In what has become a Tony Award tradition, Mark Rylance took the stage of the Beacon Theatre after his name was called as Best Actor in a Play for Jerusalem and shared a poem with the expectant crowd.
“Unlike flying or astral projection, walking through walls is a totally earth-related craft, but a lot more interesting than pot making or driftwood lamps,” Rylance began without preamble, using the words of 'Walking Through a Wall' by prose poet Louis Jenkins to accept his second Tony Award.
Rylance, who notoriously accepted his 2008 Best Actor Tony for his Broadway debut in Boeing-Boeing with another Jenkins poem, “The Back Country,” continued reciting 'Walking Through a Wall' (using one of his signature hats as a prop) through to the end, followed by a simple "thanks."
In case you missed it—or zoned out in confusion in the middle—the complete poem is below:
"Unlike flying or astral projection, walking through walls is a totally earth-related craft, but a lot more interesting than pot making or driftwood lamps. I got started at a picnic up in Bowstring in the northern part of the state. A fellow walked through a brick wall right there in the ...
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