Richard Thomas
Survival Kit | May 6, 2010
Richard Thomas may always be remembered fondly as John-Boy from The Waltons, but he’s also enjoyed a long career as a serious dramatic actor (he first appeared on Broadway at the age of 7). He’s received glowing notices for his work in Hamlet, Richard II, Edward Albee’s Tiny Alice, Lanford Wilson’s Fifth of July and Terrence McNally’s The Stendhal Syndrome. New York Times critic Frank Rich wrote that he was one of the few actors to have refined rather than forgotten his craft during a long career in television. In addition to dozens of film and TV credits, he’s also published several volumes of poetry. Now that he’s left Walton’s Mountain far behind, we’re proposing to send him to an even more remote location. Let’s ask him what he’s packed in his survival kit for the trip.
HIS LIST:
1. Film – Les Enfants du Paradis
2. Middle-Late Beethoven String Quartets
3. Complete Ring cycle on DVD
4. My sand-blasted Ser Jacopo Calabash & Medium Latakia Shag (pipe & tobacco)
5. Strong black Pekoe, milk & sugar
6. Norton Anthology of Poetry in English (New Edition)
7. Smithsonian Collection of Classical Jazz (my default Collection)
8. Pen & Paper
HIS LIST:
1. Film – Les Enfants du Paradis
2. Middle-Late Beethoven String Quartets
3. Complete Ring cycle on DVD
4. My sand-blasted Ser Jacopo Calabash & Medium Latakia Shag (pipe & tobacco)
5. Strong black Pekoe, milk & sugar
6. Norton Anthology of Poetry in English (New Edition)
7. Smithsonian Collection of Classical Jazz (my default Collection)
8. Pen & Paper
