Interesting point you make about Trevor Griffiths’ play. I was put in mind of the scene you mentioned when the Jerry Sadowitz controversy came up last summer. Whatever one’s views on the content of his act, he’s probably the only comic working in the way depicted through the Gethin Price character. I was fortunate enough to see the play in the 70s, with Gethin Price played by a young (and brilliant) Jonathan Pryce. What a journey he has made, from in-your-face angry alt comic to HRH Duke of Edinburgh!
Don't get me started on dramatic depictions of journalists. Loved this piece.
They're always fabulously dishevelled and hard-drinking, right?
And never in a stable relationship
Interesting point you make about Trevor Griffiths’ play. I was put in mind of the scene you mentioned when the Jerry Sadowitz controversy came up last summer. Whatever one’s views on the content of his act, he’s probably the only comic working in the way depicted through the Gethin Price character. I was fortunate enough to see the play in the 70s, with Gethin Price played by a young (and brilliant) Jonathan Pryce. What a journey he has made, from in-your-face angry alt comic to HRH Duke of Edinburgh!
Yes - via his masterpiece turn in 'Brazil', one of the few films I'm still as passionate now as I was in my Fernwood days!
Indeed. A marvellous film and a great performance by Pryce!