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Getting On (play)
''Getting On'' was Alan Bennett's second play, which opened at the Queen's Theatre in October 1971 and ran for nine months. It concerns a disillusioned present-day Member of Parliament, his family, a colleague, and the vicissitudes of their lives. It is a comedy with serious overtones. The characters expound on their frustrations, their disappointments, their brushes with mortality and their brushes with social norms. Bennett introduces an openly homosexual character, a fellow MP who is asked how he feels about the life of a politician. He replies, "Passes the time. Fills in that awkward gap between the cradle and the grave." Afterwards Bennett complained that the play had been "clumsily cut without my presence or permission and some small additions made: the jokes were largely left intact while the serious content of the play suffered." The reason for his absence was a clash with the film star Kenneth More, who was playing the central character and who took a dislike to Bennett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. He has received numerous awards and honours including four BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2005 he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award. Bennett was born in Leeds and attended Oxford University. He taught medieval history at the university for several years. His work in the satirical revue '' Beyond the Fringe'' at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame and later a Special Tony Award. He turned to writing full time and gained acclaim with his plays at the Royal National Theatre. The following plays were adapted into films: '' The Madness of King George'' (1994), '' The History Boys'' (2006), and '' The Lady in the Van'' (2015). Early life Bennett was born on 9 May 1934 in Armley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. The younger son of a Co-op butcher, Walter, and his wife, Lilian Mary (née Peel), Bennett attended Christ Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth More
Kenneth Gilbert More (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English actor. Initially achieving fame in the comedy ''Genevieve (film), Genevieve'' (1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree, happy-go-lucky gent. Films from this period include ''Doctor in the House (film), Doctor in the House'' (1954), ''Raising a Riot'' (1955), ''The Admirable Crichton (1957 film), The Admirable Crichton'' (1957), ''The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw'' (1958) and ''Next to No Time'' (1958). He also played more serious roles as a leading man, beginning with ''The Deep Blue Sea (1955 film), The Deep Blue Sea'' (1955), ''Reach for the Sky'' (1956), ''A Night to Remember (1958 film), A Night to Remember'' (1958), ''North West Frontier (film), North West Frontier'' (1959), ''The 39 Steps (1959 film), The 39 Steps'' (1959) and ''Sink the Bismarck!'' (1960). Although his career declined in the early 1960s, two of his own favourite films date from this time – ''The Comedy Man'' (1964) and ''The Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Bergan
Ronald Bergan (né Ginsberg, 2 November 1937 – 23 July 2020) was a South African-born British writer and historian. He was contributor to ''The Guardian'' (from 1989) and lecturer on film and other subjects as well as the author (or co-author) of several books including biographies. Career He was born Ronald Ginsberg in Johannesburg and educated there, in England, and in the United States. In France, he taught literature, theater, and film at the Sorbonne, the British Institute in Paris, and the University of Lille. He held a Chair at the Florida International University in Miami where he taught Film History and Theory. He lectured on film history at FAMU in Prague. He was a writer for ''The Guardian'' and ''Radio Times'', journalist, biographer, film historian, International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Camera (the head of the Jury), Film Festival Juror, founding president of FEDEORA (Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean) in May 2010 in Cannes, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona Washbourne
Mona Lee Washbourne (27 November 1903 – 15 November 1988) was an English people, English actress of stage, film, and television. Her most critically acclaimed role was in the film ''Stevie (1978 film), Stevie'' (1978), late in her career, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Award. She had, in 1977 Laurence Olivier Awards, 1977, won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in the Stevie (play), play it was based on. Early life Mona Washbourne was born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, and began her entertaining career training as a concert pianist. Her sister Kathleen Washbourne was a violinist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sir Adrian Boult. Career Washbourne was performing professionally from the early 1920s. She married the actor Basil Dignam. Her brother-in-law Mark Dignam was also a stage and film actor. In 1948, after numerous stage musical performances, Washbourne began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Garland
Patrick Ewart Garland (10 April 1935 – 19 April 2013) was a British director, writer and actor. Career Garland was educated at St Mary's College, Southampton, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford where he studied English and was Literary Editor of Isis, President of the Oxford University Poetry Society and President of the Oxford University Dramatic Society. and in 1958 played Henry V directed by Peter Dews in Magdalen College deer park. Garland's poetry had appeared in John Lehmann's ''The London Magazine'' and the annual PEN anthology during his teens. He was photographed in Oxford at 23 by Lord Snowdon and later. His maternal grandfather was an artist and editor of Connoisseur Magazine, Herbert Granville Fell. His appearances as an actor included '' An Age of Kings'', where he played Prince John in ''Henry IV, Part 2'' and Clarence in ''Richard III'', among others. Garland started Poetry International in 1967 with Ted Hughes and Charles Osborne. He was a director and produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frith Banbury
Frederick Harold Frith Banbury (4 May 1912 – 14 May 2008) was a British theatre actor and director. Banbury was born in Plymouth, Devon, on 4 May 1912, the son of Rear Admiral Frederick Arthur Frith Banbury and his wife Winifred (née Fink). While attending Stowe School, Banbury rejected his father's naval background by refusing to join the Officer Training Corps, later being registered as a conscientious objector, enabling him to continue acting throughout the Second World War. He went on to attend Hertford College, Oxford, though he left after one year without obtaining an academic degree. He trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art alongside Joan Littlewood, Rachel Kempson, Robert Morley, and Peter Bull. Banbury died on 14 May 2008, at the age of 96. Theatrical career Banbury made his first stage appearance on 15 June 1933, playing a walk-on part in '' If I Were You'' at the Shaftesbury Theatre. He continued to act through the 1930s and 40s, ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemma Jones
Jennifer "Gemma" Jones (born 4 December 1942) is an English actress. Appearing on both stage and screen, her film appearances include ''Sense and Sensibility (film), Sense and Sensibility'' (1995), the Bridget Jones (film series), ''Bridget Jones'' series (2001–2025), the Harry Potter (film series), ''Harry Potter'' series (2002–2011), ''You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger'' (2010), and ''Ammonite (film), Ammonite'' (2020). For her role in the BBC television film ''Marvellous'' (2014), she won the 2015 British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress, BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress. She had received three previous nominations in the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, Best Actress category in 1971, 1972 and 1977 for her television roles. Her other roles on television include ''Rainbow City (TV series), Rainbow City'' (1967), ''The Duchess of Duke Street'' (1976–1977), ''Trial & Retribution'' (2003–2008), ''Spooks (TV series), Spooks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Cox (actor)
Brian Denis Cox (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor. A classically trained Shakespearean actor, he is known for his work on stage and screen. His numerous accolades include two Laurence Olivier Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award as well as two nominations for a British Academy Television Award. In 2003, he was appointed to the Order of the British Empire at the rank of Commander. Cox trained at the Dundee Repertory Theatre before becoming a founding member of Royal Lyceum Theatre. He went on to train as a Shakespearean actor, starring in numerous productions with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. Cox received two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actor for his roles in '' Rat in the Skull'' (1984), for Royal Court and '' Titus Andronicus'' (1988). He received two more Olivier Award nominations for '' Misalliance'' (1986) and ''Fashion'' (1988). Known as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Graham Jones
Sebastian Graham-Jones (Peter Sebastian Graham-Jones) (1 August, 1947 – 18 July, 2004) was a British actor and theatre and screen director known for such films and television series as '' Ace of Wands'', '' Travelling Man'', ''Because of the Cats'', '' The Little Drummer Girl'' and ''Shadow of the Noose ''Shadow of the Noose'' is a BBC television legal drama serial about the life and career of barrister Sir Edward Marshall Hall. It starred Jonathan Hyde as Marshall Hall; Michael Feast as his clerk, Edgar Bowker; Leslee Udwin as Henriette Mars ...''. He died of cancer at the age of 56. Footnotes References External links * * Male actors from Dorset English male film actors English theatre directors English television directors English male television actors English male stage actors 2014 deaths 1947 births {{England-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Skinner
Keith Skinner (born 1949) is a British actor, crime historian and author. Acting career He worked as an actor in cinema and television. His career began when he starred as Bruno in the 1966 film '' Mademoiselle''. In 1968, he was cast in Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of ''Romeo and Juliet'' as Balthasar, Romeo's manservant and trusted friend. He appears at various stages in the film including galloping on horseback to tell Romeo (played by Leonard Whiting) of Juliet's "death" and accompanies Romeo back to Verona again on horseback towards the end of the film. Skinner starred in one episode of ''The Jazz Age'' in 1968. He played Harry Lampton in five episodes of the early seventies' TV series '' Man at the Top'' and appeared in three episodes of ''Z-Cars'' from 1969 to 1972. He went on to appear in an episode of ''Play for Today'', one episode of ''Out of the Unknown'' in 1971, two episodes of '' So it Goes'' in 1973 and two episodes of ''Beryl's Lot'' (1973-1976). In 1976 he a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edna Doré
Edna Lillian Doré (''née'' Gorring; 31 May 1921 – 11 April 2014) was a British actress. She was known for her bit-part roles in sitcoms and for playing the character of Mo Butcher in ''EastEnders'' from 1988 to 1990. Career Doré began her career as a chorus girl in ENSA, then joined the wartime company of Phyllis Dixey at the Whitehall Theatre as a dancer. She later spent 17 years in repertory theatre before becoming a member of the National Theatre for 10 years, especially remembered for her roles in productions directed by Bill Bryden, such as '' The Mysteries''. She turned to television acting in 1960 and had parts in many successful series, including ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Doctor in the House'', '' The Liver Birds'', '' Terry and June'', '' Tenko'', ''Z-Cars'', and ''Open All Hours''. In 1988, she starred in Mike Leigh's film '' High Hopes'', for which she received the award for Best Supporting Player at the 1989 European Film Awards. Here, she played Mrs. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evening Standard Theatre Awards
The ''Evening Standard'' Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are the oldest theatrical awards ceremony in the United Kingdom. They are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre, and are organised by the ''Evening Standard'' newspaper. They are the West End's equivalent to Broadway's Drama Desk Awards. Trophies The trophies take the form of a modelled statuette, a figure representing Drama, designed by Frank Dobson RA, a former Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. Categories Three of the awards are given in the names of former ''Evening Standard'' notables: *Arts editor Sydney Edwards (who conceived the awards, and died suddenly in July 1979) for the Best Director category. *Editor Charles Wintour (who as deputy-editor in 1955, launched the awards after a nod from the proprietor, Lord Beaverbrook') for Most Promising Playwright. *Long-serving theatre critic Milton Shulman (for several years a key member of the judging panel) for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
