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Desert Rats (play)
''Desert Rats'' is a 1945 play by the British writer Colin Morris (playwright), Colin Morris. It revolves around a patrol of the British Eighth Army (United Kingdom), Eighth Army operating in the desert outside Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli during the North African Campaign. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Brighton before transferring to the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End theatre, West End where it ran for 44 performances between 26 April to 2 June 1945. The original West End cast included Richard Greene, Bill Owen (actor), Bill Owen, Kieron Moore (Irish actor), Kieron Moore, Ian Colin, Larry Noble (actor), Larry Noble, Manning Whiley and Michael Whittaker (costume designer), Michael Whittaker.Wearing p.194 References Bibliography * Wearing, J.P. ''The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. 1945 plays West End plays Plays about World War II Plays set in Libya Plays by Colin Morris Plays about the mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Morris (playwright)
Colin Morris (4 February 1916 – 31 March 1996) was a British playwright, screenwriter and actor. His best known work was the screen version of ''Reluctant Heroes ''Reluctant Heroes'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ronald Shiner, Derek Farr and Christine Norden. It is based on the popular farce of the same title by Colin Morris. The play, which had its West En ...'' (1952) based on his own hit play of the same title. As an actor, he appeared in the 1957 film '' The Silken Affair''. ''Reluctant Heroes'' premiered in 1950 at the Whitehall Theatre, and was the first of the Brian Rix company's Whitehall farces.Ray CooneObituary: John Chapman ''The Guardian'', 8 September 2001 Other plays of Morris's include: * '' Desert Rats'' (1945) * ''Woman at Large'' (English Theatre Guild, 1950) * ''The Terrible Crime of Mr Bat'' (children's drama; Samuel French, 1950) * ''Don't Bank On It'' * ''Missing, Believed Married'' (English Theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Colin
Ian Colin Marmaduke de Collieur Wetherell (1912–1987), most often credited simply as Ian Colin, was a British film and television actor. During the 1930s, Colin was a leading man in quota quickies. He later acted predominantly in television shows such as ''The Quatermass Experiment'', '' Emergency-Ward 10'' and ''Coronation Street''. Colin was the son of M. A. Wetherell and Lena McNaughton. In his youth, he was involved, with his father, also an actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and big-game hunter, in creating the hoax " surgeon's photograph" of the Loch Ness Monster -- he bought the materials and took the picture. Selected filmography * '' Cross Currents'' (1935) * '' Late Extra'' (1935) * '' Blue Smoke'' (1935) * '' Men of Yesterday'' (1936) * '' Wings Over Africa'' (1936) * '' The Small Man'' (1936) * ''Toilers of the Sea'' (1936) * '' Blind Man's Bluff'' (1936) * '' Born That Way'' (1936) * '' It's Never Too Late to Mend'' (1937) * ''Darts Are Trumps'' (1938) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plays Set In Libya
Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * Play Mobile, a Polish internet provider * Xperia Play, an Android phone * Rakuten.co.uk (formerly Play.com), an online retailer * Backlash (engineering), or ''play'', non-reversible part of movement * Petroleum play, oil fields with same geological circumstances * Play symbol, in media control devices * Play (hacker group), a ransomware extortion group Concert residencies and tours * Play Tour, concert tour headlined by Spanish singer Aitana * Play (concert residency), 2022 Katy Perry concert residency Film * ''Play'' (2005 film), Chilean film directed by Alicia Scherson * ''Play'', a 2009 short film directed by David Kaplan * ''Play'' (2011 film), a Swedish film directed by Ruben Östlund * ''Play!'', a Japanese film directed by Tomoyuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End Plays
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''vest'' in Romanian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (maarav) 'west' from עֶרֶב (erev) 'evening'. West is sometimes abbreviated as W. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Plays
1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year Nazi concentration camps, concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events World War II will be abbreviated as “WWII” January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Soviets. * January 9 – WWII: American and Australian troops land at Lingayen Gulf on western coast of the largest Philippine island of Luzon, occupied by Japan since 1942. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Whittaker (costume Designer)
Michael Whittaker (April 1918 - 1995) was a British costume designer and actor. He was nominated at the 23rd Academy Awards for his work on the film ''The Black Rose''. This was in the category of Best Costumes-Color. Filmography As actor *'' The Avengers'' (1942) *'' Flying Fortress'' (1942) *''In Which We Serve'' (1942) *''Read All About It'' (1945) (short film) As costume designer *''The Black Rose'' (1950) *''The Naked Heart'' (1950) *'' Flesh & Blood'' (1951) *'' Lilli Marlene'' (1951) *''The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men ''The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men'' is a 1952 action-adventure film produced by RKO- Walt Disney British Productions, based on the Robin Hood legend, made in Technicolor and filmed in Buckinghamshire, England. It was written by Lawr ...'' (1952) *'' The Men of Sherwood Forest'' (1954) He also worked on the British TV show '' The Avengers''. References External links * British costume designers 1918 births Year of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manning Whiley
Manning Hedges Whiley (23 January 191529 January 1975) was a British actor. Partial filmography * '' Trunk Crime'' (1939) - Bentley * '' The Four Just Men'' (1939) - (uncredited) * '' Pack Up Your Troubles'' (1940) - Muller * ''Contraband'' (1940) - Manager of 'Mousetrap' * '' Pastor Hall'' (1940) - Vogel * '' The Flying Squad'' (1940) - Ronald Perryman * '' Saloon Bar'' (1940) - Evangelist * '' Sailors Three'' (1940) - German Commdr. * '' Freedom Radio'' (1941) - S.S. Trooper * '' Gasbags'' (1941) - O.P. Colonel * '' The Ghost of St. Michael's'' (1941) - Stock * '' Old Bill and Son'' (1941) - Chimp * '' The Saint's Vacation'' (1941) - Marko * '' "Pimpernel" Smith'' (1941) - Bertie Gregson * ''The Big Blockade'' (1942) - Naval officer (uncredited) * '' Penn of Pennsylvania'' (1942) - (uncredited) * '' This Was Paris'' (1942) - French Officer (uncredited) * '' The Dummy Talks'' (1943) - Russell Warren * '' Bell-Bottom George'' (1944) - Church * '' Meet Sexton Blake!'' (1945) - Rao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Noble (actor)
Larry Noble (born 13 December 1914 in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire) was a stage comedian and actor best known for starring in the Whitehall farces with Brian Rix. He starred in the original production of ''Reluctant Heroes'' and as the chirpy French jockey in ''Dry Rot''. On television, he made guest appearances in ''Last of the Summer Wine'' in 1975 and ''Blake's 7 ''Blake's 7'' is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Four series of thirteen 50-minute episodes were broadcast on BBC1 between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also wrote the first series, prod ...'' in 1981. He died on 9 September 1993, aged 78. Selected filmography * '' Not Wanted on Voyage'' (1957) References External links * English male stage actors 1993 deaths English male comedians 1914 births 20th-century English comedians Male actors from Huddersfield Comedians from West Yorkshire {{England-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kieron Moore (Irish Actor)
Kieron Moore (born Ciarán Ó hAnnracháin, anglicised as Kieron O'Hanrahan) (5 October 1924 – 15 July 2007) was an Irish film and television actor whose career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. He played Count Vronsky in the film adaptation of ''Anna Karenina'' starring Vivien Leigh. Early years Moore was raised in County Cork in an Irish-speaking household. His father, Peadar Ó hAnnracháin (born 1873) (also known as Peter/Peadar Hourihane and Peadar O'Hourihane) was a writer and poet, and a staunch supporter of the Irish language. Peadar, a son of Seaghan Ó hAnnracháin (born 1834) and Máire Ní Dhonabháin (also born 1834) and who was one of the first organisers for Conradh na Gaeilge (Gaelic League), was twice imprisoned by the British during the Irish War of Independence. Peadar lived with his parents and his sister, Áine Ní Annracháin (born 1885), and his niece, Máirín Ní Dhiomasaig (born 1903), at 14 Poundlick, Skibbereen, County Cork in 1911. He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre Royal, Brighton
The Theatre Royal is a theatre in Brighton, East Sussex, England presenting a range of West End and touring musicals and plays, along with performances of opera and ballet. History In 1806, the Prince of Wales (later George IV) gave Royal Assent for the theatre to be built and it opened on 27 June 1807, with a performance of William Shakespeare's ''Hamlet''. The theatre struggled until it was purchased in 1854 by actor Henry John Nye Chart, who engaged theatre architect Charles J. Phipps to begin a programme of expansion and redevelopment. The theatre improved its reputation and finances, becoming a respected venue. When Henry John Nye Chart died in 1876 his wife, Ellen Elizabeth Nye Chart, took over and continued the success as one of the first female theatre managers. There is a statue to honour her in the Royal Circle bar. In 1920, the financial buoyancy of the Theatre enabled the directors to buy adjacent properties and make substantial improvements to the building. In 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Owen (actor)
William John Owen Rowbotham (14 March 1914 – 12 July 1999) was an English actor and songwriter. He is best known for portraying Compo Simmonite in the Yorkshire-based BBC comedy series ''Last of the Summer Wine'' for over a quarter of a century. He died on 12 July 1999, his last appearance on-screen being shown in April 2000. Early life and career Born at Acton Green, London to a working-class family (his father a staunchly left-wing tram driver), Owen made his first film appearance in 1945, but did not achieve lasting fame until 1973, when he took the co-starring role of William "Compo" Simmonite in the long-running British sitcom ''Last of the Summer Wine''. Compo is a scruffy working-class pensioner, often exploited by the bossy characters played by Michael Bates, Brian Wilde, Michael Aldridge and Frank Thornton for dirty jobs, stunts and escapades, while their indomitably docile friend Norman Clegg, played by Peter Sallis, follows and watches with a smirk. He wore a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
