem on Apr 8, 2017 0:37:51 GMT
Sad news. A good actor. Definitely saw him in Pygmalion and probably in other stuff. Anyone recall him doing any Pirandello?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2017 10:09:36 GMT
Very sad, he was a terrific actor. Someone I know who'd worked with him on a couple of occasions said he was delightfully lovely, which ultimately I guess is a much nicer way to be remembered no matter how good the body of work may be.
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Post by Rory on Apr 8, 2017 10:56:50 GMT
Very sad. I saw him in Pygmalion, See How They Run and King Charles III and he was terrific in all of them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2017 12:27:34 GMT
Very sad news indeed. Especially so soon after he collected his OBE. It will be interesting now to see the TV film of King Charles III (IF it still is going ahead, as I'm sure it has finished filming now...?), not only because I love the play but I'm guessing it is his final performance. Yes, apparently this was completed. He also has a few other films to be released |
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Post by peggs on Apr 9, 2017 18:07:03 GMT
I concur theatremonkey though it was David Rintoul rather than Angus Wright wasn't it, but what a lovely idea.
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Post by CG on the loose on Apr 26, 2017 21:02:23 GMT
King Charles III airing Wednesday 10 May, BBC2.
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Post by hal9000 on Apr 27, 2017 15:52:21 GMT
Oh good. How fortunate we are that it was completed before he passed, especially for people unable to see him perform the role on stage.
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