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Christine McKenna
Christine McKenna (born 1951) is a British actress active during the 1970s and 1980s, best known for playing "Christina" in the television series '' Flambards''. McKenna was a drama student at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow in the early 1970s. During her summer holidays she learned stage management and theatrical wardrobe at the Byre Theatre. Upon graduating, she appeared in productions for the National Theatre and in the West End of London, including Stephen Sondheim´s ''A Little Night Music'' with Jean Simmons and Hermione Gingold, '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'', and '' Great Expectations'', and played "Polly" in '' The Boy Friend'' with Glynis Johns, "Sally Bowles" in ''Cabaret'', and "Moll" in '' Moll Flanders''.McKenna on [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flambards (TV Series)
''Flambards'' is a television series of 13 episodes which was broadcast in the United Kingdom in 1979 on ITV and in the United States in 1980. The series was based on the three '' Flambards'' novels of English author K. M. Peyton. The series is set from 1909 to 1918 (World War I is still being fought at the end) and tells how the teenage heroine, the orphaned heiress Christina Parsons ( Christine McKenna), comes to live at Flambards, the impoverished Essex estate owned by her crippled and tyrannical uncle, William Russell (Edward Judd), and his two sons, Mark (Steven Grives) and Will Russell ( Alan Parnaby). Other cast members included Sebastian Abineri as Dick Wright, Anton Diffring as Mr Dermott, Rosalie Williams as Mary and Frank Mills as Fowler. Four episodes were directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark, and four others by Michael Ferguson. In 1980 ''Flambards'' was broadcast on American television by PBS who cut the series from 13 episodes to 12 by combining the first two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Byre Theatre
The Byre Theatre is a theatre in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was founded in 1933 by Charles Marford, an actor (found in the '' Who's Who'' of 1921) and Alexander B. Paterson, a local journalist and playwright, with help from a theatre group made up from members of Hope Park Church, St Andrews. Today's Byre Theatre was built by award-winning architects Nicoll Russell Studios of Broughty Ferry, Dundee. The theatre grew from Charles Marford and A.B. Paterson's aspirations for a truly modern theatre addressing the needs of the entire community. The current building was opened in 2001 by Sir Sean Connery. Its main auditorium is named after A.B. Paterson. There is also a second 80-seat performance space named after the late golf photographer, Lawrence Levy. The theatre is said to be haunted by the benevolent ghost of Charles Marford, one of its founders. History The Byre Theatre's first home was a disused cow byre which the group cleaned out and ran as the St. Andrews Play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autobiography
An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life. It is a form of biography. Definition The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797 in the English periodical ''The Monthly Review'', when he suggested the word as a hybrid, but condemned it as "pedantic". However, its next recorded use was in its present sense, by Robert Southey in 1809. Despite only being named early in the nineteenth century, first-person autobiographical writing originates in antiquity. Roy Pascal differentiates autobiography from the periodic self-reflective mode of journal or diary writing by noting that " utobiographyis a review of a life from a particular moment in time, while the diary, however reflective it may be, moves through a series of moments in time". Autobiography thus takes stock of the autobiographer's life from the moment of composition. While biographers generally rely on a wide variety of documents a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mask Of Murder
''Mask of Murder'' is a 1985 Swedish-American film directed by Arne Mattsson, about a serial killer in a small Canadian town. Plot In a Canadian town, women are being killed by a serial murderer. Cast *Rod Taylor as Supt. Bob McLaine *Valerie Perrine as Marianne McLaine *Christopher Lee as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich *Sam Cook as Supt. Ray Cooper *Terrence Hardiman as Dr. Paul Crossland *Heinz Hopf as Carlos *Christine McKenna as Vicky Moore *Cyd Hayman Cyd Hayman (born 1 May 1944, in Chippenham, Wiltshire) is an English actress. She appeared in the films: '' Percy'' (1971), '' Rogue Male'' (1976), '' The Human Factor'' (1979), ''The Godsend'' (1980) and '' Mask of Murder'' (1985). Her televisi ... as Child Psychologist * Hjördis Petterson as Ida Swanson Production The movie was shot in Sweden.Stephen Vagg, ''Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood'', Bear Manor Media, 2010 p 212 References External links *''Mask of Murder''at Swedish Film Database 1985 films English-lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV Playhouse
''Playhouse'' is a British television anthology series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, BFI Film and Television database a format that would inspire ''''. The series would mostly include original material from writers, but adaptations of existing works were also produced (such as the 1979 production of |
Roy Dotrice
Roy Dotrice (26 May 1923 – 16 October 2017) was a British actor famed for his portrayal of the antiquarian John Aubrey in the record-breaking solo play '' Brief Lives''. Abroad, he won a Tony Award for his performance in the 2000 Broadway revival of ''A Moon for the Misbegotten'', also appearing as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's father Leopold in '' Amadeus'' (1984), Charles Dickens in '' Dickens of London'' (1984), and Jacob Wells/Father in ''Beauty and the Beast''. Late in life, he narrated a series of audiobooks for George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy series ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', for which he held the Guinness World Record for the most character voices for an audiobook by an individual. Life and career Dotrice was born in Guernsey, Bailiwick of Guernsey on 26 May 1923 to Neva (née Wilton; 1897–1984) and Louis Dotrice (1896–1991). He served as a wireless operator/air gunner with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and was imprisoned in a German prisoner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickens Of London
''Dickens of London'' is a 1976 television miniseries from Yorkshire Television based on the life of English novelist Charles Dickens. Both Dickens and his father John were played by British actor Roy Dotrice. The series was written by Wolf Mankowitz and Marc Miller. In the United States, the series was shown in 1977. The series of 13 episodes of 60 minutes was directed by Michael Ferguson (6 episodes) and Marc Miller (7 episodes), who was also the series' producer, with David Cunliffe as executive producer. Mankowitz's book, ''Dickens of London'', published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1976, was based on the detailed research he made while writing the screenplay. Background Each of the 13 episodes of ''Dickens of London'' is a flashback, with Charles Dickens (Roy Dotrice), by now an internationally famous novelist, in America during a reading tour of 1869, looking back over his life. Dickens the boy (Simon Bell) is shown unhappily pasting labels onto pots of shoe blacking, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgina Hogarth
Georgina Hogarth (22 January 1827 – 19 April 1917) was the sister-in-law, housekeeper, and adviser of English novelist Charles Dickens and the editor of three volumes of his collected letters after his death. Biography 'Georgy' Hogarth was one of 10 children born in Scotland to music critic George Hogarth and his wife Georgina. In 1834, Georgy and her family moved to England where her father had taken a job as a music critic for ''The Morning Chronicle''. In 1842, aged 15, Georgy Hogarth joined the Dickens family household when Dickens and his wife Catherine (born Hogarth) sailed to America; Georgy cared for the young family they had left behind. She remained with them as housekeeper, organiser, adviser, and friend until her brother-in-law's death in 1870, after which she stayed in regular contact with the surviving members of the Dickens family. Discord In 1858, Georgina Hogarth sided with Dickens in his quarrel with her sister, Catherine, Dickens's wife. This caused the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kids From 47A
''The Kids from 47A'' is a British children's television series produced by Associated Television. Three series were made; the first (comprising 15 episodes) was shown in 1973, the second (13 episodes) and third (13 episodes) in 1974. The third series ends with Jess ( Christine McKenna) getting married. A one-off episode (promoted as a comedy and entitled "Home Sweet Home") was broadcast on 31 August 1975. Plot The series is about four children whose widowed mother is taken into hospital, leaving them to cope on their own. The eldest—office worker Jess Gathercole—becomes the family matriarch, making every effort to keep her schoolchild sister and brothers at home with her. At the start of the second series, the Gathercole mother has died and Jess is only able to keep the family together after battling with social services, who continue to keep a watchful eye. Cast Jess was played by Christine McKenna, her bookish sister Binny by Gaynor Hodgson and her brothers—football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantomimes
Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment. It was developed in England and is performed throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and (to a lesser extent) in other English-speaking countries, especially during the Christmas and New Year season. Modern pantomime includes songs, gags, slapstick comedy and dancing. It employs gender-crossing actors and combines topical humour with a story more or less based on a well-known fairy tale, fable or folk tale.Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline. "Pantomime", ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature'', Jack Zipes (ed.), Oxford University Press (2006), Pantomime is a participatory form of theatre, in which the audience is encouraged and expected to sing along with certain parts of the music and shout out phrases to the performers. Pantomime has a long theatrical history in Western culture dating back to the era of classical theatre. It developed partly from the 16th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantomime
Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment. It was developed in England and is performed throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and (to a lesser extent) in other English-speaking countries, especially during the Christmas and New Year season. Modern pantomime includes songs, gags, slapstick comedy and dancing. It employs gender-crossing actors and combines topical humour with a story more or less based on a well-known fairy tale, fable or folk tale.Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline. "Pantomime", ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature'', Jack Zipes (ed.), Oxford University Press (2006), Pantomime is a participatory form of theatre, in which the audience is encouraged and expected to sing along with certain parts of the music and shout out phrases to the performers. Pantomime has a long theatrical history in Western culture dating back to the era of classical theatre. It developed partly from the 16th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (novel)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie can refer to: * ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (novel), a 1961 novel by Muriel Spark * ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'', a 1966 stage play based on the novel, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Olivia Hussey Olivia Hussey (born Olivia Osuna; 17 April 1951) is an English film, stage, and television actress. Her awards include a Golden Globe Award and a David di Donatello Award. The daughter of Argentine opera singer Andrés Osuna, Hussey was born i ..., which later transferred to Broadway starring Zoe Caldwell * ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (film), a 1969 film based on the novel, starring Maggie Smith * ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (TV series), a 1978 TV series based on the novel, starring Geraldine McEwan {{DEFAULTSORT:Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
