Subscribe to The Spectator

Friday 10 February 2012

My Spectator

Jobs at Telegraph

3

November 2007 | by: Mary Wakefield | Comments (1)

Mary Wakefield talks to Tom Hollander

Glutton for punishment

Act one, scene one

The curtain opens on the offices of The Spectator magazine, London SW1, where a woman stands, stage left, staring at a telephone. A clock on the wall says 7.15. Something about the woman’s demeanour suggests it to be p.m. How long can she look at a phone? Just as the audience is beginning to wonder, the woman sighs, picks up a sheaf of papers from the desk and starts to read out loud:

Me: Tom Hollander, actor, born 1967. Read English at Cambridge. TV and film credits include: Absolutely Fabulous, Martha, Meet Daniel and Laurence, Gosford Park, The Lost Prince and Pride and Prejudice...Pirates of the Caribbean parts I and II. The Libertine with Johnny Depp, Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Cate Blanchett...In 2006, took part in the 24-hour plays at the Old Vic.

She looks up at the clock: 7.25, then down at a photo of Tom (the foxy one, you see to the right) as the light dims.

Scene two

1 | 2 | 3 | 4  Next page 

More articles from: Mary Wakefield | this section

Print this article

ShareThis

Comments Post comment

Tina

November 10th, 2007 11:25pm Report this comment

Ahaha, that was brill. Tom sounds like a bang on chap. You much have enjoyed that.

Post comment

Back to top

Cartoons

In this section

Quick flip to success

Niru Ratnam

Beautiful game

Andrew Lambirth

Beyond the elite

Ed Rex

Royal regret

Lloyd Evans

All the world’s a bed

Patrick Carnegy
Spectator recommends

Spectator classifieds

THE PRESENT FINDER

1,700 Unusual Christmas Presents Request Catalogue 01935 815 195 Quote SPEC10 for 10% discount www.presentfinder.co.uk

OLIVE BRANCH FLORISTS

Pimilco based Florist with online ordering Web: www.olivebranch.net Tel: 020 7630 1868 Fax: 020 7233 8844

RUFFS Bespoke Signet rings

62 Shore Road, Warsash, Southampton, SO31 9FT Telephone: 01489 578867 Web site: www.ruffs.co.uk