![]() ![]() She'll play the aging actress Madame Arekadina in Kent's forthcoming London stage presentation of Chekov's "The Seagull."īut her greatest prominence comes from her quirky decision to take the role of leather-clad-cool Emma Peel on television's "The Avengers." ![]() She's long been ranked as one of Britain's finest stage actresses, with Shakespeare and Moliere included in her impressive credits, but she's also done highly contemporary works by Tom Stoppard and Stephen Sondheim as well. It was television, of course, that "made" Rigg's career. She said she'd love to have her "Medea" produced on television, but there are no plans for that beyond an archival videotaping "for academics." ![]() ![]() "I think it's because the play has been crafted into an entertaining, accessible piece for a 20th Century audience." "We had no idea it would have this extended life," she said. The production got great reviews, toured England, returned to London for a smash, big-time run in the West End, then became one of the few big hits of the New York theater season, ending its run in late June. She initially took on Medea in the fall of 1992, for minimum union scale, expecting a brief run at London's small Almeida Theatre. Rigg, who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1959, considers herself a classical stage actress who does television and movie work to pay the bills. ![]()
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