‘An intuitive genius’: Gary Oldman steps back on to stage as a national treasure

Actor returns to York theatre where he started out 46 years ago, after cementing status as one of UK’s greatest actorsIt’s been 46 years since Gary Oldman made his professional stage debut at York’s Theatre Royal. Returning to the venue last week for Samuel Beckett’s one-man play Krapp’s Last Tape, the 67-year-old English actor is a world removed from the young upstart once advised by Rada to do something else for a living.In the intervening four decades Oldman has steadily become one of the greatest actors of his generation, whose versatility and intense performance style have earned him numerous accolades including an Oscar, three Baftas and a Golden Globe. Continue reading...

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