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Age Before Beauty by The Playgoer

Guardian's Molly Flat celebrates the theatre's unique showcasing of the gifts of older actors: Theatre, largely unbound by Hollywood's obsession with youth, has always been a good place to play out the threats and opportunities posed by age. On film and TV, even the oldest actors are somehow softened and defused by the fourth wall of a screen; on stage, their energy, bodies and hearts are unmediated.... I will…

SOURCE: The Playgoer at 01:20PM on September 12, 2011

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