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Right actor, wrong role: when stars are not aligned by Lyn Gardner

Ever seen a production with a performance so misconceived you've wondered how the actor was ever cast? Share your stories of actors mismatched to their partsReviewing Herbert Beerbohm Tree playing Falstaff in 1896, George Bernard Shaw was not at all impressed. "Mr Tree wants one thing to make him an excellent Falstaff, and that is to get born over again as unlike himself as possible." He added: "Mr Tree might as well…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM on December 17, 2014

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