A picture of Dan Radcliffe, half an hour before he takes to the stage for a performance of
Equus, has been
featured in
The Half: Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage by Simon Annand. The concept of the book is to capture the raw emotions experienced by an actor just before they launch into a live performance.
Quote:
Daniel Radcliffe
Equus by Peter Shaffer
Gielgud Theatre, 2007
“I wrote to Daniel’s father, who is also his manager, saying that some people in the book started their working lives in the Twenties and he was the youngest person in the book. He was becoming part of a tradition in the theatre and that meant something to him. He’s very serious about his work. Even though he’s carried these multi-million pound movies, he’s also a 17-year-old like any other. So I had to talk a lot during the shoot. We talked about cricket.”
The book, which features many other actors, will be released on October 2 and can be pre-ordered
here and
here.