I learnt a lot about the ins and outs of the theatre and the physical/mental difficulties of being an actor in such an environment. A Bright Ray of Darkness, is an unhinged story of a famous actor married to a rock star at the cusp of divorce. Driven by themes of redemption and forgiveness, Shakespeare quotes act as a cipher while the father, cast members and friends impart wisdom. Several cast members serve as metaphor while they share insights about life and relationships with script dialog that magnifies its importance.

It is brilliant in parts though, with some superb prose, atmospheric deep dives on theatre acting and Shakespeare and a gripping episode where he has a massive infected boil on his stomach (wtf) excised without anaesthetic. When William arrives at his New York hotel, the front desk greets him: “Wow, look who it is, Hester Prynne herself. In questo senso il romanzo autobiografico di Ethan Hawke è anche un percorso di formazione perché non si smette mai di crescere e di imparare dai propri fallimenti. I could live the rest of my days without reading another woe-is-me, pretentious, downward-spiral novel written by a white, cis, hetero man. The two elements of this story unfold side by side: Harding’s angst ridden struggle to deal with the fact that he’s brought the collapse of his marriage on himself and his desperate effort to deliver a performance worthy of the illustrious cast of seasoned stage actors he’s surrounded by.Apart from the fascinating insight into an actor’s preparations for performing on Broadway (and not just any actor, but a successful movie actor appearing on the Theatre stage for the first time; and not just in any play, but in classic Shakespeare), it was a great story about a flawed but extremely likeable character. I do believe that the power of the words will shine through in the written text, but I’m totally convinced the way to go with this one is to listen to the reading of the book by the gravelly voiced man himself. I have read reviews for this book that seem almost grudgingly to admit that Ethan Hawke has written a mature novel about separation, identity, accountability, love and the theater. The other thread involves Harding's disintegrating marriage to his beautiful and acclaimed pop star wife - and Hawke was going through a painful divorce with HIS superstar wife Uma Thurman at the same time also.

It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. This guy has more Yoda-figures in his life than most of us have Chewbacca-figures on our hardwood floors (rug burn joke). It’s a demanding part and the production’s director is a supremely driven, hard-nosed veteran who will accept nothing less than total focus on producing the very best performance from his cast.We don't often have the chance to get 'inside the mind' of a celebrity, and its far different from what we assume. In 2005, he received his first screenwriting Oscar nomination for co-writing the 2004 film, Before Sunset (a sequel to Before Sunrise). We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from. The kids in it are particularly unrealistic like the author never had a daughter who ended up on Stranger Things or, frankly has ever even listened to children. The actor and director, who made his screen debut at 15, has published several books during his acclaimed Hollywood career, and he recently produced and starred in a spectacular TV adaptation of James McBride’s “The Good Lord Bird.