I went to the theatre the other night and I sat next to an incredibly knowledgeable gentlemen. He was telling me about the different performances of Faustus he had seen, and the great show that he saw in the sixties when there was a German actor playing the role.
He had seen Jude Law playing it at the young Vic as well.
He also mentioned the acclaimed Kevin Spacey in O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten. This is the third time he has been in an O'Neill play, one of the other times opposite Jack Lemmon, who was in the role he is now playing.
It made me feel sad as it must become quite lonely when you have seen so much more than everyone else, when your friends are slowly dying away, or losing their minds and there are so few people that you can share these thoughts with; so few people that are your equal.
You must know you are getting old when you have seen so much more than anybody else, remember facts that nobody else cares about, and feel lonely as there are so few people to share them with, instead of just relating the stories.
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