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During the past four years at the Public, first as associate producer and then as resident director, DuBois directed produc tions ranging from 2004's "Richard III" starring Peter Dinklage ("The Station Agent") to a 2006 Obie-winning staging of David Grimm's "Measure for Pleasure" and this year's critically acclaimed "Jack Goes Boating" with Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman. "I've worked with Peter as an actor, director, and producer, and on all fronts I've found him to be open, imaginative,... (Boston Globe)
Love him or hate him, the Bard lives Dec 17, 2007
There is something very Shakespearian about tosser, shower, plonker, pillock, ponce and prat, though I have yet to hear anyone called, as Richard III was, an "elvish-mark'd, abortive, rooting hog". And he lives in London, in its sometime vulgarity, violence, wit, public drunkenness, fantastic disparities between rich and poor - its sense that all the world is here, as it was in Shakespeare's head. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The Farnsworth Invention Dec 4, 2007
Even Shakespeare was somewhat historically shaky in that "memory play" he called "Richard III," in which he made the king a hunchback ... No doubt Shakespeare faced in "Richard III" the same problems as Sorkin here. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Best of the West Nov 25, 2007
It might be full of wine, in which he could drown me, as Lionheart does the critic Oliver Larding (this is also, you'll recall, how Clarence meets his end in Richard III. I'm only teasing. (Guardian Unlimited)
Every inch a king Nov 24, 2007
In 1995, he successfully portrayed Richard III onscreen as a snarling, 1930s fascist, but before that McKellen's biggest movie role to date had probably been as Death, in Last Action Hero ... After Richard III he was seen as a potential lead, and in 1998 won an Oscar nomination for his role as James Whale in Gods And Monsters, a superbly delicate and tortured performance. (Guardian Unlimited)
10 comments Nov 21, 2007
Through the plays under the name of Shakespeare, he brought to the English illiterate population (his plays had touring companies) the notion on the limitations of monarchs (Macbeth, Richard III, Julius Caesar, etc), the distinctions between law and justice (Merchant of Venice), and the importance of English Patriotism (Henry V). Oxford was one of the two founders of our civilization and culture. (Human Events Online)
'Dali: Painting & Film' captures the artist – and showman Nov 19, 2007
Fundaco Gala-Salvador Dali Salvador Dali's "Portrait of Laurence Olivier in the Role of Richard III" was a promotional image for the 1955 film. When he first arrived in Los Angeles in 1937, having already gained fame in Europe. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Walking tour of Hatton Garden Nov 7, 2007
This is a historic place Shakespeare, in Richard III, mentions the fine strawberries that grew in the bishop s garden here, and there s an ancient cherry tree where Queen Elizabeth I is said to have danced around the maypole. At the end of Ely Place, past the railings, you come out again on to High Holborn. (Suite101.com)
Wired to the Bard: For nine weeks local students immerse themselves in the power of Shakespeare Nov 7, 2007
Taconic Hills is offering Richard III, also 7:30 p.m. November 9 and 10 in Craryville ... Richard III, the Taconic Hills High School's offering, plays in Lenox 1:30 p.m. Sunday, November 18, followed by North Andover (Mass ... He is directing Richard III, working with Alyssa Hughlett. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
The best Denzel Washington role is ... Oct 31, 2007
I also saw him in Central Park one summer doing Richard III and he was fantastic. I usually rent movies, but I m looking forward to Friday because I m paying to see him in American Gangster. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'The Wedding Singer' at the Fox Oct 18, 2007
Richard III has a ghoulish, painted-on face and fiendish demeanor that brings to mind Jack Nicholson s take on Batman s Joker. Queen Margaret a royal dowager who loses everything in Shakespeare s blood orgy about the famously deformed and murderous Richard III is a raging, Miss Havisham-style avenger in tattered clothes and platinum frightwig ... Seems that the order of the day for Georgia Shakespeare s season finale is to turn the wildly melodramatic English history play Richard III into a... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Into the Barnum and Bailey world Oct 15, 2007
The Creature was best presaged by the Bard himself, in his characterisation of Richard III - "deformed, unfinished, sent before my time into this breathing world, scarce half-made up, and that so lamely and unfashionable that dogs bark at me as I halt by them". Poor unhappy Creature. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Ian Richardson in House of Cards Oct 8, 2007
Ian Richardson s interpretation of the role drew noticeably on classical roles such as Richard III, and the relationship between Urquhart and his wife has obvious touches of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, particularly in the opening episodes. Richardson s practice of turning to the camera to deliver asides and soliloquies is intensely involving an extremely effective way of bringing the classical technique to television. (Suite101.com)
Shakespeare's Richard III Oct 5, 2007
Shakespeare's play Richard III is historically inaccurate ... While the revisionist treatment of Richard III has left historians with many questions that most likely will never be answered, the history of the ancient Greek city-state Sparta is even more obscure. (Suite101.com)
From Laurence Olivier to David Watson: Once and future reasons for cheer on the London stage Sep 26, 2007
It was quite simply remarkable to watch an extended clip from Olivier's 1955 movie version of "Richard III" only to have the actress Claire Bloom step forward in front of us mere seconds after we had seen her on screen as Lady Anne to Olivier's malformed monarch ... Only in a theater culture as rich as England's could one hear assessments of Olivier's Hamlet and Richard III as proffered by actors who have themselves left a distinctive imprint on those roles: Michael Pennington in the case of... (International Herald Tribune)
Red hatters raise money for breast cancer research Sep 22, 2007
Last year, she appeared at Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace, in the role of the Princess of France in "Love's Labours Lost," and she recently played Princess Anne in "Richard III" at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C.. Note to Article Comment users pnj. (Pensacola News Journal)
South Africa Sep 19, 2007
Me, who's spent a career playing monsters - Richard III, Tamburlaine, Hitler - arguing that it's important to see the world from their perspective. Sanie had a surprise waiting for us at our meeting place; for the sake of the film, I won't reveal it here. (Guardian Unlimited)
PM charged with 'special' mission in Australia Sep 10, 2007
The playbill advertises a popular tragedy being staged in Sydney - The Tragedy of Jane Shore - written by English Restoration playwright Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718), about Edward IV's mistress who was accused of witchcraft by Richard III.. Alone, it speaks to the cultural life that was already vibrant in Sydney, which is now a major global centre where theatre, music and opera hold a place of distinction marked by the amazing Sydney Opera House. (Toronto Star)
GREAT SHAKES & CHO BIZ Sep 7, 2007
Meanwhile, actor Michael Cumpsty adds to his acclaimed streak of Shakespearean portrayals with "Richard III" at CSC (Oct. 30-31). (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Website pulls strings to give amateurs tips from the top Sep 6, 2007 Thanks KT, I think I've cracked it! Aug 29, 2007 Today in History August 22 Aug 22, 2007 In Theaters August 24th, 2007 Award-Winning Family Movie 'Eye of the Dolphin' Aug 12, 2007 Celtics to shed their winter of discontent Aug 3, 2007 Manga offers new take on Shakespeare Jul 21, 2007 Ian McKellen is King Lear Jul 21, 2007 The Newest Nixon: The Comeback Ghost Jul 16, 2007 She'll be back Jul 13, 2007 Letters to the Editor Jul 4, 2007 Trio finds 'Things We Want' Jul 3, 2007 PRODIGY HAS PLENTY TO HIDE Jul 1, 2007 Macbeth’ a bloody good time Jun 29, 2007 Shakespeare’s plays shine light on what makes us all human Jun 28, 2007 William Hutt, 87,soldier and actor Jun 28, 2007 Waiting for Beckett Jun 24, 2007 He revels in tales of the sea Jun 22, 2007 Critics are dazzled and confused by Lord of the Rings musical Jun 21, 2007 The Daughter of Time Jun 19, 2007 "Servant of Two Masters" Jun 19, 2007 `Reno 911!' movie serves plenty of laughs Jun 19, 2007 Maybe too 'Hard' Jun 19, 2007 Diana: the myth, 10 years on Jun 17, 2007 Al Pacino Unplugged: Actor On 'Godfather,' 'Heat' And Origin Of 'Hoo-Ah!' Jun 15, 2007 Old Parks, New Thrills Jun 10, 2007 Legend of Pacino's early work lives on Jun 7, 2007 On London stage, 2 actors' barnstorming styles Jun 6, 2007 'Richard' Delivers Jun 5, 2007 'Sopranos' chat: Who needs a therapist? Jun 5, 2007 'Don't take anything for granted' Jun 4, 2007 Olivier's Shakespeare (Gary Arnold) May 24, 2007 Great pretender May 23, 2007 Classic violence: Shakespeare in Washington May 16, 2007 Thwack!Now Shakespeare has been given a manga makeover May 12, 2007 Ejiofor, McGregor to star in 'Othello' May 11, 2007 Super troubadour May 11, 2007 Phantom King Lear eludes critics May 6, 2007 Tomb riddler: why the Bard's bones are safe Apr 27, 2007 Above and beyond Apr 27, 2007 Hell to the Chief Apr 24, 2007 Shakespeare podcast for pupils Apr 18, 2007 A man for all ages Apr 14, 2007 Sleepless in Seattle? Not too likely Apr 11, 2007 Actors added to Classic Stage Apr 11, 2007 Key players and classic texts Apr 4, 2007 Grindhouse Interview: Michael Parks Apr 4, 2007 Shakespeare on stage: A dramatic era bows out in Stratford Apr 2, 2007 Henry VIII: portrait of a serial schemer Mar 31, 2007 The best -- and worst -- movie battle scenes Mar 31, 2007 Lose a Pound of Flesh—and Three Inches off Your Waistline! Mar 21, 2007 Fearlessly rowing toward a romance Mar 20, 2007 ‘Chicago’ gives the audience the old razzle-dazzle Mar 19, 2007 Much ado about a lot (Suzanne Fields) Mar 15, 2007 Much Ado About A Lot Mar 15, 2007 Shakespearean 'family' of 15 honored Mar 9, 2007 Sterling hopefuls shine one last time Mar 8, 2007 Kline plays a light 'Lear' Mar 8, 2007 Cast of volunteers keeps curtains rising Mar 8, 2007 Critic John Simon keeps dishing it out Mar 4, 2007 Writing Character Descriptions Feb 26, 2007 - Martin Kettle Feb 24, 2007 A parting gift Feb 23, 2007 Political Shakespeare: An Arab Richard III Feb 22, 2007 Tower of London: Visitor Guide Feb 21, 2007 'An Arab tragedy'Reworked version of Shakespeare play in Arabic takes the stage Feb 20, 2007
Want Gaz Coombes from Supergrass to show you the riff to Richard III. How about a lesson from KT Tunstall on the finer points of her song Black Horse and Cherry Tree. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Games Children Play Sep 6, 2007
They may revisit the wiles of Richard III and how he made it to the throne, studying the War of the Roses and how Shakespeare manipulated history for the sake of a good story ... They may revisit the wiles of Richard III and how he made it to the throne, studying the War of the Roses and how Shakespeare manipulated history for the sake of a good story. (Townhall.com)
He's showing me exactly how to play his band's raucous punk anthem, Richard III. And it's not going very well ... I've been at this for two hours now, and, while I may not have quite mastered the opening of Richard III (it requires a tricky touch of vibrato), I am becoming very adept at the online rewind button ... Away from the computer, I knock out Richard III using the knowledge I've gleaned from Coombes. (Guardian Unlimited)
On this date:In 1485, Englands King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, ending the War of the Roses. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Race)
Eye of the Dolphin is the uplifting story of a troubled teenager (Carly Schroeder) coming of age through her relationship with a father she never knew (Adrian Dunbar -- Richard III g Game), a local with sage advice (George Harris, co-starring in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) and a very special friend, a wild dolphin. With a clever script, this soul-searching journey has mass family appeal including humor, angst, love, environmental activism and stunning scenery. (PR Newswire)
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(Currently, Hamlet is the only other one offered in the United States, but The Tempest and Richard III are available abroad. . (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
McKellen received an Oscar nomination for 1998's "Gods and Monsters." His screen credits also include "Richard III.". . (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
In that respect, he was almost a Shakespearean character - an Iago, a Shylock, a Richard III - capable of changing overtime as the times and generations changed. Passions faded, sympathies expanded, and the ardent cry for justice gave way to simple, quiet mercy. (Townhall.com)
A I did a production of "Richard III" at the Actors' Studio. I played young Elizabeth, who had no lines -- perfect for me. (Boston Globe -- Living)
" The true explorers (and, alas, exploiters) of western riches were not the 49ers (gold miners vanished by 1860), but the powerful, interwoven industrial families who transformed San Francisco from a small town to a world-class city. Most telling, the names of the guilty and the innocent haven't changed very much. ROBERT BECKER Mendocino Dedicated readers Editor -- My husband and I are long-time daily Chronicle readers, but for the past 23 years we have lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Dano recently attracted notice as the son in "Little Miss Sunshine," while Dinklage ("The Station Agent") toplined a 2004 Off Broadway production of "Richard III." Hamilton recently appeared with Hawke in Lincoln Center Theater's Tony-sweeping production of "The Coast of Utopia.". Zoe Kazan ("The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie") rounds out the cast of "Things.". (Variety)
Hes this sociopath, manipulating things in a very Richard III way, says actor Sam Rockwell, who plays Joshuas mild-mannered businessman dad. Its a disturbing, darkly funny story that Ratliff - whos accustomed to religion-related haunts after his last project, Hell House - initially resisted. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Daly has a way of connecting with audiences, whether as the villain king, Richard III in season two, or in his more humorous roles. He commands the stage, especially when alone. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Macbeth is unlike other Shakespearean villains, such as Richard III, Scholz-Carlson, said, because he doesn t start out evil. Our hearts go out to him and yet we know he s a monster, Scholz-Carlson said. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Although he thought Mr. Patterson was out of his cotton-picking mind he signed on and spent most of the next decade serving an apprenticeship in supporting roles such as Sir Robert Brackenbury and Captain Blunt in Richard III and Minister of State in All's Well That Ends Well in the festival's inaugural season and Froth in Measure for Measure, Hortensio in The Taming of the Shrew and Leader of the Chorus in Oedipus Rex the following year, when he became the first recipient of the Tyrone Guthrie... (Globe and Mail)
Recently, Loosley organised Shakespeare on Film, which featured, among others, Laurence Oliviers Henry V, Julie Taymors Titus (featuring Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange), Orson Welles Othello, Akira Kurosawas Throne of Blood, Richard III with Ian McKellan, Grigori Kozintsevs King Lear and The Taming of the Shrew with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, at the KLPac. Encouraged by the interest shown, he is planning another series of film, this time focusing on post-war British playwrights... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Moriarty will direct "Richard III" at Trinity Jan. 25-March 2 before heading off to Dallas. Cape Playhouse artistic director Evans Haile is stepping onto the stage for a change. (Boston Globe)
5 million wasted on over-blown tat but the subliminal, patriarchal, fascistic message behind it (was it coincidence that the Orcs all sprang around replicating Antony Sher's Richard III with his spidery crutches). Camelot meets Wagner. (Guardian Unlimited)
Analyzing people's characters by their faces is a hobby of Grant's, and when he picks out as a man of good character none other than Richard III, he determines to find out more about the man, and establish how he could have been so wrong with his judgement. Tey's examination of the case from the viewpoint of a champion of Richard leads the reader to wonder whether Shakespeare's depiction of him, which has gone down in history as the dominant characterization, is really a Tudor propaganda ploy,... (Suite101.com)
The freewheeling joke-within-a-joke gets off to its dubious beginning with a gag: A so-called traveling group of thespians has arrived on the Oglethorpe University campus to put on a 41/2-hour production of Richard III.. Uh-oh. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
98) is a box of curiosities, including two Pacino-directed dramas (Chinese Coffee and The Local Stigmatic), the documentary Looking for Richard, about Pacino's work in Richard III, and Babbleonia, an hourlong conversation with Pacino about acting. Collectively, they probably made less money than Ocean's Thirteen on a Saturday night. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
The best in the set, Looking for Richard, is a documentary on Richard III that mixes interviews and discussions with performances from Shakespeare's play. Chinese Coffee features great work from Pacino and Jerry Orbach, but also the inherent talkiness of play-to-film adaptations. (City Pages)
He compares Andrew Morton with the 16th-century historians who posthumously blackened Richard III to justify the Tudor putsch. If Morton, abetted by Diana, committed regicide in advance, Hodgson volunteers to be a king-maker. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
You might know him from "The Godfather" trilogy, "Scarface," "Heat," "Richard III" or. simply as that old guy in "Ocean's Thirteen." Regardless, few have seen the side of Al Pacino that he recently showed a small audience of journalists and actors on the 20th Century Fox lot. (VHI.com -- Music News)
The Central Coast Shakespeare Festival (805-546-4224, ) will stage "The Taming of the Shrew" as a Western and the tragedy "Richard III," July 13-Aug. 18 in the Avila Valley. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Pacino in 'Richard III' on Broadway ... Pacino's case reverses this trend: He didn't do his first produced Shakespeare ("Richard III") until 1972, first at Boston's Home for Theater Company and then in New York. (Variety)
Like Goodman, Sher isn't afraid of the grand gesture or theatrical flourish; he made his name nearly a quarter-century ago with a crutch-wielding Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company. And here he is playing the renowned English theatrical classicist, Edmund Kean, the actor of whom Coleridge once remarked that witnessing him in action was "like reading Shakespeare by flashes of lightning.". (International Herald Tribune)
" Rucker pushes his central "Wheel of Fortune" metaphor too hard, overplays some of his shock tactics and undermines the acting with some of his stagings. Reg Rogers, in his Cal Shakes debut, is a captivatingly self-deprecating, wily, feral and seductive Richard throughout the first act but seems to shrink rather than grow once he ascends the throne. It's a generally vibrant "Richard" though, briskly paced, strikingly framed and performed with invigorating depth in most of its many roles. To... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
I have always thought of Tony as King Lear, but now I'm seeing him more as Richard III.. Karen: Interesting. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
She said Richard's son, Richard III, does not talk about his half sister. Another family member still hurting from the loss is the family dog, Sadie. (Middletown Press, CT)
Additional nominations as best actor followed in two subsequent theatrical features based on Shakespearean plays, "Richard III" in 1956 and "Othello" in 1967 ... The "Richard III" DVD offers the best single supplement: an hourlong interview between Mr. Olivier and Kenneth Tynan on the latter's BBC series "Great Acting." Dating from 1966, this conversation provides an invaluable first-person summary of Mr. Olivier's career and outlook, including his famous observations, "You try to be unlike... (Washington Times, DC)
" He followed this triumph with his Oscar-winning Hamlet and Richard III. Olivier was criticised for being 'hammy' The 1950s brought a sea-change in theatre. Out went drawing-room comedies, in came the Angry Young Men. Olivier, too, reinvented himself, throwing his lot in with the radical Royal Court Theatre, stunning audiences with his portrayal of the embittered, washed-up music hall artist, Archie Rice, in John Osborne's The Entertainer. He advised one young cast member, Joan Plowright, "if... (BBC News -- UK)
Directed by Gale Edwards, who has earned much success at the theatre for directing both "Hamlet" and "Richard III," "Titus Andronicus" is one of Shakespeare's earliest works and is said to be his most violent. The tragedy centers around the character, Titus, a Roman general who rages against Tamora, Queen of the Goths. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
Its first productions are Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet, with Richard III and The Tempest coming this autumn and others to follow. Romeo and Juliet, the blurb explains, is set in modern-day Japan. (BBC News -- UK)
Although Grandage sealed his reputation directing "As You Like It" and "Richard III" (with Kenneth Branagh) at Sheffield's Crucible theater, this is his first Shakespeare outing at the 250-seat Donmar, where he is artistic director. "As one of Shakespeare's most intimate plays with one of the smallest casts, it's perfect for the Donmar," Grandage told Daily Variety. (Variety)
Now he paints (he shows us an accomplished oil portrait of Richard III and a bloody landscape of a "phantasmagorical Viking invasion"), builds instruments (he has been making a cittern, a medieval precursor to the guitar, out of a single piece of sycamore, since 1999) and learns new guitar licks by studying the music of his hero, the Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. But he doesn't have his liberty. (Guardian Unlimited)
Britain's foremost star of the stage, acclaimed over the years for his Macbeth, his Richard III and his Prospero, was at last turning his attention, at 67, to what is probably the most challenging role in Shakespeare's tragedies. And he was going to play one scene naked into the bargain. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
The private nightmare is depicted in work such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and Richard III.. Anxiety about the mistreatment or exhumation of corpses is found in at least 16 of his 37 plays, with this concern often being more pronounced than the fear of death itself. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Among the other opportunities for cerebral entertainment on Thursday were the performance of a scene from Shakespeare s Richard III by Jonathan Holmes, the reading by Crystal Crow of poems by W.B. Yeats to the accompaniment of a sound-effects (non-musical) recording she produced, and a presentation of her research paper, Lies, B.S. and Truthiness: The Need for a Populace Skilled in Critical Thinking and Philosophical Reasoning, from Anita Page. Page s mentor, Mike Jaworsky, described it as a... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
PERSONALITY: Cunning, shifty, bloodthirsty: Richard III meets Dracula. FATE: This president itches for nuclear war. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The producers of Richard III, Pericles and The Winter's Tale have recorded podcasts with their thoughts about interpreting the plays. SEE ALSO 27 Mar 07 | Merseyside 02 Feb 07 | Education 15 Sep 06 | Education 03 Jan 07 | Coventry/Warwickshire. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
For Garrick, it was Richard III (for Edmund Kean in the next century, it was Shylock) ... His public image was secured by William Hogarth's vibrant painting of him in the role of Richard III, confronted with his nightmares on the eve of the battle of Bosworth Field. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
More importantly, during our short stay in Seattle the resident company was putting on Richard III. Thanks to Penny s initiative and a sense that this could be a special experience, the four of us, fortified by British cider and stout helpings of fish and chips, saw an extraordinary Shakespeare production. Great acting indeed Stephen Pelinski in the starring role was mesmerizing extraordinary stage design, and directorial flair that zipped along to such good effect meant that this centuries old... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Season kicks off in October with Cumpsty ("Copenhagen") starring in Shakespeare's "Richard III," helmed by CSC a.d. Brian Kulick. In past CSC seasons Kulick has directed the actor in Bard plays "Hamlet" and "Richard II.". (Variety)
But Mendes, in his Donmar productions of Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night and his RSC versions of Richard III and Troilus and Cressida, showed himself to be an expert in excavating the meaning of classic texts. Significantly, all those productions featured Simon Russell Beale who, along with Stephen Dillane, will be a key player in the Bridge shows. (Guardian Unlimited)
Parks: If I don't think I know this person I might research him, but if it's Richard III or something, I don't approach it like a lot of actors. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't - it all depends - but this character is like second nature to me. (IGN FilmForce)
And when they tear down the walls of the auditorium, they will be removing the last echoes of legendary performances - Olivier as Coriolanus, Warner's Hamlet for the modern era, Antony Sher's spider-like Richard III and Dame Edith Evans's Nurse from Romeo and Juliet, which demonstrated, in the words of the great critic, the late Bernard Levin, "absolute command in every line, word and movement". It was these "ghosts in the walls" that the current artistic director, Michael Boyd paid tribute to... (Independent)
Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, became King Henry VII at age 28 after defeating Richard III and later marrying Elizabeth of York. His rise was complicated and bloody, but his reign led to peace, and he eventually started the transition to his oldest son, Prince Arthur. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Also, check out the Battle of Bosworth in the 1955 Richard III directed by Olivier. From: John Lupton Date: 30 March 2007 Comment: Movie: Hamburger Hill: Assault uphill battle against the Vietnamese is very graphic and brutal with the fog of war all around. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Richard III.) In the wrong hands it can devolve into a muddled, messy thing, with Shylock's existential ugliness matched against the Venetians' self-absorbed sadism to no particular point. This is most definitely not the case in the Guthrie's fine new production, which brims with confidence and ease. (City Pages)
Peter DuBois, who directed Peter Dinklage so memorably in "Richard III" and the underrated "Measure for Pleasure" at this same theater, moves the prickly relationships to a cinematic number of locations (sets by David Korins) with understated ease. This is some trick, especially since the pals go from apartment to hospital, subway to office -- and, especially, to an adorably ingenious public swimming pool. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Shawn Rozsa locally, Godspell, A Midsummer Night s Dream, Richard III, and 2006/2007 Telluride AIDS Benefit Fashion Shows directed the sassy production based on the Fosse-Kander-Webb smash. Chicago continues its run next weekend, March 23-March 25, 7:30 p.m.. (Telluride Daily Planet, CO)
Hillary Clinton has long been compared to Lady Macbeth, and her husband, like Richard III, is a reminder of how the exercise of public power can be abused in the pursuit of women for private pleasure. Nobody peers deep into the psychological motives of love and war -- measuring the heights to which humans can climb and plumbing the depths to which they can descend -- quite like the Bard. (Washington Times, DC)
Hillary Clinton has long been compared to Lady Macbeth, and her husband, like Richard III, is a reminder of how the exercise of public power can be abused in the pursuit of women for private pleasure ... Hillary Clinton has long been compared to Lady Macbeth, and her husband, like Richard III, is a reminder of how the exercise of public power can be abused in the pursuit of women for private pleasure. (Townhall.com)
") Asked at the reception to relate his favorite memory from nearly 20 years in Mr. Kahn's company, Edward Gero, who last played the Duke of Buckingham in "Richard III," answered "when he decided to keep me on. " The 12 actors lined up like a high school graduation class after being brought on stage one by one to shake hands and accept a plaque from board chairman Landon Butler. They then were cheered on loudly by an audience nearly 350 strong who helped raise a record $500,000-plus, augmented... (Washington Times, DC)
"I kind of portrayed myself as a happy, actively involved girl, but the piece I chose was dark and emotional," Marcheschi said of her monologue from Richard III that she performed for the speech and drama judges. "That's why I love theater because you can be someone else." She was so wrapped up in her performance, in fact, that she didn't even realize that Michael McLean, a songwriter and actor popular with LDS audiences, was one of her three judges. (Deseret News)
Since Kline had already played nearly every major Bard role Richard III, Hamlet, Falstaff, Benedick fingers pointed to King Lear. Though Kline will turn 60 this October, he looks far too young to credibly play the aging, frail monarch, whether with or without the makeup. (Newsday -- New York City)
"The thing you have to watch for tonight is the late seating," Tyler Penfield, the house manager for a Friday performance of "Richard III" at the Shakespeare Theatre Company downtown, tells his volunteer ushers about an hour before the curtain. "Normally, the first late-seating break is a lot sooner," he says. (Washington Times)
Simon was accused of being "racist, anti-Semitic, misogynist, vicious and derisive" because of a 1981 review of "Richard III." An ad in Variety quoted him as saying that an actress in the production "should never be cast as anything but an itinerant gefilte fish with a nervous condition.". He has never shied away from getting personal about a performer's appearance, because it all feeds into how a role is played and perceived by the audience, he said. (Herald-Tribune)
Using Shakespeare as an example, look at King Richard III. In the play's opening speech, he states. "But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty to strut before a wanton ambling nymph; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, cheated of feature by dissembling nature, deformed, unfinish'd, sent before my time into this breathing world, scarce half made up, and that so lamely and unfashionable... (Suite101.com)
The other day in Stratford, I watched Jonathan Slinger's mesmerising Richard III in Michael Boyd's Shakespeare history plays project with the RSC. People like these are the Oscar nominees of the future. And it's not just the glamour companies that are thriving. (Guardian Unlimited)
" Appel says her love for Chekhov began decades ago, and it's a special joy to adapt and direct the playwright's final and "perfect" play for the first time at OSF. Appel calls "The Cherry Orchard" a "poem of perfection" that portrays the evanescence of a way of life and the memories it evokes. She says the story of Lyubov Andreyevna and her family, who cling to their ancestral home and its cherry orchards in the face of certain loss, is humorously ironic. That puts her squarely in the camp of... (Mail Tribune, OR)
Jonathan Player for The New York Times The Syrian actor Fayez Kazak as Emir Gloucester in "Richard III: An Arab Tragedy," directed and adapted by Sulayman Al-Bassam ... STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England: As played by the Syrian actor Fayez Kazak, the title character in "Richard III: An Arab Tragedy" is a preening, plotting devil with the vulpine intelligence and maniacal charisma of the late Saddam Hussein ... And so, commissioned to bring an Arabic production of "Richard III" to Stratford as part of... (International Herald Tribune)
The two princes were never seen again, Richard of Gloucester was crowned King Richard III, and the skeletons of two young children were found in 1674 buried under the stairs of the White Tower. You can draw your own conclusions, as Shakespeare did for the basis of his play, Richard III.. (Suite101.com)
The play, an Arabic-language version of Richard III, is set in a Gulf Arab context and draws parallels between the historic dynastic struggles in England and the current political situation in the Middle East ... "Last night I was hearing couples who were talking about the play and they were so happy and they didn't want to follow the subtitles. They were just listening. Language is no barrier to audiences familiar with the play "They wanted to understand, because they know Richard III but they... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
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