The article "James Bruke-Dunsmore, the actor who weaves his own thorny crown" was published by David Twistorn-Davies on the website of The Telegraph on March 24, 2013. The author covers an interesting aspect of professional occupation of British actor James Bruke-Dunsmore. This aspect concerns his playing as a Jesus in Passion plays.
Giving a hictorical reference the aurthor notes that Passion plays performed by laymen were a popular feature of the medieval church until suppressed at the Reformation. However, such plays have been creeping back in recent years, perhaps, as the journalist Malcolm Muggeridge once said, because people are looking for God anywhere except in church.
It was revealed tha tthis Easter, at least 15 performances are being planned by amateur groups around the country. They will draw their casts from volunteers with widely different backgrounds: members of local churches, Christmas-only churchgoers, even people uncertain about exactly who Jesus was. And in several performances the actor James Bruke-Dunsmore will be involved. Firstly James will play Jesus on Good Friday in Trafalgar Square. It was revealed that he will arrive on a donkey, and perform with another 78 players mingling with the audience until Jesus and the two thieves are crucified, usually in awed silence. The following day, James will perform it twice in Guildford High Street; and on Easter Sunday, he will watch the production he has directed at St Peter’s Church in Brighton.
Speaking of the actor, the author notes that James has been playing Jesus Christ in 57 separate productions during the 16 years. The author also emphasizes that two things struck him when he interviewed James. The first one is that he is an unspectacularly, unthreateningly Christian. James has written and edited 32 scripts based on the four Gospels, particularly that of St John. He gives some 40 talks a year to schools, in which he emphasises the importance of pupils feeling, not just studying, the words. And the second striking thing about James is his distinct resemblance to the Christ portrayed by the great religious painters, in those large works to be found in churches and museums, and on those small cards designed to be slipped into prayer books.
It's interesting to note that one consequence of it is that James Bruke-Dunsmore is often the first choice for casting directors looking for a Jesus.
In conclusion the author gives no comments, but there are reasons to believe that he was impressed by such an astonishing person as James Bruke-Dunsmore. As for me I think it's great that an actor can find such image in which he is able to expose all his artistic potential and realize himself entirely as an actor.
Giving a hictorical reference the aurthor notes that Passion plays performed by laymen were a popular feature of the medieval church until suppressed at the Reformation. However, such plays have been creeping back in recent years, perhaps, as the journalist Malcolm Muggeridge once said, because people are looking for God anywhere except in church.
It was revealed tha tthis Easter, at least 15 performances are being planned by amateur groups around the country. They will draw their casts from volunteers with widely different backgrounds: members of local churches, Christmas-only churchgoers, even people uncertain about exactly who Jesus was. And in several performances the actor James Bruke-Dunsmore will be involved. Firstly James will play Jesus on Good Friday in Trafalgar Square. It was revealed that he will arrive on a donkey, and perform with another 78 players mingling with the audience until Jesus and the two thieves are crucified, usually in awed silence. The following day, James will perform it twice in Guildford High Street; and on Easter Sunday, he will watch the production he has directed at St Peter’s Church in Brighton.
Speaking of the actor, the author notes that James has been playing Jesus Christ in 57 separate productions during the 16 years. The author also emphasizes that two things struck him when he interviewed James. The first one is that he is an unspectacularly, unthreateningly Christian. James has written and edited 32 scripts based on the four Gospels, particularly that of St John. He gives some 40 talks a year to schools, in which he emphasises the importance of pupils feeling, not just studying, the words. And the second striking thing about James is his distinct resemblance to the Christ portrayed by the great religious painters, in those large works to be found in churches and museums, and on those small cards designed to be slipped into prayer books.
It's interesting to note that one consequence of it is that James Bruke-Dunsmore is often the first choice for casting directors looking for a Jesus.
In conclusion the author gives no comments, but there are reasons to believe that he was impressed by such an astonishing person as James Bruke-Dunsmore. As for me I think it's great that an actor can find such image in which he is able to expose all his artistic potential and realize himself entirely as an actor.
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The author covers an interesting aspect of THE British actor James Bruke-Dunsmore'S CAREER, IN PARTICULAR his PART OF Jesus CHRIST in Passion plays.
he is able to EXPLOIT all his artistic potential ....