Mary Wakefield talks to Tom Hollander
Glutton for punishment
The 24 hour play people
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
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Tina
November 10th, 2007 11:25pmAhaha, that was brill. Tom sounds like a bang on chap. You much have enjoyed that.