Sunday, January 16, 2011
Most characters played by one actor: Joe Bone sets world record
LONDOON, UK -- Writer and performer Joe Bone, from Cowes, plays anti-hero Bruce Bane, plus 78 extra characters in a show best described as a graphic novel come to life
- setting the new world record for the Most characters played by one actor in a single theatre production. 
Photo: Joe Bone. (enlarge photo)
Joe set his world record at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London's West End.
The show featured bloodshed, bullets and black comedy, mixed with a virtuoso live soundtrack by Ben Roe, also from Cowes.
The previous Guinness world record for the Most characters played by one actor in a single theatre production was set by Laxman Deshpande (India) who played all 52 parts in the three hour one-man play 'Varhad Nighalay Londonla', which he has performed 2,125 times since the first paying production.
Another similar Guinness world record: most performances of a theatre actor in the same role is 8,820 and was achieved by Catherine Russell (United States) who plays Magaret Thorne Brent in Perfect Crime in New York City, United States.
Guinness World Records also recognized the longest theatre performance marathon: 72 hours, achieved by a team of students of Loyola College (India), who performed 13 plays at the Bertram Hall, Loyola College Campus, Tamil Nadu, India.
Independent witnesses have signed statements to say they saw 80 characters performed by Joe in his show, Bruce Bane.
On the Net: Bane on Facebook
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
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