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Encyclopedia > Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance as the Duke in Measure For Measure
Born January 18, 1960 (age 47)
Ashford, Kent, England

Mark Rylance (born January 18, 1960) is an internationally well-known actor and theatre director. Image File history File links MarkRylance. ... Claudio and Isabella (1850) by William Holman Hunt Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, written in 1603. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Ashford is a town spanning the confluence of the River Upper Great Stour, River East Stour, Aylesford Stream, Whitewater Dyke, Ruckinge Dyke and the resulting River Great Stour, in the borough of Ashford, located just south of the North Downs, in Kent, United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... A theatre director is a principal in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a play by unifying various endeavors and aspects of production. ...


Rylance was born in Ashford, Kent, England, his various film roles include Ferdinand in Prospero's Books (after a play by William Shakespeare), Jay in Intimacy (after a novel by Hanif Kureishi) or Jakob van Gunten in Institute Benjamenta (after a novel by Robert Walser), where he worked with directors like Peter Greenaway, Patrice Chéreau or the Brothers Quay. Ashford is a town spanning the confluence of the River Upper Great Stour, River East Stour, Aylesford Stream, Whitewater Dyke, Ruckinge Dyke and the resulting River Great Stour, in the borough of Ashford, located just south of the North Downs, in Kent, United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Prosperos Books (1991) is a movie written and directed by Peter Greenaway based on Shakespearean themes. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Intimacy is a 2001 France/United Kingdom/Germany/Spain drama film by Patrice Chéreau and written by Patrice Chéreau, Anne-Louise Trividic and Hanif Kureishi. ... Hanif Kureishi (born December 5, 1954 in London) is a Pakistani-British playwright, author, and director on topics of race, nationalism, immigration, and sexuality. ... There are two noteworthy figures bearing the name Robert Walser: Robert Walser is a Swiss modernist writer (1878-1956). ... Peter Greenaway Peter Greenaway (b. ... Patrice Chéreau (born November 2nd, 1944 in Lézigné, France) is a French director, film maker, actor, and producer. ... Stephen and Timothy Quay (born 17 June 1947 in Norristown, Pennsylvania), identical twin brothers better known as the Brothers Quay or Quay Brothers , are influential stop-motion animators. ...


He was the first Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, from 1995 to 2005. This article is about the Globe Theatre of Shakespeare, both the original and its modern reconstruction. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

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Life and career

Rylance was born in Ashford, England, to Anne and David Waters, both English teachers. (As an adult, he took the stage name of Mark Rylance because the name Mark Waters was already taken by someone else registered with Actors Equity.) When he was two, his parents moved to Connecticut in the United States and in 1971, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Mark later attended school and began acting. His first notable role was Hamlet in a 1976 school production (with his own father as the First Gravedigger), and the next year Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, during the University School of Milwaukee's First Shakespeare Festival. Ashford is a town spanning the confluence of the River Upper Great Stour, River East Stour, Aylesford Stream, Whitewater Dyke, Ruckinge Dyke and the resulting River Great Stour, in the borough of Ashford, located just south of the North Downs, in Kent, United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area  Ranked 23rd  - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 310 miles (500 km)  - % water 17  - Latitude 42°30N to 47°3N  - Longitude 86°49W to 92°54W Population  Ranked... Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and is one of his best-known and most-quoted plays. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... See Puck (mythology), a nature spirit Puck (comics), a diminuitive superhero in Marvel Comics Puck (Shakespeare), from A Midsummer Nights Dream Hockey puck, the ball used to play ice hockey Puck (moon), a moon of Uranus Puck, Poland, a town in Poland Puck, a character in the Japanese anime... Title page of the first quarto (1600) A Midsummer Nights Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare written sometime in the late-1500s. ... Shakespeare redirects here. ...


With considerable juvenile experience already in hand, Rylance won a scholarship by audition to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London. There he trained from 1978-1980 under Hugh Cruttwell, and with Barbara Bridgmont at the Chrysalis Theatre School, Balham, London. In 1980 he got his first professional work at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre. Categories: United Kingdom-related stubs | Performing arts education in London ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Balham is: Balham, a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth in London, England. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Citizens Theatre is located in Glasgow, Scotland. ...


1982/3: playing for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) both in Stratford upon Avon and London. Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company is a British theatre company. ... Stratford-upon-Avon Historic map from 1908 New Place today Shakespeares birthplace Halls Croft Anne Hathaways Cottage Stratford-upon-Avon is a town on the River Avon in south Warwickshire, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...


1980s: worked with the London Theatre of Imagination, Royal Opera House, English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre (with Max Stafford-Clark). The Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House is a performing arts venue in London. ... The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre in Sloane Square, in the Chelsea area of London noted for its contributions to modern theatre. ... Max Stafford-Clark (born 1941) is an English Theatre Director. ...


1987: work with Mike Alfreds' Shared Experience at the Royal National Theatre (RNT), met Claire van Kampen, musician and composer (the first female Musical Director at the RNT and RSC, and both at the same time). The Royal National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge The Royal National Theatre is a building complex and theatre company located on the South Bank in London, England immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. ...


1988: played Hamlet with the RSC in Ron Daniels' acclaimed production that toured Ireland and England for a year. The play then ran in Stratford-upon-Avon, where Mark alternated Hamlet with Romeo in the production of Romeo and Juliet that inaugurated the rebuilt Swan Theatre in Stratford. Hamlet toured to the United States for two years. For other meanings see Romeo (disambiguation) and Juliet (disambiguation). ...


1989: married Claire van Kampen.


1990: with Claire founded "Phoebus' Cart", their own theatre company.


1991 (summer): performing The Tempest in magic sites with Phoebus' Cart: at the Rollright Stones Circle in Oxfordshire, the ruins of Corfe Castle in Dorset and the site of not yet started Shakespeare's Globe (* Shakespeare's Globe online) in London. Mark was then invited by Sam Wanamaker to join the Board of Directors of Shakespeare's Globe, thus getting involved with the project. Miranda and Ferdinand, Angelica Kauffmann, 1782 The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. ... The Rollright Stones is the name of a complex of megalithic monuments in England, divided between the counties of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, near the village of Long Compton. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Corfe Castle is a small village and ruined castle ( ) dating back to the 11th century, situated in a gap in the Purbeck Hills, five miles south of Wareham, in Dorset, England. ... This article is about the Globe Theatre of Shakespeare, both the original and its modern reconstruction. ... Sam Wanamaker (born Samuel Watenmaker) (June 14, 1919, Chicago – December 18, 1993, London, England) was an American actor and director. ...


1991: played the lead in Gillies Mackinnon's film The Grass Arena, and won the BBC Radio Times Award for Best Newcomer. Gillies MacKinnon (born 8 January 1948 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish film director and writer. ...


1993: starred in Matthew Warchus' production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Queen's Theatre, produced by Thelma Holt. His Benedick won him an Olivier Award for Best Actor. Title page of the first quarto (1600) Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. ... The musical Les Misérables transferred to the Queens Theatre in March 2004 after its run at the Palace Theatre The Queens Theatre is a theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in the West End of London, next to the Gielgud Theatre, as whose twin it was designed by W. G... The Laurence Olivier Awards, previously known as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, were renamed in honour of British actor Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier in 1984, having first been established in 1976. ...


1995-2005: first Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. He has directed and acted in every season, both in Shakespeare's works and those of his contemporaries, notably in the all-male production of Richard II in 2003.


Under his directorate, the first new play for the Globe in 400 years, Augustine's Oak (ref. to Augustine of Canterbury and christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England) written by Peter Oswald, was performed in 1999. A second play for the Globe followed in 2002: The Golden Ass or the Curious Man by Peter Oswald, writer-in-residence. In 2005 the third play of Peter Oswald written for the Globe was performed for the first time: The Storm, an adaptation of Plautus' comedy Rudens (The Rope), that was one of the sources of The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Augustine of Canterbury (birth unknown, died May 26, 604) was the first Archbishop of Canterbury, sent to Ethelbert of Kent, Bretwalda (ruler) of England by Pope Gregory the Great in 597. ... Peter Oswald is a well-known English playwright. ... The Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius, which according to St. ... Although we cannot verify much about Plautus’ early life, we have certain ideas. ... Miranda and Ferdinand, Angelica Kauffmann, 1782 The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...


Other historical first nights organized by Mark Rylance as director of Shakespeare's Globe include Twelfth Night performed in 2002 at Middle Temple, to commemorate its first performance there exactly 400 years before. In summer 2004, the performance of Much Ado about Nothing at Hampton Court was another wonderful event in the original surroundings to commemorate a Shakespeare's first 400 years in the past. This article is about the Globe Theatre of Shakespeare, both the original and its modern reconstruction. ... Twelfth Night has at least three meanings: Twelfth Night (holiday), celebrated by some Christians Twelfth Night, or What You Will, a comedic play by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night (band), a progressive rock band This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... Part of Middle Temple c. ... Title page of the first quarto (1600) Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. ... The clock tower straddles the entrance between the inner and outer courts Hampton Court Palace is a former royal place on the north bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames about 12 miles (19 km) southwest and upstream of Central London, nowadays open to...


Claire van Kampen is Artistic Associate and Director of theatre Music at the Globe since 1995.


Mark is a Friend of the Francis Bacon Research Trust, and an Associate Artist of the RSC. One of Mark's prime interests lies in the use of symbols from Alchemy, Neoplatonism, and the Jewish mystical tradition of the Kabbalah in Shakespeare's plays. Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman and essayist but is best known for leading the scientific revolution with his new observation and experimentation theory which is the way science has been conducted ever since. ... For other uses, see Alchemy (disambiguation). ... Neoplatonism (also Neo-Platonism) is the modern term for a school of philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century AD, based on the teachings of Plato and earlier Platonists. ... Kabbalah (Hebrew: ‎, Tiberian: , Qabbālāh, Israeli: Kabala) literally means receiving, in the sense of a received tradition, and is sometimes transliterated as Cabala, Kabbala, Qabalah, or other permutations. ...


Mark Rylance is also involved in a number of social and political activities among which the UN's Peace One Day Campaign; he is a member of the Club of Budapest.


Theatre credits

At Shakespeare's Globe Theatre he played

1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare from early in his career. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Chaste Maid in Cheapside is a city comedy written in 1613 by English Renaissance playwright Thomas Middleton. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Title page of the first quarto (1600) The Cronicle History of Henry the fift is a play by William Shakespeare based on the life of King Henry V of England. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Title page of the first quarto (1600) The Merchant of Venice is one of William Shakespeares best-known plays, written sometime between 1594 and 1597. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Antony and Cleopatra is a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare, originally printed in the First Folio of 1623. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and is one of his best-known and most-quoted plays. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cymbeline is a play by William Shakespeare. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius, which according to St. ... Lucius Apuleius (c. ... Peter Oswald is a well-known English playwright. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Twelfth Night has at least three meanings: Twelfth Night (holiday), celebrated by some Christians Twelfth Night, or What You Will, a comedic play by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night (band), a progressive rock band This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Title page of Richard II, from the fifth quarto, published in 1615. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Claudio and Isabella (1850) by William Holman Hunt Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, written in 1603. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Miranda and Ferdinand, Angelica Kauffmann, 1782 The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Although we cannot verify much about Plautus’ early life, we have certain ideas. ...

Other theatre roles

1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and is one of his best-known and most-quoted plays. ... For other meanings see Romeo (disambiguation) and Juliet (disambiguation). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Miranda and Ferdinand, Angelica Kauffmann, 1782 The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Title page of the first quarto (1600) The Cronicle History of Henry the fift is a play by William Shakespeare based on the life of King Henry V of England. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Title page of the first quarto (1600) Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. ... The Laurence Olivier Awards, previously known as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, were renamed in honour of British actor Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier in 1984, having first been established in 1976. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Scene from As you like it, Francis Hayman, c. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Scene from Macbeth, depicting the witches conjuring of an apparition in Act IV, Scene I. Painting by William Rimmer The Tragedy of Macbeth is among the most famous of William Shakespeares plays, as well as his shortest tragedy. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Filmography

  • The McGuffin (1985) .... Gavin
  • Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985) (TV) (ref. to Raoul Wallenberg) .... Nikki Fodor
  • The Grass Arena (1991) .... John Healy (won the BBC Radio Times Award for Best Newcomer)
  • Prospero's Books (1991) movie by Peter Greenaway .... Ferdinand
  • Love Lies Bleeding (1993) (TV) .... Conn
  • Loving (1995) (TV) .... Charlie Raunce
  • Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995) by the Brothers Quay after a novel of Robert Walser .... Jakob van Gunten
  • Angels & Insects (1995) movie by Philip Haas after a novel of A. S. Byatt - William Adamson --- the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design
  • Henry V (1997) at Shakespeare's Globe (TV) - King Henry V
  • Intimacy (2001) dir. Patrice Chéreau (after short stories of Hanif Kureishi) - Jay
movie won two Bears (Golden Bear for best movie) at the Berlin Film Festival
  • Leonardo (2003) (TV) - Leonardo Da Vinci
  • Hearts of Fire (1987) .... Fizz
  • Richard II (2003) (TV) - Richard II
  • The Government Inspector (2005) (TV) - Dr. David Kelly

Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947) in passport photo from June 1944 Memorial to Raoul Wallenberg in Great Cumberland Place, London USPS Wallenberg Stamp, 1997 Memorial to Wallenberg in Budapest, Hungary (August 4, 1912 – July 16, 1947 (unconfirmed)) was a Swedish diplomat and a member of the influential Wallenberg family. ... Prosperos Books (1991) is a movie written and directed by Peter Greenaway based on Shakespearean themes. ... Peter Greenaway Peter Greenaway (b. ... Stephen and Timothy Quay (born 17 June 1947 in Norristown, Pennsylvania), identical twin brothers better known as the Brothers Quay or Quay Brothers , are influential stop-motion animators. ... There are two noteworthy figures bearing the name Robert Walser: Robert Walser is a Swiss modernist writer (1878-1956). ... Angels & Insects is a 1996 U.S. romance and drama film directed by Philip Haas. ... Dame Antonia Susan Byatt , DBE, (born August 24, 1936, Sheffield, England) has been hailed by some as one of the great postmodern novelists in Britain. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Title page of the first quarto (1600) The Cronicle History of Henry the fift is a play by William Shakespeare based on the life of King Henry V of England. ... Intimacy is a 2001 France/United Kingdom/Germany/Spain drama film by Patrice Chéreau and written by Patrice Chéreau, Anne-Louise Trividic and Hanif Kureishi. ... Patrice Chéreau (born November 2nd, 1944 in Lézigné, France) is a French director, film maker, actor, and producer. ... Hanif Kureishi (born December 5, 1954 in London) is a Pakistani-British playwright, author, and director on topics of race, nationalism, immigration, and sexuality. ... The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the most important film festivals in Europe and the world. ... Leonardo da Vinci statue outside the Uffizi, Florence Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician and writer. ... Title page of Richard II, from the fifth quarto, published in 1615. ...

As himself

  • Changing Stages (2001) (mini) TV Series .... Himself
  • William Shakespeare (2000) .... Artistic Director, Shakespeare's Globe

Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Archive footage

  • Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003) (TV)

Notable TV guest appearances

  • Breakfast playing "Himself" 19 April 2004
  • Biography playing "Hamlet/Himself" in episode: Hamlet February 1995

April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ...

Books

  • Mark Rylance: Play - A Recollection in Pictures and Words of the First Five Years of Play at Shakespeares's Globe Theatre. Photogr.: Sheila Burnett, Donald Cooper, Richard Kolina, John Tramper. Shakespeare's Globe Publ., London, UK. 2003. ISBN 0-9536480-4-4.
  • The Wisdom of Shakespeare Series by Peter Dawkins (Foreword by Mark Rylance):
  • The Wisdom of Shakespeare in As You Like It. I.C. Media Productions, 1998. Paperback. ISBN 0-9532890-1-X.
  • The Wisdom of Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice. I.C. Media Productions, 1998. Paperback. ISBN 0-9532890-0-1.
  • The Wisdom of Shakespeare in Julius Caesar. I.C. Media Productions, 1999. Paperback. ISBN 0-9532890-2-8.
  • The Wisdom of Shakespeare in The Tempest. I.C. Media Productions, 2000. Paperback. ISBN 0-9532890-3-6.
  • The Wisdom of Shakespeare in Twelfth Night. I.C. Media Productions, 2002. Paperback. ISBN 0-9532890-4-4.
  • Peter Dawkins. The Shakespeare Enigma (Foreword by Mark Rylance). Polair, UK. 2004. Illustrated paperback, 476pp. ISBN 0-9545389-4-3.

Peter Dawkins (born in England) is an internationally known author, teacher, consultant and leader of workshops and pilgrimages worldwide. ... Peter Dawkins (born in England) is an internationally known author, teacher, consultant and leader of workshops and pilgrimages worldwide. ...

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