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Three Tall Women
''Three Tall Women'' is a two-act play by Edward Albee, written in 1990, which won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Albee's third Pulitzer. Characters * A: A is a 92-year-old woman. She is thin, autocratic, proud, and wealthy, with "encroaching senility". * B: B is a 52-year-old hired caretaker for A. Although she does not enjoy working for A, she learns much from her. In Act Two, she becomes the personification of A at the age of 52. She is markedly cynical about life. * C: C is a 26-year-old lawyer, present on behalf of A's law firm, because A has neglected necessary paperwork. In Act Two, she becomes the personification of A at the age of 26. She has all of youth's common self-assurance. * The Boy: The son of the three women, he does not play a speaking role, but is the subject of much discussion among them. A falling-out between the son and his mother(s) is the cause of much of A and B's despair. Overview The protagonist, a compelling woman more than 90 years old, refle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Albee
Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ''The Zoo Story'' (1958), '' The Sandbox'' (1959), ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), '' A Delicate Balance'' (1966), and ''Three Tall Women'' (1994). Some critics have argued that some of his work constitutes an American variant of what Martin Esslin identified and named the Theater of the Absurd. Three of his plays won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and two of his other works won the Tony Award for Best Play. His works are often considered frank examinations of the modern condition. His early works reflect a mastery and Americanization of the Theatre of the Absurd that found its peak in works by European playwrights such as Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, and Jean Genet. His middle period comprised plays that explored the psychology of maturing, marriage, and sexual relationships. Younger American playwrights, such as Paula Vogel, credit Albee's mix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John F
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Metcalf
Laura Elizabeth Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress. Often described as a character actor, she's known for her complex and versitile roles across the stage and screen. She has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including two Tony Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. Metcalf began her career with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and frequently works in Chicago theatre. She made her Broadway debut in the 1985 play ''My Thing of Love''. She went on to receive six Tony Award nominations, winning Best Actress in a Play in 2017 for her performance in ''A Doll's House, Part 2'' and Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 2018 revival of Edward Albee's ''Three Tall Women''. Her other Tony-nominated roles were for ''November'' (2008), '' The Other Place'' (2010), '' Misery'' (2016), and ''Hillary and Clinton'' (2019). She gained nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenda Jackson
Glenda May Jackson (born 9 May 1936) is an English actress and former Member of Parliament (MP). She has won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice: for her role as Gudrun Brangwen in the romantic drama ''Women in Love'' (1970); and again for her role as Vickie Allessio in the romantic comedy '' A Touch of Class'' (1973). She received praise for her performances as Alex Greville in the drama film ''Sunday Bloody Sunday'' (1971) and Elizabeth I in the BBC television serial '' Elizabeth R'' (1971), winning two Primetime Emmy Awards for the latter. In 2018, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role in a revival of Edward Albee's ''Three Tall Women'', becoming one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting in the US. Jackson took a hiatus from acting to take on a career in politics from 1992 to 2015, and was elected as the Labour Party MP for Hampstead and Highgate in the 1992 general election. She served as a junior transport minister f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Mantello
Joseph Mantello (born December 27, 1962) is an American actor and director known for his work on Broadway productions of ''Wicked'', '' Take Me Out'', and ''Assassins'', having gained notoriety in the 1993 cast of ''Angels in America''. Early life and education Mantello was born in Rockford, Illinois, the son of Judy and Richard Mantello, an accountant. His father is of Italian ancestry and his mother is of half Italian descent. He was raised Catholic. Mantello studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts; he started the Edge Theater in New York City with actress Mary-Louise Parker and writer Peter Hedges. He is a member of the Naked Angels theater company and an associate artist at the Roundabout Theatre Company. Career Mantello came to New York from Illinois in 1984 in the midst of the AIDS crisis, having overcome a youthful feeling, he admitted to a reporter in 2013, that "for some reason I was deeply ashamed of the theater early on. I think it had to do with this growin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Golden Theatre
The John Golden Theatre, formerly the Theatre Masque and Masque Theater, is a Broadway theater at 252 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1927, the Golden Theatre was designed by Herbert J. Krapp in a Spanish style and was built for real-estate developer Irwin S. Chanin. It has 800 seats across two levels and is operated by The Shubert Organization. Both the facade and the auditorium interior are New York City landmarks. The facade is designed in a Spanish style with golden brick, terracotta, and stone. The ground floor, which contains the theater's entrance, is clad in rusticated blocks of terracotta above a granite water table. Above are a set of three double-height arches, as well as two terracotta plaques. The facade is topped by a loggia. The auditorium contains Spanish-style detailing, a large balcony, and a rib-arched ceiling. Due to the theater's small size, it lacks box seats. The balcony, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Bond
Samantha Jane Bond (born 27 November 1961) is an English actress, who is best known for playing Miss Moneypenny in four James Bond films during the Pierce Brosnan years, and for her role on ''Downton Abbey'' as the wealthy widow Lady Rosamund Painswick, sister of Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham. She is also known for originating the role of "Miz Liz" Probert in the ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' series. Bond is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. In her television career, she is known for her role as "Auntie Angela" in the sitcom '' Outnumbered'' and the villain Mrs Wormwood in the CBBC '' Doctor Who'' spin-off, ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. Early life Samantha Bond is the daughter of actor Philip Bond and TV producer Pat Sandys, and is the sister of the actress Abigail Bond and the journalist Matthew Bond. Bond's paternal grandparents were Welsh. She was brought up in London, in homes in Barnes and St Margarets. She attended the Godolphin and Latymer School, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sílvia Marsó
Sílvia Cartaña Ortega (Barcelona, March 8, 1963), better known as Sílvia Marsó is a Spanish film, stage and television actress and theatre producer. She started her career in the Televisión Española's game show ''Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez''. Television * 1981: ''Gent d, aquí'' (TVE Cataluña). * 1983/1984: ''Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez'' (TVE). * 1984/1985: ''Y sin embargo...te quiero'' (TVE). * 1985: ''Los sabios'' (TVE). * 1985: ''La Comedia Musical Española'' "Las leandras", "El sobre verde" (TVE). * 1986: ''Harem'' (BBC). *1986: ''Segunda enseñanza'' (TVE). *1986: ''Turno de oficio'' (TVE). * 1987: ''Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez'' (TVE). * 1987: ''La voz humana'' "Avecilla" (TVE). * 1989: ''Primera función'' "Ocho mujeres" (TVE). * 1990/1991: ''Telecupón'' (Telecinco). * 1993: ''Farmacia de guardia'' (Antena 3). * 1993: ''Los ladrones van a la oficina'' (Antena 3). * 1994/1995: ''Canguros'' (Antena 3). * 1995: ''Mar de dudas'' (TVE). * 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magüi Mira
María Luisa Mira Franco (born 1944), better known as Magüi Mira, is a Spanish actress and theatre director. In addition to her stage credits, she has also performed in film and television works. Biography María Luisa Mira Franco was born in 1944 in Valencia. Her younger brother was a filmmaker. She studied medieval history in Valencia. In 1967, she moved together with her first husband José Sanchis Sinisterra to Teruel. She moved to Barcelona in 1971, graduating in performing arts from the Institut del Teatre. She earned early recognition in the Spanish theatre scene by playing Molly Bloom in ', a monologue premiered in 1979 based on the last chapter of ''Ulysses''. After a long acting career in theatre, she made her directorial debut with ''Top Girls'', followed by a staging of ''The Dog in the Manger The story and metaphor of The Dog in the Manger derives from an old Greek fable which has been transmitted in several different versions. Interpreted variously over the cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Molina Foix
Vicente Molina Foix (born 18 October 1946) is a Spanish writer and film director. Biography Born in Elche in 1946, he studied at the Complutense University in Madrid and at the University of London. He taught Spanish literature at the University of Oxford from 1976 to 1979. He drew the attention of critics as a young poet, and was included in a famous 1970 anthology (see Novisimos) of new Spanish poetry by the author José María Castellet. ''New Cinema in Spain'' was an account of Spanish cinema from the 2nd World War until 1976. He met with equal success as a writer of prose fiction and non-fiction, winning the Premio Barral in 1973 for his second novel ''Busto''. He wrote the libretto for the opera ''El viajero indiscreto'' by the Spanish composer Luis de Pablo in 1990, and has contributed to the national newspaper '' El País'' and the magazine ''Fotogramas''. In 2001, he turned to directing films. His two feature films till date are '' Sagitario (film)'' (2001), star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Chávarri
Jaime Chávarri (born 20 March 1943) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter, best known for his films ''El desencanto'' and ''Bicycles Are for the Summer, Las bicicletas son para el verano''. Life and career Chávarri comes from a prominent family. His mother María de la Mora y Maura (1907 – Segovia, Sotosalbos, 1 November 2001) was a maternal granddaughter of Antonio Maura. He had already graduated as a lawyer, when he entered the Escuela Oficial de Cine (EOC) in 1968.D’Lugo, ''Guide to the Cinema of Spain'', p. 139 He abandoned his formal film studies in his second year, moving into film criticism. He wrote for ''Film Ideal'' magazine. His first film industry job was an assistant director to José Luis Borau. while devoting his spare time to make two feature-length films in Super 8 film, super 8: ''Run, Blancanieves, Run'' in 1967, and ''Ginebra en los infiernos'' in 1969. He worked with Ivan Zulueta in his series for Spanish television named ''Último grito'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The city is situated on an elevated plain about from the closest seaside location. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the second-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
