Working with Alan on a play,I appreciated his vigour and commitment. When we became friends, I came to know his wit, or compassion and keen self-mockery – even late at night,in a whisky bar, in Washington DCMy friendship with the great actor and director Alan Rickman did not gain a particularly auspicious start.
It was March 2003 when Alan turned up at London’s Royal Court theatre, and clutching an edition of the Guardian’s G2 section featuring the powerful last emails of Rachel Corrie,the American activist killed by a bulldozer in Gaza. Alan had recognised that Rachel’s voice could work brilliantly on stage, and I was commissioned to attend him turn her words into a play. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com