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Night School (play)
''Night School'' is a play by Harold Pinter presented on television in 1960. It was first published in 1961. The plot focuses on a man returning home from prison to find his room being rented out to a tenant. As customary with most of Pinter's works, the play features many aspects of Comedy of menace. Original production Associated-Rediffusion broadcast the play on 21 July 1960, in a production by Joan Kemp-Welch, for the ''ITV Television Playhouse'' series. ;Cast *Sally - Vivien Merchant *Walter - Milo O'Shea *Solto - Martin Miller *Under Manager - Nicholas Stuart *Manager - Bernard Spear *Annie - Jane Eccles *Milly - Iris Vandeleur *Hostess - Mavis Traill *Cast member - Barbara Ferris *Cast member- Carol Austin Radio adaptation The BBC Third Programme broadcast the play on 25 September 1966, in a production by Guy Vaesen. ;Cast (in order of speaking) *Annie - Mary O'Farrell *Walter - John Hollis *Milly - Sylvia Coleridge *Sally - Prunella Scales *Solto - Sydney Tafl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include '' The Birthday Party'' (1957), ''The Homecoming'' (1964) and ''Betrayal'' (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include ''The Servant'' (1963), ''The Go-Between'' (1971), ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'' (1981), ''The Trial'' (1993) and ''Sleuth'' (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television and film productions of his own and others' works. Pinter was born and raised in Hackney, east London, and educated at Hackney Downs School. He was a sprinter and a keen cricket player, acting in school plays and writing poetry. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but did not complete the course. He was fined for refus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Third Programme
The BBC Third Programme was a national radio station produced and broadcast from 1946 until 1967, when it was replaced by Radio 3. It first went on the air on 29 September 1946 and quickly became one of the leading cultural and intellectual forces in Britain, playing a crucial role in disseminating the arts. It was the BBC's third national radio network, the other two being the Home Service (mainly speech-based) and the Light Programme, principally devoted to light entertainment and music. History When it started in 1946, the Third Programme broadcast for six hours each evening from 6.00pm to midnight, although its output was cut to just 24 hours a week from October 1957, with the early part of weekday evenings being given over to educational programming (known as "Network Three"). The frequencies were also used during daytime hours to broadcast complete ball-by-ball commentary on test match cricket, under the title ''Test Match Special". The Third's existence was controve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Marsh
Carol Marsh (born Norma Lilian Simpson; 10 May 1926 – 6 March 2010) was an English actress, best known for playing the part of Rose in the 1947 film '' Brighton Rock''. Marsh was born in Southgate in North London and was educated at a convent school, where she often performed in school plays. She won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, where she studied speech and drama as well as singing. She then trained at the Rank Organisation's "charm school", before joining Rank's repertory company at Worthing. Career In 1947 she was selected for the role of Rose in the film '' Brighton Rock'' after more than 3,000 applicants auditioned.Obituary '' |
Barbara Mitchell
Barbara Mitchell (4 October 1929 – 9 December 1977, Kingston Upon Thames) was an English actress who became a familiar face on British television in the 1960s and 1970s, best known for her work in many classic sitcoms of the period. Career Mitchell started out as a stage actress, and gained a foothold in television with a number of appearances in popular shows in the 1960s. In 1970, she got her first leading TV role, as Ruth, the daughter of the title character (Irene Handl) in the gentle comedy ''For the Love of Ada'', which ran for four series and 27 episodes, followed by a spin-off film. At the same time, she was appearing periodically as Mrs. Abbott, the absurdly over-protective mother of would-be tough guy Frankie ("Mummy's little soldier"), in ''Please Sir!'' and its sequel ''The Fenn Street Gang''. Mitchell's appearances as Mrs. Abbott were sporadic, and fleeting, but were hugely popular and are still remembered with affection. She appeared as Isabel Chintz, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preston Lockwood
Reginald Herbert Lockwood (30 October 1912 – 24 April 1996), known professionally as Preston Lockwood, was an English radio and television actor. The only son of bus driver Herbert Lewis Lockwood and his wife Ethel May (née Preston), Lockwood was born in Essex; he had two elder sisters, Sylvia (born 1908) and Phyllis (born 1909). He used his mother's maiden name as his stage name. His television credits include the role of Butterfield the butler in several episodes of ''Jeeves and Wooster''. He also appeared in the first episode of ''The Vicar of Dibley'' as Reverend Pottle, whose death midway through the service served as the catalyst for Geraldine Granger's (Dawn French) arrival. Other appearances include Other appearances include ''The Ash Tree (1975 film), The Ash Tree'', ''Poldark (1975 TV series), Poldark'', ''Shoestring (TV series), Shoestring'', ''Doctor Who'', ''Keeping Up Appearances'', ''Tenko (TV series), Tenko'', ''Miss Marple (TV series), Miss Marple'', ''All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Tafler
Sydney Tafler (31 July 1916 – 8 November 1979) was an English actor who after having started his career on stage, was best remembered for numerous appearances in films and television from the 1940s to the 1970s. Personal life Tafler was born into a Jewish family, the son of Eva (née Kosky) and Mark Tafler, an antique dealer. His sister, Hylda, married the film director Lewis Gilbert. Another sister, Sheila, was also an actress. He was married to the actress Joy Shelton from 1941 until his death from cancer; they had three children – two sons, Jeremy and Jonathan, and a daughter, Jennifer, who became a child actress. Career After two years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Tafler first appeared on stage in London's West End in 1936, with Sir Seymour Hicks in ''The Man in Dress Clothes''. His other stage roles included the menacing character of Nat Goldberg in a production of Harold Pinter's ''The Birthday Party'', directed by the playwright; a role he reprised in Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunella Scales
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales (''née'' Illingworth; born 22 June 1932) is an English former actress, best known for playing Sybil Fawlty, wife of Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), in the BBC comedy '' Fawlty Towers'', her nomination for a BAFTA award for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in '' A Question of Attribution'' (''Screen One'', BBC 1991) by Alan Bennett, and for the documentary series '' Great Canal Journeys'' (2014–2021), travelling on canal barges and narrowboats with her husband, fellow actor Timothy West. Early life Scales was born in Sutton Abinger, Surrey, the daughter of Catherine (''née'' Scales), an actress, and John Richardson Illingworth, a cotton salesman. She attended Moira House Girls' School, Eastbourne. She had a younger brother, Timothy "Timmo" Illingworth (1934–2017). In 1939, at the start of the Second World War, Scales's parents moved with their children to Bucks Mill near Bideford in Devon. Scales herself and her brother were evacua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Coleridge
Sylvia Coleridge (10 December 1909 – 31 May 1986) was a British stage, film, radio and television actress. She was married to Albert George Fiddes-Watt and their daughter Kate, born 1943, is also an actress as ''Kate Coleridge.'' Birth Coleridge was born in Darjeeling, British India, now India. Career After her stage debut in 1931, her theatre work included appearances at The Old Vic, the Malvern Festival and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her television acting credits include: ''Out of the Unknown'', '' The Avengers'', ''Paul Temple'', '' The Lotus Eaters'', '' Ace of Wands'', ''The Tomorrow People'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Public Eye'', '' Sutherland's Law'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''The Onedin Line'', '' Survivors'', ''Armchair Thriller'' (in the serial ''Quiet as a Nun''), ''Blake's 7'' (in the episode ''Gambit'' as the Croupier), '' Shoestring'', ''The Flipside of Dominick Hide'', ''Angels'', '' Funny Man'', ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', ''Artemis 81'', ''Bleak House'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hollis
John Hollis (12 November 1927 – 18 October 2005) was a British actor of TV and film. He is known for his uncredited appearance as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the ''James Bond'' film '' For Your Eyes Only'', as well as for his appearances in the ''Superman'' films, '' Casino Royale'', ''The Dirty Dozen'', ''Flash Gordon'', and ''The Empire Strikes Back''. Early life John Hollis was born Bertie Wyn Hollis in southwest London in 1927. Career He played the role of Lobot in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and the German porter at the chateau in ''The Dirty Dozen''. He appeared in the Christopher Reeve Superman films ''Superman'' and ''Superman II'' as an elder of Krypton, and in '' Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'' as a Russian General. He also played the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the cold open of the 1981 James Bond film '' For Your Eyes Only'', going uncredited due to the controversy over the film rights and characters of ''Thunderball''. In this sequence, his character was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Ferris
Barbara Gillian Ferris (born 27 July 1942, London) is an English actress and former fashion model. She appeared in a number of films and productions for television and is possibly best remembered as Dinah, the young woman who eloped with Dave Clark in the 1965 film ''Catch Us If You Can''. Her other roles were as diverse as the female lead in Edward Bond's controversial play '' Saved'' (1965) and a vicar's wife in the television comedy series '' All in Good Faith'' in the mid-1980s. Screen roles of the 1960s Barbara Ferris made her earliest television appearances in her teens. In 1961 she played the part of barmaid Nona Willis in Granada's twice-weekly serial ''Coronation Street'' and appeared also in episodes of ''The Cheaters'' (1962) and ''Zero One'' (starring Nigel Patrick, 1963). 1960s film roles Ferris's films included the drama ''Term of Trial'' (1962) starring Laurence Olivier, ''A Pair of Briefs'' (1962), a romantic comedy set around the Inns of Court; '' Sparr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Of Menace
Comedy of menace is the body of plays written by David Campton, Nigel Dennis, N. F. Simpson, and Harold Pinter. The term was coined by drama critic Irving Wardle, who borrowed it from the subtitle of Campton's play ''The Lunatic View: A Comedy of Menace'', in reviewing Pinter's and Campton's plays in ''Encore (magazine), Encore'' in 1958. (Campton's subtitle ''Comedy of Menace'' is a jocular play-on-words derived from ''comedy of manners''—''menace'' being ''manners'' pronounced with somewhat of a Judeo-English accent.)See Merritt 5, 9–10, 225–28, 240, 310, and 326, citing articles by Wardle, Gussow's ''Conversations with Pinter'', and various performance reviews by Wardle, Gussow, and others. Background Citing Wardle's original publications in ''Encore'' magazine (1958), Susan Hollis Merritt points out that in "Comedy of Menace" Wardle "first applies this label to Pinter's work … describ[ing] Pinter as one of 'several playwrights who have been tentatively lumped together ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iris Vandeleur
Iris Vandeleur (1884–1969) was a British stage and film actress. In 1951 she appeared in the BBC television series ''Sherlock Holmes'' as Mrs. Hudson, the landlady. In the West End she appeared in 1939 in Ian Hay's comedy ''Little Ladyship ''Little Ladyship'' is a 1939 comedy play by the British writer Ian Hay. It premiered at the King's Theatre, Glasgow before beginning its West End run at the Strand Theatre and later transferring to the Aldwych Theatre. The original West End r ...''. Filmography References External links * 1884 births 1969 deaths People from Stirling British film actresses British stage actresses British television actresses {{UK-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
