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- Unquestionably, yes. You could watch this play, and Rylance’s performance, every night of the too-short run and still find new dimensions to wonder at. Well, you can’t, because it’s sold out. But Rylance, now 62, has said he wants to play Rooster again at 70 and at 80. I hope I’m around to see it.
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May 2, 2017 · Jez Butterworth is back. Even before the critics have uttered a single word of praise The Ferryman, directed by Sam Mendes and set in rural Derry in 1981 at the height of the IRA hunger strikes, sold out its run at the Royal Court in hours. It transfers to the West End in June.
Apr 29, 2022 · Covered in blood, myth and glory, Mark Rylance returns in triumph, 13 years on, to the career-defining role of Johnny “Rooster” Byron in Jez Butterworth ’s dazzling exploration of Englishness.
Apr 30, 2022 · Jerusalem, Jez Butterworth’s masterpiece, takes on new meaning in 2022. This stirring, slick play on Englishness returns 13 years later, with the same lead actors, Mark Rylance and Mackenzie Crook. In a new context, its message has changed. By Katherine Cowles.
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Apr 26, 2022 · Rapt by the actor’s cadences, Butterworth bashed out a new draft of Jerusalem in a month, working on it at night while doing an uncredited polish on someone else’s film script during the day.
Writer Jez Butterworth is no stranger to black comedy. Best-known for award-winning plays such as Mojo, Jerusalem and The Ferryman, his work has tackled heavy-duty themes such as toxic...
Dec 15, 2023 · Butterworth won his second Olivier for the play (Donnelly also won for Best Actress and Sam Mendes for Best Director), and a Tony Award. Jez Butterworth on screen. Although he’s largely renowned in the UK as a playwright, Butterworth has also built up a substantial career on film and television.
The 48-year-old writer of two of the most celebrated and successful plays in modern times – Jerusalem and The Ferryman (which reunited him with director Sam Mendes, for whom Butterworth wrote the...
