Compleat Female Stage Beauty Is a Winner

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Compleat Female Stage Beauty Is a Winner Epic Theatre Company has gotten off to a smashing start for its 2014-2015 season with a highly entertaining production of Compleat Female Stage Beauty. The setting is 1661 when it was routine for male actors to play the female characters in Shakespeare productions. Jonathan Fisher stars as vain actor Edward Kynaston, famous for playing roles like Desdemona in Othello. Kynaston’s world is rocked and ego bruised when an actress named Margaret Hughes (Kerry Giorgi) plays Desdemona at a competing theater before huge audiences. She becomes a threat to not only his career, but his identity. “A woman playing a woman?,” Kynaston asks. “Where’s the trick in that?” Meanwhile, Charles II’s (Kyle DeMartino) companion Nell Gwynn (Elaine Letaio) has aspirations of making a name for herself on the stage. When Betterton (Kevin Broccoli), the theatre owner, wants to allow women to appear on stage, Kynaston is appalled. His life goes into a downward spiral of shame and desperation. Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher has crafted a compelling and witty exploration of gender roles in English society. Fisher, who previously appeared in Epic’s productions of Hurlyburly and Assistance, gives a brilliant performance. He has the ability to convey the simmering hostility underneath the surface while maintaining an upbeat disposition. The supporting performances are equally strong. Giorgi is an attractive performer who brings a lot of vulnerability to Margaret. Broccoli is a master of comic timing and brings a wry wit to the proceedings. Letaio and Christine Pavao, as Sir Sharles Sedley, were also standouts. They brought a lot of charisma to their characters. The show’s technical qualities were also superb. The period clothing worn by the actors was marvelous to look at. Director Jill D. Jones deserves a lot of credit for the crisp staging of Compleat Female Stage Beauty. The production is bare bones, but the illusion of a medieval world is conveyed quite convincingly by the actors and the technicians. Compleat Female Stage Beauty is a masterpiece and a major triumph for Epic Theatre Company. Compleat Female Stage Beauty will be performed through September 20 at Theatre 82, 82 Rolfe Square, Cranston. Recommended for mature audiences. Tickets available at EpicTheatreRI.org..

Copy Link

Recommended publications

Rupert Everett ~ 36 Screen Credits
Rupert Everett ~ 36 Screen Credits Look at that lip. Hauteur, condescension, disdain writ large. "I am a very limited actor. There's a certain amount I can do and that's it," said Everett in 2014. Maybe so, but - see My Best Friend's Wedding, An Ideal Husband, Separate Lies or Unconditional Love - how well he does it. Born in Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk on 29 May 1959 the second son of parents Anthony and Sara, RUPERT JAMES HECTOR EVERETT is of English, Scottish, Irish and more distant German and Dutch ancestry. His father, who died in 2009, was a Major in the British Army who later worked in business. When he was six, Rupert was taken into Braintree for his first trip to a cinema. There was a long queue, the child was typically fretful and the grown-ups thought about leaving, but finally decided not to: And so my mother bought the fateful tickets and unknowingly guided me through a pair of swing doors into the rest of my life ... ... Those huge curtains silently swished open and Mary Poppins sprang across the footlights and into my heart. After preliminary instruction from a governess, Everett was educated at Far- leigh House School, Andover from seven to thirteen then at Ampleforth College, Yorkshire from thirteen to sixteen, at which point he absconded to London to become an actor. After two years of living the bohemian life to the full (if not excess), he won a coveted place at the Central School of Speech and Drama, but after attending for two tempestuous and more or less unrewarding years was told not to return for a third.
[Show full text]
Sherborne School and the Oscars
‘And the Academy Award goes to…’ Sherborne School and the Oscars Sherborne School is currently making its presence felt on the big screen. Not only has the School recently provided the set for two new films, The Imitation Game (2014) and Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), but two Old Shirburnian actors can currently be seen in two hugely successful films, Hugh Bonneville (d 1977-1981) in Paddington (2014) and Charlie Cox (c 1996-2001) in The Theory of Everything (2014). And, of course, Benedict Cumberbatch, himself the son of an Old Shirburnian, is portraying Old Shirburnian Alan Turing (h 1926-1931) in The Imitation Game (2014). The 87th Academy Award nominations for the 2015 Oscars see The Imitation Game (2014) with eight nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor, and The Theory of Everything (2014) with one nomination for Best Picture. But we will have to wait until 22 February 2015 to find out who will win a coveted Oscar. Jeremy Irons (b 1962-1966) is the only Old Shirburnian to date known to have won an Oscar. This was for his portrayal of Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune (1990) in which he starred alongside Glenn Close. However, with a number of new films in the pipe line - La Corrispondenza (2015), High-Rise (2015), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Race (2016) – he will no doubt be adding a few more awards to his mantelpiece in the future. It was while he was at Sherborne that Irons first took to the stage, appearing as Mr Puff in the 1966 production of The Critic.
[Show full text]
10-Fr-736-Booklet-W.O. Crops
CARLISLE PRINCE OF FLOYD PLAYERS an oPera in two acts Phares royal Dobson shelton Kelley riDeout harms eDDy fr esh ! MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WILLIAM BOGGS , CONDUCTOR FROM THE COMPOSER it is with great pleasure and pride that i congratulate the Florentine opera and soundmirror on this beautiful recording. it is the culmination of all the hard work and love that many people poured into making this opera a success. From its very beginning, Prince of Players has been a joy for me. back in 2011, i was flipping through tV channels and stopped on an interesting movie called staGe beauty, based on Jeffery hatcher’s play “the compleat Female stage beauty” and directed by sir richard eyre. the operatic potential struck me immediately. opera deals with crisis, and this was an enormous crisis in a young man’s life. i felt there was something combustible in the story, and that’s the basis of a good libretto. i always seek great emotional content for my operas and i thought this story had that. it is emotion that i am setting to music. if it lacks emotion, i know it immediately when i try to set it to music: nothing comes. From the story comes emotion, from the emotion comes the music. Fortunately for me, the story flowed easily, and drawing from the time-honored dramatic cycle of comfort, disaster, rebirth, i completed the libretto in less than two weeks. in 2013, the houston Grand opera commissioned Prince of Players as chamber opera, to be performed by its hGo studio singers, and staged by the young british director, michael Gieleta.
[Show full text]
The Lady in the Van
BBC Films THE LADY IN THE VAN Directed by Nicholas Hytner Written by Alan Bennett from his memoir 103 min East Coast Publicity West Coast Publicity Distributor Springer Associates PR Block-Korenbrot Sony Pictures Classics Gary Springer Eric Osuna Carmelo Pirrone 1501 Broadway, Suite 506 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 170 Maya Anand New York, NY 10036 Los Angeles, CA 90048 550 Madison Ave. 212-354-4660 tel 323-634-7001 tel New York, NY 10022 [email protected] 323-634-7030 fax 212-833-8833 tel 212-833-8844 fax CREDITS CAST Maggie Smith MISS SHEPHERD Alex Jennings ALAN BENNETT Jim Broadbent UNDERWOOD Frances De La Tour MRS VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Roger Allam RUFUS DIRECTED BY Nicholas Hytner WRITTEN BY Alan Bennett from his memoir EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Christine Langan, Ed Wethered, Charles Moore, Miles Ketley PRODUCERS Kevin Loader, Nicholas Hytner, Damian Jones DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Andrew Dunn PRODUCTION DESIGNER John Beard EDITOR Tariq Anwar COMPOSER George Fenton COSTUME DESIGNER Natalie Ward HAIR AND MAKE UP DESIGNER Naomi Donne CASTING DIRECTOR Toby Whale SYNOPSIS Alan Bennett’s story is based on the true story of Miss Shepherd (played by a magnificent Maggie Smith), a woman of uncertain origins who “temporarily” parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudged favor becomes a relationship that will change both their lives. Filmed on the street and in the house where Bennett and Miss Shepherd lived all those years, acclaimed director Nicholas Hytner reunites with iconic writer Alan Bennett (The Madness of King George, The History Boys) to bring this rare and touching portrait to the screen.
[Show full text]
STAGE BEAUTY Richard Eyre Materialien Zueinemfilmvon Schule.At Kino Macht Schule
www.kinomachtschule.at STAGE BEAUTY Materialien zu einem Film von Richard Eyre schule kino macht kino macht schule INHALTSVERZEICHNIS STAB und BESETZUNG . 3 SYNOPSIS . 4 INHALT . 4 DREHBUCHAUTOR JEFFREY HATCHER ÜBER DIE ENTSTEHUNG DES FILMS . 7 SAMUEL PEPYS UND SEINE „GEHEIMEN TAGEBÜCHER“ . 9 DAS ELISABETHANISCHE THEATER . 11 Impressum: Herausgeber, Medieninhaber: Filmladen Filmverleih Mariahilferstraße 58/7 1070 Wien Tel: 01/523 43 62-0 [email protected] Redaktion und Layout: Michael Roth Internet: www.kinomachtschule.at www.stagebeauty-derfilm.de www.filmladen.at STAGE BEAUTY 2 kino macht schule Richard Eyre Stage Beauty Großbritannien/Deutschland/USA 2004 110 Minuten / 35 mm / Cinemascope / Farbe / Dolby Digital englische Originalfassung mit deutschen Untertiteln Drehbuch Jeffrey Hatcher Kamera Andrew Dunn Schnitt Tariq Anwar Musik George Fenton Ton Jim Greenhorn, Ben Barker Ausstattung Jim Clay Kostüm Tim Hatley Produzenten Robert De Niro Jane Rosenthal Hardy Justice Produktion Qwerty Films Icon Entertainment International Tribeca N1 European Film Produktion BBC Films Artisan Entertainment Verleih Filmladen, der Verleih des VOTIV KINOS mit Billy Crudup (Ned Kynaston) Claire Danes (Maria) Rupert Everett (King Charles II) Tom Wilkinson (Betterton) Ben Chaplin (George Villiars) Hugh Bonneville (Samuel Pepys) Zoë Tapper (Nell Gwyn) Edward Fox (Hyde) Richard Griffiths (Sir Charles Sedley) u. a. STAGE BEAUTY 3 kino macht schule SYNOPSIS INHALT Wir schreiben die zweite Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts London in den 60er Jahren des 17. Jahrhunderts. In und auf englischen Bühnen sind ausschließlich einer Zeit, in der Frauen die Bühne nur zum Putzen Männer erlaubt. Maria ist die Garderobiere des betreten dürfen, ist der junge Ned Kynaston Englands berühmtesten Schauspielers seiner Zeit – Edward beliebteste leading lady.
[Show full text]
Robert De Niro Filmography
Topic relevant selected content from the highest rated entries, typeset, printed and shipped. Combine the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the con- venience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission: to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it e ectively and globally. e content within this book was generated collaboratively by volunteers. Please be advised that nothing found here has necessarily been reviewed by people with the expertise required to provide you with complete, accurate or reliable information. Some information in this book maybe misleading or simply wrong. e publisher does not guarantee the validity of the infor- mation found here. If you need speci c advice (for example, medical, legal, nancial, or risk management) please seek a professional who is licensed or knowledgeable in that area. Sources, licenses and contributors of the articles and images are listed in the section entitled “References”. Parts of the books may be licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. A copy of this license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License” All used third-party trademarks belong to their respective owners. Contents Articles Robert De Niro 1 Robert De Niro filmography 9 Three Rooms in Manhattan 18 Greetings (film) 19 Sam's Song 21 The Wedding Party (film) 22 Bloody Mama 24 Hi, Mom!
[Show full text]
Download Detailseite
Berlinale 2007 NOTES ON A SCANDAL Wettbewerb TAGEBUCH EINES SKANDALS Außer Konkurrenz CHRONIQUE D’UN SCANDALE Regie: Richard Eyre USA/Großbritannien 2006 Darsteller Barbara Covett Judi Dench Länge 92 Min. Sheba Hart Cate Blanchett Format 35 mm, 1:1.85 Richard Hart Bill Nighy Farbe Steven Connolly Andrew Simpson Brian Bangs Phil Davis Stabliste Sandy Pabblem Michael Maloney Buch Patrick Marber, Polly Hart Juno Temple nach dem Roman Ben Hart Max Lewis von Zoë Heller Sue Hodge Joanna Scanlan Kamera Chris Menges Marjorie Julia McKenzie Schnitt John Bloom Bill Rumer Shaun Parkes Antonia Van Ted Mawson Tom Georgeson Drimmelen Linda Emma Kennedy Schnittassistenz Martin Corbett Gita Syreeta Kumar Ton Jim Greenhorn Elaine Clifford Wendy Nottingham Musik Philip Glass Antonia Robinson Tameka Empson Production Design, Davis Leon Skinner Kostüm Tim Hatley Lorraine Debra Gillett Art Directors Mark Raggett Hannah Moseley Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench Requisite Maxie McDonald Maske Lisa Westcott Regieassistenz Martin Harrison TAGEBUCH EINES SKANDALS Casting Maggie Lunn Die ebenso dominante wie einsame Lehrerin Barbara Covett führt mit eiser- Shaheen Baig ner Hand ihre Klasse an einer heruntergekommenen staatlichen Schule in Produktionsltg. Rachel Neale London, an der sie schon seit vielen Jahren unterrichtet. Ihre einzige „Be - Aufnahmeleitung Amanda Stevens zugs person“ ist ihre Katze Portia, ansonsten lebt Barbara ihr Leben allein, Produzenten Scott Rudin Robert Fox ohne Freunde und Vertraute. Was sie erfreut oder bedrückt, teilt sie aus- Ausführender schließlich ihrem Tagebuch mit – mal mehr, mal weniger aufrichtig. Produzent Redmond Morris Als mit der jungen Kunstlehrerin Sheba Hart eine neue Kollegin an ihre Co-Produktion BBC Film, London Schule kommt, glaubt Barbara in ihr die verwandte Seele und enge Freun- DNA Films, London din zu finden, nach der sie immer gesucht hat.
[Show full text]
Mary Cassatt, Who Studied Under the French Impressionists and Put Her Name on the Impressionist Movement Both in France and the United States
Issue 4, Fall 2017 Penumbra: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Critical and Creative Inquiry www.unionpenumbra.org Issue 4, Fall 2017 © 2017 by Penumbra Editorial Team All rights reserved. Published in 2017. Penumbra is the official, refereed, scholarly journal of Union Institute & University’s Ph.D. Program in Interdisciplinary Studies. The journal is published at regular intervals and dedicated to challenging traditional academic and creative disciplinary boundaries in the context of social change. Penumbra’s purpose is to promote theoretically informed engagements with concrete issues and problems. The journal publishes socially engaged, innovative, creative and critical scholarship with a focus on ethical and political issues in the humanities, public policy, and leadership. Penumbra is a peer-edited and peer-reviewed journal committed to spanning the divide between scholarly and creative production, and to fostering work from graduate students, junior scholars and emerging artists, in addition to more established critical and creative voices. EDITOR Marianna Boncek ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jonina Stump ASSITANT EDITORS Amy Heath Gariot P. Louima Gariot P. Louima (2014- EDITORS EMERITI 2016) Elizabeth Aiossa (2013-2014) Jon Ross (2013-2014) John Giordano (2012-2013) Tiffany Taylor (2012-2013) ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION Provost and Vice President for Dr. Nelson Soto Academic Affairs Associate Vice President for Arlene Sacks Academic Affairs PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies Dean Michael Raffanti EDITORAL BOARD Diane Allerdyce Larry Preston Union
[Show full text]
Avance De Programacin
OFFICIAL SELECTION THE OTHER MAN , Richard Eyre (UK) Opening Night Film (Out of Competition) THE BROTHERS BLOOM , Rian Johnson (USA) Closing Night Film (Out of Competition) ARUITEMO, ARUITEMO / STILL WALKING , Hirokazu Kore-Eda (Japan) ASBE DU-PA / TWO-LEGGED HORSE , Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran - France) LA BELLE PERSONNE (The Beautiful Person), Christophe Honoré (France) BI MONG / DREAM , Kim Ki-duk (South Korea) CAMINO , Javier Fesser (Spain) DEN DU FRYGTER / FEAR ME NOT , Kristian Levring (Denmark) EID MILAD LAILA / LAILA’S BIRTHDAY , Rashid Masharawi (Tunisia - Palestine - Holland) FROZEN RIVER , Courtney Hunt (USA) Competitor for the Altadis-New Directors Award GENOVA , Michael Winterbottom (UK) LOUISE-MICHEL , Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern (France) MAMAN EST CHEZ LE COIFFEUR (Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's), Léa Pool (Canada) EL NIDO VACÍO (The Empty Nest), Daniel Burman (Argentina - Spain - France) PANDORANIN KUTUSU / PANDORA’S BOX , Yesim Ustaoglu (Turkey - France - Germany - Belgium) EL PATIO DE MI CÁRCEL (My Prison Yard), Belén Macías (Spain) Competitor for the Altadis-New Directors Award TIRO EN LA CABEZA (Bullet in the Head), Jaime Rosales (Spain) THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS , Mark Herman (Great Britain - USA) Out of Competition TROPIC THUNDER , Ben Stiller (USA) Out of Competition Altadis-New Directors Award OFFICIAL SELECTION THE OTHER MAN Director: Richard Eyre · Screenplay: Richard Eyre, Charles Wood · Photography: Haris Zambarloukos · Cast: Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas, Laura Linney, Romola Garai Running time: 90 m. · UK Opening Night Film (Out of Competition) Peter and Lisa are settled in the comfort of their long-term marriage. Lisa is a successful shoe designer and Peter runs his own company.
[Show full text]
SHAKESPEARE's FEMALE Icons
The start ow SHAKESPEARE's FEMALE IcoNs Volume XXXI 2012 Vol. XXXI Digital Facsimile The Upstart Crow: A Shakespeare journal, Volume XXXI, 2012 is published by Clemson Universicy Digital Press. © 2013 Clemson Univcrsicy ISSN: 0886-2168 ~ EDITOR ·~ \ Elizabeth Rivlin CLEMSON UNIVERSITY DIGITAL PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITORS Ray Barfield, Wayne Chapman, Jonathan Field, Martin Jacobi, Michael LeMahieu, Chantelle MacPhee, Brian McGrath, Lee Morrissey, and Will Stockton BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Will Stockton, Clemson University ADVISORY BOARD James Berg, Pam Brown, Patricia Cahill, Ann C. Christensen, Katherine Conway, Herbert Coursen, Mary Agnes Edsall, John R. Ford, Walter Haden, Chris Hassel, Maurice Hunt, Natasha Korda, Paul Kottman, Richard Levin, Jeremy Lopez, Bindu Malieckal, John McDaniel, Ian Frederick Moulton, Peter Pauls, Kaara Peterson, Jeanne Roberts, and Jyotsna Singh BUSINESS MANAGER Kristin Sindorf ACCOUNTING FISCAL ANALYST Beverly Pressley EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Charis Chapman and Jared Jamison EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE Editor, 1he Upstart Crow, Department of English, Clemson University, Strode Tower, Box 340523, Clemson, SC 29634-0523. Tel. (864) 656-3151. Fax (864) 656-1345. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Please note: after Volume XXXI, "'ubscription will no longer be available although copies of most volumes may be purchased from the online store to which visitors to our website will be directed. PDF facsimiles of all volumes, in the ncar future, wiU be available free for viewing on an open-access basis. Queries on existing subscriptions should be directed to The Business Manager at the same address as given above. Meanwhile, rates for the present (and last) volume of 1he Upstart Crow are as follows: 1-year subscription for individuals (Vol. XXXI): $17 1-year subscription for institutions (Vol.
[Show full text]
Ingo Berensmeyer
ZAA 56.1 (2008): 13-30 © INGO BERENSMEYER Staging Restoration England in the Post-Heritage Theatre Film: Gender and Power in Stage Beauty and The Libertine Abstract: This article analyses two British post-heritage films, Richard Eyre’s Stage Beauty (2004) and Laurence Dunmore’s The Libertine (2005). Both films are set in the seventeenth century and use the theatre as a central metaphor to describe and capture the cultural sensibilities of Restoration England. Both are based on stage plays in which theatre also functions as a site of resistance to cultural and social norms of gender and sexual politics. However, both films end by reinscribing and reaffirming the norms they set out to question, as transgressive desire is preempted and contained by an aesthetics of spectacle. Approaching the films in the light of gender performativity and queer theory, as well as examining their depiction of historical figures like Edward Kynaston and Elizabeth Barry, King Charles II and the earl of Rochester, this essay tries to find out why Restoration England appears to be so difficult to present cinematically. 1. Restoration England in Post-Heritage Cinema “Counterfeit will not serve you on the stage.” Rochester in The Libertine (Jeffreys 1995, 30) Every period creates its own images of the past. Although historical novels, plays and films rarely acknowledge it, they can often tell us at least as much about their own time as about the period in which their stories take place. Sir Walter Scott’s ideas about medieval chivalry, for example, as presented in novels like Ivanhoe (1819) and The Talisman (1825), are not merely indebted to historical information about the Middle Ages but also deeply rooted in early nineteenth-century notions of civilization, masculinity and gender relations.
[Show full text]
Stage Beauty Visas Den 13/2 2006 Stage Beauty
Stage Beauty Visas den 13/2 2006 Stage Beauty Produktionsinfo Filmografi, urval: Regi: Richard Eyre 2001 Iris Manus: Richard Eyre 2004 Stage Beauty Längd: 106 min 2006 Notes on a Scandal Produktionsland: GB/US/DE 2008 The Other Man Premiär i Sverige: 2011 La Traviata (Fleming, Calleja) Medverkande: Derek Hutchinson, Mark Letheren, Claire Danes, Billy Crudup, 2012 The Hollow Crown: Henry IV - Part 1 Tom Wilkinson, Ben Chaplin, Hugh Bonneville, Jack Kempton, 2012 The Hollow Crown: Henry IV - Part 2 Fenella Woolgar, David Westhead, Nick Barber, Stephen Marcus, Richard Griffiths, Zoe Tapper, Alice Eve 2014 Ghosts 2015 The Dresser Om regissören Richard Eyre Richard Eyre, född 1943 i Barnstaple, England, är en erkänt skicklig teaterregissör. Hans teaterintresse väcktes när han som 16-åring fickse Peter O´Toole spela Hamlet i Bristol. Efter studier i Cambridge arbetade han i Edinburgh vid Lyceum Theatre, i Nottingham och som teaterproducent vid BBC. Han har också skrivit mycket om teater samt en självbiografi Utopia and Other Places. Åren 1988 till 1997 var han verksam som konstnärlig ledare vid Royal National Theatre och som tack för sin insats där adlades han och fick rätt att kalla sig Sir Richard Eyre. Hans filmografi är inte så omfattande vad gäller biograffilmer, men han har producerat och regisserat en hel del för TV. I filmsammanhang är han mest känd för Iris, filmen om Iris Murdochs liv och i synnerhet sista år präglade av Alzheimers sjukdom, utmärkt spelad av Judi Dench. Om filmen Först på 1600-talets senare hälft blev det möjligt för kvinnor att uppträda på teaterscener. Dittills hade kvinnoroller gestaltats av män, något som väl är bekant för dem som sett filmen Shakespeare in Love.
[Show full text]