Now or Later premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London from 3 September to 1 November 2008.
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Eddie Redmayne About finishing a run at the Royal Court Theatre with 'Now Or Later': It was the most extraordinary thing. I was nervous doing it. It was the first time I'd done a play for four years and, again, it was an incredibly meaty role. It was terrifying, but I was in the safest pair of hands with Dominic Cooke [artistic director at the Royal Court]. It was a piece of work that I was incredibly proud of because it was a beautifully written piece. It was exposing because I hadn't done a play for a long time and hadn't played a character on stage from beginning to end. You do feel a sense of the weight on your shoulders a little bit, but most people liked it.
Trailer of the play
Nicholas de Jongh in
the Evening Standard (three stars) – “John, his face and voice
in Eddie Redmayne’s riveting performance suffused with the
lineaments of neurosis and sadness, sits in his hotel room. He and Matt, a
fellow student, both showing scant interest in the results, are disturbed by a
Presidential aide, John’s glacial mother, Tracey a black party worker and
by Matthew Marsh’s hypocritical President.”
Eddie Redmayne About finishing a run at the Royal Court Theatre with 'Now Or Later': It was the most extraordinary thing. I was nervous doing it. It was the first time I'd done a play for four years and, again, it was an incredibly meaty role. It was terrifying, but I was in the safest pair of hands with Dominic Cooke [artistic director at the Royal Court]. It was a piece of work that I was incredibly proud of because it was a beautifully written piece. It was exposing because I hadn't done a play for a long time and hadn't played a character on stage from beginning to end. You do feel a sense of the weight on your shoulders a little bit, but most people liked it.
Reviews of the play
Dad, got a minute? -
Wednesday
10 September 2008
Eddie Redmayne is about to play a son who embarrasses his
politician father. The rising star tells Laura Barton how he got a little help
- from the Blair and Clinton camps
Now or Later: Where
The West Wing meets the Moral Maze - DailyMail
11 September 2008
11 September 2008
Mr. Redmayne is first-class. You see this lad trying to smile
his way out of trouble, then trying not to lose control of his emotions as the
grown-ups browbeat him. He reminded me of a colt being broken in.
Review Round-up: Redmayne
Shines Now &Later - WhatsOnStage
By Editorial Staff • 15 Sep 2008 • West
End
Michael Coveney
on Whatsonstage.com (two
stars) – “American playwright Christopher Shinn’s Now or Later is
a deft piece of writing, skilfully directed by Dominic
Cooke, unfussily designed by Hildegard Bechtler and beautifully played by a small
cast including a bullish Matthew
Marsh as the Democratic President-elect, John, and a gangling,
emotionally pent-up Eddie
Redmayne as his son, John Jr. … Curiously, Marsh resembles a stunted
Gerald Ford in his turbo-charged dynamism, while Redmayne has the freckly, high
cheek-boned look of the Kennedy clan.”
Paul Taylor in
the Independent (five stars) – „Eddie
Redmayne is superb. Eyes glittering with wit and wounded sensitivity,
he shows how John is both damaged goods and the goods.”
Michael Billington in the Guardian (three stars) – „The play undeniably keeps you rapt. And, although Eddie
Redmayne as the defiant John has a habit of dropping his voice at the
end of sentences, he conveys all the character\'s gangling, principled
obduracy. Matthew Marsh as his equally unbending father, Nancy
Crane as his bewildered mother and Domhnall
Gleeson as his loyal chum, fulfilling the role of the raisonneur in
classical comedy, give fine performances in Dominic
Cooke\'s suitably urgent production.”
Nicholas de Jongh in
the Evening Standard (three stars) – “John, his face and voice
in Eddie Redmayne’s riveting performance suffused with the
lineaments of neurosis and sadness, sits in his hotel room. He and Matt, a
fellow student, both showing scant interest in the results, are disturbed by a
Presidential aide, John’s glacial mother, Tracey a black party worker and
by Matthew Marsh’s hypocritical President.”
Sam Marlowe in The Times (four stars) – “Cooke\'s production is thrillingly
paced, effervescent with wit and intelligence and superbly acted, in particular
by Eddie Redmayne as the unhappily divided John and Matthew
Marsh as his father, his every word carefully weighed but concealing
an unnerving ruthlessness and volatility.”
Susannah Clapp
in The Observer – “ Eddie
Redmayne, volatile and coltish, vividly projects distress and
intelligence.”
Audio 26 July 2008 Now or Later
Writer Christopher Shinn, director Dominic Cooke and actors Matthew Marsh and Eddie Redmayne
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| James Marsh and Eddie Redmayne in the dressing room photo by Simon Annand (x) |
Writer Christopher Shinn, director Dominic Cooke and actors Matthew Marsh and Eddie Redmayne
in discussion with the Royal Court’s Diversity Associate, Ola Animashawun. Eddie talks about his character and the play from 5:15 and 12:30.
Christopher Shinn's website - Now or Later
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Christopher Shinn's website - Now or Later
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