Shrouded enigmatically in a constant veil of smoke, eminent dramatist Sir Ronald Harwood bears all the outward characteristics of a benevolent, old dragon. An Academy Award-winning screenwriter, author and playwright, whose most famous works include The Dresser, The Pianist, Taking Sides and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Harwood’s increasing...
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The fact that our two national companies have proven themselves incapable of producing a satisfying production of Macbeth says little for the state of Britain’s theatre scene. Of course, Macbeth is by no means a play easily conquered: many of history’s finest actors – including Gielgud, Richardson, Laughton, and O’Toole...
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A far cry from the ghoulish caricature with which his profession is eternally lumbered, Michael Billington represents an invaluable record of twentieth-century theatrical progression. Seated comfortably amid an immeasurable assemblage of programmes, books and copies of The Guardian – the paper to which he has devoted the last 47 years...
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Richard Fullerton speaks to Andrew Davies, Emmy-winning screenwriter of House of Cards, Pride and Prejudice, and much more.
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The 1940’s may rightfully be remembered as this country’s last romantic age. While the decade was beset with warfare and the looming threat of invasion, no other period in recent British history has borne quite so striking a resemblance to the ‘merry, old England’ myth that permeates our native culture....
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To the modern actor, the notion of repetition is a frightful one indeed. To the Shakespearean actor, however, it is a lifestyle; one that has kept several of history’s greatest players afloat in their advancing years. The subject of artistic repetition was very much on my mind nearly a month...
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As a student with an interest (or perhaps a study) in film, I’d be making an unintelligible mistake in ignoring Birmingham’s Electric Cinema, a true cinematic landmark that lies within a mere thirty minutes of our very own campus. The real significance of The Electric as an independent cinema lies...
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