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Tony Johnson Actor: RolePlay; Much Ado About Nothing; Arsenic And Old Lace; The Vortex. Tony made his acting debut in the first year at Grammar school, when he was cast as the Virgin Mary in a Nativity play. "The embarrassment of this put me off acting for about twenty years, until I joined the Charing Guild of Players with the proviso that I would play only male roles. "I began this acting hobby more than forty years ago and despite appearing in over fifty Plays and Musicals since then, I'm still trying to get it right! "The Vortex is only my second Noel Coward play since "Blithe Spirit" in 1977 so I'm looking forward to the role of 'Pawnie' - an elderly maiden gentleman - as the playwright describes him! Should be a lot of fun."

Although comedy is essential, if only to put bums on seats, the plays I remember most are the strong dramas; "A Man For All Seasons", "The Crucible", "The Heiress", "The Diary of Anne Frank" and others, which stuff perhaps better suits my limitations.

Having belonged to several dramatic societies over the years, it was the Canterbury Players, in 2005, who offered me my first Skakespearean role - as Malvolio in "Twelfth Night" and aided by a spendid cast, I hope I didn't disgrace myself.

Now well past my twenties (isn't make-up wonderful) I hope I can still be wheeled out from time to time, when a play requires a cantankerous, bad-tempered miserable old git.

This will save me having to do any acting.

TONY JOHNSON'S REVIEWS:
"Tony Johnson and Irene Marley were hilarious as Julie-Ann's parents; two provincial bigots ultimately succeeding in conducting their daughter's life."
(RolePlay, reviewed by Elaine Godden, Kentish Gazette.)