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A Dance To The Music Of Time (TV Series)
''A Dance to the Music of Time'' is a British four-part television drama series based on the book series of the same name by Anthony Powell. The series was also written by Anthony Powell with Hugh Whitemore as co-writer. The series was produced by Table Top Productions and directed by Christopher Morahan and Alvin Rakoff. It was first broadcast on Channel 4 on 9 October 1997 over four consecutive weeks. Synopsis Several young men go through public school and university together, and maintain contact as they make their way in the world through the 1920s, the upheavals of the 1930s, the Second World War, and the post-war years of change in society. Many of the people they meet fall by the wayside, and their own fates are varied. The series attempts to chart the change in upper-middle-class society through their stories, and the realities of how the English social system worked. Cast Episodes Critical reception The Thomas Sutcliffe of ''The Independent ''The Indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the Epic poetry, epic and the Lyric poetry, lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'' ()—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Ancient Greek, Greek word meaning "deed" or "Action (philosophy), act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional Genre, generic division between Comedy (drama), comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''Play (theatre), play'' or ''game'' (translating the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Morahan
Christopher Thomas Morahan CBE (9 July 1929 – 7 April 2017) was a British stage and television director and production executive. Biography Early life and career Morahan was born on 9 July 1929 in London, the son of film production designer Tom Morahan (1906-1969) and his wife, Nancy Charlotte Barker (1904-1977), an artist. He was educated at Highgate School followed by his national service. Originally thinking about a career as an architect, he realised it would be some years before he could earn a living and thus settled on working in the film industry. The director Thorold Dickinson advised him to learn about acting and the theatrical repertoire instead. He trained for the stage at the Old Vic Theatre School from 1947 with actor/director Michel Saint-Denis, designer Margaret Harris, and director George Devine. Initially an actor, he briefly worked as a stage manager on Orson Welles' touring production of ''Othello'', but refused to work on Welles' next production an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Williams (actor)
Michael Leonard Williams (9 July 1935 – 11 January 2001) was a British actor who played both classical and comedy roles. He was best known for co-starring in the sitcom '' A Fine Romance'' with his wife Dame Judi Dench, and for voicing Dr. Watson in the long-running Sherlock Holmes adaptations for BBC Radio. Biography Williams was born on 9 July 1935 in Liverpool, Lancashire. Williams married Judi Dench on 5 February 1971, the same year in which they co-starred in a stage production of John Webster's ''The Duchess of Malfi'', and, as RSC actors, in '' Pack of Lies'' and ''Mr. and Mrs. Nobody''. They had one daughter, Finty Williams, who is also an actress. Williams was also godfather to the actor Rory Kinnear. Williams was the President of the Roman Catholic Actors' Guild. Shortly before his death from lung cancer aged 65, Williams was appointed a Knight of St Gregory (KSG) by Pope John Paul II for his contribution to Catholic life in Britain. The honour was official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoë Wanamaker
Zoë Wanamaker (born 13 May 1949) is an American-born British actress who has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Wanamaker was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2001 by Queen Elizabeth II. She has received numerous accolades including a Laurence Olivier Award and nominations for three BAFTA Awards, and four Tony Awards. A nine-time Olivier Award nominee, she won for '' Once in a Lifetime'' (1979) and '' Electra'' (1998). She has also received four Tony Award nominations for her work on Broadway; for '' Piaf'' (1981), '' Loot'' (1986), ''Electra'' (1999), and '' Awake and Sing!'' (2006). She has acted in the films '' Wilde'' (1997), '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (2001), and '' My Week with Marilyn'' (2011). She was twice nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, for '' Prime Suspect'' (1991) and '' Love Hurts'' (1992–1994). She portrayed Susan Harper in the sitcom '' My Fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Richardson
Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English actress who has worked in film, television and theatre. After graduating from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Richardson began her career in 1979 and made her West End theatre, West End debut in the 1981 play ''Moving'', before being nominated for the 1987 Olivier Award for Best Actress for ''A Lie of the Mind''. Richardson has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Damage (1992 film), Damage'' and the Academy Award for Best Actress for ''Tom & Viv''. A seven-time BAFTA Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ''Damage''. She has also been nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards, winning twice for ''Enchanted April (1992 film), Enchanted April'' and the TV film ''Fatherland (1994 film), Fatherland''. Her other films include ''Empire of the Sun (film), Empire of the Sun'', ''The Crying Game'', ''Sleepy Hollow (film), Sleepy Hollow'', ''The Hours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Lindsay
Nigel Lindsay (born 17 January 1969) is an English actor. He is best known on television for his roles as Sir Robert Peel in the first two seasons of ''Victoria'', Jo Jo Marshall in the Netflix series ''Safe'' and as Barry in the BAFTA-winning Chris Morris film ''Four Lions'' for which he was nominated for Best British Comedy Performance in Film at the 2011 British Comedy Awards. In 2012 he was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance in the title role in the original West End run of ''Shrek the Musical'' at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and won the Whatsonstage Award for Best Supporting Actor in the 2011 production of Arthur Miller's '' Broken Glass'' at the Tricycle Theatre. Early life and education Lindsay was born in St John's Wood and grew up in North West London. He attended Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, an independent private day school for boys before going on to the University of Birmingham, where he studied English and French. After university, he wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Hille
Anastasia Hille (born 1965) is an English film, television and theatre actress and ceramicist. Early life Born in Lambeth, London, her mother was Finnish. Hille was a student at London's Drama Centre and won second prize at the Ian Charleson Awards in 1994 for her performance as Isabella in ''Measure for Measure''. Career Stage She has twice been nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress, for ''The Master Builder'' at the Almeida Theatre in 2011, and for ''The Effect'' at the National's Cottesloe Theatre in 2013. Television Hille was nominated for the 2013 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2012 miniseries '' The Fear''. Her other TV roles include ''Kavanagh QC: The Sweetest Thing'' (1995), '' Trial & Retribution'' (1997), as Carole Lombard in ''RKO 281'' (2000), '' The Cazalets'' (2001), ''Agatha Christie's Poirot: Three Act Tragedy'' (2010), and '' The Missing'' (2016). Film Her film roles include '' The Hole'' (2001), '' The Abando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Fox (actor)
Edward Charles Morice Fox (born 13 April 1937) is an English actor and a member of the Fox family. Fox starred in the film '' The Day of the Jackal'' (1973), playing the part of a professional assassin, known only as the "Jackal", who is hired to assassinate the French president, Charles de Gaulle, in the summer of 1963. Fox is also known for his roles in ''Battle of Britain'' (1969), '' The Go-Between'' (1971), for which he won a BAFTA award, and '' The Bounty'' (1984). He also collaborated with director Richard Attenborough, appearing in his films ''Oh! What a Lovely War'' (1969), '' A Bridge Too Far'' (1977) and ''Gandhi'' (1982). Fox won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for playing Edward VIII in the television drama series '' Edward & Mrs. Simpson'' (1978). He also appeared in the historical series ''Taboo'' (2017). In addition to film and television work, Fox has received acclaim as a stage actor. Early life and education Fox was born the first o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Ford Davies
Oliver Robert Ford Davies (born 12 August 1939) is an English actor, theatre historian, director, playwright, and writer. He is best known for his extensive theatre work, and to a broader audience for his role as Sio Bibble in ''Star Wars'' Episodes I to III. He is also known for his role as Maester Cressen in HBO series ''Game of Thrones''. Early life and education Oliver Robert Ford Davies was born in Ealing, Middlesex, England on 12 August 1939. His father was a teacher. He attended the King's School, Canterbury. Aged 11, he performed in a school play, '' Richard of Bordeaux'', and found that he . In 1956 he joined the eminent Ealing amateur company Questors. He won a scholarship to Merton College, Oxford, where he read history and became president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society. After obtaining his DPhil, he did a postgraduate teaching qualification. From 1964 Davies worked as a history lecturer at the University of Edinburgh before taking up acting prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Fielding
Emma Georgina Annalies Fielding (born 7 October 1970) is an English actress. Early life and education The daughter of a British Army officer, Fielding spent some of her childhood in Nigeria, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Northern Ireland and other places, also living above a betting shop in Malvern. She went to school at Berkhamsted Collegiate boarding school and worked as an usherette at the Apollo Theatre Oxford as a teenager. She studied law at Cambridge University, abandoning her studies after two terms, and worked at a kibbutz in Israel before embarking on the study of acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Career After graduation Fielding worked for the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, coming to the attention of critics in 1993's National Theatre production of Tom Stoppard's '' Arcadia,'' in which she created the role of Thomasina, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. He has received numerous awards and honours including four BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2005 he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award. Bennett was born in Leeds and attended Oxford University. He taught medieval history at the university for several years. His work in the satirical revue '' Beyond the Fringe'' at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame and later a Special Tony Award. He turned to writing full time and gained acclaim with his plays at the Royal National Theatre. The following plays were adapted into films: '' The Madness of King George'' (1994), '' The History Boys'' (2006), and '' The Lady in the Van'' (2015). Early life Bennett was born on 9 May 1934 in Armley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. The younger son of a Co-op butcher, Walter, and his wife, Lilian Mary (née Peel), Bennett attended Christ Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Badel
Sarah M. Badel (born 30 March 1943) is a retired British stage and film actress. She is the daughter of actors Alan Badel and Yvonne Owen. Life and career Badel was born in London to actor Alan Badel and actress Yvonne Owen. She was educated in Poles Convent, Hertfordshire and trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; she is now an Associate Member. Sarah Badel made her acting debut in January 1963 in the Bristol Old Vic company's production of ''Hamlet'', which was then touring India. Her first appearance in London theatre came in October 1964 in the part of Bella Hedley in '' Robert and Elizabeth'' at the Lyric Theatre. Badel made her Broadway theatre debut the following October playing Helen in '' The Right Honourable Gentleman'' at the Billy Rose Theatre. In 1966, she performed at the Chichester Festival Theatre in such roles as Miss Fanny in '' The Clandestine Marriage'' and Anya in ''The Cherry Orchard''. She returned to the Chichester Festival i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
