Joy Takes On ‘One Of The Greatest Roles Of All Time’

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CSI Files previously reported that Robert Joy (CSI: New York’s Dr Sid Hammerback) would be starring in The Tempest later this month at Theatre by the Bay in Barrie, Ontario. “The idea of doing a play with Ruby, my daughter, was totally irresistible,” the actor told the Barrie Examiner. “But it would have been irresistible anyway—to be offered Prospero in The Tempest—which is one of the greatest roles of all time.”

“The Tempest is one of those plays that combines drama and comedy,” Joy continued. “In the old-fashioned sense it’s definitely a comedy, because after going through all the trouble in the play you come out on top rather than, like Hamlet, dead on the floor. One of the reasons it’s considered one of the best plays is it hits so many different notes, of drama and comedy and magic and betrayal and slapstick.” He added, “It’s like the whole gamut in one play.”

The full interview is available on The Barrie Examiner.