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The Lavender Hill Mob (play)
''The Lavender Hill Mob'' is a play based on the 1951 Ealing comedy film with a screenplay by T. E. B. Clarke, adapted for the stage by Phil Porter. Production history The play will make its world premiere at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham on 13 October 2022 before touring the UK. The production will be directed by Jeremy Sams and will star Miles Jupp Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp (born 8 September 1979) is an English actor, singer, and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian before playing the role of the inventor Archie in the children's television series ''Balamory''. He also played ... as Henry Holland and Justin Edwards as Alfred Pendlebury. Cast and characters External links Official website References 2022 plays Plays based on films British plays Comedy plays {{play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Porter
Phil Porter (born 1977) is a British playwright, librettist and television writer. He is a graduate of the University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers .... Plays and libretti Plays and libretti include: * ''Vice Versa'' (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2017) * ''The Miser'' (West End, 2017, nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, adapted with Sean Foley) * ''The Man With The Hammer'' (Plymouth Theatre Royal, 2016) * ''The Christmas Truce'' (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2014) * ''A Mad World My Masters'' (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013, adapted with Sean Foley) * ''Blink'' (Traverse & Soho / Nabokov, 2012) * ''Beauty And The Beast'' (Unicorn Theatre, 2010) * ''Skitterbang Island'' (Polka Theatre, 2010) * ''Here Lies Mary Spindler'' (Royal Shakespeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Everyman Theatre is a theatre based in Regent Street, Cheltenham. There are two auditoria in the building - the 675 seat main auditorium and the 60 seat Studio Theatre, originally named The Ralph Richardson Studio after Ralph Richardson. History The Grade II listed building was designed by Frank Matcham and was originally called "The New Theatre and Opera House". It was opened on 1 October 1891 with a performance by Lilly Langtry in 'Lady Clancarty'. When it was first built, the theatre seated around 1500 people on bench seating. In 1929, the New Theatre and Opera House gained a licence to screen projected film, becoming a multi-purpose theatre and cinema. The licence stipulated that the building must continue to present live performance as well as cinema. In World War II, the theatre became a Garrison Theatre, continuing to present theatre throughout the war years to civilians and the US soldiers based at Pittville. Many actors from London left the capital to escape the Blitz, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lavender Hill Mob
''The Lavender Hill Mob'' is a 1951 comedy film from Ealing Studios, written by T. E. B. Clarke, directed by Charles Crichton, starring Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway and featuring Sid James and Alfie Bass. The title refers to Lavender Hill, a street in Battersea, a district in London SW11, near to Clapham Junction railway station. The British Film Institute ranked ''The Lavender Hill Mob'' the 17th greatest British film of all time. The original film was digitally restored and re-released to UK cinemas on 29 July 2011 to celebrate its 60th anniversary. It is one of fifteen films listed in the category "Art" on the Vatican film list. Plot Henry Holland lives the life of luxury in Rio de Janeiro, and spends an evening dining out with a British visitor. During their meal, he narrates a story concerning how he changed his life by instigating an intricate gold bullion robbery. One year ago, Holland served as an unambitious London bank clerk, who for twenty years was in char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Sams
Jeremy Sams (born 12 January 1957) is a British theatre director, writer, translator, orchestrator, musical director, film composer, and lyricist. Early life and education Sams is the son of the late Shakespearean scholar and musicologist Eric Sams. He read music, French, and German at Magdalene College, Cambridge and piano at Guildhall School of Music. Early on, he worked as a freelance pianist and coach, giving frequent recitals and tours and doing stints as a repetiteur at opera houses in Brussels and Ankara. Career Sams came to prominence as a director with a revival of Michael Frayn's farce ''Noises Off'', which he mounted in London's Royal National Theatre in 2000. This production then transferred to the West End, and then to Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway in 2001. Among his other directing credits are the West End musicals ''Spend Spend Spend'' (1999), the story of Viv Nicholson, who squandered a fortune won in the British lottery, and a stage adaptation of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Jupp
Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp (born 8 September 1979) is an English actor, singer, and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian before playing the role of the inventor Archie in the children's television series ''Balamory''. He also played John Duggan in ''The Thick of It,'' Nigel in the sitcom '' Rev,'' and appeared on many comedy panel shows. In September 2015, Jupp replaced Sandi Toksvig as the host of ''The News Quiz'' on BBC Radio 4. Early life Jupp was born in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne and spent most of his childhood in London. He is the son of a minister in the United Reformed Church. For much of his life, Jupp believed he was of Belgian stock, descended from 16th-century Huguenot immigrants. However, while creating a programme for BBC Radio 4 in 2015, he discovered his roots are actually in Sussex. He attended three independent schools: The Hall School in Hampstead, North London; St George's School in Windsor; and Oakham School in Rutland. He studied Divinity at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Edwards (actor)
Justin Matthew Edwards is a British actor and writer. Screen career His television work includes the role of Ben Swain in political comedy ''The Thick of It'', the lead role in Channel 5 sitcom '' Respectable'', roles in ''Black Books'', '' Endeavour'', ''The Suspicions of Mr Whicher'', ''The Old Guys'', '' Skins'', ''Secret Diary of a Call Girl'', '' The Trip'', '' Veep'''', ''Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle'', and ''Black Mirror'' amongst many others. He won an RTS Award in 2014 for Best Male Actor for his performance in ''Father Brown'' ("The Daughters of Jerusalem"). He has played Jeremy Clarkson three times for television, twice for'' Harry & Paul'', and once for ''Murder in Successville''. In 2016 he played Mr Rumbold in the BBC remake of ''Are You Being Served?'' His film work includes the role of Charles Vernon in Whit Stillman's ''Love & Friendship'', Spartak Sokolov in ''The Death of Stalin'', John Forster in '' The Man Who Invented Christmas'', Inept Policemen in bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dougall (actor)
John Dougall is a British actor. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He is notable for his appearances on television, radio and the stage, including ''Anne Boleyn'' (2010, Shakespeare's Globe) and several productions for Propeller. After leaving the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama he spent two year in school and community theatre work in Inverness, Pitlochry and Glasgow. At the Swan Theatre in Worcester he played Jim Hawkins in ''Treasure Island'' and Kinesias in ''Lysistrata''.Biographical note in programme for ''Another Country'', London 1984. He played Tommy Judd in '' Another Country'' at the Queen’s Theatre in the West End. In 1983–84 Dougall played a twin in ''Peter Pan'' for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre in London. Dougall has played a wide range of roles in Shakespeare plays, including ''Henry VIII'', ''Measure for Measure'', ''Coriolanus'', and ''The Winter’s Tale'' for the Globe Theatre, ''A Midsummer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plays Based On Films
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British Plays
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