THEATRE: Smells like Kean spirit; CULTURE Antony Sher is returning to some of his greatest roles - at one remove. He talks to Terry Grimley about playing one of the 19th century's most notorious actors.(Features)

The Birmingham Post (England) | April 18, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Antony Sher

Among his many other roles, Antony Sher has made a particular impact in the roles of Richard III and Shylock: now he's playing another actor who did the same.

In a rare revival of Jean-Paul Sartre's 1954 play Kean he is playing the early 19th century Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, who electrified his contemporaries - Coleridge said that to see him performing Shakespeare was like seeing it illuminated by flashes of lightning - but burned himself out at the age of 56.

The production, directed by former RSC artistic director ...

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