CULTURE / Stage

Tokyo's 'fayrest that ever was'

The days of the good old Globe recalled as it completes its quarter-century.

Magic moments: Kings Richard III (Ian McKellen) and Lear (Brian Cox) at the Imperial Palace during the Royal National Theatre's 1990 season at the Tokyo Globe. | STUART VARNAM-ATKIN PHOTO

By Stuart Varnam-Atkin

Dec 11, 2013

Scene 1: Late evening, Sept. 23, 1990, at the tiny Greek amphitheater, Shin-Okubo, Tokyo

'Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more ... "

Dozens of actors, actresses, staff, and hangers-on are sitting on the steps, drinks in hand, watching a distinguished British actor perform his Shakespearian party piece from "Henry V," imitating Laurence Olivier's voice from the 1944 movie version of "Richard III."

Tokyo's 'fayrest that ever was'

The days of the good old Globe recalled as it completes its quarter-century.

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