The Grand Theater Company, London, Ont.
When Robin Phillips was 15 and a student at Britain's Bristol Old Vic, his impoverished rural parents provided him £ 1 a week for pocket money, obtained "by selling things from the house, including their wedding presents." The sacrifice bore fruit. At 20, Phillips was acting with Laurence Olivier; by the time he was 30, he was an established director in London's West End (Tiny Alice), on Broadway (Abelard and Heloise) and, by preference, in Britain's regional repertory theaters. His success was certified in 1973 when, at age...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
