First Drafts (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
1) Olivier vs Gielgud Everyone knows that Laurence Olivier is more famous than John Gielgud. But here’s a curious thing. Gielgud was ezxtraordinary in the Granada ‘Bridehead’ as Charles Ryder’s father. It is unthinkable that the part could be played differently or better. Olivier was OK (as Olivier usually was on TV). But no better than [...]
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Rupert Goold's production of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land opened in the West End last night (7 October 2008, previews from 27 September) to an audience including the playwright himself as well as a plethora of celebrity guests (See Also Today'...
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Harold Pinter's 1975 modern classic No Man's Land returned to the West End last night (7 October 2008, previews from 27 September) in a new production care of the Gate Theatre, Dublin, helmed by director of the moment Rupert Goold. It runs for a ...
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
TV funnymen were out in force to cheer on their fellow, David Walliams, who's making his stage acting debut in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land, which opened last night (7 October 2008, previews from 27 September) for a limited season to 3 January...
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Yes, but what does it all mean? Kenneth Tynan railed against the gratuitous obscurity of Harold Pinter's poetic 1975 play when it was first produced by Peter Hall at the National starring John Gielgud as the supplicant versifier Spooner and Ralph R...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
More than 30 years ago, as a young student, I reeled out of the premiere production of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land (1975) blown away by both the mysterious power of the play and the thrilling, mould-breaking performances of John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson.
Diary From England (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
I was a big fan of the tv series, “Brideshead Revisited”. It was probably one of the greatest tv adaptations of a classic British novel ever created. The series featured the cream of British acting talent including Anthony Andrews, Jeremy Irons, Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud. Based on one of the most celebrated books in English literature by Evelyn Waugh, the tv series enjoyed great success,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Thorold Dickinson's 1949 film The Queen of Spades has been called 'a masterpiece' by Martin Scorsese - so why is his work not better known? Philip Horne celebrates a daring director who was beset by bad luck
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Malcolm McDowell stars as the insane Roman emperor in the notorious, uncut version of Tinto Brass's 'porn' epic produced by 'Penthouse' boss Bob Guccione. Read our review. Rating:2
The Herald (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
First, the important stuff: Aloysius is alive and well. There had been rumours that the teddy bear had been given his marching orders from Julian Jarrold’s Brideshead Revisited, but here he is, in the arms of dear, dear Sebastian once more.
This is London (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
The Great Gambon (as Ralph Richardson dubbed him) returns to Pinter in a new production of No Man's Land directed by the wünderkind Rupert Goold, whose interpretation of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart proved such a hit.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
EVER, DIRK: THE BOGARDE LETTERS EDITED BY JOHN COLDSTREAM (WEIDENFELD, £25)
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
£24.99, Arrow Films / £21.99, BFI
GreenCine Guru (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Reviewer: James van Maanen Rating (out of 5): ***½  Anyone remember the old Peter Shaffer play "Five Finger Exercise"? Highly "theatrical" (code word for a-tad-too-coincidental-and-heavy-handed), this London success made its Broadway debut in 1959 and ran for nearly...
Sigmund, Carl and Alfred (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Remember the movie ‘Arthur,’ starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli? In the role of the title character, Moore plays a childish, self centered and self absorbed millionaire lush, He is quite out of touch with reality and he has no idea how to relate to anyone living in the real world. He seeks advice and comfort [...]
