February 21, 2019 would have been the 73rd birthday of acclaimed actor Alan Rickman, who left us too soon in 2016 from pancreatic cancer. Rickman came from a working-class background and considered acting and drama school too impractical a choice as a career. He excelled in art and painting as a teen which led to him studying at the Royal Academy of Art and later starting his own design firm. At the age of 26 he decided to change course and applied to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts to which he was accepted.
Upon graduation Rickman began working steadily on the British stage. While he played a variety of roles it wouldn’t be until about a decade later that he would find the role that would gain him huge attention in both London and the Us. That role would be as Valmont in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
Upon graduation Rickman began working steadily on the British stage. While he played a variety of roles it wouldn’t be until about a decade later that he would find the role that would gain him huge attention in both London and the Us. That role would be as Valmont in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
- 2/21/2019
- by Robert Pius, Misty Holland and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
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