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Gratiano

Gratiano

Mark Rice-Oxley [Gratiano] in the Globe's 2007 The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice (2007)

Mark Rice-Oxley

Theatre includes The Office Project at the Young Vic, Pool (No Water) for Frantic Assembly, The Romans In Britain at the Crucible, The Life of Galileo at the Birmingham Rep, David Copperfield at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, The Entertainer at Liverpool Playhouse, The Comedy of Errors at Bristol Old Vic, Cuckoos at the Barbican, The Dwarfs at the Tricycle, Workers Writes at the Royal Court Theatre, The Danny Crowe Show at the Bush Theatre and Cressida for the Almeida. On TV Mark has appeared in Holby City, The Dwarfs, Mersey Beat, Judge John Deed, In Deep, In His Life: The John Lennon Story, and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.

Actor's Bulletins

Rehearsal Notes: 7

This is Mark's final blog post. This week he discusses how the first performances went, unexpected responses to his character's anti-Semitism and having to perform with a different actress playing ...

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Rehearsal Notes: 6

In his penultimate blog post Mark discusses the technical rehearsals, getting used to his costume and the music cues, and preparing for the first performance infront of an audience. ...

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Rehearsal Notes: 5

In his fifth blog post Mark discusses Gratiano's journey through the course of the play and how this production uses the Yard space in the performance. ...

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Rehearsal Notes: 4

In his fourth blog post Mark discusses the difficulties of blocking on the Globe stage, how he feels about his costume, and the use of dance and music in the play. ...

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Rehearsal Notes: 3

In his third blog post Mark talks about the difficulties of improvising Shakespearean-style insults, and how easy it is to over-complicate speaking even one half line of verse. ...

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