Rylance is the wrong man for the Globe. The space is too restrictive. It's no more than a theme park. Wrong, wrong, wrong, says the actor Edward Petherbridge 

After the long slow years during which it was widely held to be the superfluous vision of a Shakespearian crank, Sam Wanamaker's Globe is accelerating towards magnificent completion. The audience galleries are thrillingly complete. Remarkably, there is not the faintest whiff of ye olde heritage reproduction site - simply the excitement g...
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One of the performers created a rap about seeing his sister's baby on an ultrasound scan, and how he saw the child in the womb rubbing its eyes, and he managed to improvise a whole song about it. You couldn't help but be captivated. For one thing - unusually in the world of rock music - you could actually hear the words - The Guardian
 


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Fans might have read about Peth's Theatreland walks - even some London guide books mention it, I believe. I'm afraid, though, that these walks are a thing of the past.

Read this post about Edward Petherbridge's last guided tour:
Are you ready for a true travelogue from my esteemed city? I almost hate to tell you about the London Walk I went on yesterday, because... it's the last one of its kind. Why do I so often get in on the tail end of something wonderful? Although that's a very typically ...
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