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The Churchill Play
''The Churchill Play'' is a play by Howard Brenton. Written in 1974, the play offers a dystopian picture of an authoritarian England ten years in the future (i.e. 1984) and is set in an internment camp named after Winston Churchill. The play of the title is actually a play within a play, one put on by inmates of the camp, in which soldiers stand guard over Churchill's catafalque, only for him to rise from the dead. Originally performed at the Nottingham Playhouse in 1974, it was directed by Richard Eyre and designed by Hayden Griffin. Among the cast were Julian Curry, Bill Dean, Dave Hill, Colin McCormack, Jonathan Pryce, Eric Richard, Roger Sloman, Tom Wilkinson, James Warrior and Jane Wymark. A slightly rewritten version of the play was presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1978, first at The Other Place, then at the Warehouse Theatre. For this production the director was Barry Kyle and the cast included John Bowe, David Bradley, Bill Dean, Donald Douglas, Geoffrey F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play (theatre)
A play is a work of drama, usually consisting mostly of dialogue between characters and intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. The writer of a play is called a playwright. Plays are performed at a variety of levels, from London's West End and Broadway in New York City – which are the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world – to regional theatre, to community theatre, as well as university or school productions. A stage play is a play performed and written to be performed on stage rather than broadcast or made into a movie. Stage plays are those performed on any stage before an audience. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference as to whether their plays were performed or read. The term "play" can refer to both the written texts of playwrights and to their complete theatrical performance. Comedy Comedies are plays which are designed to be humorous. Comedies are often filled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Richard
Eric Richard (born Eric Smith, 27 June 1940) is an English actor and presenter. His theatre work includes plays at the Royal Court Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, as well as seasons with the Royal Exchange, Manchester, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Sheffield Crucible Theatre and Paines Plough. In 2001, he appeared as Ebeneezer Scrooge in a production of Charles Dickens' '' A Christmas Carol'' at the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre, London. He is best known for his role as Desk Sergeant Bob Cryer in the long-running ITV drama ''The Bill'', which he portrayed for twenty years from the show's inception in 1984; his television work has also included ''Shōgun'', ''Victoria Wood As Seen on TV'', '' Play for Today'', ''Juliet Bravo'', ''Made in Britain'', ''Open All Hours'', ''Games Without Frontiers'', ''P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang'', '' Shoestring'', ''Casualty'' and '' Holby City''. In 1991, he reviewed motorcycles for Top Gear. In 2010, it was announced that Richard was to ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilton McRae
Hilton McRae (born 28 December 1949) is a Scottish actor, working in theatre, television and film. Career McRae was part of the radical theatre group 7:84 before graduating from the University of Edinburgh, and by 1977 he had joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has concentrated mainly on avant-garde and political theatre. His most mainstream American film role was as Arvel Crynyd in ''Return of the Jedi''; he was uncredited for his brief appearance. In the UK he had substantial roles in ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'' and '' Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan''. He has performed in several musicals on the London stage, including '' Mamma Mia!'' and ''Miss Saigon'', in which he played the part of The Engineer. He performed the role of Mr Stopnick in the UK premiere of ''Caroline, or Change'' at the National Theatre, which won the Best Musical Award from the London newspaper the Evening Standard. In 2008 he played the part of Scarecrow in the Southbank's production of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip McGough
Philip McGough is a British actor with many appearances on UK television and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Personal life In an interview with The Mirror in 2001, McGough revealed he had trained as a monk between the ages of 14 to 26. After leaving the order, he worked as a teacher before embarking on a Hippy Trip that failed and led him into acting. McGough is married and has three children. Career His well-known television roles include Sergeant Calder, a member of the British Army's bomb disposal squad, in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''Resurrection of the Daleks'' (1984), secret service detective Edwin Woodhall in the Alan Bleasdale-written drama ''The Monocled Mutineer'' (1986), the conman Arnie in the ''Only Fools and Horses'' episode "Chain Gang" (1989), and Dr. Malcolm Nicholson in '' Bad Girls'', a role he played in 28 episodes. At the 2010 British Soap Awards, he was nominated as Villain of the Year for his portrayal of Dr Nicholson. He appeared in ''Mids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Freshwater
Geoffrey Freshwater is an English actor. His television appearances include ''The Government Inspector'' and the recurring character of Sgt Eric Rivers in 5 episodes of ''Foyle's War''. He was also a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in their 2007-08 ''This England'' cycle of Shakespeare's history plays. As a young actor, Geoffrey Freshwater was engaged in 1972 for a repertory season by Newpalm Productions at the Civic Theatre, Chelmsford, appearing in productions such as ''Oh, What a Lovely War!''. In 1982 he appeared in Alan Plater's stage play '' On Your Way, Riley!'' with Brian Murphy and Maureen Lipman. External linksFreshwater on broadwayworld.com on the |
Donald Douglas (Scottish Actor)
Donald Douglas (born 7 March 1933) is a Scottish actor who has appeared in films and many well known television shows. He was educated at Falkirk High School, Edinburgh College of Art and RADA. His first professional stage appearance was at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. He then appeared in repertory theatres in England and on the West End stage. His film appearances include '' A Bridge Too Far'' (1977), '' Highlander: Endgame'' (2000) and the role of Admiral Darcy in the ''Bridget Jones'' film series. On television, he played Tsar Alexander I in the 1972 BBC television adaptation of ''War and Peace'', alongside Anthony Hopkins. He starred in the original TV series of ''Poldark'' in 1975/6 as Malcolm McNeil, the army captain who frequently allowed his fondness for Demelza Poldark to obstruct his quest to arrest her husband. He is also remembered by cult TV fans for roles in '' Doctor Who'', ''Blake's 7'', and '' The Avengers''. His TV career continued into the 1990s, pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bradley (English Actor)
David John Bradley (born 17 April 1942) is an English actor. He is known for playing Argus Filch in the ''Harry Potter'' film series, Walder Frey in the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'', Abraham Setrakian in the FX horror series ''The Strain'', and for voicing Merlin in Guillermo del Toro’s animated Netflix series ''Tales of Arcadia'' (for which he won an Annie Award for Best Voice Actor in a Television Series). A character actor, Bradley's screen roles include parts in ''Our Friends in the North'' (1996), the ''Three Flavours Cornetto'' trilogy and '' After Life'' (2019–2022). He has made several appearances as the First Doctor in ''Doctor Who'' (2017–2022), having portrayed the role's originator, William Hartnell, in the docudrama ''An Adventure in Space and Time'' (2013). An alumnus of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Bradley is also an established stage actor, with a career that includes a Laurence Olivier Award for his role in a production of ''King Lear'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bowe (actor)
John Bowe (born John Wilson, 1 February 1950) is a British actor best known for his roles in ''Emmerdale'' as Lawrence White and ''Coronation Street'' as Duggie Ferguson. Early life and career Bowe was born in Greasby, on the Wirral in Cheshire, England. His highest profile role was probably that of George Marlow in the first ''Prime Suspect'' serial in 1991. He also played Duggie Ferguson in ''Coronation Street'' from 1999 to 2002, having previously appeared in another of Granada TV's soap operas, ''Families''. Other TV credits include: ''Warship'', '' Secret Army'', ''Boon'', ''The New Statesman'', ''Capital City'', ''Class Act'', ''Lovejoy'', ''Silent Witness'', ''The Royal'', ''Dalziel and Pascoe'', ''Cleopatra'' and ''Einstein and Eddington'', ''Tipping the Velvet'', '' The Hour'' and ''DCI Banks'' and ''Soldier Soldier.'' Film credits include ''The Living Daylights'' (1987), '' Resurrected'' (1989), ''County Kilburn'' (2000) and ''Gozo'' (2015). In 2007, Bowe played Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Kyle
Barry Albert Kyle (born 25 March 1947, in Bow, London) is an English theatre director, currently Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, England. Kyle attended Beal Grammar School in Ilford and then studied drama and English at the University of Birmingham. He began his theatre career in 1969 at the Liverpool Playhouse where he directed 21 productions. In 1973 he became an assistant director at the Royal Shakespeare Company where he directed in the studio theatre called The Other Place a production of ''Sylvia Plath a Dramatic Portrait'', his dramatisation of Sylvia Plath's poetry and life. This played at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. In the Stratford main house he first directed Shakespeare's ''Measure for Measure'' with Michael Pennington, and then went on to direct many others including ''The Roaring Girl'' with Helen Mirren, ''The Taming of the Shrew'' with Sinead Cusack and Alun Armstrong, ''Love's Labour's Lost'' with Kenneth Branagh and ... [...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] |
The Other Place (theatre)
The Other Place is a black box theatre on Southern Lane, near to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is owned and operated by the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2006, an earlier version of the theatre closed and reopened as the temporary and larger Courtyard Theatre, while the Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres were redeveloped. In March 2016, The Other Place was reinstated as a 200-seat studio theatre. History In 1974, the RSC acquired its first studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, The Other Place. The name was chosen to reflect continuity from the company's work at The Place, London. Converted from a rehearsal room, and directed initially by Buzz Goodbody, this corrugated ‘tin hut’ became home to some of the company's most exciting small-scale and experimental work both in classical productions and in productions of work from contemporary writers such as David Edgar, Edward Bond and Peter Flannery. ''The Guardians journalist Andrew Dickson w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, Stratford-upon-Avon, and on tour across the UK and internationally. The company's home is in Stratford-upon-Avon, where it has redeveloped its Royal Shakespeare and Swan theatres as part of a £112.8-million "Transformation" project. The theatres re-opened in November 2010, having closed in 2007. The new buildings attracted 18,000 visitors within the first week and received a positive media response both upon opening, and following the first full Shakespeare performances. Performances in Stratford-upon-Avon continued throughout the Transformation project at the temporary Courtyard Theatre. As well as the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, the RSC produces new work from living artists and develops creative links with theatre-make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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