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The Marlowe Society
The Marlowe Society is a Cambridge University theatre club for Cambridge students. It is dedicated to achieving a high standard of student drama at Cambridge. The society celebrated its centenary over three years (2007–2009) and in 2008 there was a production by the society of a version of ''Comus'' written by Australian poet and playwright John Kinsella. History The Marlowe Society was founded in 1907 by Justin Brooke and other students, with the intention of performing historical plays that were relatively unknown, as Christopher Marlowe, the Society's namesake, was himself a lesser-known contemporary of Shakespeare's. Brooke and his fellow students were reacting against Victorian theatre and decided to revive the presentation of Shakespeare in Cambridge, not performed there since 1886.The Cambridge University M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge University
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.121 billion (including colleges) , budget = £2.308 billion (excluding colleges) , chancellor = The Lord Sainsbury of Turville , vice_chancellor = Anthony Freeling , students = 24,450 (2020) , undergrad = 12,850 (2020) , postgrad = 11,600 (2020) , city = Cambridge , country = England , campus_type = , sporting_affiliations = The Sporting Blue , colours = Cambridge Blue , website = , logo = University of Cambridge log ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barton (director)
John Bernard Adie Barton, CBE (26 November 1928 – 18 January 2018), was a British theatre director and teacher whose close association with the Royal Shakespeare Company spanned more than half a century. Early life John Barton was the son of Sir Harold Montague and Lady Barton (née Joyce Wale). He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge and while at Cambridge directed and acted in many productions for the Marlowe Society and the ADC. At the Westminster Theatre in July 1953 he directed his first London production, '' Henry V'' for the Elizabethan Theatre Company. He created a 12-part series for BBC Radio on the medieval Mysteries, inspired by the York Mystery Plays. Royal Shakespeare Company John Barton joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 1960 at the invitation of its founder, Peter Hall In addition to directing plays, his particular responsibility was to improve the quality of verse speaking in the company. He and Peter Hall developed a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Thompson
Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress. Regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation, she has received numerous accolades throughout her four-decade-long career, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globes, a British Academy Television Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Born in London to actors Eric Thompson and Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she became a member of the Footlights troupe, and appeared in the comedy sketch series ''Alfresco'' (1983–1984). In 1985, she starred in the West End revival of the musical '' Me and My Girl'', which was a breakthrough in her career. In 1987, she came to prominence for her performances in two BBC TV series, '' Tutti Frutti'' and '' Fortunes of War'', winning the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her work on both series. In the early 1990s, she often collaborated with then-husband, actor and director Kenneth Branag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Russell Beale
Sir Simon Russell Beale (born 12 January 1961) is an English actor. He is known for his appearances in film, television and theatre, and work on radio, on audiobooks and as a narrator. For his services to drama, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 2019. He has spent much of his theatre career working in productions for both the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. He has received ten Laurence Olivier Award nominations, winning three awards for his performances in ''Volpone'' (1996), ''Candide'' (2000), and ''Uncle Vanya'' (2003). For his work on the Broadway stage he has received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination for his performance as George in the Tom Stoppard play '' Jumpers'' in 2004. For his role as Henry Lehman in ''The Lehman Trilogy'', he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and was nominated for an Olivier Award. Beale has been described by '' The Independent'' as "the greatest stage actor of his generation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Swift
Clive Walter Swift (9 February 1936 – 1 February 2019) was an English actor and songwriter. A classically trained actor, his stage work included performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but he was best known to television viewers for his role as Richard Bucket in the BBC sitcom ''Keeping Up Appearances''. He played many other television and film roles. Life and career Swift was born in Liverpool on 9 February 1936, the son of Abram Sampson Swift, who owned a furniture shop in Bootle, and Lily Rebecca, née Greenman. His elder brother David was also an actor. Both were educated at Clifton College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where Clive read English literature. He was previously a teacher at LAMDA and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His family was Jewish. He appeared as Snug in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1968 film production of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' as part of a cast that included Diana Rigg, Helen Mirren and Ian Richardson. During the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griff Rhys Jones
Griffith Rhys Jones (born 16 November 1953) is a Welsh comedian, writer, actor, and television presenter. He starred in a number of television series with his comedy partner, Mel Smith. Rhys Jones came to national attention in the 1980s for his work in the BBC television comedy sketch shows '' Not the Nine O'Clock News'' and '' Alas Smith and Jones''. From 2008 to 2016, he presented the television bloopers show '' It'll be Alright on the Night'' for ITV, having replaced Denis Norden, and being succeeded in 2018 by David Walliams. Early life and education Griffith Rhys Jones was born on 16 November 1953 in Cardiff, the son of Gwynneth Margaret (née Jones) and Elwyn Rhys Jones, a medical doctor. His family moved due to his father's occupation to West Sussex when Rhys Jones was six months old.Matthew Stadle"Griff Rhys Jones: 'I’m greedy for life – I do too many things'" ''The Daily Telegraph'', 3 November 2014. Rhys Jones attended Conifers Primary School in Midhu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Hollander
Thomas Anthony Hollander (; born 25 August 1967) is an English actor. As a child Hollander trained with the National Youth Theatre and was later involved in stage productions as a member of the Footlights and was president of the Marlowe Society. He later gained success for his roles on stage and screen winning a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as nominations for a Tony Award and Olivier Award. He began his career in theatre, winning the Ian Charleson Award in 1992 for his performance as Witwoud in '' The Way of the World'' at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in David Hare's '' The Judas Kiss'' in 1998. He appeared as Henry Carr in a revival of Tom Stoppard's play '' Travesties'' earning nominations for the Olivier Award for Best Actor and Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Hollander gained attention for portraying Mr. Collins in Joe Wright's ''Pride & Prejudice'' (2005) and as Lord Cutler Beckett in the ''Pirates of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Jacobi
Sir Derek George Jacobi (; born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. He has appeared in various stage productions of William Shakespeare such as '' Hamlet'', '' Much Ado About Nothing'', '' Macbeth'', '' Twelfth Night'', '' The Tempest'', '' King Lear'', and '' Romeo and Juliet''. He has also performed in Anton Chekhov's ''Uncle Vanya'' and Edmond Rostand's '' Cyrano de Bergerac''. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994 and is a member of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog. In addition to being a founder member of the Royal National Theatre and winning several prestigious theatre awards, Jacobi has also made numerous television appearances, starring in the 1976 adaptation of Robert Graves's '' I, Claudius'', for which he won a BAFTA; in the titular role in the medieval drama series '' Cadfael'' (1994–1998), as Stanley Baldwin in '' The Gathering Storm'' (2002), as the Master in '' Doctor Who'' (2007), as Stuart Bixby in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McKellen
Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. His career spans seven decades, having performed in genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. Regarded as a British cultural icon, he has received various accolades, including six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award. The BBC states that his "performances have guaranteed him a place in the canon of English stage and film actors". McKellen began his professional career in 1961 at the Belgrade Theatre as a member of their highly regarded repertory company. In 1965, McKellen made his first West End appearance. In 1969, he was invited to join the Prospect Theatre Company to play the lead parts in Shakespeare's ''Richard II'' and Marlowe's ''Edward II'', and he firmly established himself as one of the country's foremost classical actors. In the 1970s, McKellen became a stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Palmer
Tony Palmer (born 29 August 1941)IMDb: Tony Palmer Retrieved 24 September 2011 is a British film director and author. His work includes over 100 films, ranging from early works with The Beatles, Cream (band), Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Rory Gallagher (''Irish Tour '74 (Film), Irish Tour '74'') and Frank Zappa (''200 Motels''), to his classical portraits which include profiles of Maria Callas, Margot Fonteyn, John Osborne, Igor Stravinsky, Richard Wagner, Yehudi Menuhin, Julian Lloyd Webber, Carl Orff, Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan Williams. He is also a stage director of theatre and opera. Among over 40 international prizes for his work are 12 Gold Medals from the New York Film Festival as well as numerous BAFTAs and Emmy Awards. Palmer has won the Prix Italia twice, for ''A Time There Was'' in 1980 and ''At the Haunted End of the Day'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Mendes
Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was knighted in the 2020 New Years Honours List. That same year, he was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg, Germany. In 2005, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of Great Britain."Sam Mendes gets directing honour" BBC. Retrieved 18 June 2012 In 2008, '''' ranked him number 15 in their list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture". Born in |
Tim Supple
Timothy Supple (born 24 September 1962) is a British born, award-winning international theatre director. He is the son of the academic Barry Supple. Career Supple has directed and adapted theatre in London and the UK as well as across the world in a wide range of languages - including in Europe, India, North Africa and the near East, Iran, Turkey, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Russia and the post Soviet States, and North and South America. In the UK he has worked regularly at the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company and was Artistic Director of the Young Vic from 1993-2000 and founding co-Artistic Director of Dash Arts from 2005-2019, creating theatre with artists internationally. He launched his new company, Supple Productions, in 2020. UK Theatre work At the Young Vic he directed ''A Servant to Two Masters'' (RSC co-production: national & international tour & West End), ''As I Lay Dying'', ''Twelfth Night'', ''Blood Wedding'', ''The Jungle Book'', ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
