In the remote Lake District, where Wordsworth found solace in t he woodlands and rolling hills, the village of Grasmere remains "part of the romantic dream of nineteenth-century England," says Andrew Wil dsmith, who's restored a Gothic house t here ca ll ed Forest Side. The stone facade looks right out of Rebecca, but inside you'll find a powdery-blue palette and lush Zoffany wallpaper. Double-glazed sash windows in the 20 suites offer views of t he gardens, one of which supplies the restaurant, where Kevi n Tickle serves up dishes like Old Winchester cheese with pickled allium fl owers. Come morning, wander the misty grounds or take the path to Wordsworth's Dove Cottage, but be sure to make it back in time for afternoon tea. theforestside.com.-KATE DONNELLY
JUMP TO IT THIEM MAKES A SHOT AT THIS YEAR'S AUSTRALIAN OPEN.
next generation." But normal he is not. In February alone, he won titles in Buenos Aires and Acapulco, and within a year he's shot his month, director Benedict Andrews brings his hit up almost 40 places to London production of A Streetcar Named Desire to a career-high ranking St. Ann's Warehouse, with breakout star Vanessa Kirby as Stella, the of thirteen, making him watered-down wife caught between her hypermasculine husband the youngest player in the top 20. "I ca ll him (Ben Foster) and supercilious sister (Gillian Anderson). Andrews Home Thiem," says describes Stella as "the battleground of the piece," but audiences commentator Brad should expect Kirby's Stella to be a fighter. "She's strong," the Gilbert. "He reminds 28-year-old Londoner says. "The way I see it, Stella is no doormat." me of Gasquet, with Nor is Kirby, aecording to her director: "Vanessa possesses a great that one-handed emotional ferocity. There's a dangerous glint in her eyes, a tigerish backhand. And he's sensuality. You don't know what she might do next. " strong as a bul l. Offstage, Kirby will play Zelda Fitzgerald in Michael Grandage's Rising tennis phenom Dominic His opportunity is coming." Genius, about Scribner's editor Max Perkins, and then a "vivacious Thiem is neither bombastic Thiem lost to Rafael Nadal in and vulnerable" Princess Margaret in Stephen Daldry and Peter nor tattooed nor dating a more 2014 at Roland Garros, which Morgan's The Crown, Netflix's chronicle of Queen Elizabeth II. Kif. famous female player. Ra ised he calls his favorite court to in the countryside outside play. He returns to the French by, who was nominated for the 2011 Evening StandardTheatre Award Vienna , the 22-year-old is shy, Open this month after defeating for Outstanding Newcomer for her performance in The Acid Test, supports Chelsea F. C. , and the Spaniard in Buenos Aires admits that she's never been quite as comfortable on set as she is on· believes that the surest way to on clay, no less. Rarely has a stage. For that, blame Anton Chekhov. Kirby was just twelve when win is by training every single dark horse been so modest: she saw The Cherry Orchard, with Vanessa and Corin Redgrave, at day. As he puts it, "I 'm maybe ''I'll keep up the good work," theNational Theatre. "I so believed in what they were doing on· the most normal guy of the he SayS .-MARK GUIDUCCI stage," she remembers. "That moment was magic." -M.G. PAT A> 172
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