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Network (play)
''Network'' is a play by Lee Hall, adapted from the 1976 film of the same name which had an Academy Award–winning screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky and was directed by Sidney Lumet Sidney Arthur Lumet ( ; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving to film, where he gained a reputation for making realistic and gritty New York City, New York dramas w .... Production history Howard Beale during the play in the National Theatre production. The play premiered in the National Theatre in London on 13 November 2017 (following previews from 4 November) and ran until 24 March 2018. The production was directed by Ivo Van Hove and starred Howard Beale. The play featured set and lighting design by Jan Versweyveld">Bryan Cranston">Ivo van Hove">Ivo Van Hove and starred Bryan Cranston as Howard Beale (Network)">Howard Beale. The play featured set and lighting design by Jan Versweyveld, video design by Tal Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Hall (playwright)
Lee Hall (born 20 September 1966) is an English writer and lyricist. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the film ''Billy Elliot'' (2000) and the book and lyrics for its adaptation as Billy Elliot (musical), a stage musical of the same name. In addition, he wrote the play ''The Pitmen Painters (play), The Pitmen Painters'' (2007), and the screenplays for the films War Horse (film), ''War Horse'' and ''Rocketman (film), Rocketman'' (2019). Early life Hall was born in 1966 in Newcastle upon Tyne, the son of a house painter and decorator and a housewife. He was educated at Benfield School in Walkergate. As a youth he went to Wallsend Young People's Theatre along with Deka Walmsley, Mark Scott and Trevor Fox. Walmsley later appeared in two of Hall’s works, ''Billy Elliot'' and ''The Pitmen Painters''. Hall attended Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, where he studied English literature and was taught by poet Paul Muldoon. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gettin' The Band Back Together
''Gettin' the Band Back Together'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Mark Allen and a book by Ken Davenport and the Grundleshotz, a group of performers and writers including Sebastian Arcelus, Fred Berman, Michael Hirstreet, Jenna Coker Jones, Craig Jorczak, Nathan Kaufman, Jay Klaitz, Emily McNamara, Jennifer Miller, Bhavesh Patel, Sarah Saltzberg and Fletcher Young. Production history George Street Playhouse, 2013 Originally titled "''Garage Band''," ''Gettin' the Band Back Together'' was developed through a four-year improvisational rehearsal process by Ken Davenport and the Grundleshotz. It premiered at the George Street Playhouse on September 24, 2013, starring Alison Fraser and Mitchell Jarvis. The production was directed by John Rando and choreographed by Kelly Devine. Residents of Sayreville, New Jersey, the musical's setting and Jon Bon Jovi's hometown, were offered half-price tickets to the production's final preview performance on October 3, and first r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Timoney
Bill Timoney (born March 5, 1958) is an American actor, director, script writer and producer. Career Perhaps the best known of Timoney's roles on television is the character of Alfred Vanderpool on ''All My Children.'' The musical team Boyz II Men drew inspiration from Timoney's Vanderpool, and Nathan Morris, one of its tenors, used the stage name "Alex Vanderpool" in the character's honor early in the team's career. Timoney portrayed Vanderpool - known as "the preppie nerd of Pine Valley" - from 1982 through 1987, returning to the role on a cameo basis from 1998 through 2005. Timoney is also a well-known voice actor, specializing in "dubbing" voices for foreign language live action and animated programs. He has directed and script-adapted dubs of Japanese anime at Headline Studios. Timoney's eclectic career ranges from working as a stand-up comedian at NYC's famed Improv, to writing the recurring column "Heard But Not Seen: Adventures in Voice Acting" for Videoscope Magazine. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Wyman
Nick Wyman (born May 18, 1950) is an American stage, television, and film actor, and is a former president of the Actors' Equity Association. Early life and education Wyman was born in Portland, Maine and raised in Summit, New Jersey and attended Harvard University. Career Wyman received his big break as Freddy in the 1981 revival of ''My Fair Lady'' which starred original Higgins Sir Rex Harrison. He later created the role of Firmin in the Broadway production of ''The Phantom of the Opera''. He featured in ''Die Hard with a Vengeance'' as Hungarian terrorist and explosive expert Mathias Targo. In 2008, he was cast as John Barsad in the Broadway musical adaptation of ''A Tale of Two Cities'', at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York. He was elected President of Actors Equity in May 2010 and served until 2015. Personal life He is the older brother of voice actor Oliver Wyman Oliver Wyman, LLC is an American management consulting firm. Founded in New York City in 1984 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cordery
Richard Cordery is an actor from the United Kingdom. Career Film and television Cordery's television credits include ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', as a prosecution Barrister (Series 5 Episode 6 - 1988), ''Doc Martin'' as Dennis Dodds, ''Whitechapel'' as George Collier, ''Garrow's Law'' as Sir Sampson Wright. He appeared in ''Midsomer Murders'' “The Straw Woman” as Dr John Cole in 2004, as Morris Bingham in “The-Made-to Measure Murders” in 2010, and as Atticus Bradley in “The Killings of Copenhagen“ (2014, S16:E5). He played the Duc De Raguse in the 2012 film ''Les Misérables''. In the 2013 film '' About Time'', Cordery played Uncle Desmond, the "sweet but mentally-challenged" uncle of the protagonist Tim. In the fifth season of ''The Crown'', Cordery portrayed Marmaduke Hussey, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 1986 to 1996. Theatre Much of Cordery's acting career has been in theatre. His body of work includes many Shakespeare performances, su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Wood (actor)
Frank Wood (born May 6, 1960) is an American actor who has appeared in various television, film, and theatre roles. Early life and education Wood is the son of Margaret (Byers) and Robert Coldwell Wood, a political scientist who briefly served as United States secretary of housing and urban development in the Lyndon Johnson administration. His sister is U.S. senator and former governor of New Hampshire, Maggie Hassan. Wood attended the Buxton School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in 1984 and a MFA from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Career Wood won a Tony Award in 1999 for Best Featured Actor in a Play for '' Side Man''. He played Bill in '' August: Osage County'' on Broadway. From September 14, 2010, to March 27, 2011, Wood starred as the character Roy Cohn in the acclaimed off-Broadway revival of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play ''Angels in America'' staged by the Signature Theatre Company in Manhattan. Wood play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Dockery
Michelle Suzanne Dockery (born 15 December 1981) is an English actress. She is best known for starring as List of Downton Abbey characters#Lady Mary Talbot, Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV (TV network), ITV television period drama series ''Downton Abbey'' (2010–2015), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She reprised her role in the films ''Downton Abbey (film), Downton Abbey'' (2019), ''Downton Abbey: A New Era'' (2022), and the upcoming ''Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale'' (2025). After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Dockery made her professional stage debut in ''His Dark Materials (play), His Dark Materials'' in 2004. For her role as Eliza Doolittle in a 2007 London revival of ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'', she was nominated for the Evening Standard Award. For her role in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Canada
Ronald Ellis Canada (born May 3, 1949) is an American actor and producer, with a specialty in portraying judges and detectives. He is best known for '' One on One'' (2001–2004), '' The Shield'' (2003–2004), and '' Lone Star'' (1996). Early life Canada was born in New York City on May 3, 1949. Following completion of the Michele Clark broadcast journalism program at Columbia University, under the guidance of producer Fred Friendly, Canada commenced his career as a television news reporter in 1971 at WBAL-TV. In 1974, he began his three-year tenure at WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. For his work in the nation's capital, Canada was nominated twice for Regional Emmy Awards, receiving the award in 1977. The following year he received an A.P. Award for Outstanding Reporting. While making the career transition he worked part-time as a broadcaster for Voice of America. He studied acting at The Folger Theatre Group under the tutelage of Franchelle Stewart Dorn. He moved from D.C. to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Elwyn
Michael Elwyn (born 23 August 1942) is a Welsh actor, notable for his work in film ('' Shadow Man''), stage ('' The Audience'', as Anthony Eden) and television (''Stella''). Elwyn was born in Pontypridd. He is the partner of actress Alison Steadman, and is best known for his role as Sir Edward in the BBC series of ''Robin Hood''. In 2020 Elwyn joined the cast of ''Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...'' playing 'Charles Moore' Resident Chair of 'Stillwaters'. Filmography TV Film Stage References External links * 1942 births Welsh male film actors Welsh male stage actors Welsh male television actors Living people {{Wales-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunji Kasim
Adetunji "Tunji" Kasim is a Scottish - Nigerian actor. He is best known for his role as Joe Bailey in '' Nearly Famous'' (on E4), Hugo Scott, an art teacher in ''Shetland'', and Ned Nickerson in The CW's ''Nancy Drew''. In 2009, he was nominated for an Ian Charleson Awards drama award for ''Julius Caesar'' (with the RSC). Early life and education He was born in Aberdeen, but moved to Nigeria soon after birth. He lived there until he was 12, and then the family moved back to Aberdeen and spent his teenage years in Kincorth. His mother is Scottish, a primary school teacher raised on a farm in Auchenblae and his father is Nigerian, a research fellow and lecturer at Aberdeen University, having previously studied there for his PhD in economics. His first thoughts of a career were of being a boxer or a dishwasher. He then studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, which is now called Royal Conservatoire of Scotland The Royal Conservatoire of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Henshall
Douglas James "Dougie" Henshall (born 19 November 1965) is a Scottish television, film and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Professor Nick Cutter in the science fiction series ''Primeval (TV series), Primeval'' (2007–2011) and Detective Inspector Jimmy Pérez in the crime drama ''Shetland (TV series), Shetland'' (2013–2022). Background Henshall's mother was a nurse and his father a salesman. He attended Barrhead High School. While studying there, he joined the Scottish Youth Theatre. After graduation, he moved to London and trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Later, Henshall joined the 7:84 theatre company in Glasgow. He later returned to London where he received critical acclaim for his theatre work, notably ''Life of Stuff'' at the Donmar Warehouse (1993) and ''American Buffalo'' at the Young Vic (1997). He married his partner, Croatian writer Tena Štivičić, in Las Vegas in February 2010. Career 1990s In 1993, Henshall appeared in Dennis Potter' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Babalola
Charles Babalola (born 1990 or 1991) is a British actor. He was educated at St Bonaventure's school in London and went on to study drama at Havering College and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Upon leaving LAMDA, he received the Alan Bates Award for outstanding graduating actors. In 2016, he appeared in the film '' The Legend of Tarzan'' and in 2018 in Helen Edmundson's film ''Mary Magdalene'' as Andrew, one of Jesus's twelve disciples. In 2018, Babalola finished a five-month run at London's Royal National Theatre production of '' Network'', opposite Bryan Cranston Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor. After taking minor roles in television, he established himself as a leading actor in both comedic and dramatic Bryan Cranston filmography, works on stage and screen. He has received .... In 2022, it was announced that he would lead the upcoming Showtime drama series ''King Shaka''. However, in April 2023, the network shelved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
