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The Dumb Waiter
''The Dumb Waiter'' is a one-act play by Harold Pinter written in 1957. Plot Two Hitman, hit-men, Ben and Gus, are waiting in a basement room for their assignment. As the play begins, Ben, the senior member of the team, is reading a newspaper, and Gus, the junior member, is tying his shoes. Gus asks Ben many questions as he gets ready for their job and tries to make tea. They argue over the semantics of "light the kettle" and "put on the kettle". Ben continues reading his paper for most of the time, occasionally reading excerpts of it to Gus. Ben gets increasingly animated, and Gus's questions become more pointed, at times nearly nonsensical. In the back of the room is a dumbwaiter, which delivers occasional food orders. This is mysterious and both characters seem to be puzzled why these orders keep coming; the basement is clearly not outfitted as a restaurant kitchen. At one point they send up some snack food that Gus had brought along. Ben has to explain to the people above ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A List of Nobel laureates in Literature, Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include ''The Birthday Party (play), The Birthday Party'' (1957), ''The Homecoming'' (1964) and ''Betrayal (play), Betrayal'' (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include ''The Servant (1963 film), The Servant'' (1963), ''The Go-Between (1971 film), The Go-Between'' (1971), ''The French Lieutenant's Woman (film), The French Lieutenant's Woman'' (1981), ''The Trial (1993 film), The Trial'' (1993) and ''Sleuth (2007 film), Sleuth'' (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television and film productions of his own and others' works. Pinter was born and raised in Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a West End theatre#London's non-commercial theatres, non-commercial theatre in Sloane Square, London, England, opened in 1870; the current building was completed in 1888. The capacity of the theatre has varied between 728 seats and today's 380 seats (with a smaller upstairs theatre opened in 1969). In 1956 it was acquired by and remains the home of the English Stage Company, which focuses on contemporary theatre and won the Europe Theatre Prize, Europe Prize Theatrical Realities in 1999. History The first theatre The first theatre on Lower George Street, off Sloane Square, was the converted Nonconformist Ranelagh Chapel, opened as a theatre in 1870 under the name The New Chelsea Theatre. Marie Litton became its manager in 1871, hiring Walter Emden to remodel the interior, and it was renamed the Court Theatre. Several of W. S. Gilbert's early plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Newman
Mark Alexander Newman (born 27 November 1974) is a Scottish actor best known for portraying Paul Atreides in the Sci Fi Channel's 2000 miniseries adaptation of Frank Herbert's ''Dune''. He played Adam Smasher in '' Cyberpunk 2077'' and '' Cyberpunk: Edgerunners'' and main character Cameron "Caz" McLeary in '' Still Wakes the Deep'', for which he won the British Academy Games Award for Performer in a Leading Role. Early life Newman was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and moved to Berkshire at the age of four. His father is Sandy Newman, a member of Scottish band Marmalade. He has a brother, John James Newman, who appeared on ''The Voice UK'' in 2012. Prior to joining the National Youth Theatre in London at age 17, Newman considered becoming a professional footballer. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Career After graduating from LAMDA Newman built up a steady list of television and film credits before landing the lead role in the Sci Fi channel's Emmy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Freeman
Martin John Christopher Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor. Among other accolades, he has won two Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Freeman's most notable roles are that of Tim Canterbury in the mockumentary series ''The Office'' (2001–2003), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama series '' Sherlock'' (2010–2017), young Bilbo Baggins in ''The Hobbit'' film trilogy (2012–2014), Lester Nygaard in the first season of the dark comedy-crime drama series ''Fargo'' (2014), and Chris Carson in '' The Responder'' (2022–present). He has also appeared in films including the romantic comedy ''Love Actually'' (2003), the horror comedy '' Shaun of the Dead'' (2004), the sci-fi comedy ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (2005), the action comedy ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007), the semi-improvised comedy '' Nativity!'' (2009), and the sci-fi comedy '' The World's End'' (2013). Since 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Dyer
Danial John Dyer (born 24 July 1977) is an English actor and presenter. Dyer's breakthrough role was as Moff in ''Human Traffic'' (1999), with other notable roles Billy the Limpet in ''Mean Machine (film), Mean Machine'' (2001) and as Tommy Johnson in ''The Football Factory (film), The Football Factory'' (2004). Following the success of ''The Football Factory'', Dyer was often typecast in "hard man" roles, although it was this image that allowed him to present ''The Real Football Factories'', its spin-off, ''The Real Football Factories International'' and ''Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men''. Dyer has also worked in theatre, having appeared in three plays written by Harold Pinter, with whom he had a close friendship. In 2013, Dyer joined the cast of the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', in the role of Mick Carter, and remained in the series until 2022. He had previously turned down a role in 2009 and, in his 2010 autobiography ''Straight Up'', said he would not join the cast until he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Lloyd (director)
Jamie Lloyd (born 1980 in Poole, Dorset) is a British theatre director. He is best known for his work with his eponymous theatre company ''The Jamie Lloyd Company'' as well as for his modern minimalism and expressionist directorial style. Lloyd is a proponent of affordable theatre for young and diverse audiences, and has been praised as "redefining West End theatre". ''The Daily Telegraph'' critic Dominic Cavendish wrote of Lloyd, "Few directors have Lloyd’s ability to transport us to the upper echelons of theatrical pleasure." His productions include the West End and Broadway revival of '' Betrayal'' (2019), the West End production of ''The Seagull'' (2020-2021), the Brooklyn Academy of Music's production of '' Cyrano de Bergerac'' (2022), and the Broadway revival of ''A Doll's House'' (2023). In the past year, he directed the West End and Broadway revival of ''Sunset Boulevard'', which won seven Olivier Awards and three Tony Awards, and ''Romeo and Juliet''. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Pinter Theatre
The Harold Pinter Theatre, known as the Comedy Theatre until 2011,"Harold Pinter has London theatre named after him" ''BBC News'', 7 September 2011, accessed 8 September 2011. is a , and opened on Panton Street in the , on 15 October 1881, as the Royal Comedy Theatre. It was designed by Thomas Verity and built in just six months in painted ( |
Joe Armstrong (actor)
Joe Armstrong (born 7 October 1978) is an English actor. His television roles include Allan A Dale in three series of ''Robin Hood'', Henry Percy (Hotspur), Hotspur in ''Henry IV, Part I and Part II (film series), Henry IV, Part I'', Ashley Cowgill in ''Happy Valley (TV series), Happy Valley'' and Bairstow in ''The Village (2013 TV series), The Village''. On stage, he played the lead role in D. C. Moore's ''The Empire (play), The Empire'' and appeared in the 2011 revival of ''Flare Path''. He co-starred with Maxine Peake in ''Miss Julie'' at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, Royal Exchange and with Louise Brealey in a touring production of ''Constellations (play), Constellations''. Early life Armstrong was born and raised in London, the son of Sue (née Bairstow) and actor Alun Armstrong. He has an older brother, Tom, and a younger brother, Dan, who was in the band Clock Opera.Hayes, Martha. "My Family Business: The ''New Tricks'' star on the advantages of sharing a role with so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Wood
Clive Wood (born 8 May 1954) is a British actor, known for his television roles in ''Press Gang'' (1989–93), ''The Bill'' (1990), '' London's Burning'' (1996–99), and as King Henry I in '' The Pillars of the Earth'' (2010). His stage roles include playing Stephano in ''The Tempest'' at Shakespeare's Globe (2011) and Antony in ''Antony and Cleopatra'' at the Haymarket (2014). His film appearances include '' The Innocent'' (1985), '' Buster'' (1988) and ''Suffragette'' (2015). Career Games Clive Wood voices "The Pirate Lord" from the popular video game "Sea of Thieves" from Rare. Film and television Born in Croydon, Surrey, Wood's first starring TV role was as Vic Brown, opposite Joanne Whalley and Susan Penhaligon, in the 1982 ITV drama series based on the novel '' A Kind of Loving''. He has played Matt Kerr in ''Press Gang'', DCI Gordon Wray in ''The Bill'' and Jack Morgan in '' London's Burning''. He also played Captain Smollett in the 1990 TV film, ''Treasure Island'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Glover
Jamie Blair Glover is an English actor. He is best known for playing Andrew Treneman in the BBC One school-based drama series, '' Waterloo Road'', returning to the role in 2023. He was also cast as Harry Potter in the second cast of the West-End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in 2017, and starred as Roger Tramplemain in Michael Frayn's comical farce ''Noises Off'' at the Novello Theatre in 2012. He also appeared as William Russell in the ''Doctor Who'' docudrama, ''An Adventure in Space and Time'' (2013). Early life and education Jamie Blair Glover was born and brought up in Barnes, London. He is the son of actors Julian Glover and Isla Blair. He attended Frensham Heights School in Farnham, Surrey,Jamie Glover (2006, BBC.) Retrieved on 2009-07-17. and trained at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronet Theatre, London
The Coronet Theatre is a theatre located in Notting Hill, London. The building originated as an Off West End theatre in 1898. It became The Coronet Cinema in 1923. In 2014, it was acquired by The Print Room, a nearby theatre company (founded in Westbourne Grove in 2010), which made it its new home. It produces a programme of theatre, art, dance, poetry, film and music. The theatre is run by Artistic Director Anda Winters. The Coronet Theatre currently operates using the 195-seat main auditorium, and a smaller, 100-seat black box theatre and studio space called The Print Room. The Coronet Theatre stages lesser-known work by classic authors such as T.S Eliot, Arthur Miller and Harold Pinter, and new works by contemporary dramatists such as Brian Friel and Will Eno. History Building origins The Coronet Theatre was designed as a theatre by leading architect W. G. R. Sprague at a cost of £25,000 and opened in 1898. It was described in ''The Era'' as a "theatre of which the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Evans (comedian)
Lee John Martin Evans (born 25 February 1964) is a British former comedian, actor, musician, singer, and writer. He co-founded the production company Little Mo Films with Addison Cresswell, who was also his agent prior to Cresswell's death in December 2013. Evans became one of the United Kingdom's most popular stand-up comedians, with his ''Roadrunner'' tour grossing £12.9 million. He made his cinema debut with the Jerry Lewis comedy '' Funny Bones'' (1995), earning the Paris Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and went on to appear in the Hollywood films ''The Fifth Element'' (1997), ''Mouse Hunt'' (1997), ''There's Something About Mary'' (1998), '' The Ladies Man'' (2000), and '' The Medallion'' (2003). He lent his voice to Zipeau the Troodon in the Emmy-nominated miniseries '' Dinotopia'' (2002) and made a notable departure from comedy with a leading role in the Irish thriller film '' Freeze Frame'' (2004). In 2008, the DVD of Evans's ''Big – Live at the O2'' show b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
