Sir Alec Guinness’ commanding performance as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars secured his fame for future generations. Yet after a distinguished career as one of Britain’s greatest actors, the double-Oscar-winning star of over 70 films feared he would only be remembered as a Jedi Knight.
Two Halves of Guinness reveals a mysterious life story worthy of the darkest Ealing Comedies, revisiting his most memorable characters and encountering a galaxy of stars along the way.
Zeb Soanes (Classic FM, BBC Radio 4) stars as Alec Guinness in a play written by Mark Burgess and directed by Selina Cadell (Eddie Izzard’s Great Expectations, Hamlet; Miles Jupp in The Life I Lead).
This production of Two Halves of Guinness marks the 25th anniversary of Sir Alec Guinness’ death.
When he was 17, Zeb wrote to Sir Alec and received a neatly handwritten card of encouragement.
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Zeb talks about the play in this excerpt from BBC South Today
Zeb visit’s Guinness’ star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Creative Team
Writer Mark Burgess
Director Selina Cadell
Set and Costume Lee Newby
Lighting Michael Fox
Music Eliza Thompson
Animateur Didi Hopkins
Producer Julian Bird OBE for Green Room Ents
PR Chloe Nelkin Consulting
Zeb and director Selina Cadell pay a visit to Alec Guinness’ long time friend Dame Eileen Atkins
First images released of Zeb Soanes as Alec Guinness in Mark Burgess’ play Two Halves of Guinness
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