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Tony Johnson
Actor
I made my acting debut in the first year at Grammar school, when I 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.
This seems to have worked reasonably well for the last 40 years, with
a couple of best actor awards sprinkled amongst the fifty productions
I've appeared in since. |
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.)
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