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Desert Island Discs: Mark Rylance

15/02/2015

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Mark Rylance

Actor Mark Rylance is interviewed by Kirsty Young.

Kirsty Young interviews actor Mark Rylance, known for his award-winning Shakespearean stage roles and portrayal of Thomas Cromwell in the television adaptation of Wolf Hall.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the actor, Mark Rylance.

Born in Kent and brought up in America where his father was a teacher, Mark played Hamlet for the first time while he was still at school. Since then he has become particularly well known for his acclaimed and award-winning Shakespearean stage roles. He won an Olivier and a Tony award for his portrayal of Johnny 'Rooster' Byron in Jez Butterworth's 'Jerusalem' onstage in both Britain and the United States. He has also appeared in a number of film roles, was the first artistic director of The Globe Theatre - a post he held for a decade - and his portrayal of Thomas Cromwell in the BBC Television adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall has now brought him to a wider audience.

Producer: Isabel Sargent.

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