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FlatSpin
''FlatSpin'' is a 2001 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn, the second in a trilogy of plays called ''Damsels in Distress'' ('' GamePlan'' and ''Roleplay'' being parts one and three.) It is about an actress called Rosie Seymour who accepts a date with a mysterious Sam Berryman, who seems to have mistaken her for a Joanna Rupelford. Background ''FlatSpin'', along with '' GamePlan'', was originally intended to be part of a pair of plays, both set in the London Docklands, and both using the same cast of seven. Ayckbourn has a flat in the Docklands, where he observed the neighbours do not know each other well and strange things can happen under their noses.Allen, Paul (2004) ''A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn Plays'' London: Faber and Faber The pair of plays was eventually joined by a third, ''RolePlay'', written as an afterthought, and the trilogy, ''Damsels in Distress'', was shown in the Stephen Joseph Theatre's 2001 season. Like the other two plays, this drew some inspi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damsels In Distress (plays)
''Damsels in Distress'' is a trilogy of plays written in 2001 by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. The three plays, '' GamePlan'', ''FlatSpin'' and ''RolePlay'', were originally performed as a set by the Stephen Joseph Theatre Company (SJT). The plays were written to be performed by the same seven actors using the same set. Although the plays loosely shared some common themes, the three stories were independent of each other and unconnected. This trilogy is considered Alan Ayckbourn's first major success of the 21st century. It also began a dispute between Ayckbourn and the West End. Background ''Damsels in Distress'' began as an experiment to revive the Stephen Joseph Theatre's repertory system. Throughout the theatre's time at its first two venues, plays had largely been staged on a repertory basis, with plays being chosen and written around the actors available. After the move to the theatre's current venue in 1996, however, the system largely ended (apart from the ''10× ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damsels In Distress (plays)
''Damsels in Distress'' is a trilogy of plays written in 2001 by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. The three plays, '' GamePlan'', ''FlatSpin'' and ''RolePlay'', were originally performed as a set by the Stephen Joseph Theatre Company (SJT). The plays were written to be performed by the same seven actors using the same set. Although the plays loosely shared some common themes, the three stories were independent of each other and unconnected. This trilogy is considered Alan Ayckbourn's first major success of the 21st century. It also began a dispute between Ayckbourn and the West End. Background ''Damsels in Distress'' began as an experiment to revive the Stephen Joseph Theatre's repertory system. Throughout the theatre's time at its first two venues, plays had largely been staged on a repertory basis, with plays being chosen and written around the actors available. After the move to the theatre's current venue in 1996, however, the system largely ended (apart from the ''10× ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GamePlan (play)
''GamePlan'' is a 2001 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn, the first in a trilogy of plays called ''Damsels in Distress'' (''FlatSpin'' and ''RolePlay'' being parts two and three.) The darkest of the three plays, it is about a teenage girl who tries to support herself and her mother through prostitution. Background ''GamePlan'', along with ''FlatSpin'', was originally intended to be part of a pair of plays, both set in the London Docklands, and both using the same cast of seven. Ayckbourn has a flat in the Docklands, where he observed that neighbours do not know each other well and strange things can happen under their noses.Allen, Paul (2004) ''A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn Plays'' London: Faber & Faber The pair of plays was eventually joined by a third, ''RolePlay'', written as an afterthought, and the trilogy, ''Damsels in Distress'', was shown in the Stephen Joseph Theatre's 2001 season. Like the other two plays, this drew some inspiration from the London Dockl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RolePlay (play)
''RolePlay'' is a 2001 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn, the third in a trilogy of plays called '' Damsels in Distress'' ('' GamePlan'' and ''FlatSpin'' being parts one and two). It is about an engaged couple, Julie-Ann Jobson and Justin Lazenby whose engagement party is interrupted by unexpected intrusions. Background '' Damsels in Distress'' was originally intended to be only a pair of plays: '' GamePlan'' and ''FlatSpin''. However, during early preparations, Ayckbourn had an idea for a third play, ''RolePlay''. When the cast agreed to the third play, the end of the Stephen Joseph Theatre's 2001 season was altered to accommodate this third play.Allen, Paul (2004) ''A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn Plays'' Faber & Faber Like the other two plays, this drew some inspiration from the London Docklands, where Alan Ayckbourn has a flat, and people often do not know each other well. Characters As part of the ''Damsels in Distress'' trilogy, ''RolePlay'' was written to us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Ayckbourn
Sir Alan Ayckbourn (born 12 April 1939) is a prolific British playwright and director. He has written and produced as of 2021, more than eighty full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance. More than 40 have subsequently been produced in the West End, at the Royal National Theatre or by the Royal Shakespeare Company since his first hit '' Relatively Speaking'' opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1967. Major successes include ''Absurd Person Singular'' (1975), ''The Norman Conquests'' trilogy (1973), '' Bedroom Farce'' (1975), ''Just Between Ourselves'' (1976), '' A Chorus of Disapproval'' (1984), ''Woman in Mind'' (1985), ''A Small Family Business'' (1987), '' Man of the Moment'' (1988), ''House'' & ''Garden'' (1999) and ''Private Fears in Public Places'' (2004). His plays have won numerous awards, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Pargeter
Alison Pargeter (born 31 May 1972) is an English actress who played the roles of stalker Sarah Cairns in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', Mary Slessor in an 11-part television series of'' Mary Slessor'', the Nag's Head barmaid called Val in the BBC ''Only Fools and Horses'' prequel ''Rock & Chips'', She later played the role of Margaret Campbell in the third series of STARZ's '' Outlander'', and also as an Kindly Old Woman in the HBO series ''The Nevers''. Career Television appearances Pargeter has made several guest appearances over the years, she has appeared in the Channel 5 Horror series '' Urban Gothic'', the long-running ITV police drama series ''The Bill'', ''Strange'', ''Dalziel and Pascoe'', and ''Holby City''. Between that time in 2004, she played a recurring role which was Martin Fowler's stalker Sarah Cairns in ''EastEnders'', who appeared in 21 episodes, She was a barmaid who worked in Angie's Den club, and tried to split Martin Fowler up from his wife Sonia f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North By Northwest
''North by Northwest'' is a 1959 American spy thriller film, produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The screenplay was by Ernest Lehman, who wanted to write "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures". ''North by Northwest'' is a tale of mistaken identity, with an innocent man pursued across the United States by agents of a mysterious organization trying to prevent him from blocking their plan to smuggle microfilm, which contains government secrets, out of the country. This is one of several Hitchcock films that feature a music score by Bernard Herrmann and an opening title sequence by graphic designer Saul Bass, and was the first to feature extended use of kinetic typography in its opening credits. ''North by Northwest'' is listed among the canonical Hitchcock films of the 1950s and is often listed among the greatest films of all time. It was selected in 1995 for preservation in the United States National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Press (York)
''The Press'' is a local, daily, paid for, newspaper, for North and East Yorkshire. It is published in the City of York by Newsquest Media Group Ltd, a subsidiary of Gannett Company Inc. The ''Yorkshire Evening Press'' was established in 1882. It changed from broadsheet to compact format in 2004 and shortly afterwards dropped "Yorkshire" from the title. Morning printing began on 24 April 2006, and the paper was given its present name. William Wallace Hargrove printed at 9 Coney Street. Paper was delivered by barge along the River Ouse. In 1989, publication moved to Walmgate. ''The Press'' has run campaigns including their ''Guardian Angels Appeal'' and ''Change It''. Circulation ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ... print circulation for second half of ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchess Theatre
The Duchess Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, London, located in Catherine Street near Aldwych. The theatre opened on 25 November 1929 and is one of the smallest West End theatres with a proscenium arch. It has 494 seats on two levels. It is a Grade II Listed Building. The Duchess Theatre was purchased in 2005 by Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer forming part of the Nimax Theatres group. History The Duchess Theatre was designed by Ewen Barr and constructed by F. G. Minter Ltd for Arthur Gibbons. The theatre is built with the stalls below street level, both to overcome the scale of the site and to maintain the rights of neighbours to ancient lights. The theatre opened on 25 November 1929 with a play called ''Tunnel Trench'' by Hubert Griffith. The interior decoration scheme was introduced in 1934 under the supervision of Mary Wyndham Lewis, wife of J. B. Priestley. The original interiors were Art Deco in style, designed by Marc Henri and Gaston Lav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proscenium
A proscenium ( grc-gre, προσκήνιον, ) is the metaphorical vertical plane of space in a theatre, usually surrounded on the top and sides by a physical proscenium arch (whether or not truly "arched") and on the bottom by the stage floor itself, which serves as the frame into which the audience observes from a more or less unified angle the events taking place upon the stage during a theatrical performance. The concept of the fourth wall of the theatre stage space that faces the audience is essentially the same. It can be considered as a social construct which divides the actors and their stage-world from the audience which has come to witness it. But since the curtain usually comes down just behind the proscenium arch, it has a physical reality when the curtain is down, hiding the stage from view. The same plane also includes the drop, in traditional theatres of modern times, from the stage level to the "stalls" level of the audience, which was the original meaning of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline King
Jacqueline King is a British stage and television actress known for her role in Alan Ayckbourn's theatre production of '' GamePlan'' and as recurring character Sylvia Noble in ''Doctor Who'' from 2006 to 2023. Career King trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. After training, she worked as an actor in Africa, Canada, America, Sri Lanka, and UAE. On returning to the UK, she appeared in several Alan Ayckbourn productions, including the original runs of '' Comic Potential'' (1999) and the ''Damsels in Distress'' trilogy (2001–2002). King went on to appear at the Orange Tree Theatre in productions of ''The Madras House'', ''Press Cuttings'', ''Major Barbara'' and ''Larkin with Women''. King has made several television appearances, including roles in ''Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'', ''Casualty'', '' Life Begins'', '' Lawless'' and ''Doctors'' (as recurring character Wendy Sheffield). From 2004 to 2005 King had a regular role in the BBC crime drama series ''55 Degrees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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