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Jonathan Waters death: Mark Rylance’s brother dies in cycle crash aged 60

Rylance, who is currently performing shows in the West End, took time off and flew to the US to attend his late brother’s memorial service

The Independent UK

Oscar-winner Mark Rylance's younger brother 'Jonno' dies in horror cycling crash

Mark Rylance is grieving his beloved younger brother 'Jonno' after horror cycling crash took his life last week. The tragedy is another family heartache for the Oscar-winner, who lost a stepdaughter to a fatal brain haemorrhage in 2012

Daily Mirror

‘The Phantom of the Open’: A Cinderella golfer, outta nowhere, makes the British Open

Mark Rylance scores some farcical laughs as real-life mediocrity Maurice Flitcroft, but his family life gives the movie heart.

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Londoner’s Diary: Sackler name out of the picture at Dulwich gallery

In today’s diary: Dulwich gallery re-think Sackler endorsement/ Wombles pagent incurs songwriter’s wrath/ Rylance refuses to play famous people/Cummings says Bojo would prefer to write a book about Shakespeare than be the PM

Evening Standard

Mark Rylance wins as worst golfer ever

Based on the true story of a man who wanted to play golf, didn't know how, but somehow competed among pros

Salon

Oscar winner Mark Rylance plays the worst golfer in British Open history in ‘The Phantom of the Open’

At one time, Mark Rylance hadn’t been aware of the real-life story of the worst golfer in the history of the British Open.

The Orange County Register

Q&A: Mark Rylance on his still-evolving life in movies

With London’s stages closed for much of the pandemic, Mark Rylance — one of the theater’s most soulful actors — made six films

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Drama should be accessible to all, not just a privileged few

Letter: Dr Geoff Readman supports Mark Rylance’s call for better theatre and drama provision in state schools

The Guardian - UK

There are two things I find impossible - sitting still and focusing. So how did I fare at the theatre?

Jerusalem is an excellent production. But sitting quietly through a play is a challenge for the neurodiverse, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Jerusalem; The Corn Is Green; Marys Seacole

Spellbinding Mark Rylance returns as the anarchic Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron; Nicola Walker hits the mark in Dominic Cooke’s brilliant Emlyn Williams revival; and in praise of Mary Seacole

The Guardian - UK

Jerusalem is back, and channelling England’s rough magic once again

Jez Butterworth’s revived play taps directly into an ancient seam of anarchic, Puckish energy, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

Jerusalem review: Mark Rylance returns for a dark, potent revival of Jez Butterworth’s 2009 play

There’s a real cruelty to the Englishness of ‘Jerusalem’, which has returned to the West End with its original star

The Independent UK

Jerusalem review – Mark Rylance’s riveting return as ‘Rooster’ Byron

Problematic gags limit the power of Jez Butterworth’s layered drama about myths and Englishness but the lead performance still astonishes

The Guardian - UK

Jerusalem review: 13 years on, time has only deepened Jez Butterworth’s modern classic

You could watch Rylance’s performance every night and still find new dimensions

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Mark Rylance calls out Tory arts cuts in new Jerusalem programme

The actor, who is reprising his role in Jez Butterworth’s celebrated play, points out that leading politicians’ school Eton has extensive theatre facilities

Evening Standard

Radical, potent and still very funny — Jerusalem is storming the West End

Frequently deemed the best play of the 21st century, Nick Curtis explores the story of Jerusalem as it returns to the West End 13 years after it first opened

The Independent UK

Sir Mark Rylance urges university to ban rat swim experiments

The actor has written a letter to University of Bristol vice-chancellor Hugh Brady.

Bristol Post

Mark Rylance urges University of Bristol to end ‘cruel’ near-drowning tests on animals

The Hollywood actor is the latest has added his voice to the calls

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Johnny Flynn interview: ‘Play James Bond? I can barely get myself out of the house to go for a run’

From Ian Fleming to David Bowie, a psychotic mobster to a buttoned-up Regency hero, the actor’s career has been wildly varied - but it’s music that he always comes back to

The Independent UK

The Outfit review: Mark Rylance is a perfect fit for this fastidiously crafted crime drama

The directorial debut of Graham Moore, it’s chiefly a work of cinematic craft, not art – though that’s not necessarily a derogatory label

The Guardian - UK

Is Jerusalem still the play of the century? Top playwrights give their verdicts

As Mark Rylance returns to the West End stage as the rambunctious Rooster in Jez Butterworth’s shaggy state-of-the-nation play, six writers consider its power and legacy

Evening Standard

Spring tickets 2022: The best plays and exhibitions to see this season

Get out there (but avoid the snow)

Chicago Tribune

How Chicago-bred filmmaker Graham Moore turned his grandfather’s brush with the mob into ‘The Outfit’

CHICAGO — Graham Moore is 40, a relatively new husband (married in 2019), an even newer father (son born in 2021), an Academy Award winner (for his screenplay “The Imitation Game”) and a Chicago-raised resident of L.A.'s Silver Lake neighborhood. He’s half a novelist, half a screenwriter, though already the…

Chicago Tribune

Steven Spielberg is up for another Oscar: We ranked all 33 of his movies, from worst to No. 1 best

Forty-two years ago a little-known, 30-something actor named Steven Spielberg played a Cook County Assessor clerk in “The Blues Brothers.” He had a few lines, such as “Can I help you?” and “Here is your receipt.” His on-screen career came and went so fast you never noticed. But that filmmaking…

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Exit stage left Meghan, and enter Camilla as new National Theatre patron

In today’s Diary: Britain’s theatre scene glitters at the National Theatre / Rathbone’s Folio judges know how to celebrate / Rylance remembers meeting Bob Dylan / Francis Fukuyama suffers the never-ending end of history

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