Last month, Alice Hackett and Robert Tsonos were facing each other onstage in "Les Liasons Dangereuses," produced by Tokyo International Players. Now they are facing me, talking about coaching and training actors, writers, businesspeople and teachers -- anyone who needs help with projecting personality, character and voice.
We gather at Alice's expat apartment in Aoyama- itchome; Robert has traveled from Shirogane and, meeting in the lobby, we share some difficulty in following the logic of the intelligent elevator.
"Les Liasons Dangereuses" was a great experience, they agree. Robert, who playing Valmont was in virtually every scene, said his role was a challenge, with a complexity of language. "I was also busy shagging everyone in sight."