MY LIVING HEROES • John Barton Co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Can identify down to act, scene, and character any line of Shakespeare’s text. Generally considered one of the finest directors of Shakespeare ever. The only man Patrick Stewart is afraid of. • Harlan Ellison Thought to be one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time. Also thought to be one of the angriest and most disagreeable people of all time. Hates Walt Disney and Gene Roddenberry with equal vehemence. • Pentti Linkola Finnish philosopher, fisherman, and hermit. Believes all of modern civilization to be a cancer upon the face of the earth that should be exterminated. Lives in isolation in Finland where he supports his meager existence through fishing and writing. Thinks all modern, industrial, democratic societies should be utterly annihilated. • Hal Holbrook American actor. Known for the one-man show Mark Twain Tonight. Also played the stage manager in a seminal production of Thronton Wilder’s Our Town. Once said that the secret to memorizing hours and hours of text was staying up late, drinking a lot of coffee, and memorizing hours and hours of text. • The Rev. W. Scott Herb Curate of the Parish of St. Mark, Portland, OR. A small priest who can intimidate much larger men. His preaching is described as being “as dismal and depressing as the English weather.”
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