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Eric Allan
Eric Allan (born 8 March 1940) is a British actor. His first film role was in Peter Brook's 1968 film ''Tell Me Lies'', based on the play '' US'' in which Allan had appeared the previous year. For 24 years from 1997 to 2021 he played the part of farm worker Bert Fry in the long running BBC Radio soap opera The Archers. Selected filmography * ''Tell Me Lies'' (1968) * ''The McKenzie Break'' (1970) * ''Bleak Moments'' (1971) * '' I.D.'' (1995) Selected television * ''Emmerdale'' (1972–1974) as Frank Blakey (regular role) *''Nuts in May'' (1976) as The Quarrayman (Play for Today Episode) * ''Hold the Back Page ''Hold the Back Page'' is a British television series which originally aired on BBC One between 12 November 1985 and 28 January 1986. A sports reporter transfers from a broadsheet to a tabloid.Vahimagi p.301 Main cast * David Warner as Ken Word ...'' (1985–1986) as Reg '' Bergerac '' as Peter Retford 1988 in Private Flight Selected theatre * '' US'' (1966) Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Brook
Peter Stephen Paul Brook (21 March 1925 – 2 July 2022) was an English theatre and film director. He worked first in England, from 1945 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, from 1947 at the Royal Opera House, and from 1962 for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). With them, he directed the first English-language production in 1964 of ''Marat/Sade'' by Peter Weiss, which was transferred to Broadway theatre, Broadway in 1965 and won the Tony Award for Best Play, and Brook was named Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Best Director. He also directed films such as an iconic version of ''Lord of the Flies (1963 film), Lord of the Flies'' in 1963. He was based in France from the early 1970s on, where he founded an international theatre company, playing in developing countries, in an approach of great simplicity. He was often referred to as "our greatest living theatre director". He won multiple Emmy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Japanese Praemium Imperiale, the Prix It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
