Jane Lapotaire
1944 (81 год)Smyrna
Grigoris Karantinakis
Rupert Graves, Susan Hampshire
Древний греческий город Смирна был веками оккупирован османами, но при этом оставался многонациональным городом, в котором в мире жили греки, турки, армяне, евреи и другие народы. В 1922 году греческая армия, получившая по условиям послевоенного договора контроль над Смирной (ныне турецкий город Измир), потерпела сокрушительное поражение от турок и была вынуждена отступить. В городе началось безжалостное уничтожения греков и армян.
Smyrna
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
Gregory Doran
David Tennant, Nigel Lindsay
A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years.
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Michael Darlow
Jane Lapotaire, Joss Ackland
Jane Lapotaire and Joss Ackland star in this adaptation of Rudolph Besier's play. Elizabeth Barrett is kept a virtual prisoner by her father. Then the poet Robert Browning bursts into her life.
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Christopher A. Cohen
Lauren Bacall, Brian Stokes Mitchell
The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on opening night. This second compilation of great musical moments from the Tonys features another dazzling array of stars and performances. Hosts Lauren Bacall, Bebe Neuwirth, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jerry Orbach introduce these one-of-a-kind performances and share their personal Broadway and Tony memories.
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Bella and the Boys
Brian Hill
Billie Piper, Tom Burke
13 years after Bella, Martin and Lee were there, the manager of their children's home is retiring and the home being shutdown. As they meet up together at a reunion/retirement celebration it sparks old memories of their time together at the home.
Bella and the Boys
The Master Builder
Michael Darlow
Pamela Binns, Donald Churchill
Ibsen's play is the story of Halvard Solness, Master Builder of a town in Norway. Solness is a successful architect but he's afraid of the being surpassed by those younger than himself. The arrival of a young woman called Hilda stirs up memories and feelings with stories of a promise he made her many years ago.
The Master Builder
Stocker's Copper
Jack Gold
Gareth Thomas, Bryan Marshall
In August 1913 a strike at a Cornish clay pit leads to Welsh police being sent to keep order. Having no other source of income, a striking miner is forced to take in one of the policemen as a lodger. They soon become friends, but escalating tension at the mine means that conflict will become inevitable.
Stocker's Copper
Lady Jane
Trevor Nunn
Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes
The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to Lady Jane Grey, whom he places on the throne after Edward dies. At first hostile to each other, Guildford and Jane fall in love, but they cannot withstand the course of power which will lead to their ultimate downfall.
Lady Jane
Piaf
Howard Davies
Jane Lapotaire, David Leary
Piaf is a play by Pam Gems that focuses on the life and career of French chanteuse Edith Piaf. This biographical drama with music portrays the singer in as a self-destructive, promiscuous alcoholic and junkie who, in one controversial scene, urinates in public.
Piaf
Performance
Nicolas Roeg, Donald Cammell
James Fox, Mick Jagger
In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar. When Chas and Turner meet, their worlds collide—and the impact is both exotic and explosive.
Performance
Giving Tongue
Stefan Schwartz
Clare Holman, Charlotte Coleman
Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunted as a teenager with friend Barb Gale. Matters are complicated when she rekindles her friendship with Barb, who still works for a hunt. The plot thickens further when it becomes aparent that the House of Lords is likely break with convention and block the bill, an event which the Prime Minister hopes to use for his own ends.
Giving Tongue
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
John Hay
Lewis McKenzie, Jane Lapotaire
Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed and leads his school football team towards the final of the local schools cup.
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
