Richard Briers

**Richard David Briers** (14 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1934 - 17 ga watan Fabrairun shekara shekara ta 2013) ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne na Ingila wanda aikinsa na shekaru biyar ya kunshi fim, rediyo, mataki da talabijin.

Briers ya fara zama sananne a matsayin George Starling a cikin Marriage Lines (1961-66), amma bayan 'yan shekaru ne, lokacin da ya ba da labarin *Roobarb* (1974-76) da Nuhu da Nelly a cikin... ... SkylArk (1976-77) kuma ya buga Tom Good a cikin sitcom na BBC The Good Life (1975-78), cewa ya zama sunan gida. Ya fito a matsayin Martin a Ever Decreasing Circles (1984-89), kuma yana da babban matsayi a matsayin Hector a cikin Monarch of the Glen (2000-05). Daga ƙarshen shekarun 1980, tare da Kenneth Branagh a matsayin darektan, ya yi rawar Shakespearean a cikin Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), *Hamlet* (1996) da As You Like It (2006), kuma ya bayyana a cikin Branagh's Swan Song (1992), Peter's Friends (1992), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), da In the Bleak Midwinter (1995).

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Briers a ranar 14 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1934 a Raynes Park, Surrey (yanzu wani bangare na London Borough of Merton),  ɗan Joseph Benjamin Briers (1901-1980) da matarsa ta biyu Morna Phyllis (1909-1992), 'yar Frederick Richardson, na Indian Civil Service. Shi ne dan uwan farko da aka cire na ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Terry-Thomas (Terry-Thomes dan uwan mahaifinsa ne).  Ya yi yarantakarsa a Raynes Park a cikin wani fili, Number 2 Pepys Court, a bayan gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Rialto da aka rushe yanzu, kuma daga baya a Guildford .  Mahaifinsa, Joseph Briers, ɗan mai sayar da kayayyaki ne, na dangin manoma masu haya na Middlesex; mutum ne mai jin daɗi kuma sananne, ya yi gwagwarmaya da halin damuwa, kuma ya yi tsalle tsakanin ayyukan, yana ciyar da mafi yawan rayuwarsa a matsayin mai yin caca amma kuma yana aiki a matsayin, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, magatakarda na wakili da ma'aikacin masana'antar mai tace iska, da kuma kasancewa mai basira mai son waƙa wanda ya halarci azuzuwan makarantar Guildhall na Kiɗa da Drama. Mahaifiyarsa, Morna Briers, ta kasance mai wasan kwaikwayo da kuma malamin wasan kwaikwayo da kiɗa, kuma memba ne na Equity, wanda ke son aikin wasan kwaikwayo, bayan ya yi aiki a ƙuruciyarta. Ma'auratan sun hadu lokacin da Joseph Briers ya nemi Morna ya tsaya a matsayin dan wasan piano na yau da kullun don yin wasan kwaikwayo; a wannan lokacin aurensa na farko ya rushe kuma watanni shida bayan haka sun shiga dangantaka. Iyalin a wasu lokuta suna karɓar kuɗi daga dangi mai arziki, kuma kakannin mahaifiyar Briers sun biya kuɗin karatunsa, duk da cewa ba su da wadata sosai, kuma sun zauna a cikin ɗan gajeren yanayi a Indiya kafin su koma Ingila kuma su zo su zauna a Wimbledon.

## Farkon aiki
Aikin Briers na farko shine aikin malanta a wani kamfanin kera kebul na Landan, kuma na ɗan lokaci ya je azuzuwan yamma don ya cancanci shiga injiniyan lantarki, amma ba da daɗewa ba ya tafi ya zama ma'aikacin fayil. 

Lokacin da yake da shekaru 18, an kira Briers don aikin kasa na shekaru biyu a cikin Royal Air Force (RAF), a lokacin da yake magatakarda a RAF Northwood, inda ya sadu da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na gaba *George da Mildred* Brian Murphy . Murphy ya gabatar da Briers, wanda ke da sha'awar yin wasan kwaikwayo tun yana da shekaru 14, ga Dramatic Society a Cibiyar Nazarin Fasaha ta Borough, yanzu Jami'ar Bankin Kudu ta London, inda ya yi wasan kwaikwayo da yawa.

## Ayyukan talabijin
A shekara ta 1961, an jefa Briers a matsayin jagora a cikin Marriage Lines (1961-66), tare da Prunella Scales yana taka rawar matarsa. Don *[[Marriage Lines|Lines na Aure]]*, *Simon da Laura*, Points of View, Present Laughter - Excerpt, Charley's Aunt da To You at Home A yau, an zabi Briers don Kyautar Talabijin ta Kwalejin Burtaniya don Mafi kyawun Actor a shekarar 1966. Tsakanin matukin jirgi da jerin kanta, Briers ya bayyana a cikin Brothers in Law (daga littafin Henry Cecil) a matsayin lauya mai suna Roger Thursby a shekarar 1962. An jefa shi a cikin wannan rawar ta hanyar masu daidaitawa Frank Muir da Denis Norden, waɗanda suka gan shi a West End.

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