My eyes have had one of their flare-ups this past week, so my vision has been spotty. And my having only recently been successful in downloading “The Crucible”–in the SD format–it seems rather ironic that I/eye am too tired vision wise to watch it at the end of the work day. Ha! Maybe I’ll get to it this weekend.
My impatience to be able to watch “The Crucible” reminded of that Night Gallery pilot episode directed by Stephen Spielberg where Joan Crawford’s rich but blind malicious woman paid a man for his eyes so she could see for 12 hours–only to have the city experience a blackout when she took off her bandages:
“STEVEN SPIELBERG TALKS ABOUT HIS NIGHT GALLERY EXPERIENCE” video by Barry Conrad
Yeah, I know, violins are playing in the background. Ha! No, I am not rich nor malicious, just vision challenged at the moment. Ha! Tuesday night as I write this, I’m going to listen to Richard Armitage narrate “Sylvester” by Georgette Heyer (right). RA is a masterful storyteller!
So Wednesday, I think a little exquisitely talented British actor Richard Armitage eye theRApy is what the doctor ordered. Choosing just one image from all of the wonderfully talented Sarah Dunn portraitature of Richard Armitage was not easy. But I love RA’s joyous smile below in this 2014 Richard Armitage portrait by Sarah Dunn–he looks like he is suppressing a giggle. Sighhhhh!
Oh yeah, and don’t forget to #AskArmitage in time for his Best Actor Nominee Olivier Awards Twitterview Q&A on Thursday, April 2nd at 9am EST (New York) time:
Here was my standard wrap up interview question that I posed:
Update April 2, 2015: I pasted the Olivier Awards #AskArmitage Twitter Q &A’s in the comments down below.
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April 01, 2015–Laura D shared this charming RA image on Twitter this morning (from his 2013 Toronto Premiere of DofS):
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April 01, 2015–And Martha W. tweeted this GlamourUK video still of Handsome RA. Purrrr!
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April 02, 2015–An appeal for thoughtful word choice on Twitter from Richard Armtiage. Well said!
And this is why we love RA! Such a gentleman! And obviously, a fabulous uncle!
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April 1,2015–Update from Mr. Armitage:
P.S. Thanks to Servetus for pointing me to the link!
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April 01, 2015–Thanks for liking this post!
Carolyn and Servetus
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April 1, 2015–Oh Servetus! Wonderful news! LOL!
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April 1, 2015–And per Perry at her Armitage Agonistes blog, Richard will be “the” stone and taking center stage in his next film, “Pilgrimage”. LOL!:
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April 01, 2015–Okay, I posed my second and final #AskArmitage question for the April 2nd Olivier Awards Twitter Q&A (starting at 9am EST).
That NYC 9am time is 8am Chicago time for me–and I will be at work. So I will either have to take an inordinately long time in the ladies room checking Twitter, or I’ll catch the recap later. Ha!
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April 01, 2015–Here is the direct link to RA’s tweet about being “bowled over”.Thanks to RANet for the link:
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April, 01, 2015– I so hope Mr. Armitage attends the Olivier Awards ceremony. It is truly an honor for him to be nominated. He has become a member of that rarified group of actors deemed to have reached the pinnacle of excellence and nominated for a prestigious Olivier Award.
If Richard Armitage doesn’t win–spat and turned around three times to not jinx it–then his attending shows him to be a “stand up” fellow by supporting “The Crucible” production–paying his dues, as it were. He will also make good connections for future productions he might wish to star in.
And if Richard Armitage wins? He will be gracious and humble as always–and maybe speechless, with very moist eyes–with his Mum and Dad and other family and friends looking on proudly. And then after the show, batten down the hatches, there will be partying tonight!
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April 01, 2015–JHolland at her Preoccupied with Armitage blog, gives us a jolly April Fools Armitage Round up, in rhyme:
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April 02, 2015–27 minutes until Richard Armitage’s Olivier Awards Twitter Q&A. Have fun everyone. I’ll be at the office and have to catch the recap later. Cheers!
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April 02, 2015–I missed the live #AskArmitage Twitter Q & A, but below are some fav pix and messages. And to start off with, Richard Armitage on a short that looks a bit small for him since he sits so commandingly tall in the saddle. Sighhh!
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April 2, 2015–The Olivier Awards start off the #AskArmitageTwitter Q &A:
And the question came from Richard Armitage’s The Crucible Director Yael Farber (with RA’s response linked to it):
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April 02, 2015–Glady Roland had one of her questions responded to:
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April 02, 2015–Su Falk @SunkenTreasure7 asked him about his “role of a lifetime”:
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April 02, 2015–Laura Morano asked RA about what made him want to play the part in this play?
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April 02, 2015–Allison Rose asked RA about how his theatre experience will impact his future work:
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April 02, 2015–Cristina Baier commended him for being nominated, and asked how he felt about it?
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April 02, 2015–Delphine Estienne asked RA about his dream role:
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April 02, 2015–Wang Lu asked RA which is more difficult to portray on stage, drama or subtlety?
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April 02, 2015–Jessica asked RA about the cast working together. And in his response, he thoughtfully included a comment about their cast member who recently passed away:
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April 02, 2015–TildaDwi asked RA what he liked most & least about Proctor?
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April 02, 2015–Cyn asked RA whom he wanted to work with:
Then RA added:
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April 02, 2015–Allison Rose again, asked RA what he liked about the filmed version of The Crucible:
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April 02, 2015–Gai Singer asked RA what other Miller works he liked:
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April 02, 2015–Zebra Deborah asked RA for his fave audience reaction:
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April 02, 2015–Dorothea Blumer asked RA if he has “left” Proctor behind him, now 6 months after the play closed:
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April 02, 2015–Kirsten B. Caron asked RA what message he hopes people take away from experiencing The Crucible:
And RA continued:
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April 02, 2015–The Olivier Awards #AskArmitage Twitter Q & A signed off with RA’s wishes and new selfie:
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April 2, 2015–And yesterday, I had shared my Proctor wallpaper, which people seem to like. Here it is again for you:
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April 3, 2015–RANet (Thanks!) has put all of the Olivier Awards Q & A Twitterrview with Richard Armitage into a storify file found here:
https://storify.com/RAnetdotcom/askarmitage-olivierawards-q-and-a
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