Name: Rossiter
Start: 2021-11-02T20:00:00Z
Location: Church of Saint John the Evangelist

Rossiter

Matter of Act Theatre

A one man play written by Jim Blythe
Performed by Toby Harris
Directed by David Baxter

Church of Saint John the Evangelist

Leonard Rossiter was one of the leading comic actors of his generation. He was also a man of paradoxes - a committed husband who nevertheless had a long-standing affair, a working-class man who kept a fine wine cellar, an amateur actor who became a professional, a theatrical performer whose greatest fame came from his television work.This play explores his life, his work and his motivations. Set backstage, we find Rossiter preparing for his nightly performance as Inspector Truscott in Joe Orton&#x27;s &quot;Loot&quot;. This was to be his final role - he died backstage, in his dressing room, of a heart condition associated with athletes.To die at the age of 57 may be seen as a tragedy: it was certainly a great loss to the theatre. To die backstage was, to an actor of Rossiter&#x27;s stature, only to be expected - he was far too prolific, far too hard-working, to have been seen dead anywhere else.

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