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Splendour (play)
''Splendour'' is a play by Welsh playwright and screenwriter Abi Morgan. It was first performed at the Edinburgh festival at the Traverse Theatre in 2000 in a production by Paines Plough Paines Plough is a touring theatre company founded in 1974 by writer David Pownall and director John Adams. The company specialises exclusively in commissioning and producing new plays and helping playwrights develop their craft. Over the past .... The play runs for approximately 95 minutes with no intermission. Production history References {{reflist 2000 plays Welsh plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abi Morgan
Abigail Louise Morgan (born 1968) is a Welsh playwright and screenwriter known for her works for television, such as ''Sex Traffic'' and '' The Hour'', and the films '' Brick Lane'', '' The Iron Lady'', ''Shame'' and ''Suffragette''. Early life Abigail Louise Morgan was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1968. She is the daughter of actress Pat England and theatre director Gareth Morgan, who was director of the Gulbenkian Theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne (now the Northern Stage). Her parents divorced when she was a teenager and her childhood was spent moving around the country while her mother acted in repertory theatre; she told ''The Scotsman'' in 2010 that she had attended seven separate schools during her childhood. Her sister is the fundraiser at London's Unicorn Theatre.Maggie BrownAbi Morgan: Cometh the hour, ''The Stage'', 15 July 2011. After initial ambitions to become an actress herself, she decided to become a writer while reading drama and literature at Exeter University.Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinéad Cusack
Sinéad Moira Cusack ( ) is an Irish actress. Her first acting roles were at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, before moving to London in 1969 to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has won the Critics' Circle and ''Evening Standard'' Awards for her performance in Sebastian Barry's ''Our Lady of Sligo''. Cusack has received two Tony Award nominations: once for Best Leading Actress in ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (1985), and again for Best Featured Actress in ''Rock 'n' Roll'' (2008). She has also received five Olivier Award nominations for ''As You Like'' (1981), ''The Maid's Tragedy'' (also 1981), ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1983), ''Our Lady of Sligo'' (1998) and ''Rock 'n' Roll'' (2007). In 2020, she was listed at number 25 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Early life Cusack was born Jane Moira Cusack in Dalkey, County Dublin, the daughter of actress Maureen Cusack (born Mary Margaret Kiely) and actor Cyril Cusack. She is the sister of actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Tagano
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Sam Jackson (actress)
Samuel L. Jackson (born 1948) is an American actor and film producer also credited as Samuel Jackson and Sam Jackson. Samuel Jackson or Sam Jackson may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Samuel Jackson (artist) (1784–1869), English artist * Samuel Phillips Jackson (1830–1904), English artist; son of the above * Samuel P. Jackson (1818–1885), American organist and composer * Sam Peter Jackson (born 1978), playwright and actor * Sam Jackson (actor) (born 1993), English actor Politics and law * Samuel Jackson (lawyer) (1831–1913), New Zealand attorney and solicitor * Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848–1942), Manitoba politician * Samuel D. Jackson (1895–1951), U.S. Senator from Indiana Sports * Sam Jackson (second baseman) (1849–1930), Anglo-American baseball player * Samuel Jackson (cricketer) (1859–1941), English cricketer * Sam Jackson (catcher), American baseball player of the 1880s * Sam Jackson (pitcher), American baseball player of the 1920s * Sam Jackson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora Theatre Company
Aurora Theatre Company is a professional theatre company located in Berkeley, California. History The company was founded by actor and director Barbara Oliver in 1992 with the desire to continue to produce plays "about something important; ideas mediated by language and people, which are assisted by other elements like sets, lights and costumes," not dominated by them. The founders of Aurora Theatre Company came together around the development and production of a new play: Dorothy Bryant's ''Dear Master''. Programs The company produces a five play season. In addition to their regular season, they produce an annual staged reading festival known as the Global Age Project. Location Aurora Theatre Company has a small, intimate performance space, and has been referred to as “chamber theatre.” In 2001, the company moved to a dedicated custom-designed 150-seat theater in downtown Berkeley, situated immediately adjacent to the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Recognition It has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Fairley
Michelle Fairley (born 1964–1965) is an actress from Northern Ireland. She is best known for playing Catelyn Stark in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2013). She has since appeared in the USA Network series '' Suits'' (2013), the Fox series '' 24: Live Another Day'' (2014), the science fiction series '' The Feed'' (2019), and the Sky Atlantic crime drama '' Gangs of London'' (2020–). Early life Fairley was born in Coleraine to parents Brian and Teresa Fairley, the second eldest of six children. Her father was a popular publican, owner of Fairley's Bar and several off-licences, in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, but Fairley remembers both Catholics and Protestants frequenting the pub. Career Fairley appeared in a number of British television shows, including ''The Bill'', ''Holby City'' and ''Casualty''. Some of her earlier roles were as Cathy Michaels on ITV1's ''Inspector Morse'' in the episode titled "The Way Through The Woods" and as Nancy Phelan in ''Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zawe Ashton
Zawedde Emma "Zawe" Ashton (; born 25 July 1984) is a British actress, playwright and narrator. She is best known for her roles in the comedy dramas '' Fresh Meat'' and ''Not Safe for Work'', the Netflix horror thriller film ''Velvet Buzzsaw'' and for her portrayal of Joyce Carol Vincent in '' Dreams of a Life'' (2011). She will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a villain in ''The Marvels'' (2023). Early life Ashton was born in Hackney, London, on 25 July 1984. She is the eldest of three children born to a Ugandan mother, Victoria, and an English father, Paul Ashton. She attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from the age of six and was a member of the National Youth Theatre. She gained her degree in acting at the Manchester School of Theatre. Her maternal grandfather, Paulo Muwanga, was formerly President and Prime Minister of Uganda. Career Acting Her theatre credits include Harold Pinter's Betrayal at The Harold Pinter Theatre, London and the Bernard B. Jacob's Theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genevieve O’Reilly
Genevieve O'Reilly (born 6 January 1977) is an Irish actress. She is known for her work in the '' Star Wars'' franchise as Mon Mothma, having portrayed the character in ''Revenge of the Sith'', ''Rogue One'', and the Disney+ series '' Andor'', as well as her voice role as the character in ''Star Wars Rebels'', and as Moira in ''Overwatch''. Alongside her appearances in television, O'Reilly is also known for her career in films with her credits in the movie industry notably including the 2004 film ''Avatar'' in which she portrayed Dash MacKenzie, the 2009 period drama ''The Young Victoria'' in which she played Lady Flora Hastings, and the 2010 romantic movie ''Forget Me Not'' where she played Eve. In 2016, O'Reilly appeared in the role of Tarzan's mother in ''The Legend of Tarzan''. Early life and education O'Reilly was born on 6 January 1977 in Dublin, Ireland, and raised in Adelaide, Australia. She is the eldest of four siblings. At the age of twenty O'Reilly moved to Syd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donmar Warehouse
The Donmar Warehouse is a 251-seat, not-for-profit theatre in Covent Garden, London, England. It first opened on 18 July 1977. Sam Mendes, Michael Grandage and Josie Rourke have all served as artistic director, a post held since 2019 by Michael Longhurst. The theatre has a diverse artistic policy that includes new writing, contemporary reappraisals of European classics, British and American drama and small-scale musical theatre. As well as presenting at least six productions a year at its home in Covent Garden, every year the Donmar tours one in-house production in the UK. History Theatrical producer Donald Albery formed Donmar Productions around 1953, with the name derived from the first three letters of his name and the first three letters of his wife's middle name, Margaret. In 1961, he bought the warehouse, a building that in the 1870s had been a vat room and hops warehouse for the local brewery in Covent Garden, and in the 1920s had been used as a film studio and then th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traverse Theatre
The Traverse Theatre is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1963 by John Calder, John Malcolm, Jim Haynes and Richard Demarco. The Traverse Theatre company commissions and develops new plays or adaptations from contemporary playwrights, and also presents productions from visiting companies. The Traverse is used as a venue for Edinburgh Fringe shows in August. It is also the home of the Edinburgh International Children's Festival, previously known as the Imaginate Festival. History The Traverse Theatre began as a theatre club in 15 James Court, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh, a former doss-house and brothel also known as Kelly's Paradise and Hell's Kitchen. It was "a long, low-ceilinged first-floor room barely 15ft wide by 8ft high"Dean Gallery (2008) ''Focus on Demarco''. Edinburgh: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art with 60 seats salvaged from the Palace Cinema placed in two blocks on either side of the stage. The theatre is named because Terry Lane mistakenly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myra McFadyen
Myra ( grc, Μύρα, ''Mýra'') was a Lycian, then ancient Greek, then Greco-Roman, then Byzantine Greek, then Ottoman town in Lycia, which became the small Turkish town of Kale, renamed Demre in 2005, in the present-day Antalya Province of Turkey. In 1923, its Greek inhabitants had been required to leave by the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, at which time its church was finally abandoned. It was founded on the river Myros ( grc, Μύρος; Turkish: ''Demre Çay''), in the fertile alluvial plain between Alaca Dağ, the Massikytos range and the Aegean Sea. History Although some scholars equate Myra with the town, of Mira, in Arzawa, there is no proof for the connection. There is no substantiated written reference for Myra before it was listed as a member of the Lycian League (168 BC–AD 43); according to Strabo (14:665), it was one of the largest towns of the alliance. The ancient Greek citizens worshiped Artemis Eleutheria, who was the protec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Walsh
Eileen Walsh (born 16 April 1977) is an Irish actress. Biography Born and raised in Cork, Ireland, Walsh was raised in a Catholic household, and had no intention of becoming an actress, until she followed in the footsteps of her elder sister Catherine, who was also an actress, and young Eileen began to attend theatre workshops. Her first break came when, as a student, she landed the role of Runt in the stage version of ''Disco Pigs'', which received rave reviews. Subsequent movies have included ''When Brendan Met Trudy'', ''The Magdalene Sisters'', and ''The End''. In 2008, Walsh won an award for Best Actress at the Tribeca Film Festival for her portrayal of Breda, a lonely housewife whose willpower is put to the test in the film ''Eden''. In 2018 she appeared in two episodes of ''Patrick Melrose Edward St Aubyn (born 14 January 1960) is an English author and journalist. He is the author of ten novels, including notably the semi-autobiographical ''Patrick Melrose'' novels. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
