'I Can't believe We're Not Better' Theatre Company
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Patrons and Funding
Patrons and Funding
Mark Rylance
The English-born but American-raised Mark returned to England to attend RADA and became one of the new breed
of actors who pledge to do both new works and offer vibrant new interpretations of the classics.
Rylance managed his own touring stage
company, Phoebus Cart, but his status in the British theatrical community rose when, in 1995, he was appointed as the first artistic
director of the new Globe Theatre.
As associate artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Rylance had experience playing several of
the Bard's better known roles, including Ariel in "The Tempest", Iago in "Othello" and "Hamlet".
Juliet Stevenson
gave her tour de force performance as a woman coping with the death of her lover in Anthony Minghella's "Truly, Madly,
Deeply". In a role written expressly for her, the actress brought an enchanting wit to a part that required her to negotiate a wide
range of emotions.
After training at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Stevenson became a company member of the Royal
Shakespeare Company where she rose quickly from small roles to leads. Critics often compared Stevenson with the late Dame Peggy
Ashcroft notably for her direct ability to communicate with an audience.