Plummering the Depths of Words Posted on Feb 5, 2021 in Interviews
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There is a defining moment in Harold Pinter’s ”No Man’s Land” – a word, really that betrays Christopher Plummer’s unbridled passion for the written text.
Playing a shabby wannabe poet, he is taking his leave of Jason Robards in an imperious huff, bundling up against the bitter cold and blathering on in a torrent of lofty verbiage. When he hits the last word of his speech “nonchalance” he flings a scarf across his shoulder and heads grandly for the exit. This occurred nearly 19 years ago in a Roundabout theatre no longer standing, and the memory of it “nonchalance,” squeezed dry of all its French juice and pretention is with me still.
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