As Miranda Raison prepares to make her theatrical return after nearly a decade, starring alongside Ralph Fiennes at Theatre Royal Bath, she tells Fergus Morgan about working on French-language films and surprising audiences as a statue come to life
It has been almost a decade since Miranda Raison last performed on stage. That was in 2015, as Hermione in Kenneth Branagh’s production of The Winter’s Tale in the West End. Now, she is preparing to make her theatrical return opposite Ralph Fiennes in David Hare’s new play, Grace Pervades, at Theatre Royal Bath.
“I did The Winter’s Tale with Ken as Leontes and Judi Dench as Paulina and it was a blast,” Raison says. “Then I had a baby and I thought I would get back to theatre soon. Then Covid happened. Then I had another baby. And here we are, nine years later.”…
I am in David Hare’s new play, Grace Pervades, in Bath. It is part of a whole season programmed by Ralph Fiennes, which also includes As You Like It with Harriet Walter and others and a new play called Small Hotel with Francesca Annis.
Grace Pervades is about Henry Irving and Ellen Terry and their two children, Edith Craig and Edward Gordon Craig, who represented different branches of modern theatre. I play Ellen Terry, Ralph plays Henry Irving. It is an absolute delight to be involved in….