Nicol Williamson

Nicol Williamson (born September 14, 1936) is a Scottish -born British actor who was described by English playwright John Osborne as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando". Williamson was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, the son of...

In this article: Hamlet, Inadmissible Evidence, John Osborne, John Boorman, Marianne Faithfull, Broadway, Tony Richardson, and David Merrick

...and the New York theater. Slightly less funny are the pieces about being gay, Jewish, and from New Jersey. In New York, Nicol Williamson, starring in Rudnick's play "I Hate Hamlet,'' behaves horribly - drinks, brawls, gropes, and even...

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...substance abuse resembled a Christmas tree ornament." Other highlights include "I Hit Hamlet," his New Yorker article about Nicol Williamson stabbing Evan Handler onstage during Rudnick's play, "I Hate Hamlet." And you've got to admire his...

In this article: Paul Rudnick, New Jersey, Pringles, Christmas Eve, Cocaine, and I Hate Hamlet

...in 1939 with Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney Jr, Steinbeck's novel has been adapted several times since. George Segal and Nicol Williamson appeared in a 1968 version, while a 1992 adaptation starred Gary Sinise and John Malkovich.

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...8, 1991. The lead role of Andrew Rally was played by Evan Handler. The cast of the show includes three women and three men. Nicol Williamson, who played the role of John Barrymore in the initial Broadway production, was notoriously...

In this article: John Barrymore, I Hate Hamlet, Hamlet, Paul Rudnick, Evan Handler, New York City, Hamlet, and The New Yorker

Inadmissible Evidence was first staged in London in 1964 before transferring to Broadway. In 1968 it was made into a film starring Nicol Williamson and Eileen Atkins. Sheen, originally from Port Talbot, will play the protagonist of the...

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Although, of course, the theatre is not immune to early departures. Despite appearing in the most celebrated Hamlet of his day, Nicol Williamson left the stage during a performance, though probably more due to nerves than a lack of laughs.

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...Holmes in a later "Hound of the Baskervilles. '' "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution,'' based on Nicholas Meyer's best-selling spoof, stars Nicol Williamson. In "They Might Be Giants,'' George C. Scott is a mental patient in modern-day New York...

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...("The Best of Youth"). The movie is so violent and uncompromising that it will probably never be released here. Hamlet (U.K., 1969): Nicol Williamson, reprising his stage performance, proves himself one of the century's great Hamlets,...

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...went off at the start of his one-man Dickens show and, coincidentally, his first line was "Dickens here". Farther back still, Nicol Williamson found his Macbeth wasn't just "supping full with horrors" but was supping too full with little...

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