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Really Old, Like Forty Five
''Really Old, Like Forty Five'' is a play by Tamsin Oglesby. The world premiere was at the National Theatre's Cottesloe on 3 February 2010, following previews from 27 January 2010. The production was directed by Anna Mackmin, designed by Lez Brotherston with lighting by Mark Henderson. Original Cast *Millie - Lucy May Barker *Mike - Paul Bazely *Cathy - Amelia Bullmore *Amanda - Tanya Franks *Robbie - Gawn Grainger *Dylan - Thomas Jordan *Mimi - Michela Meazza *Lyn - Judy Parfitt *Monroe - Paul Ritter *Alice - Marcia Warren Marcia Warren (born 26 November 1942) is an English stage, film and television actress. On stage, she appeared in ''Blithe Spirit'' as Madame Arcati and ''The Sea'' (2008) at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. She is currently appearing in Netflix's ... References British plays 2010 plays {{2010s-play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. Internationally, it is known as the National Theatre of Great Britain. Founded by Laurence Olivier in 1963, many well-known actors have performed at the National Theatre. Until 1976, the company was based at The Old Vic theatre in Waterloo. The current building is located next to the Thames in the South Bank area of central London. In addition to performances at the National Theatre building, the National Theatre tours productions at theatres across the United Kingdom. The theatre has transferred numerous productions to Broadway and toured some as far as China, Australia and New Zealand. However, touring productions to European cities was suspended in February 2021 over concerns about uncertainty over work permits, additional costs and de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city#National capitals, Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national Government of the United Kingdom, government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the Counties of England, counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many List of islands of the United Kingdom, smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamsin Oglesby
Tamsin may refer to: * Tamsin, short form of Thomasina Persons * Tamsin (given name) * Tamsin Agnes Margaret Olivier, English actress; daughter of actors Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright * Tamsin Blanchard, British fashion journalist * Tamsin Carroll (born 1979), Australian actress * Tamsin Cook (born 1998), Australian swimmer * Tamsin Dunwoody (born 1958), sometimes known as Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey, British politician * Tamsin Egerton (born 1988), British actress * Tamsin Ford (born 1966), British psychiatrist specialising in children's mental health * Tamsin Greenway (born 1982), English netball player * Tamsin Greig (born 1966), British actress * Tamsin Heatley, British actress and voice artist * Tamsin Hinchley (born 1980), Australian volleyball player * Tamsin Mather (born 1976), British Professor of Earth Sciences * Tamsin Pickeral (born 1971), British author and art historian * Tamsin West (born 1974), Australian actress and singer Characters * Tamsin, a characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Henderson (lighting Designer)
Mark Henderson (born 1957) is a British lighting designer who won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for ''The History Boys''. Henderson began his Broadway career with a 1986 comedy revue starring Rowan Atkinson. His Broadway credits include revivals of ''The Merchant of Venice'' (1989), ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' (1990), ''Hamlet'' (1995), ''The Iceman Cometh'' (1999), '' The Real Thing'' (2000), ''Faith Healer'' (2006), and ''A Moon for the Misbegotten'' (2007), and the original productions of ''Indiscretions'' (1995), ''Copenhagen'' (2000), '' Decocracy'' (2004), ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' (2005), and ''Deuce'' (2007). In the UK, Henderson has worked at the Almeida Theatre, the Donmar Warehouse, the Royal National Theatre, and the Old Vic. He has designed projects for the Really Useful Group, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Opera, the English National Opera, the Welsh National Opera, the Scottish Opera, and the Royal Ballet, among others. He was involve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy May Barker
Lucy May Barker (born 4 April 1992) is a British stage and screen actress. Life and career She was born and brought up in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Most notably, Barker played Ilse in the original London cast of the four-time Olivier Award-winning '' Spring Awakening'' which opened in February 2009 at the Lyric Hammersmith. The show transferred to the Novello Theatre in March 2009, and ran until May 2009. In the 2001-2003 tours of the musical '' Annie'', Barker played the title role to critical acclaim. In 2009, she also appeared in the London premiere of the musical '' Zombie Prom'' at the Landor Theatre, playing Ginger, and in '' The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson'' playing George, one of the Famous Five, with the comedian Jon Culshaw. In 2010, Barker appeared at the Royal National Theatre playing Millie in ''Really Old, Like Forty Five'', a new play by Tamsin Oglesby. The play opened on 3 February, following previews from 27 January 2010, in the Cottesloe, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bazely
Paul may refer to: * Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer * Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church * Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire * Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general * Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist * Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary * Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer * Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia * Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk * Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Mau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelia Bullmore
Amelia Mary Bullmore (born 31 January 1964) is an English actress, screenwriter and playwright. She is known for her roles in ''Coronation Street'' (1990–1992), ''I'm Alan Partridge'' (2002), '' Ashes to Ashes'' (2008–2009), '' Twenty Twelve'' (2011–2012) and '' Scott & Bailey'' (2011–2014). Bullmore began writing in 1994. Her writing credits include episodes of '' This Life'', '' Attachments'', ''Black Cab'', and '' Scott & Bailey.'' Early life and education Bullmore was born in Chelsea, London, to Jeremy Bullmore, an advertising executive, and Pamela Bullmore (née Green), a gardening writer. She has two older brothers, neuropsychiatrist and neuroscientist Edward Bullmore and documentary filmmaker Adam Bullmore. She studied drama at Manchester University. Career Acting Bullmore was part of a cabaret group named Red Stockings, along with Helen Edmundson. While performing at the Contact Theatre in Manchester, a casting director for ''Coronation Street'' saw her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanya Franks
Tanya Christine Franks (born 16 August 1967) is an English actress, producer and writer. She has had starring roles on the television shows '' Family Affairs'', ''The Bill'', '' Pulling'', '' EastEnders'' and ''Broadchurch''. Franks is also the founder of Stock-pot Productions, a film and theatre production company. Career 1986–2006 Franks worked for 14 years in theatre both in the UK and abroad. Her roles included the title role in ''Tess'' at The Kings Head Theatre in London in 1989 which was Time Out's Critics Choice, and Sylv in Steven Berkoff's 25th Anniversary production of ''East'' at the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End and on tour. Tanya then rose to prominence when her TV career began in 2000, after being cast in the Channel 5 soap opera '' Family Affairs'' as Karen Ellis. Franks continued in the soap opera for three years, with storylines including a cancer scare, infertility, surrogacy, and a child custody battle, before leaving the series in 2003. In 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gawn Grainger
Gawn Grainger (born 12 October 1937) is a British actor, playwright and screenwriter. Early life Some sources indicate he was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 12 October 1937. He is the son of Charles Neil Grainger and his wife Elizabeth (née Gall). Educated at Westminster City School in Victoria, London, he later trained for the stage at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Grainger made his first London appearance as a boy in 1950, when he played the Boy King in Ivor Novello's '' King's Rhapsody'' at the Palace Theatre. Career He began his professional career at the Dundee Rep in 1961, followed by two years at Ipswich, 1962–64. He joined Laurence Olivier's National Theatre at the Old Vic company in 1972. Among his notable television credits are the Apostle Andrew in '' Son of Man'' by Dennis Potter (1969); the Earl of Kildare in '' The Shadow of the Tower'' (1972); George Stephenson in the '' Doctor Who'' serial ''The Mark of the Rani'' (1985) and Lesley Flux in ''Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Parfitt
Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt (born 7 November 1935) is an English theatre, film and television actress. She made her film debut in a minor supporting part in '' Information Received'' (1961), followed by supporting role in the BBC television serial ''David Copperfield'' (1966). She also appeared as Queen Gertrude in Tony Richardson's 1969 film adaptation of ''Hamlet''. Later credits include as Vera Donovan in the Stephen King film adaptation of ''Dolores Claiborne'' (1995), and in '' Girl with a Pearl Earring'' (2003), the latter for which she earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She has been a cast member on the drama series ''Call the Midwife'', playing Sister Monica Joan since the show's launch in 2012. Early life Parfitt was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire in 1935 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ritter
Simon Paul Adams (20 December 1966 – 5 April 2021), known professionally as Paul Ritter, was an English actor. He had roles in films including ''Son of Rambow'' (2007), ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008), ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' (2009), ''The Eagle'' (2011), and ''Operation Mincemeat'' (2021), as well as television programmes including ''Friday Night Dinner'' (2011–2020), '' Vera'', ''The Hollow Crown'', ''The Last Kingdom,'' ''Chernobyl'', ''Belgravia'' and '' Resistance.'' Early life Ritter was born Simon Paul Adams on 20 December 1966 in Gravesend, Kent. His father Ken Adams, a toolmaker, worked at various power stations; his mother Joan ( Mooney) was a school secretary. His family were Catholic and he had four older sisters. Adams attended Gravesend Grammar School where he acquired an A Level in Theatre Studies. He went on to study Modern Languages at St John's College, Cambridge. After graduating, he went to the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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