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ELI JAMES is an actor, writer, songwriter and standup in New York.

His Broadway credits include the National Theatre of Great Britain's "One Man, Two Guvnors," directed by Nicholas Hytner, and Alex Timbers's and Michael Friedman's "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson." His solo show "William and the Tradesmen" has been performed at Ars Nova, La Mama, and The Drilling Company. Further stage credits include "Rutherford and Son" and "Temporal Powers" at The Mint, "The Four of Us" at Manhattan Theatre Club, "Becky Shaw" at Boston’s Huntington Theater, and the world premiere of Jason Grote’s "Maria/Stuart," directed by Pam McKinnon. His TV credits include "Gossip Girl," "Lights Out," and "Murder in Manhattan." He co-founded, wrote and performed with the sketch comedy group Quiet Library at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and currently performs with improv team Pleading Softly. His essay "Finding the Beat" was published in the Random House collection "Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers," a Boston Globe Bestseller.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

KING LEAR AND I

Please read the review I wrote of the Royal Shakespeare Company's touring production of King Lear and The Seagull.

http://www.thelmagazine.com/blogn.cfm?listings_id=153689

One thing I didn't have space to address, and which I'll just mention briefly here, is that, as humbling an honor it was to be in the same room as Sir Ian McKellen, it wasn't quite the same experience being in the same room as his penis - which came bounding out of his trousers about halfway through the show. And since Sir Ian got stuck while disrobing, his wang flopped about like a herring for more than two minutes.

It was awkward, as if it was happening in front of my eyes at a party, not in a play.

Hmm. Maybe I should have cut other parts of my published review and made room for more penis commentary.

Let me know.
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1 comment:

cheezstake said...

If I may, I'd like to applaud your review of King Lear. I would also like to say that courtesy of our relationship back in school, I can no longer even read the words, "King Lear" without hearing the bumblings of John Cleese discussing how difficult it is to not only learn all the words but to speak them in the proper order.

September 18, 2007 at 11:22 PM

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