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Honour, Profit And Pleasure
''Honour, Profit and Pleasure'' is a 1985 British television film directed by Anna Ambrose and starring Simon Callow as George Frideric Handel, with an ensemble cast portraying a variety of other roles. It was broadcast to celebrate three hundredth anniversary of the year of the composer's birth in 1685. The film focuses on Handel's career in early Georgian era, Georgian London.Tibbetts p.337 Cast * Simon Callow as Handel * Alan Devlin (actor), Alan Devlin as Quin * Jean Rigby as Susannah Cibber * Christopher Benjamin (actor), Christopher Benjamin as Heidegger * Bernard Hepton as The Bishop of London * Cyril Luckham as The Archbishop of Canterbury * T.P. McKenna as Swift * John Moffatt (actor), John Moffatt as Steele * James Villiers as Addison * Frederick Schiller as Waltz * Jonathan Hyde as Aaron Hill * Chris Barrie as Pope * Hugh Grant as Burlington * Pauline Jameson as Dowager Countess * Miriam Margolyes as Elephant & Castle * Janet Henfrey as Hop-Pole * John Abineri as George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Period Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's '' The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relationships in sumptuous surroundings, cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moffatt (actor)
Albert John Moffatt (24 September 1922 – 10 September 2012) was an English character actor and playwright, known for his portrayal of Hercule Poirot on BBC Radio in twenty-five productions and for a wide range of stage roles in the West End from the 1950s to the 1980s. Moffatt's parents wished him to follow a career in a bank, but Moffatt secretly studied acting and made his stage debut in 1944. After five years in provincial repertory theatre he made his first London appearance in 1946. In the early 1950s he was cast in small parts in productions headed by John Gielgud and Noël Coward, and achieved increasingly prominent roles over the next decade. He was a member of the English Stage Company, the Old Vic, and the National Theatre companies. His range was considerable, embracing the classics, new plays, revue and pantomime. Moffatt began broadcasting on radio in 1950 and on television in 1953. His most enduring role was that of Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, Hercu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bowman (actor)
James or Jim Bowman may refer to: * James Bowman (Canadian politician) (1861–1940), politician and farmer * James Bowman (musician) (born 1980), American musician, lead guitarist of Against Me! * James Bowman (countertenor) (1941–2023), British countertenor singer * James Bowman (painter) (1793–1842), American portraitist * James Bowman (surgeon) (1784–1846), Australian surgeon and politician * James Bowman Lindsay (1799–1862), Scottish inventor and author * James Cloyd Bowman (1880–1961), American teacher and author * James E. Bowman (1923–2011), American physician and academic * James F. Bowman (1849–1899), American journalist and Bohemian Club founder * James Langstaff Bowman (1879–1951), Canadian politician * Sir Jim Bowman, 1st Baronet (1898–1978), British trade unionist * Jim Bowman (American football) (born 1963), American football defensive back * JD Vance James David "JD" Vance ( Bowman and Hamel; born August 2, 1984) is an American politician, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Neal (actor)
David Neal (13 February 1932 – 27 June 2000) was a British television actor, active from the 1960s into the 1990s. He is chiefly remembered for a range of supporting roles in major productions. Multiple supporting roles in popular television Although very rarely cast in a lead role, David Neal had significant supporting roles in episodes of a range of popular British television series, including '' Softly, Softly'', ''Z-Cars'', '' Doctor Who'', ''Inspector Morse'', '' Poirot'', ''The Bill'', ''Wycliffe'' and '' Noah's Castle''. He also did radio voice work. Classical acting David Neal worked in a broad range of roles during his career. In 1970 he took a major supporting role ( Cinna) in the all-star feature film of Shakespeare's '' Julius Caesar'' (which starred Charlton Heston, Christopher Lee, Richard Chamberlain, Diana Rigg and Sir John Gielgud). A few years later (in 1979) he secured another significant supporting role as Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York in bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzy Aitchison
Susan Jane Aitchison is an English television actress best known for her role as Susie on ''Jam & Jerusalem''. She is the daughter of June Whitfield. Life She graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Drama & Theatre Arts. After working extensively in theatre, her mother put her in touch with Jennifer Saunders. Aitchison subsequently worked with Saunders on a French/Saunders Christmas Special, before being offered the part on ''Jam & Jerusalem''. Aitchison also featured in several stage productions and has been praised for her performances. Previously, her body of television work has largely consisted of guest-starring roles on television programmes. Aitchison has also narrated several audiobooks for the BBC."Suzy Aitchison." BBC Audiobooks America. http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/contributorinfo.cfm?ContribID=748, Accessed 8 October 2007 Filmography TV appearances * ''Are You Being Served?'' as Susan * '' Honour, Profit and Pleasure'' (1985) * '' Filt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Abineri
Sebastian may refer to: People * Sebastian (name), including a list of persons with the name Arts, entertainment, and media Films and television * ''Sebastian'' (1968 film), British spy film * ''Sebastian'' (1995 film), Swedish drama film * ''Sebastian'' (2017 film) * ''Belle and Sebastian'' (Japanese TV series), a 1981 anime series based on the 1965 novel * '' Sebastian Star Bear: First Mission'', a Dutch animated film released in 1991 * ''Sebastiane'' (1976 film), 1976 Derek Jarman film in Latin about the saint Literature * ''Sebastian'' (Bishop novel), the first novel of the ''Landscapes of Ephemera'' duology written by Anne Bishop * ''Sebastian'' (Durrell novel), the fourth volume in ''The Avignon Quintet'' series by Lawrence Durrell * ''Belle et Sébastien'', a 1965 novel and live action TV series written by Cécile Aubry * " Sebastian, or, Virtue Rewarded", the name of an unpublished poem written around 1815 by the 9-year-old Elizabeth Barrett, later famous as E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Abineri
John Abineri (18 May 1928 – 29 June 2000) was an English actor. Born in London, he attended the Old Vic drama school and described himself as "Well educated from the age of five to eighteen". He spoke a number of languages (including German, Russian and French) fluently, which led to him being cast as a number of different nationalities. His extensive television performances included numerous roles in cult TV drama series, for which he is now probably best remembered. He had regular roles in '' Survivors'' as Hubert Goss, and in HTV's '' Robin of Sherwood'' as Herne the Hunter. He appeared on four occasions in '' Doctor Who'' and also in the ''Blake's 7'' episode "Hostage", taking over the role of Ushton after the sudden death of the actor Duncan Lamont, with whom he had co-starred in the ''Doctor Who'' serial '' Death to the Daleks''. He also appeared as Sir George Mortenhurze in the BBC's ''The Moon Stallion'', as Arnold Rimmer's father in ''Red Dwarf'', and as Father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Henfrey
Janet Ethne Anne Henfrey (born 16 August 1935) is a British stage and television actress. She is best known for playing Mrs. Bale on '' As Time Goes By'', and for her role as the schoolteacher in the Dennis Potter television play '' Stand Up, Nigel Barton'' (1965), and Potter's serial ''The Singing Detective'' (1986), also as a schoolteacher. Early life Before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art she read English at St Anne's College, Oxford, and spent a graduate year at Smith College reading History. Credits Other TV credits include: '' Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV'' (1985); ''As Time Goes By'', '' The Jewel in the Crown''; ''Reilly, Ace of Spies''; '' Doctor Who'' (in the serial ''The Curse of Fenric'' and the episode " Mummy on the Orient Express"); ''Jeeves and Wooster''; '' Casualty''; ''Lovejoy''; ''One Foot in the Grave''; '' My Uncle Silas'' and ''Simon and the Witch''. Henfrey also played a minor character in an episode of the 1996 series of '' The Famous Fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam Margolyes
Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The Torah refers to her as "Miriam the Prophetess" and the Talmud names her as one of the seven major female prophets of Israel. Scripture describes her alongside of Moses and Aaron as delivering the Jews from exile in Egypt: "For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam". According to the Midrash, just as Moses led the men out of Egypt and taught them Torah, so too Miriam led the women and taught them Torah. Biblical narrative Miriam was the daughter of Amram and Jochebed; she was the sister of Aaron and Moses, the leader of the Israelites in ancient Egypt. The narrative of Moses' infancy in the Torah describes an unnamed sister of Moses observing hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Jameson
'Pauline Jameson' (5 June 1920 - 8 April 2007) was an English actress whose work encompassed stage and screen. ''The Times'' called her 'one of the most distinguished classical actresses of her generation.' After starting in weekly rep at Colwyn Bay in 1937, she graduated from RADA in 1940, and made her West End debut as Lucy in ''The Rivals'' at the Criterion Theatre in 1945. She joined the Old Vic Company for the 1948-49 season, with roles including Maria in ''Twelfth Night'', Marwood in ''The Way of the World'' and Dunyasha in ''The Cherry Orchard''. Other distinguished theatre work followed, including as Regan in Peter Brook's production of ''King Lear'' with Paul Scofield for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1962. She also worked in the West End and at the National Theatre. Jameson received the Clarence Derwent Award for her role as Mrs. Prest in the London stage adaptation of Henry James' ''The Aspern Papers'' in 1959. She appeared alongside Michael Redgrave in Arthur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Grant
Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as both a charming, and vulnerable romantic lead and has since transitioned into a dramatic character actor. Among his numerous accolades, he has received a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, Volpi Cup, and an Honorary César. , his films had grossed a total of nearly US$3 billion worldwide. In 2022 ''Time Out'' magazine listed Grant as one of Britain's Greatest Actors of all time. Grant first received attention for his early roles in acclaimed costume dramas such as Merchant-Ivory's '' Maurice'' (1987), for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and '' The Remains of the Day'' (1993), as well as '' Sense and Sensibility'' (1995) and '' Restoration'' (1995). Grant then reached global stardom as a leading man in Richard Curtis's romantic comedy film '' Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994), whereupon he received the Golden Globe Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Barrie
Chris Barrie (born Christopher Jonathan Brown, 28 March 1960) is a British actor, comedian, and impressionist. He worked as a vocal impressionist on the ITV sketch show '' Spitting Image'' (1984–1996) and as Lara Croft's butler Hillary in the '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001) and '' Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life'' (2003). Barrie is most renowned for starring as Arnold Rimmer in 13 seasons of the sci-fi space comedy ''Red Dwarf'' between (1988–2020), and as Gordon Brittas in 7 seasons of the BBC leisure centre sitcom '' The Brittas Empire'' (1991–1997), Early life and career Barrie was born in Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany, to a father who was serving in the British Army, and attended Methodist College Belfast boarding school in Northern Ireland. After dropping out of his Combined Studies course at Brighton Polytechnic, he became a grave filler. He then began his television career as a sports personality impersonator on '' The David Essex Show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
