Ralph Richardson - Russell Harty (6 - Keats' Ode to Autumn)

[nathanbridle]

I will add my voice, many thanks for downloading this, it is a fascinating interview.

[greg19670]

It's a cold Friday night here in the State of Oklahoma. Here I sit, a 43 year old man, in front of my computer by myself in the dark. No remembering how I got to this wonderful interview with this gift of a Human Being. But it sure makes me feel better hearing and seeing him.

Thank you for posting this. I wish I could have seen him perform in the Theater.

[ludocrat]

@greg19670

Well, Greg, I think you are a very kind human being.

I would add that love for Ralph Richanrdson is easy. But understanding his very complex personality and acting genius is impossible!

So I think I'll try to be just be like you: a fan of the great man.

[nbatterby]

Sir Ralph was never a fine reader of poetry which he here proclaims rather than simply articulates - although I have to say that he did marvelously with the Ballad of Reading Goal (a BBC recording lost for ever). Having trawled through the various readings on this site I still miss that wonderful reading from Robert Donat - lyrical and softly spoken, and again no longer available, unless anyone out there cares to submit it.

[conorjpmcq]

Nice.

[Dogboy27712]

The most interesting thing about this interview to me, was his insistence upon not being interviewed. His reaction to the question about his knighthood was most interesting. Apparently, his motivation for becoming an actor was not to have people look at him, but rather to hide himself within the character. So long as he was playing a character in this interview by rambling on with his set piece stories, ruminating upon names or reciting Keats, he was quite comfortable. If not, not.

[13loomisst]

Thank you very much for this delightful half dozen, and the attendant marginalia.