Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance has resigned from his 30-year association with UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company in protest over the theater’s sponsorship deal with oil company BP. Though…
actor last appeared on stage in an RSC production in 1989, his very public resignation as a longstanding “associate artist” is, at the least, a public relations blow to the prestigious company. In a long, Rylance writes, “I feel I must resign as I do not wish to be associated with BP any more than I would with an arms dealer, a tobacco salesmen or any company or individual who willfully destroys the lives of others alive and unborn. Nor do I believe would William Shakespeare.
a series of high-profile protests by artists and campaigners against BP and other global oil corporations at UK cultural institutions ranging from the National Portrait Gallery to the Royal Opera House and the British Museum.” Writes Rylance, “The RSC could turn this situation on its head and give young people much more value than a cheap £5 ticket. They could give them the support of Shakespeare in their stand against our addiction to energy dealers who would willingly destroy us for a quick quid.”, RSC artistic director Gregory Doran and executive director Catherine Mallyon said they were “saddened” by Rylance’s decision but that corporate sponsorship is “an important part” of the RSC’s funding.
Rylance played Hamlet and Romeo in RSC productions in 1989. He won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Steven Spielberg’sand he’s won three Tony Awards (
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