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Count Your Blessings (play)
''Count Your Blessings'' is a 1951 comedy play by the British writer Ronald Jeans. A married couple draw up a plan to solve their financial problems, but this soon runs into trouble. It premiered at the Garrick Theatre, Southport before transferring to the West End where it ran for 92 performances between 7 March and 26 June 1951, initially at Wyndham's Theatre and then moving to the Westminster Theatre. The original London cast included Naunton Wayne, Patricia Dainton, Harold Lang, Eileen Way, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Joyce Redman and Viola Lyel Viola Lyel (19 December 1896 – 14 August 1972) was an English actress. In a long stage career she appeared in the West End and on Broadway, for leading directors of the day, including Sir Barry Jackson, and Nigel Playfair. Her roles ranged fr ....Wearing p.79 References Bibliography * Wearing, J.P. ''The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. 1951 pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Jeans
Ronald Jeans (10 May 1887 – 16 May 1973) was a British playwright with a career spanning nearly 50 years. Early life Ronald Jeans was born in Oxton, Merseyside, the younger son of Sir Alexander Grigor Jeans (1849–1924), the founder and managing editor of the '' Liverpool Post and Mercury'', and his wife, Ellen Gallon (d. 1889). Career According to his entry in the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', "Between the 1930s and 1955 he was one of the West End's most reliable sources of undemanding, expertly crafted social comedy." Jeans wrote the 1916 short revue "Oh, Law!" produced by Fred Karno, which was a revue version of Karno's most famous sketch "Mumming Birds." The plot of "Oh, Law!" centered on a dispute between rival revue producers in a copyright battle over the fictional show "Have a Banana!". It starred Vernon Watson as lead comic, impersonating music hall stars of the day. Selected plays *''Hullo, Repertory!'' (1915) *''No Reflection on the Wife'' (1915) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Lang (British Actor)
Harold Lang (1923 – 16 November 1970) was a RADA-trained British character actor of stage and screen. During the 1950s, in particular, played many sly or menacing roles in B-films. At one time he managed his own theatrical company. From 1960, Lang, a devotee of Stanislavski, also taught acting at Central School of Speech and Drama; and director John Schlesinger filmed his work in a documentary, ''The Class'', for BBC TV's Monitor, in 1961. Partial filmography * ''The Man from Morocco'' (1945) – Soldier (uncredited) * ''Floodtide'' (1949) – Mac – the draughtsman (uncredited) * '' The Spider and the Fly'' (1949) – Belfort – The Pickpocket * ''Cairo Road'' (1950) – Humble * '' The Franchise Affair'' (1951) – Bus inspector * ''Calling Bulldog Drummond'' (1951) – Stan (uncredited) * ''Cloudburst'' (1951) – Mickie Fraser / Kid Python * ''Wings of Danger'' (1952) – Snell, the blackmailer * ''So Little Time'' (1952) – Lt. Seger * ''It Started in Paradise'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End Plays
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב maarav 'west' from עֶרֶב erev 'evening'. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in a place where magnetic north is the same dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plays By Ronald Jeans
Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * Play Mobile, a Polish internet provider * Xperia Play, an Android phone * Rakuten.co.uk (formerly Play.com), an online retailer * Backlash (engineering), or ''play'', non-reversible part of movement * Petroleum play, oil fields with same geological circumstances * Play symbol, in media control devices Film * Play (2005 film), ''Play'' (2005 film), Chilean film directed by Alicia Scherson * ''Play'', a 2009 short film directed by David Kaplan (filmmaker), David Kaplan * Play (2011 film), ''Play'' (2011 film), a Swedish film directed by Ruben Östlund * Rush (2012 film), ''Rush'' (2012 film), an Indian film earlier titled ''Play'' and also known as ''Raftaar 24 x 7'' * The Play (film), ''The Play'' (film), a 2013 Bengali film Literature and pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Plays
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea 1951 eruption of Mount Lamington, erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viola Lyel
Viola Lyel (19 December 1896 – 14 August 1972) was an English actress. In a long stage career she appeared in the West End and on Broadway, for leading directors of the day, including Sir Barry Jackson, and Nigel Playfair. Her roles ranged from Shakespeare and Restoration comedy to melodrama and drawing room comedies. Life and career Early years Viola Mary Watson was born in Hull, Yorkshire, the daughter of Frederick Watson and his wife Elizabeth (née Lyel). She was educated at Hull High School and Kilburn High School, London. She studied for the stage at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and was a student at the Old Vic where she made her first appearance in 1918, playing small parts and understudying.Gaye, pp. 899–901 In 1919 Lyel appeared in William Poel's company in '' The Return from Parnassus'' in London. She toured in Ben Greet's company, and in 1922 went to the Liverpool Repertory Company after which she was a member of Sir Barry Jackson's Birmingham Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Redman
Joyce Olivia Redman (7 December 1915Jonathan Croall, "Redman, Joyce Olivia (1915–2012)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Jan 201available online Retrieved 1 April 2020. – 9 May 2012) was an Anglo-Irish actress. She received two Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in the 1963 film '' Tom Jones'' and the 1965 film ''Othello''. Early life Joyce Redman was born in Northumberland and grew up in County Mayo, Ireland. She was born into an Anglo-Irish family, and educated by a private governess in Ireland, along with her three sisters. She trained in acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating in 1936. ''rada.ac.uk''. Retrieved 1 April 2020. Career Her acting roles ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Ambrosine Phillpotts (13 September 1912 – 12 October 1980) was a British actress of theatre, TV, radio and film. ''The Times'' wrote, "She was one of the last great stage aristocrats, a stylish comedienne best known for playing on stage and screen a succession of increasingly 'grandes dames' with an endearing mixture of Edwardian snobbery and eccentric absent-mindedness". Partial filmography * '' This Man Is Mine'' (1946) - Lady Daubney * '' The Chiltern Hundreds'' (1949) - Lady Fielding * '' The Franchise Affair'' (1951) - Miss Spence * ''Happy Go Lovely'' (1951) - Lady Martin * ''Mr. Denning Drives North'' (1952) - Miss Blade * '' Angels One Five'' (1952) - Mother at Party (uncredited) * '' Stolen Face'' (1952) - Miss Patten - Fur Department Clerk * ''Father's Doing Fine'' (1952) - Nurse Pynegar (uncredited) * '' The Captain's Paradise'' (1953) - Marjorie (with the major) * '' Aunt Clara'' (1954) - Sylvia Levington (uncredited) * ''The Adventures of Quentin Durward'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Way
Eileen Mabel Elizabeth Way (2 September 1911 – 16 June 1994) was a British actress who appeared in film and television roles in a career dating back to the 1930s. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from the age of 16. She was in some of the first productions of Tennessee Williams' plays in Great Britain, including playing the role of the Mexican Woman in ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', and appeared at the Bristol Old Vic and Nottingham Playhouse. She appeared in the TV series ''Doctor Who'', in the serials ''An Unearthly Child'' (as Old Mother, the programme's first on-screen death) and ''The Creature from the Pit'' (as Karela), as well as in the 1966 film ''Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.'' (as Old Woman), based on the serial ''The Dalek Invasion of Earth'' (1964). She also appeared in the second series of ''Poldark'' (1977) as Aunt Agatha; ''Century Falls''; '' Upstairs, Downstairs''; ''By the Sword Divided''; ''Inspector Morse''; '' Bergerac''; and ''Ripping Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Dainton
Patricia Dainton (born 12 April 1930) is a Scottish actress who appeared in a number of film and television roles between 1947 and 1961. Early years Dainton was born Margaret Bryden Pate, in Hamilton, Scotland, the daughter of film and stage agent Vivienne Black. She left Scotland at age ten, moving to London. She attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London and the Cone school of dance. Stage After her stage debut at Stratford-upon-Avon, Dainton acted in the suburbs of London, with roles in ''Babette'', ''Watch on the Rhine'', ''Quiet Wedding'', and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. Film Dainton's "dancing and acting debut in Technicolor" came in ''The Dancing Years'', with her screen debut in the 1947 film ''Dancing with Crime''. She trained at the Rank Organisation's "charm school". (Another source says that Dainton "made her first film debut in 1942 in ''The Bells Go Down''.") Her twin brother, George Bryden also made a couple of film and stage appearances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brompton Road
Brompton Road is a street located in the southern part from Knightsbridge and in the eastern part from Brompton in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and partly the City of Westminster in London. It starts from Knightsbridge Underground station and runs south-west through an extremely wealthy residential area until it reaches Egerton Gardens and the area to the east of South Kensington Underground station. It ends at what is popularly known as Brompton Cross, becoming Fulham Road, home of Chelsea Football Club. There are 5-star hotels and many top restaurants and shops along the road. One of the most famous department stores in the world, Harrods, is located near the eastern end. Another major landmark along the road is the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, commonly known as the Brompton Oratory. The Embassy of Uruguay is located at no. 150. Brompton Road Underground station was halfway between Knightsbridge and South Kensington stations on the Piccadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naunton Wayne
Naunton Wayne (born Henry Wayne Davies, 22 June 1901 – 17 November 1970), was a Welsh character actor, born in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales. He was educated at Clifton College. His name was changed by deed poll in 1933. Stage actor His first London stage roles were in ''Streamline'' at the Palace in 1934 and in ''1066 and All That'' at the Strand in 1935 (where he provided comic continuity for other performers). His first full role was as Norman Weldon in ''Wise Tomorrow'' at The Lyric in 1937. He played Mortimer Brewster in '' Arsenic and Old Lace'' at the Strand for four years. He was a leading member of The Stage Golfing Society. From November 1956 he appeared in the long-running farce '' The Bride and the Bachelor'' at the Duchess Theatre. Film actor He became best known for his role as a supporting character, Caldicott, in the 1938 film version of ''The Lady Vanishes'', a role he repeated in three further films, alongside Basil Radford as his equally cricket-obsessed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
