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The Affair (play)
''The Affair'' is a 1962 play by Ronald Millar based on the novel by C. P. Snow. This novel was also adapted for Australian TV in 1965. Synopsis A group of professors at Cambridge University try to hire an old colleague back even though they all don't like him, they all agree he was dismissed unfairly. Productions The original production premiered on September 20, 1962 at Henry Miller Theatre and closed after 116 performances on December 29, 1962. The show was directed by John Fernald, scenery and lighting design by Eldon Elder, and costume design by Ramse Mostoller. The cast starred Kynaston Reeves (Thomas Crawford), Christopher Hewett (Tom Orbell), Brewster Mason (Sir Lewis Eliot), Brenda Vaccaro (Laura Howard), Kenneth Mars (Martin Eliot), Francis Compton (G.H. Winslow), Edward Atienza (M. H. L. Gay), Donald Moffat (Julian Skeffington), Geoffrey Lumsden (Sir Francis Getliffe), Edgar Daniels (Arthur Brown), Patrick Waddington (Alec Nightingale), Elizabeth Hubbard (Margare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Millar
Sir Ronald Graeme Millar (12 November 1919 – 16 April 1998) was an English actor, scriptwriter, and dramatist. Life and career After attending Charterhouse School, Millar studied at King's College, Cambridge for a year before joining the Royal Navy in 1940, during the Second World War. He established himself as a playwright after the war and, between 1948 and 1954, lived in Hollywood, where he wrote scripts for MGM. These included '' The Miniver Story'' and ''Scaramouche'', both with George Froeschel. On his return to Britain, he successfully adapted several C. P. Snow novelsand, in 1967, William Clark's novel ''Number 10''for the stage. He also wrote the book and lyrics for the musical ''Robert and Elizabeth''. Millar acted as speechwriter for three British prime ministers, including Margaret Thatcher for whom he wrote the line " The lady's not for turning". He was knighted after Thatcher became Prime Minister in 1979. He wrote the line, ''Where there is discord, let ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Compton (actor)
Francis Sidney Compton Mackenzie , (; 4 May 1885 – 17 September 1964), known professionally as Francis Compton and also known as Frank Compton, was an English actor. He appeared in several films and television programmes but was primarily known for his stage performances. He was a member of the Compton acting family. Early life Compton was born Francis Sidney Compton Mackenzie in Malvern, Worcestershire in 1885, the son of Edward Compton (1854–1918), actor and manager (whose real surname was Mackenzie), and his wife, the actress Virginia Frances Bateman (1853–1940) daughter of the actor Hezekiah Linthicum Bateman, of Baltimore, US. One of his brothers became well known as the author Compton Mackenzie but the other siblings became actors. Trewin, J. C.br>"Compton, Fay (real name Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie) (1894–1978), actress" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press. Retrieved 12 February 2019. Career As with all other a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Plays
Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (other) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street **Broadway Theatre (53rd Street), one theatre on Broadway Other arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Broadway'' (1929 film), based on the play by George Abbott and Philip Dunning * ''Broadway'' (1942 film), with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair and Broderick Crawford Music Groups and labels * Broadway (band), an American post-hardcore band * Broadway (disco band), an American disco band from the 1970s * Broadway Records (other) Albums * ''Broadway'' (album), a 1964 Johnny Mathis album released in 2012 * ''Broadway'', a 2011 album by Kika Edgar Songs * "Broadway" (Goo Goo Dolls song), a song from the album ''Dizzy Up the Girl'' (1998) * "Broadway" (Sébastien Tellier song), a song by Sébastien Tellier from his album ''Politics'' (2004) * "B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Plays
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 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 * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paxton Whitehead
Francis Edward Paxton Whitehead (born 17 October 1937) is an English actor, theatre director and playwright. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for his performance as Pellinore in the 1980 revival of ''Camelot (musical), Camelot''. He has had many Broadway theatre, Broadway roles. He is also known for his film roles and is well known, especially to US and television audiences in general, for his many guest appearances on several US shows, especially guest appearances on major sitcoms of the 90's, such as ''Frasier, Caroline in the City, Ellen, 3rd Rock from the Sun,'' ''The Drew Carey Show, The Drew Carry Show, Mad About You,'' and ''Friends.'' Early life Paxton was born in East Malling and Larkfield, East Malling and Larkfield, Kent, the son of Louise (''née'' Hunt) and Charles Parkin Whitehead. His father was a lawyer. He trained at London's Web ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Baxter (actor)
Keith Baxter (born 29 April 1933) is a Welsh theatre, film and television actor. Early years and RADA Born in Newport, Monmouthshire, in 1933, the son of a Merchant Navy sea captain, he was christened Keith Stanley Baxter-Wright and lived for a time in Romilly Road, Barry, Glamorgan. He was educated at Newport High School and Barry Grammar School. His early introduction to the stage was from his interest in making model theatres and stage scenery. He studied at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, during which period he shared a flat with a classmate, Alan Bates. He made his film debut in the 1957 remake of ''The Barretts of Wimpole Street'' and appeared uncredited as a detective in the British horror classic ''Peeping Tom'' (1960). Films In 1960, Orson Welles selected Baxter to portray Prince Hal in his stage production ''Chimes at Midnight'', which combined portions of the Shakespearean plays ''Henry IV, Part I'', '' Henry IV, Part II'', '' Henry V'', '' Rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Hubbard
Elizabeth Hubbard is an American actress perhaps best known for her role as Dr. Althea Davis on ''The Doctors (1963 TV series), The Doctors'' (1964–69, 1970–77, 1981–82), and as powerful businesswoman Lucinda Walsh on ''As the World Turns'' (1984-2010). She also played roles on ''The Edge of Night'', ''One Life to Live'', and ''Guiding Light''. Personal life Hubbard was born in New York, New York, to Elizabeth Wright Hubbard and Benjamin Alldritt Hubbard. Her mother, a physician, was a pioneer in homeopathy and one of the first women to earn a medical degree from Columbia University. She had two brothers, Theodore and Merle, an opera talent manager. She attended Radcliffe College, and graduated summa cum laude. She pursued her theatrical education at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, where she was the first American to receive the school's silver medal. She was married to furrier David Bennett from 1970 to 1972; they had one child, a son, Jeremy Bennett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Waddington
Patrick William Simpson Waddington (19 August 19014 February 1987) was an English actor, educated at Gresham's School at Holt in Norfolk. He was born and died in York, England. Biography Waddington was the grandson of William Waddington, the piano manufacturer who also took over the management of the Theatre Royal York. After Gresham's School and St John's College, Oxford, he started his career singing, and in the 1930s was in ''That Certain Trio'' with Peggy Cochrane. On stage from 1924, often in upper-class roles, his theatre work included the original West End run of Patrick Hamilton's ''Rope'' in 1929; a lengthy tour of ''My Fair Lady'', as Colonel Pickering, in 1963–5; and the musical ''Kean'' on Broadway, in 1961. Film and TV included ''The Wooden Horse'' (1950), '' A Night to Remember'' (1958), and two episodes of ''Dad's Army'', as 'The Brigadier'. In 1951 he became General Secretary of TACT (The Actors Charitable Trust) and was headmaster of its children's home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Lumsden
Geoffrey Forbes Lumsden (26 December 1914 – 4 March 1984) was a British character actor who had a lengthy career on television. Lumsden was born in London in 1914 and attended Repton School, where he was a contemporary of Denton Welch. By the time he had left school, both his parents had died. While living with his uncle he reluctantly trained as an engineer at a colliery. It was at the colliery that he first became interested in acting when he organised concerts for the workforce, and won a scholarship to train at RADA while still working there. In 1938, he married Judith Cope. Working in repertory theatre, his theatrical career was interrupted by World War II during which he served in Burma. Returning to the theatre after the war, he became a playwright and appeared on various TV shows and films. In 1947, he married Helen A. Syme at Cuckfield in Sussex. On Broadway he appeared as Sir Francis Getliffe in '' The Affair'' at the Henry Miller Theatre (1962) and as Major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Moffat
Donald Moffat (26 December 1930 – 20 December 2018) was a British–American actor with a decades-long career in film and stage in the United States. He began his acting career on- and off-Broadway, which included appearances in ''The Wild Duck'' and '' Right You Are If You Think You Are'', earning a Tony Award nomination for both, as well as ''Painting Churches'', for which he received an Obie Award. Moffat also appeared in several feature films, including '' The Thing'' and '' The Right Stuff'', along with his guest appearances in the television series ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' and ''The West Wing''. Early life Moffat was born in Plymouth, Devon, the only child of Kathleen Mary (née Smith) and Walter George Moffat, an insurance agent. His father was Scottish. His parents ran a boarding house in Totnes. Completing his studies at the local King Edward VI School and national service in the Army from 1949 to 1951, Moffat trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Atienza
Edward Atienza (27 January 1924 – 16 September 2014) was a British stage and film actor. He made his first London theatre appearance in the role of Mole in ''Toad of Toad Hall'' at the Prince's Theatre. Biography Edward Atienza was born in 1924, in London. His parents were Alvaro Atienza and Dulce Atienza (''née'' Laws). He attended the Sutton Valence School and King's College London. Atienza trained for the stage at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Stage work Edward Atienza made his professional stage debut in the role of the Butler in a 1949 production of '' Up in Mabel's Room''. He went on to appear with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company from 1950 to 1954. Atienza made his first appearance in London theatre in the role of Mole in ''Toad of Toad Hall'' at the Prince's Theatre in December 1954. In 1956, Atienza appeared in a musical version of Shakespeare's ''The Comedy of Errors''. Atienza made his Broadway debut in a 1957 production of '' Romanof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Mars
Kenneth Mars (April 4, 1935 – February 12, 2011) was an American actor. He appeared in two Mel Brooks films: as the deranged Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in '' The Producers'' (1967) and Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Friedrich Kemp in ''Young Frankenstein'' (1974). He also appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's '' What's Up Doc?'' (1972), and Woody Allen's ''Radio Days'' (1987), and ''Shadows and Fog'' (1991). Mars appeared in two seasons of ''Malcolm in the Middle'' as Otto Mannkusser, Francis's well-meaning but dimwitted boss and a German immigrant who owns a dude ranch. He voiced King Triton, Ariel's father, in the 1989 Disney animated film ''The Little Mermaid'' and its sequel, as well as its companion television series, and the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series. He also did several other animated voice-over film roles such as Littlefoot's grandfather in the ''Land Before Time'' series (up to 2008) and that of Professor Screweyes in '' We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story'' (1993), and King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |