Rowan Atkinson wins praise for 'serious' role NEWS
Actor Rowan Atkinson has been praised by critics for returning to serious stage work.
Actor Rowan Atkinson has been praised by critics for returning to serious stage work.
Rowan Atkinson is probably as type-cast in the roles he plays as they come. If it's British and bumbling....he's your man (and he does it so very well!) Recently however, the Mr Bean star plays the title role in 'Quartermaine's Terms', Simon Gray's 1981 tragi-comedy about teachers at an English language school.
The Daily Telegraph said the 58-year-old 'proves superb' as a 'terrible' teacher 'detached from his own life'. Atkinson himself described the role as the most 'overtly serious piece' he had ever undertaken. Atkinson's latest project, which had its opening night on Tuesday this week at the Wyndham's Theatre in London, marks his first appearance on stage since he played Fagin in 'Oliver!' in 2009.
In an interview to be broadcast on Wednesday's edition of Radio Four's arts programme 'Front Row', the Blackadder star concedes he is better known for what he calls 'shallow comedy stuff'. Last year he was seen in the London 2012 opening ceremony, delighting millions in a skit that saw his Mr Bean alter-ego 'perform' the 'Chariots of Fire' theme with The London Symphony Orchestra.
Writing in The Guardian, critic Michael Billington said the actor 'conveys the essential loneliness of the long-distance teacher...Without effacing memories of Edward Fox in the role, Atkinson suggests a man whose very niceness is inherently tragic.'
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