Richard III

...by Tolstoy's War and Peace. There is perhaps no greater testament to the potential power of made-up history than the fact that Richard III's reputation has never recovered from his characterization as a cunning, conniving hunchback...

In this article: Antonia Fraser, Hilary Mantel, Henry VIII, William Shakespeare, Aristotle, The Daughter of Time, and Walter Scott

...Time at the Trafalgar Studios in spring 2009 - will be taking on the part of May in the play, as well as playing Lady Anne in Shakespeare's Richard III. "It has been amazing and I have loved the fact that, as a performer, I have been...

In this article: Sadie Frost, London, and William Shakespeare

Presented under the umbrella title Desire & Destruction by theatre company Love&Madness, Frost will also appear as Lady Anne in Shakespeare's Richard III. The season, which runs from Jan. 25 through March 21, 2010, will also include...

In this article: Sadie Frost, Carl Barat, Fool for Love, London, Jude Law, Leopold and Loeb, William Morris, and Frost French

...of King Lear (at the New London Theatre in 2007). Amongst his numerous film credits, he produced and wrote the screenplay for "Richard III" and was nominated for an Oscar for "Gods and Monsters" and for Gandalf in "The Lord of the...

In this article: Waiting for Godot, Sean Mathias, Matthew Kelly, Broadway, London, Samuel Beckett, Ian McKellen, and Williamstown Theatre Festival

...he continued to take film work, playing Coker in Vice Versa (1948); Dr Cook in White Corridors (1951); and the ostler in Olivier's Richard III. More work came with the growth of television. He was Lord Shoreby in The Black Arrow (1958);...

In this article: Timothy Bateson, Alberto Cavalcanti, Samuel Beckett, Kenneth Tynan, and Law Society

...one of the movies that was playing in theaters when I worked at the AMC Theater in Oklahoma City when I was in collage (along with Fargo, Richard III and others). I had seen the beginning and end of that movie a million times during it's run...

In this article: Josie and the Pussycats, Mr. Holland's Opus, Beautiful Boy, AMC Theater, Kay Hanley, Letters to Cleo, Parker Posey, and Karate Kid, Part II

...McDonagh investigates a murder, cadging generous helpings of controlled substances along the way, he begins to resemble a dope-sick Richard III, his hunched shoulder as pronounced as his jones for anything he can snort or smoke. Herzog's...

In this article: Nicolas Cage, Werner Herzog, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Harvey Keitel, Bad Lieutenant, New Orleans, Eva Mendes, and Ava Gardner

...warmth. With a hitched-up shoulder as pronounced as his jones for anything he can snort or smoke, Cage begins to resemble a dope-sick Richard III as the vortex of his addictions threatens to swallow him whole. For admirers who still miss...

In this article: Nicolas Cage, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Werner Herzog, Abel Ferrara, New Orleans, Alligator, and Grizzly Bear

...on, we're told McDonagh has a bad back; by the time the picture has zigzagged to its midpoint, Cage is bent over and snarling like Richard III, with a badge. Then, for a while, Cage tries a new cocaine-, marijuana- and Vicodin-ravaged...

In this article: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Werner Herzog, Nicolas Cage, Hurricane Katrina, Orson Welles, Eva Mendes, Abel Ferrara, Tom Bower, and Jennifer Coolidge

...So when it does, it’s wonderful. ”</p><p>Roach has never played Richard, nor has he appeared in a production of “Richard III. ”</p><p>“I have no association with the play except having seen it a few...

In this article: Iago, William Shakespeare, Battle of Bosworth Field, Othello, Faith Healer, and Ian McKellen