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serai ([personal profile] serai) wrote2015-07-12 06:31 pm
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Unafraid

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Oh, my god.

Roger Rees has gone on to the footlights in the sky.

He was lovely. Like a lot of people, I knew of him first as Nicholas Nickleby, in the mammoth nine-hour production of Dickens's novel. Although he was clearly too old for the role, he captured the sweet honor and despairing compassion of the character, as well as his hopefulness, dreams, and courage. That he went on to so much success never surprised me at all.




Finale (Good Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen) - from The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby



If you haven't seen this, you should. It's out on DVD. A great thing to make part of a holiday tradition, I think. I watch it every year around the holidays.

Thank you, good man, for all your great work. You'll be so missed.
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[identity profile] ink-gypsy.livejournal.com 2015-07-13 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Such a wonderful actor, whether he was doing a Dickens classic or an episode of Cheers. Gone too soon.

[identity profile] serai1.livejournal.com 2015-07-13 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
I loved him in The West Wing, and the storm of consternation that always followed in his wake. Such a delicious part.
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[personal profile] shirebound 2015-07-13 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I first 'met' him on the TV show Cheers. It's always sad to lose a talent.
Edited 2015-07-13 14:24 (UTC)