Mark Rylance's star turn as Rooster in Jez Butterworth's play owes much to the time he spent with the hard-drinking Wiltshire wild man who inspired the playwrightWhen Mark Rylance was toasted on Broadway last week for his performance as Johnny "Rooster" Byron in Jerusalem, Micky Lay was unable to raise a glass at the bar. He had been banned from his local pub for disorderly behaviour.Yet Rylance, who now has a Tony …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AM on May 7, 2017