Remembering Greg Kramer
Friends and colleagues pay tribute to late Canadian theatre legend Greg Kramer
by Richard Burnett (photos from tribute by Richard Burnett)
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Canadian actor and writer Greg Kramer was found dead in his Montreal apartment a year ago, on April 8, 2013, after he failed to show up for the first day of rehearsals for his new play, Sherlock Holmes, starring Hollywood actor Jay Baruchel at Montreal’s Segal Centre for the Performing Arts.
The widely-revered Kramer had performed on stages across Canada, from the historic Vancouver Playhouse to the venerable Centaur Theatre in Old Montreal. But Kramer told me that working with Christopher Plummer on The Tempest at Stratford in 2010 ranked up there as one of his favourite jobs. “Plummer is incredible – an unbelievable professional,” Kramer said. “Given his age and how well he has kept himself, he is an inspiration.”
