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The School For Wives
''The School for Wives'' (french: L'école des femmes; ) is a theatrical comedy written by the seventeenth century French playwright Molière and considered by some critics to be one of his finest achievements. It was first staged at the Palais Royal theatre on 26 December 1662 for the brother of the King. The play depicts a character who is so intimidated by femininity that he resolves to marry his young, naïve ward and proceeds to make clumsy advances to this purpose. It raised some outcry from the public and established Molière as a bold playwright who would not be afraid to write about controversial issues. In June 1663, the playwright cunningly responded to the uproar with another piece entitled ''La Critique de L'École des femmes'', which provided some insight into his unique style of comedy. Characters and scene Its characters include: *Arnolphe: also known as ''Monsieur de la Souche'' *Agnès: an innocent young girl, Arnolphe's ward *Horace: Agnès's lover, Oronte's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Bedford
Brian Bedford (16 February 1935 – 13 January 2016) was an English actor. He appeared in film and on stage, and was an actor-director of Shakespeare productions. Bedford was nominated for seven Tony Awards for his theatrical work. He served as the voice of Disney's Robin Hood from the 1973 animated film of the same name. Early life Brian Bedford was born in Morley, West Yorkshire on 16 February 1935, the son of Ellen (''née'' O'Donnell) and Arthur Bedford, a postman. He attended St Bede's Grammar School in Bradford, leaving at the age of 15. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London from 1952 to 1955.RADA Student and Graduate Profiles: – Brian Bedford rada.ac.uk; accessed 15 January 2016. At RADA, he was in the same class as |
Judy Greer
Judith Therese Evans (born July 20, 1975), known professionally as Judy Greer, is an American actress. She is primarily known as a character actress, who has appeared in a wide variety of films. She first rose to prominence in a variety of supporting roles in the films '' Jawbreaker'' (1999), ''What Women Want'' (2000), '' 13 Going on 30'' (2004), '' Elizabethtown'' (2005), ''27 Dresses'' (2008), and ''Love & Other Drugs'' (2010). Greer also expanded into other genres as a character actress with roles in such films as ''Adaptation'' (2002), '' The Village'' (2004), ''The Descendants'' (2011), ''Jeff, Who Lives at Home'' (2011), ''Carrie'' (2013), '' Men, Women & Children'' (2014), ''Grandma'' (2015), ''Lemon'' (2017), ''Where'd You Go, Bernadette'' (2019), '' Uncle Frank'' (2020) and ''Hollywood Stargirl'' (2022). She's also appeared in blockbusters such as the ''Planet of the Apes'' reboot series (2014–2017), ''Jurassic World'' (2015), the 2018 and 2021 ''Halloween'' films a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caedmon Audio
Caedmon Audio and HarperCollins Audio are record label imprints of HarperCollins Publishers that specialize in audiobooks and other literary content. Formerly Caedmon Records, its marketing tag-line was Caedmon: a Third Dimension for the Printed Page. The name changed when the label switched to CD-only production. Caedmon history Caedmon Records was a pioneer in the audiobook business, it was the first company to sell spoken-word recordings to the public and has been called the seed of the audiobook industry. Caedmon was founded in New York in 1952 by college graduates Barbara Holdridge and Marianne Roney. The label's first release was a collection of poems by Dylan Thomas as read by the author. The B-side contained ''A Child's Christmas in Wales'', which was added as an afterthought; the story was obscure and Thomas himself could not remember its title when asked what to use to fill up the LP's B-side. However, this recording went on to become one of his most loved works, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Périer
François Périer (born François Pillu; 10 November 1919 – 29 June 2002), was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles. He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996, with notable excursion into the French avant-garde. He was also prominent in the theatre. Among his best-known parts was that of Hugo in the first production of Jean-Paul Sartre's '' Les Mains Sales'' in 1948. He was the narrator of the French-language version of ''Fantasia'', and made several commercial audio recordings (with commentary) popularizing classical music in France. In 1957 he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film '' Gervaise''. Life Périer was born in Paris, France, on 10 November 1919. He had two daughters with his first wife, Jacqueline Porel: photographer Jean-Marie and journalist Anne-Marie. He died on 29 June 2002 in Paris of a heart attack during his sleep. His remains were interred at Passy Cemetery in Paris next ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Puig
Michel Puig (born 1930) is a French composer. In 1953 he studied composition with René Leibowitz. In 1957 he published his Sonata for Piano and, the following year, Fantasia for Violin and Piano. In 1975 he composed a chamber opera ''Stigmates'', to a libretto by Jacques Pajak. Among the composer's influences is jazz, and at the premiere of ''Stigmates'' the performers included the jazz guitarist Claude Barthélemy as well as classical musicians including Vinko Globokar. A considerable part of Puig's oeuvre is musical theatre. ''Sa Négresse Jésus'', Op. 26, a one-act work for three actors and small instrumental ensemble (1974) was staged by Michael Lonsdale at the Théâtre des Amandiers, Nanterre. His ''Miroir'', another one-act piece of music theatre, was premiered in Paris in 1975. His ''Monet ou la passion de la réalité'', a one-act work for solo actress accompanied by clarinet, violin and piano, was first performed at the Semaines musicales internationales d'Orléans in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård (, ; born 13 June 1951) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Lars von Trier appearing in ''Breaking the Waves'' (1996), ''Dancer in the Dark'' (2000), ''Dogville'' (2007), ''Melancholia'' (2011), and ''Nymphomaniac'' (2014). Skarsgård's early English-speaking film roles include ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being'' (1988), ''The Hunt for Red October'' (1990), ''Good Will Hunting'' (1997), '' Ronin'' (1998), and ''King Arthur'' (2004). Skarsgård has since starred in various blockbusters such as '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' (2006) and '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' (2007). He also starred in '' Mamma Mia!'' (2008), ''Angels and Demons'' (2009), David Fincher's thriller ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'' (2011) and ''Dune'' (2021). Since 2011 he has appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, portraying Dr. Erik Selvig in ''Thor'' (2011), '' The Avengers'' (2012), '' Thor: The Dark World'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Nyman
Anna Lena Elisabet Nyman (23 May 1944 – 4 February 2011) was a Swedish film and stage actress. Having had her first film roles in 1955, Nyman had a role in Vilgot Sjöman's '' 491'' (1964) and got her breakthrough in his ''I Am Curious (Yellow)'' (1967), where she, in pseudo-documentary fashion, played a character of the same name as herself, and its sequel ''I Am Curious (Blue)'' (1968). Nyman won the 1967–68 award for Best Actress at the 5th Guldbagge Awards. She later participated in many of the films and stage productions of Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson, such as ''Release the Prisoners to Spring'' (1975) and ''The Adventures of Picasso'' (1978). Nyman co-starred with Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann in Ingmar Bergman's ''Autumn Sonata'' (1978). In 2004, Nyman received the royal medal Litteris et Artibus, and in 2006 she was the recipient of the Eugene O'Neill Award. Nyman died on 4 February 2011, aged 66, after a long battle with several illnesses including alco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Edwall
Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films, such as ''Fanny and Alexander'' (1982). He found his largest audience in the Scandinavian countries for playing lovable characters in several of the film and TV adaptations of the children's stories by Astrid Lindgren. He attended Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1949 to 1952. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. At the 10th Guldbagge Awards in 1974, he won the award for Best Actor for his role in ''Emil and the Piglet''. His 1984 film ''Åke and His World'' was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. In his self-written songs, he frequently attacked the injustices of society. The music is similar to folk music often using violin and accordion. He won a Swedish Grammy posthumously in 2006. Edwall also owned a theatre, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul." Some of his most acclaimed work includes ''The Seventh Seal'' (1957), ''Wild Strawberries (film), Wild Strawberries'' (1957), ''The Virgin Spring'' (1960), ''Through a Glass Darkly (film), Through a Glass Darkly'' (1961), ''Persona (1966 film), Persona'' (1966), and ''Fanny and Alexander'' (1982). Bergman directed more than 60 films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television screenings, most of which he also wrote. His theatrical career continued in parallel and included periods as Leading Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and of the Residenztheater in Munich. He directed more than 170 plays. He forged a creativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dukes
David Coleman Dukes (June 6, 1945 – October 9, 2000) was an American character actor. He had a long career in films, appearing in 35. Dukes starred in the miniseries ''The Winds of War'' and ''War and Remembrance'', and he was a frequent television guest star. Later in life, Dukes had recurring roles on shows such as ''Pauly'', ''Sisters'' and ''Dawson's Creek''. Early life Dukes was born in San Francisco, California, the son of a California Highway Patrol Officer. Dukes was the eldest of four boys: David, James, Robert and Joe Paul. Career Dukes's film career included 35 movies. Throughout his career, he was a television guest star, notably as the man who attempted to rape Edith Bunker on ''All in the Family'', an advertising executive on ''The Jeffersons'', and as a blind bully on ''Three's Company''. During the 1980s, Dukes appeared in the dual miniseries ''The Winds of War'' and ''War and Remembrance''. He received an Emmy nomination for best supporting actor for his role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Van Ark
Joan Van Ark (born June 16, 1943) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Valene Ewing on the primetime soap opera ''Knots Landing.'' A life member of The Actors Studio, she made her Broadway debut in 1966 in ''Barefoot in the Park''. In 1971, she received a Theatre World Award and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the revival of ''The School for Wives''.Joan Van Ark profile at ''Yahoo! Movies'' In 1978, Van Ark landed her most famous role of Valene Ewing, who first appeared on the series '' |
