This actor was told he had Alzheimer's, now he's performing a one-man show
Peter Marinker is taking on one of Samuel Beckett's most famous plays alone on a London stage.
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"I just had to accept it. It explained why I kept losing things and I started laughing at myself, at all the other silly things I do again and again."
— Peter Marinker , Celebrity
""It's a dynamite show and a dynamite piece of writing.""
— Dave Wybrow , Celebrity
""Dave asked would I like to do it, and I was just 'Yes. Oh yes, yes, yes, yes!'""
— Peter Marinker , Celebrity
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Peter Marinker is taking on one of Samuel Beckett's most famous plays alone on a London stage.
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