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Love And Death On Long Island (novel)
''Love and Death on Long Island'' is a novella written by Gilbert Adair and first published in 1990. Adaptations *It was adapted as a 1997 film, ''Love and Death on Long Island'', directed by Richard Kwietniowski and starring Jason Priestley, John Hurt and Fiona Loewi. *It was adapted as a stage play with music by Ben Parry, book and libretto by Gilbert Adair himself, directed by Edward Williams with Anna Carteret, Gordon Fraser and Richard O'Callaghan Richard O'Callaghan (born Richard Brooke, 7 March 1940, London) is an English film, stage and television character actor. He is the son of actors Patricia Hayes and Valentine Brooke, whose stage name was Valentine Rooke. As a boy actor he was ... in London's West End in 2008. 1990 British novels Novels by Gilbert Adair British novels adapted into films Scottish novellas Heinemann (publisher) books {{1990s-LGBT-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love And Death On Long Island (novel)
''Love and Death on Long Island'' is a novella written by Gilbert Adair and first published in 1990. Adaptations *It was adapted as a 1997 film, ''Love and Death on Long Island'', directed by Richard Kwietniowski and starring Jason Priestley, John Hurt and Fiona Loewi. *It was adapted as a stage play with music by Ben Parry, book and libretto by Gilbert Adair himself, directed by Edward Williams with Anna Carteret, Gordon Fraser and Richard O'Callaghan Richard O'Callaghan (born Richard Brooke, 7 March 1940, London) is an English film, stage and television character actor. He is the son of actors Patricia Hayes and Valentine Brooke, whose stage name was Valentine Rooke. As a boy actor he was ... in London's West End in 2008. 1990 British novels Novels by Gilbert Adair British novels adapted into films Scottish novellas Heinemann (publisher) books {{1990s-LGBT-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Williams (director)
Edward, Ed or Eddie Williams may refer to: Entertainment *Ed Williams (actor) (born 1926), American actor *Lil' Ed Williams (born 1955), American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter *Edward Williams (engraver) (c. 1755–1797?), English engraver * Edward Williams (painter) (1781–1855), English painter *Eddie Williams (saxophonist) (1910–1977), American musician *Eddie Williams (1912–1995), singer, see Johnny Moore's Three Blazers *Edward Williams (composer) (1921–2013), British composer *Edward Charles Williams (1807–1881), English landscape painter *Edward Christopher Williams (1871–1929), African-American librarian and author Law *Edward Vaughan Williams (1797–1875), English judge *Edward Williams (Victorian judge) (1813–1880), judge from Victoria, Australia *Edward Bennett Williams (1920–1988), American lawyer and sports team owner *Edward Williams (Queensland judge) (1921–1999), judge from Queensland, Australia Military *Edward Ellerker Williams (1793– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Novels Adapted Into Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels By Gilbert Adair
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the historica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 British Novels
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard O'Callaghan
Richard O'Callaghan (born Richard Brooke, 7 March 1940, London) is an English film, stage and television character actor. He is the son of actors Patricia Hayes and Valentine Brooke, whose stage name was Valentine Rooke. As a boy actor he was known as Richard Brooke. He has led a versatile career in film, stage and television in a wide range of roles. He is best known for his role in the British film ''Carry On at Your Convenience'' (1971). Personal life He is married to the American actress Elizabeth Quinn. He is Chairman of the Catholic Association of Performing Arts (UK) (CaAPA) (formerly the Catholic Stage Guild). Film credits * ''The Bofors Gun'' (1968) ... Rowe * ''Carry On Loving'' (1970) ... Bertram Muffet * ''Carry On at Your Convenience'' (1971) ... Lewis Boggs * '' Butley'' (1974) ... Joey Keyston * ''Galileo'' (1975) ... Fulganzio * ''Watership Down'' (1978) (voice) ... Dandelion * ''Dangerous Beauty'' (1998) ... Zealot Television credits * ''Out of the Unknown' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Fraser (actor)
Gordon Fraser (born 16 May 1973) is a Scottish entrepreneur, producer, actor, singer, writer, motivational speaker, and philanthropist. He divides his time between Los Angeles and London.Gordon Fraser, ''Gladys Magazine'' (Summer 2018), p. 97.Mindfulness w/ Actor, Producer, and Marketing Expert Gordon Fraser, Voice of America (18 December 2018) https://www.voiceamerica.com/guest/39254/gordon-fraser Early life Gordon Fraser, who is of Scottish descent, was born in Ayr and raised in Glasgow. He attended The Glasgow Academy until the age of 17, then waited tables at Parklands Country Club and other restaurants and hotels in Glasgow. He initially did not have the financial resources to pursue training as an actor, so he turned to a career in sales.Gordon Fraser, interview with Letitia Davis, ''Gay Times'' (24 September 2015) Career In 1995, Fraser joined the sales floor of British Telecom's first UK outbound Telesales Center, then moved to the customer service team. He worked in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Carteret
Anna Carteret (born 11 December 1942) is a British stage and screen actress. Biography Carteret was born as Annabelle S. Wilkinson on 11 December 1942 in Bangalore, British India, the daughter of Peter John Wilkinson and his wife Patricia Carteret (Strahan). She was educated at Arts Educational Schools in Tring, Hertfordshire (now the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts), where she trained for the stage. She was married to the television and film director Christopher Morahan for over forty years and often worked with him. The couple had two daughters, theatre director Rebecca and actress Hattie Morahan. In June 2019, Carteret spoke for the first time about living with bipolar disorder since she was a teenager. Films, radio and television Anna Carteret is best known for her role as police inspector Kate Longton in the BBC's long-running 1980s television series ''Juliet Bravo''. Other television credits include: ''The Saint'', ''The Pallisers'', Frederic Raphael's ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Parry (Musician)
Ben Parry (born 1965) is a British musician, composer, conductor, singer, arranger and producer in both classical and light music fields. He is the Director of London Voices and Artistic Director of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. Early life Parry was born and raised in Ipswich, Suffolk, where his father was an organist and music teacher. He studied at Ipswich School and St Catharine's College of the University of Cambridge, where he was a choral scholar. He sang in the King's College Choir and performed in musicals and cabarets. Career Early in his career, he was a singer, music director and arranger with The Swingle Singers. With the group, he toured the world and worked with musicians including Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio and Stephane Grapelli. He wrote over 50 arrangements and compositions for the group and co-produced their recordings for EMI and Virgin Classics. In 1994, Parry was in the original London production of Cy Coleman's '' City of Angels'' at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Adair
Gilbert Adair (29 December 19448 December 2011) was a Scottish novelist, poet, film critic, and journalist.Stuart Jeffries and Ronald BerganObituary: Gilbert Adair ''The Guardian'', 9 December 2011. He was critically most famous for the "fiendish" translation of Georges Perec's postmodern novel '' A Void'', in which the letter ''e'' is not used,Jake Kerridge"Gilbert Adair: a man of many parts" ''The Telegraph'', 10 December 2011. but was more widely known for the films adapted from his novels, including ''Love and Death on Long Island'' (1997) and '' The Dreamers'' (2003). Life and career Adair was born in Edinburgh but from 1968 to 1980 he lived in Paris. His early works of fiction included ''Alice Through the Needle's Eye'' (following ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and ''Through the Looking-Glass'') and ''Peter Pan and the Only Children'' (following ''Peter and Wendy''). He won the Author's Club First Novel Award in 1988 for his novel ''The Holy Innocents''. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Loewi
Fiona Loewi (born 1975) is a Canadian actress. She attended McGill University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She is perhaps best known for ''Love and Death on Long Island''. Her married name is Fiona Loewi Reinhardt and she is the mother of three children and lives in Los Angeles, CA. She and her husband Sandro are co-owners of Cheebo, an American cuisine organic food restaurant in Los Angeles.https://www.facebook.com/fiona.l.reinhardt?lst=1387723253%3A689602916%3A1515544613 Film * ''National Lampoon's Senior Trip'' (1995) * ''Love and Death on Long Island'' (1997) * ''Blackheart'' (1998) * ''Top of the Food Chain'' (1999) * ''Buying the Cow'' (2001) * ''My Dinner with Jimi'' (2003) * ''Greed'' (2006) Television * '' Once a Thief'' (1997) (guest star) * '' Secret Agent Man'' (2000) (guest star) * ''Drive Time Murders'' aka ''Breakfast with Dick and Dorothy'' (2001) (TV movie) * ''Killer Bees! ''Killer Bees!'' is an action video game written by Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hurt
Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors. Director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in the world". He possessed what was described as the "most distinctive voice in Britain". He's received numerous accolades and honours including the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award in 2012 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2015 for his services to drama. He came to prominence playing Richard Rich in the film '' A Man for All Seasons'' (1966) and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for '' The Naked Civil Servant'' (1975). He played Caligula in the BBC TV series ''I, Claudius'' (1976). Hurt earned Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for '' Midnight Express'' (1978), and Best Actor for ''The Elephant Man'' (1980). Other films include ''Alien'' (1979), '' Heaven's Gate'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
