MOST failed auditions are quickly forgotten. Rarely does one generate a part that haunts an actor for three decades, lingering like an unresolved relationship that refuses to be eclipsed by successes across film, theater and television. But a botched stab at the title role was the beginning of Glenn Close's enduring fascination with "Albert Nobbs."
SOURCE: The New York Times at 09:26AM on December 12, 2011