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Still, it's a pleasure to watch two actors of the calibre of Clarkson and Kingsley sparking together.
Steve Rose raises the question of whether Andrea Arnold's new Wuthering Heights is "post-racial" and the idea that "it is a sign that we are moving towards a 'colour-blind' entertainment environment of equal opportunities", citing Arnold's casting of two actors of African-Caribbean descent to play Heathcliff (Bend it like Heathcliff, 14 November).
In the London production that sequence proved especially taxing, Ms. Aitken recalled, because "we had two actors of incredibly varying size and in no way could they wear the same coat, so we had them in a coat that is much too tight and small for one and much too big for the other".
Asked why on earth two actors of their stature would put themselves through the trial of doing the play live in a single ephemeral performance for a one-time television audience (although it will be taped for posterity), Ms. Andrews laughed and said, "We're both asking ourselves the same thing".
There are not that many plays in which two actors of similar age and standing... these are two of them.
"The Drop" also offers the chance for viewers to see two actors of considerable talent share the screen, in a posthumous bonus of sorts.
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Two actors out of all this keep their dignity.
It hired six actors — of both genders, and a range of ages and ethnicities — to perform the emotions before a video camera.
Mr. Russell, of course, is an old pro at theater — unlike many of the eight actors of various ages, ethnicities and stage experience in "Everyone," which also features a chorus.
Last week, the RSC faced criticism on Facebook over a 17-strong company featuring only three actors of east Asian heritage that will perform James Fenton's adaptation of a piece that is often referred to as the Chinese Hamlet from December.
The actions are performed by nine actors of different gender and appearances: (a) bending, (b) jumping jacks, (c) jumping-forward, (d) jumping, (e) side-galloping, (f) walking, (g) waving one hand, and (h) waving both hands.
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