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Power (play)
''Power'' is a play by the British playwright Nick Dear. It is set in the court of King Louis XIV of France. It deals with the intrigue and tension of the court and explores the events and ideas that led Louis XIV to take full control of government and become an absolute monarch. The play is essentially a drama, but also contains a great deal of comedy and innuendo. ''Power'' was first performed by the Royal National Theatre The National Theatre (NT), officially the Royal National Theatre and sometimes referred to in international contexts as the National Theatre of Great Britain, is a performing arts venue and associated theatre company located in London, England, ... at the Cottesloe Theatre on July 3, 2003, and the original cast was: * Jean-Baptiste Colbert – Stephen Boxer * Anne of Austria – Barbara Jefford * Nicolas Fouquet – Robert Lindsay * Louise de la Valliere – Hattie Morahan * Louis XIV – Rupert Penry-Jones * Philippe I, Duke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Dear
Nick Dear (born 11 June 1955) is an English writer for stage, screen and radio. He received a BAFTA for his first screenwriting credit, a film adaptation of Jane Austen's ''Persuasion''. Education Dear graduated with a degree in Comparative European Literature from the University of Essex in 1977. Career Dear's plays include '' Power'' and ''The Villains' Opera'' at the National Theatre; ''The Art of Success'', ''Zenobia'' and ''Pure Science'' for the RSC; '' In the Ruins'' at Bristol Old Vic and Royal Court, London (1990); and ''Food of Love'' at the Almeida. Adaptations include Gorky's '' Summerfolk'' and Molière's '' Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' at the National; Tirso de Molina's '' The Last Days of Don Juan'' at the Royal Shakespeare Company; Arbuzov's ''The Promise'' at the Tricycle; Henry James' '' The Turn of the Screw'' at Bristol Old Vic; and Ostrovsky's ''A Family Affair'' for Cheek by Jowl. Dear's screenplays include ''Persuasion'', ''The Gambler'', '' The Turn o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hattie Morahan
Harriet Jane Morahan (born 7 October 1978), better known as Hattie Morahan, is an English actress. Her roles include Sister Clara in ''The Golden Compass'' (2007), Gale Benson in '' The Bank Job'' (2008), Alice in ''The Bletchley Circle'' (2012–2014), Ann in '' Mr. Holmes'' (2015), Rose Coyne in ''My Mother and Other Strangers'' (2016), Agathe/The Enchantress in ''Beauty and the Beast'' (2017), Corinne Aldrich in '' Luther: The Fallen Sun'', Louise in '' Hijack'', and Caroline Burkett in '' Fool Me Once''. Early life Morahan was born in 1978, the younger daughter of director Christopher Morahan and actress Anna Carteret. Her older sister Rebecca is a theatre director, and her half-brother Andy is a music video and film director. As a child, she attended parties thrown by Sir Laurence Olivier, who once helped her with her mathematics homework. Morahan was educated at Frensham Heights School. She wanted to attend Newcastle University, but her father encouraged her to fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Plays
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British Plays
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Teatro Municipal De Almada
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Finnish National Theatre
The Finnish National Theatre (), established in 1872, is a theatre located in central Helsinki on the northern side of the Helsinki Central Railway Station Square. The Finnish National Theatre is the oldest Finnish speaking professional theatre in Finland. It was known as the Finnish Theatre until 1902, when it was renamed the Finnish National Theatre. For the first thirty years of its existence, the theatre functioned primarily as a touring company. The theatre did not acquire a permanent home until 1902, when a purpose-built structure was erected in the heart of Helsinki, adjacent to the city's main railway station. The building hosting the Finnish National Theatre today was completed in 1902 and designed by architect Onni Tarjanne in the National Romantic style, inspired by romantic nationalism. The theatre still operates in these premises today, and over the years the building has expanded from its original size to encompass another three permanent stages. In addition to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putney Arts Theatre
Putney Arts Theatre ("PAT") is based in Putney, in the London Borough of Wandsworth and operates as a community space specialising in theatre productions. The Putney Arts Theatre stands in the Union Chapel built by Sir Samuel Morton Peto in the late 19th century. After the original congregation fell dissolved, the London City Council acquired the building. In 1968, the theatre troupe Group 64 leased the Union Chapel in Putney from the London City Council London City Council is the governing body of the city of London, Ontario, Canada. Composition London is divided into 14 wards, with residents in each ward electing one councillor. The mayor is elected citywide, who along with the councillors fo .... Group 64 purchased the building in 1998 and renamed it the Putney Arts Theatre. The opening production was attended by Sir John Mills, a patron of the theatre. Group 64 Youth Theatre is the resident Youth Theatre Group, and Putney Theatre Company is the resident Adult Theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putney Arts Theatre Company
Putney () is an affluent district in southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. History Putney is an ancient parish which covered in the Hundred of Brixton in the county of Surrey. Its area has been reduced by the loss of Roehampton to the south-west, an offshoot hamlet that conserved more of its own clustered historic core. In 1855 the parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works and was grouped into the Wandsworth District. In 1889 the area was removed from Surrey and became part of the County of London. The Wandsworth District became the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth in 1900. Since 1965 Putney has formed part of the London Borough of Wandsworth in Greater London. The benefice of the parish remains a perpetual curacy whose patron is the Dean and Chapter of Worcester Cathedral. The church, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Somerville
Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville (born 19 May 1967) is an Irish-British actress. She is known for her roles in the film ''Gosford Park'' (2001) and the ''Harry Potter'' film series as an adult Lily Potter (2001–2011). Her other roles have included ''Daphne'' (2007), '' My Week with Marilyn'' (2011) and '' Grace of Monaco'' (2014). In 1995, Somerville was nominated for a BAFTA Award for playing Jane Penhaligon in the television series '' Cracker''. Early life Somerville was born in County Meath on 19 May 1967, the second child of Sir Quentin Charles Agnew-Somerville, 2nd Baronet (1929−2010), a Naval officer and insurance consultant, and his wife Margaret April Irene (née Drummond), daughter of John Drummond, 15th Baron Strange. She has two siblings. When Somerville was six, the family moved to the Isle of Man; from the age of eight, she attended the Arts Educational School, Tring (now Tring Park School for the Performing Arts), a boarding school in Tring, Hertfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henriette D'Angleterre
Henriette may refer to: People Nobles :''Ordered chronologically'' * Henriette of Cleves (1542–1601), Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel and Princess of Mantua * Henriette Marie of the Palatinate (1626–1651), daughter of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia * Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy (1636–1676), Electress of Bavaria * Henriette Louise de Bourbon (1703–1772), French princess and abbess * Henriette of France (1727–1752), French princess, daughter of King Louis XV Other :''Ordered alphabetically'' * Henriette Chandet (1901-1989), French feminist, columnist, and historian * Henriette Willemina Crommelin (1870-1957), Dutch labor leader and temperance reformer * Henriette Delamarre de Monchaux (1854–1911), French naturalist, geologist and paleontologist * Henriette Dibon (1902–1989), French poet and short story writer * Henriette Hansen (other) * Henriette Homann (1819–1892), Norwegian photographer and painter * Henriette Löfman (1784–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Slinger
Jonathan Slinger is an English actor. He trained at RADA, graduating in 1994. From there, he went to work at the Royal National Theatre and Shakespeare's Globe. He has also worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company, including the Complete Works and '' This England: The Histories'' cycles, playing Richard II, Fluellen, Richard Duke of York and Richard III. He played Bernard Woolley, the Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary, in the stage version of ''Yes, Prime Minister'' (Chichester/London, 2010). In 2011, he appeared again with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the title role of ''Macbeth'', a new production by Michael Boyd which was the first Shakespeare play to appear in the revamped Royal Shakespeare Theatre. In 2012 he played Malvolio and Prospero for the RSC in London and Stratford, and in 2013 he played Hamlet. In May 2015, he started playing Willy Wonka in ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' in London at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Partial filmogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe I, Duke Of Orléans
''Monsieur'' Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (21 September 1640 – 9 June 1701) was the younger son of King Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and the younger brother of King Louis XIV. He was the founder of the House of Orléans, a cadet branch of the ruling House of Bourbon. Styled Duke of Anjou from birth, Philippe became Duke of Orléans upon the death of his uncle Gaston, Duke of Orléans, Gaston in 1660. He was also granted the dukedoms of Counts and dukes of Valois, Valois, List of counts and dukes of Chartres, Chartres and Duke of Nemours, Nemours. Known as ''le Petit Monsieur'' or simply ''Monsieur'', Philippe was a distinguished military commander and took part in the War of Devolution and the Franco-Dutch War, the latter of which saw his victory over William III of England, William of Orange at the Battle of Cassel (1677), Battle of Cassel. Through careful personal administration, he greatly augmented the fortunes of the House of Orléans, which rivalled th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
