Ben Whishaw

...the play is more Noel Coward than Mark Ravenhill. Rating; * * * Katherine Parkinson and Ben Whishaw in Cock Photo: ALASTAIR MUIR Andrew Scott and Ben Whishaw in Cock at the Royal Court Photo: ALASTAIR MUIR Ben Whishaw made his name,...

In this article: Hamlet, Katherine Parkinson, and Noel Coward

...and perhaps just a bit contemptuously to the male member: something that, as contemplated by Bartlett and wielded in unseen bedrooms by Ben Whishaw, is busy, demanding, wayward, unpredictable and, above all, indecisive. Whishaw is John, who...

In this article: Imprimatur and Hamlet

...defect as an excuse for inflicting pain. But irritation is forestalled by the acuity of the writing and by the wiry charisma of Ben Whishaw who, having played Hamlet, knows a thing or two about vacillating uncertainty. Everyone, in fact,...

In this article: London and Hamlet

...village of Hampstead, London. It is seen very much through Fanny's eyes, as a chaste but heightened romance. Timid affair: Ben Whishaw as Romantic poet John Keats and Abbie Cornish as his love, Fanny Brawne The film is at its best...

In this article: Jane Campion, John Keats, Bright Star, An Education, Brideshead Revisited, Abbie Cornish, Carey Mulligan, and The Piano

...of kids who prostrate themselves before the altar of Simon Cowell every year. But there is no doubting that whatever 'it' is, Ben Whishaw has it in bundles. Not that he'll be turning up in X-Factor or whatever the thespian equivalent is...

In this article: John Keats, Hamlet, Bright Star, Jane Campion, Oscar, Charles Brown, Hamlet, and I'm Not There

...and wears racy bonnets with elongated crowns, but she's not sure she understands the poems written by that pale gent Keats (Ben Whishaw) who lives in the cottage's other half. She dispatches her sister Toots (Edie Martin) to the bookseller...

In this article: John Keats, Bright Star, Jane Campion, Abbie Cornish, Antagonism, Charles Brown, Endymion, and Kerry Fox

Bright Star is the best film Jane Campion, director of Oscar winner The Piano, has ever made. Jane Campion; Ben Whishaw; Abbie Cornish; Rating: * * * * In truth, there were many people who thought that Jane Campion's best days were well...

In this article: Jane Campion, Bright Star, John Keats, Abbie Cornish, Oscar, Charles Armitage Brown, and Kerry Fox

...of both. "Bright Star" is based on the relationship between Romantic poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, played respectively by Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish. It is set in 1818, two years before Keats' death. Keats lives with fellow poet...

In this article: John Keats, Bright Star, The Blair Witch Project, Charles Brown, Jane Campion, Paul Schneider, and Abbie Cornish

...the The Scotsman site. To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. Published Date: 04 November 2009 BEN WHISHAW seems to have become the go-to actor for filmmakers casting sensitive creative types. In 2006, he...

In this article: John Keats, Bright Star, Hamlet, Royal Court Theatre, Sebastian Flyte, Primo Levi, Brideshead Revisited, and Trevor Nunn

The soulful Ben Whishaw was the natural choice to play Keats on screen in Jane Campion's biopic Bright Star. You wouldn't quite call it a season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, but there's a chill in the air as you approach Keats House...

In this article: John Keats, Jane Campion, Bright Star, Keats House, Paul Schneider, Bedfordshire, Hamlet, and Romantic poet