I met Harriet Harris when she did a Shakespeare "workshop" for my Oral Interpretation of Shakespeare class a couple years back. Her boyfriend was/is (I don't follow her love-life) a student in the MFA program. She was magnifcent. She read Queen Margaret's speech that starts off: "Brave warriors, Clifford and Northumberland,..." And along with her boyfriend, performed the balcony scene. *sigh* I was taken by her. She had this youthful joy mixed in with a world-weariness, a knowing of the world, if you will.
I saw her, again, in another "workshop" setting while attending my first KC/ACTF. This time she was being interviewed by her boyfriend (who was the same grad student=). She shared stories of playing Ophelia to Kevin Kline's Hamlet; of loving being part of the Acting Company; her own wisdom that she has gained as a professional actress.
If you haven't seen THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER with Nathan Lane, see it. She co-stars in it along with Jean Smart. It's delightful and she really socks it to Nathan's character of Sheridan Whiteside when he tries to prevent her from falling in love and getting married to the local newspaper editor. Lovely!
Oh! It's on DVD, so there is NO excuse for you not to watch it!
That's all.
Carry on...
Currently watching: Les Biches
