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Time And The Conways
''Time and the Conways'' is a British play written by J. B. Priestley in 1937 illustrating J. W. Dunne's Theory of Time through the experience of a moneyed Yorkshire family, the Conways, over a period of nineteen years from 1919 to 1937. It is widely regarded as one of the best of Priestley's ''Time Plays'', a series of pieces for theatre which played with different concepts of Time that also includes '' An Inspector Calls'', and it continues to be revived in the UK regularly. In 1947 the script was re-published in a Pan Books paperback titled ''Three Time-Plays'', collected with the author's '' Dangerous Corner'' and ''I Have Been Here Before.'' Plot ''Time and the Conways'' is in three acts. The first act is set in the Conway house in 1919 on the night of the birthday of one of the daughters, Kay. Act Two moves to the same night in 1937 and is set in the same room in the house. Act Three then returns to 1919, seconds after Act One left off. In the first Act we meet the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time And The Conways (play)
''Time and the Conways'' is a British play written by J. B. Priestley in 1937 illustrating J. W. Dunne's Theory of Time through the experience of a moneyed Yorkshire family, the Conways, over a period of nineteen years from 1919 to 1937. It is widely regarded as one of the best of Priestley's J. B. Priestley's Time Plays, ''Time Plays'', a series of pieces for theatre which played with different concepts of Time that also includes ''An Inspector Calls'', and it continues to be revived in the UK regularly. In 1947 the script was re-published in a Pan Books paperback titled ''Three Time-Plays'', collected with the author's ''Dangerous Corner'' and ''I Have Been Here Before.'' Plot ''Time and the Conways'' is in three acts. The first act is set in the Conway house in 1919 on the night of the birthday of one of the daughters, Kay. Act Two moves to the same night in 1937 and is set in the same room in the house. Act Three then returns to 1919, seconds after Act One left off. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sybil Thorndike
Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike, Lady Casson (24 October 18829 June 1976) was an English actress whose stage career lasted from 1904 to 1969. Trained in her youth as a concert pianist, Thorndike turned to the stage when a medical problem with her hands ruled out a musical career. She began her professional acting career with the company of the actor-manager Ben Greet, with whom she toured the US from 1904 to 1908. In Britain she played in old and new plays on tour and in the West End theatre, West End, often appearing with her husband, the actor and director Lewis Casson. She joined the the Old Vic, Old Vic company during the First World War, and in the early 1920s George Bernard Shaw, impressed by seeing her in a tragedy, wrote ''Saint Joan (play), Saint Joan'' with her in mind. She starred in it with great success. She became known as Britain's leading tragedienne, but also appeared frequently in comedy. During the Second World War, Thorndike and her husband toured in Shakespeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufina Nifontova
Rufina Dmitriyevna Nifontova (; 15 September 1931 – 27 November 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1978). Biography Rufina Nifontova was born in Moscow in a family with Greek roots. Nifontova studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (course of Bibikov-Pyzhova). In 1955 she graduated from VGIK and was admitted to the Film Actor Theater Studio. In 1957 Nifontova came into the troupe of the Maly Theatre, where she became a famous actress. In 1986–1991 – Secretary of the Board Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation. Nifontova died in Moscow at the age of 63, and was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery. Personal life *Father – Dmitry Ivanovich Pitade *Mother – Darya Semyonovna Pitade *Brothers – Aleksandr, Boris, and twin Vyacheslav *Husband – Gleb Nifontov, filmmaker **Daughter – Olga, graduated from VGIK Awards and honors * 1956 – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Award for Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Basov
Vladimir Pavlovich Basov (28 July 192317 September 1987) was a Soviet Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1983. Biography Vladimir Basov was born in the Urazovo village, Voronezh Governorate (now Belgorod Oblast) to Pavel Basov (Basultainen) and Aleksandra Basova.Bodanova L. I., ''Vladimir Basov. In Direction, in Life and Love.'' Moscow, 2014. p. 3-8 His father was a University of Tartu, Tartu alumnus of Finnish ethnicity who joined Bolsheviks during the October Revolution, revolution. "Basov" was his party alias later adopted as a family name. He served as an officer and political commissar up until his death in 1931. Vladimir's mother Aleksandra Ivanovna was a daughter of a Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox priest from Engels, Saratov Oblast, Pokrovsk. She met Pavel during the Russian Civil War, Civil War; he was a runaway and asked for shelter. During the 1920s she taught peasant children Russian language and li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time And The Conways (film)
Time and the Conways () is a 1984 drama film directed by Vladimir Basov and based on the eponymous 1937 play by English playwright J. B. Priestley, filmed in 1984. Plot Action takes place in Britain during the 20 years between the two wars. The film explores the relationship in a once wealthy family, whose members, in their own way, are experiencing the collapse of their plans and hopes. Cast * Rufina Nifontova as Mrs. Conway * Vladimir Basov, Jr. as Ernest Beevers in youth * Vladimir Basov as Ernest Beevers at maturity * Margarita Volodina as Kay * Yevgeny Leonov as Alan Conway * Alyona Bondarchuk as Magee in his youth * Irina Skobtseva as Magee twenty years later * Marianna Strizhenova as Joan Halford * Oleg Tabakov as Robin Conway * Igor Yankovsky as Gerald Thornton in his youth * Rostislav Yankovsky as Gerald Thornton twenty years later Almost all the characters in their youth were played by the children of those actors who played these same characters in their ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Bergner
Elisabeth Bergner (22 August 1897 – 12 May 1986) was an Austrian-British actress. Primarily a stage actress, her career flourished in Berlin and Paris before she moved to London to work in films. Her signature role was Gemma Jones in '' Escape Me Never'', a play written for her by Margaret Kennedy. She played Gemma, first in London and then in the Broadway debut, and in a film version for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1943, Bergner returned to Broadway in the play ''The Two Mrs. Carrolls'', for which she won the Distinguished Performance Medal from the Drama League. Early life She was born Ella vel Ettel Bergner in Drohobych, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present-day Ukraine) to Sara (née Wagner) and Emil ( Schmelke Juda) Bergner, a merchant. She grew up in a secular Jewish home. The Hebrew she heard in her childhood was associated with Yom Kippur and Pesach, and on her visits to Israel, she apologized for not knowing the language. She fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Staudte
Wolfgang Staudte (9 October 1906 – 19 January 1984), born Georg Friedrich Staudte, was a German film director, script writer and actor. He was born in Saarbrücken. After 1945, Staudte also looked at German guilt in the cinema. Alongside Helmut Käutner, he was considered the only German post-war director of any standing who, after 1945, could look back on continuous artistic filmmaking far removed from Heimatfilm and the suppression of history. Staudte's films stood for politically committed cinema as well as for professional craftsmanship, for film art and (good) entertainment with a social claim. His most important work came in the ten years following World War II, in which he worked with the DEFA in East Germany. The main focus of his work was to highlight the limits of German national pride. His work in anti-Nazi films, such as '' Murderers Among Us'' (1946), was also a personal working-through of his film career under the Nazis (he acted in the anti-Semitic film ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Happy Years Of The Thorwalds
''The Happy Years of the Thorwalds'' (German: ''Die glücklichen Jahre der Thorwalds'') is a 1962 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and , starring Elisabeth Bergner, Hansjörg Felmy and Dietmar Schönherr.Bock & Bergfelder p.40 It is based on J.B. Priestley's 1937 play ''Time and the Conways'', with the setting shifted from Britain to Germany. It portrays two family gatherings - the first in 1913 during the German Empire before the First World War and the second in 1932 in the dying days of the Weimar Republic before the Nazi takeover. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt. Cast * Elisabeth Bergner as Frau Thorwald * Hansjörg Felmy as Peter Thorwald * Dietmar Schönherr Dietmar Otto Schönherr (; 17 May 1926 – 18 July 2014) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1944 and 2014. He was famous for playing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew James Thomas
Matthew James Elwyn Thomas (born 3 March 1988), also occasionally credited as Matthew Thomas, is a British actor who has made appearances in television, film, and theater. He is known for his television roles including '' The Lost Prince'', and the ITV drama-musical show, '' Britannia High''. In the U.S., Thomas is best known for having played the title role in the 2013 Broadway revival of '' Pippin'', which received a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. He was also a late addition to the U.S. national tour of ''Pippin'' in 2014. He had his Broadway debut in 2010 playing Peter Parker in '' Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' directed by Julie Taymor, with music by U2's Bono and The Edge. In 2013, Thomas was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for his performance in the title role in ''Pippin'', and, in 2015, he was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical for his performance as Fenwick in the Barry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Parry
Charlotte Jane Parry (born 16 August 1976) is a British actress. Personal life Born in Birmingham, England. She graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1999. She is also a painter and has trained as a midwife. Career After graduating from LAMDA, she moved to New York City to make her Broadway debut in 2000 as Debbie in the Tony Award winning revival of '' The Real Thing'' that starred Jennifer Ehle. In 2007, she returned to Broadway to appear in the play '' Coram Boy'' and in 2011 she played Cecily Cardew in the Tony winning revival of ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' that starred Brian Bedford. In 2013, Parry played Catherine Winslow in ''The Winslow Boy'' by Terence Rattigan. Off-Broadway, Parry appeared as Phoebe in Peter Hall's 2005 production of ''As You Like It'' at BAM that starred Hall's daughter, Rebecca Hall. Parry played Nat in the 2007 Roundabout Theatre Company production of ''Howard Katz'' by Patrick Marber and in 2008 she played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Camp
Anna Ragsdale Camp (born September 27, 1982) is an American actress. She portrayed the villainous Sarah Newlin in the HBO vampire drama ''True Blood'' (2009, 2013–2014), Aubrey Posen in the ''Pitch Perfect'' film series (2012–2017), and the dual role of Reagan and Maddie Lockwood in the Netflix thriller ''You'' (2025). Camp has had recurring roles in the television series ''Mad Men'' (2010), ''The Good Wife'' (2011–2016), ''The Mindy Project'' (2012–2013), and ''Vegas'' (2013). She also played Jane Hollander, a researcher for the fictitious ''News of the Week'' magazine, in the Amazon Prime series '' Good Girls Revolt'' (2016), and had minor roles in the films ''The Help'' (2011) and '' Café Society'' (2016). Camp made her Broadway debut in the 2008 production of ''The Country Girl'' and played Jill Mason in the 2008 Broadway revival of Peter Shaffer's '' Equus''. In 2012, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance in the Off-Broadway play '' All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth Lee McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American actress. She has received many awards and nominations, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, three Golden Globe Award nominations, and one Academy Award nomination. Born in Evanston, Illinois on July 18, 1961, McGovern spent most of her early life in Los Angeles. After attending the American Conservatory Theater and the Juilliard School, she made her feature film debut in '' Ordinary People'' (1980). For her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the film adaptation of '' Ragtime'' (1981), she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently had lead roles in a number of major studio films, including '' Once Upon a Time in America'' (1984), '' She's Having a Baby'' (1987), '' The Bedroom Window'' (1987), '' The Handmaid's Tale'' (1990), and '' The Wings of the Dove'' (1997). In 2007, McGovern, after years of studying guitar, formed the musical group Sadie and the Hotheads, with whom she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
