RP (RIP)
For my friends on CB that are not linked to me on LinkedIn, I'll copy and paste my thoughts here:
The world has lost a great man today. Before he left us, I was happy to hear that his darling wife Molly managed to read this note to him and it brought a smile to his
face:
I so fondly remember 1993 when we met at the CBC in Toronto. You were visiting with Tony Gottelier (RIP) as you where there previewing Show Boat. All the love you've given me over the years is so cherished. I can't believe how quickly you treated me as a peer, when all I ever did was look up to you as a mentor (and often, as an uncle). Every time you entered a room filled with students waiting with baited breath on your every word; how quick you were to ask THEM what THEY were up to. You have an incredible knack of bringing the best out in everyone you meet. A real Producer. A real Gentleman.
I would not have had the guts to embark on my career without the love and support of this incredible and gracious human being. It was a few years later, through Richard, I met Fred Foster (RIP) and my dear friend Rob Halliday. If you want to cherish Richard’s memory, help Rob publish Richard’s
book: “A Sense of
Theatre, A
book about the creation and history of the National
Theatre in London.” kickstarter.com/projects/asot/a-sense-of-theatre
Here is a lovely picture of Richard and me at the production
desk of Tale of Two Cities on Broadway in 2008, designed by his great friend Tony Walton (RIP); Richard wearing his trademark white Macintosh tuxedo and myself in my Microsoft high-vis
jacket.