An orchard is an intentional planting of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit or nut-producing trees which are grown for commercial production. Orchards are also sometimes a feature of large gardens, where they serve an aesthetic as well as a productive purpose. A fruit garden is generally synonymous with an orchard, although it is set on a smaller non-commercial scale and may emphasize berry shrubs in preference to fruit trees.

Most temperate-zone orchards are laid out in a regular grid, with a grazed or mown grass or bare soil base that makes maintenance and fruit gathering easy.

Orchards are often concentrated near bodies of water, where climatic extremes are moderated and blossom time is retarded until frost danger is past.

The forest garden is a food production system that is closely related to the orchard. A move towards more ecologically-friendly coffee production has led to forest-garden production of coffee. Brazil nuts and rubber are produced in such a method in some areas.

Often, mixed orchards are planted. In Europe, quince is sometimes planted along with apples.

Meadow orchard (Streuobstwiese)

Streuobstwiese (pl. ''Streuobstwiesen'') is a German word that means a meadow with scattered fruit trees or fruit trees that are planted in a field. Streuobstwiese, or a meadow orchard, is a traditional landscape in the temperate, maritime climate of continental Western Europe. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Streuobstwiesen were a kind of a rural community orchard that were intended for productive cultivation of stone fruit. In recent years, ecologists have successfully lobbied for state subsidies to valuable habitats, biodiversity and natural landscapes, which are also used to preserve old meadow orchards. Both conventional and meadow orchards provide a suitable habitat for many animal species that live in a cultured landscape. A notable example is the hoopoe that nests in tree hollows of old fruit trees and, in the absence of alternative nesting sites, is threatened in many parts of Europe, because of the destruction of old orchards.

Crops

;Tropical areas

Acai

Banana

Cacao

Coconut

Coffee

Durian

Guava

Mango

Papaya

Rambutan

Tea

;Subtropical areas

Avocado

Citrus

Custard-apple

Date Palm

Lychee

Macadamia nuts

Olive

;Temperate areas

Almond

Apple

Apricots

Bayberry

Blackberry

Blueberry

Cherry

Chestnut

Cranberry

Ginkgo nuts

Governor's plum

Grape

Hazel nut

Peach

Pear

Pecan

Walnut

Persimmon

Plum

Raspberry

Sand pear

Layout

An orchard's layout is the technique of planting the crops in a proper system. There are different methods of planting and thus different layouts. Some of these layout types include: # Square method # Rectangular method # Quincunx method # Triangular method # Hexagonal (or Equilateral triangle) method # Contour (or Terracing) method For different varieties, these systems may vary by some extent.

Orchards by region

The most extensive orchards in the United States are apple and orange orchards, although citrus orchards are more commonly called groves. The most extensive apple orchard area is in eastern Washington state, with a lesser but significant apple orchard area in most of Upstate New York. Extensive orange orchards are found in Florida and southern California. In eastern North America, many orchards are along the shores of Lake Michigan (such as the Fruit Ridge Region), Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario.

In Canada, apple and other fruit orchards are widespread on the Niagara Peninsula, south of Lake Ontario. This region is known as ''Canada Fruitland'' and, in addition to large-scale commercial fruit marketing, it is a favorite playground for "pick-your-own" activities in the summer.

Murcia is a major orchard area (or la huerta) in Europe, with citrus crops. New Zealand, China, Argentina and Chile also have extensive apple orchards.

Towns associated with orchards

Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire has been called ''The Town in the Orchard'', since the 19th century, because it was surrounded by extensive orchards. Today, this heritage is celebrated through an annual Applefest.

Airports associated with orchards

ORD

Orchard Field

Historical orchards

Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts was the residence of American celebrated writer Louisa May Alcott.

Fruita, Utah part of Capitol Reef National Park has Mormon pioneer orchards maintained by the United States National Park Service.

Orchard conservation and promotion organisations and schemes within England

Natural England, through its Countryside Stewardship Scheme, Environmental Stewardship and Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme, gives grant aid and advice for the maintenance, enhancement or re-creation of historical orchards.

The 'Orchard Link' organisation provides advice on how to manage and restore the county of Devon's orchards, as well as enabling the local community to use the local orchard produce. An organisation called 'Orchards Live' carries out similar work in North Devon.

The 'People's Trust for Endangered Species' aims to locate, assess and map every traditional orchard within England.

The UK Biodiversity Partnership lists traditional orchards and a priority UK Biodiversity Action Plan habitat.

The Wiltshire Traditional Orchards Project maps, conserves and restores traditional orchards within Wiltshire, England.

See also

Berries

Citrus

Drupe

Market garden

Forest garden

Fruit

Fruit tree forms

Fruit tree pollination

Fruit tree propagation

Fruit trees

Pruning fruit trees

References

External links

Home Orchard Society

North American Fruit Explorers

Orchards pathway on England In Particular

Pennsylvania tree fruit production guide; a guide on how to set up an orchard in practice

Traditional Orchards A Summary by Natural England. Other free publications are also available in the same series on this website.

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Name	Liam Clancy
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	William Clancy
Birth date	September 02, 1935
Died	December 04, 2009Cork, Ireland
Origin	Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland
Instrument	Vocals, guitar, concertina
Genre	Folk, traditional Irish
Occupation	Musician, songwriter, actor
Years active	1955–2009
Associated acts	The Clancy Brothers, Makem and Clancy
Website	http://www.liamclancy.com/ }}

William "Liam" Clancy (2 September 1935 – 4 December 2009) (Irish ''Liam Mac Fhlannchadha'') was an Irish folk singer and actor from Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. He was the youngest and last surviving member of performing group The Clancy Brothers. The group were regarded as Ireland's first pop stars. They recorded 55 albums, achieving global sales of millions and appearing at a sold-out Carnegie Hall, New York and the Royal Albert Hall, London. whilst Gay Byrne described him as one of the “most famous four Irishmen in the world”. He was a central figure during the 1960s folk revival,

Biography

As a child he was known as William or Willie. He displayed an artistic disposition at an early age, while growing up in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. Born there he was in 1935 as one of eleven children of Robert Joseph Clancy and Joanna McGrath. The first song he learned was "The Croppy Boy". He received a Christian Brothers education before taking a job as an insurance man in Dublin. Whilst there he also took night classes at the National College of Art and Design.

However, while still in his teens, Liam explored writing and painting, though he was particularly drawn to the theatre. In his early performing days, he began to call himself Liam rather than William or Willie. Before he was twenty years old, Liam had founded the local dramatic society now called "Brewery Lane Theatre and Arts Centre", and had produced, directed, set-directed, and starred in John Millington Synge's ''The Playboy of the Western World''. Liam also performed at the renowned Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. He encountered Diane Hamilton Guggenheim when she came to his hometown to visit his mother, and set off on a tour of Ireland alongside her. There were international tours, which included performances at Carnegie Hall (a sell-out in 1962) and the Royal Albert Hall. Liam Clancy was the last surviving member of the original Clancy Brothers; Tom Clancy died on November 7, 1990, Patrick Clancy died on November 11, 1998 and Tommy Makem died on August 1, 2007. Liam said of his status as last known survivor,

“There was always a pecking order, especially when you’re working with family. But they all died off, and I got to the top of the pecking order, with nobody looking over my shoulder. There’s a great sense of freedom about that”.

After The Clancy Brothers split, Liam had a solo career in Canada. In 1975, he was booked to play a festival in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, where Tommy Makem was also playing. The two played a set together and formed Makem and Clancy, performing in numerous concerts and recording several albums as a duo, until 1988. The whole ensemble also got back together in the 1980s for a reunion tour.

His final album ''The Wheels of Life'' was released in 2009: this included duets with Mary Black and Gemma Hayes as well as songs by Tom Paxton and Donovan.

Liam was an ardent proponent of political views and often outspoken on matters of social injustice right up until his death. He criticised both Gulf Wars and the grim, harsh economic climate which gripped Ireland during his last months alive. He told ''The Irish Times'' in September 2009 that he was on his “last legs”. He had already given his final performance, at the National Concert Hall the previous May, during which he recited the Dylan Thomas poem "And death shall have no dominion". He was unable to perform a full-length show on the final night of a two-night sold-out run but put in a 40-minute appearance nonetheless. His manager described it as “a very profound moment. He expressed his fear of dying, but he did it with great dignity”.

Death

Liam Clancy died from pulmonary fibrosis on 4 December 2009, in Bon Secours Hospital in Cork, Ireland. Bobby Clancy died of the same disease seven years previously His son Eben was in the process of coming over from the United Kingdom and he had had a chat with his son Donal who was in the middle of a tour of California. The other three sat beside him as he died. Alan Gilsenan described the death as the "end of an era". Radio disc jockeys in New York paid tribute to the man who, according to the ''New York Daily News'', "played a major role in defining how Americans heard Irish popular music over the last half century", with one DJ saying The Clancy Brothers had "broke down a wall that was long overdue". Christy Moore, on a prescheduled appearance on ''The Late Late Show'' aired live on the night of Liam's death, said, "I would have been listening to Radio Luxembourg and rock 'n' roll as a young fellow and then I got to hear of the Clancy brothers, when I was 16 I came to Dublin to hear them in a concert. It was about 1962, I think it was the Olympia, it was the most exciting concert I had ever attended. It was Irish, it was rock 'n' roll, it was funky and it was even sexy".

Clancy's lunchtime funeral at St Mary's Church in Dungarvan on 7 December was attended by hundreds of mourners, including both the Aides de Camp of the Taoiseach and President of Ireland, Minister Cullen and various musicians and artists. He was later buried in Ring.

Discography

Solo recordings

1965 – ''Liam Clancy'' – Vanguard LP/CD

''*re-released with bonus tracks as 'Irish Troubadour' on Vanguard CD''

1974 – ''Farewell to Tarwaithie'' – Plainsong LP

''*on Shanachie CD as "The Dutchman"''

2007 - ''Yes Those Were The Days'': ''The Essential Liam Clancy'' Dolphin Records

2008 - “The Wheels of Life”, Dolphin Records

''Kerrygold Cheddar Cheese'' – special edition 45rpm – unknown year

Guest recordings

1955 – ''The Lark in the Morning'' – Tradition LP/Rykodisc CD

1956 – ''The Countess Cathleen'' – Tradition LP

1989 – ''Phil Coulter: Words and Music'' – Shanachie CD

1992 – ''Phil Coulter: A Touch of Tranquility'' – Shanachie CD

1994 – ''Joanie Madden: Whistle on the Wind'' – Green Linnet CD

1999 – ''Cherish the Ladies: At Home'' – RCA CD

2000 – ''The Boys Won't Leave the Girls Alone'' – Windham Hill CD

2002 – ''Danú: All Things Considered'' – Shanachie CD

Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem

Tradition Records

''The Lark in the Morning'' – Tradition LP/Rykodisc CD – (1955)

''The Rising of the Moon'' (or ''Irish Songs of Rebellion'') (1956, 1959 second version)

''Come Fill Your Glass with Us'' (or ''Irish Songs of Drinking and Blackguarding'') (1959)

''The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem'' (self-titled) – (1961)

Columbia Records

''A Spontaneous Performance Recording'' (1961)

''Hearty and Hellish! A Live Nightclub Performance'' (1962)

''The Boys Won't Leave the Girls Alone'' (1962) – 2 stereo issues (one includes alternate mixes)

''*the last two albums were issued on now out of print Shanachie CDs''

''In Person at Carnegie Hall'' (1963) – also on Columbia CD

''The First Hurrah!'' (1964)

''Recorded LIVE in Ireland'' (1965)

''Isn't It Grand, Boys'' (1966)

''Freedom's Sons'' (1966)

''In Concert'' (1967) – also on Columbia CD

''The Irish Uprising'' (1967)

''Home, Boys, Home'' (1968)

''Sing of the Sea'' (1968)

''The Bold Fenian Men'' (1969)

''Reunion'' (1984) – Released on Blackbird LP/Shanachie CD

''Luck Of The Irish – Columbia/Sony compilation. Contains 1 new song (Wars Of Germany) and 3 new performances of previously released songs: (Home Boys Home, The Old Orange Flute and They're Moving Father's Grave To Build A Sewer)'' (1992)

''Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration'' (1992)

''Irish Drinking Songs'' (1993) – contains unreleased material from the Carnegie Hall album

''Ain't it Grand: A Collection of Unissued Gems'' (1995) – unreleased material from the 1960s era

The Clancy Brothers (Liam, Tom, Pat, Bobby)

''Christmas'' – Columbia LP/CD (1969)

''Flowers in the Valley'' – Columbia LP (1970)

Audio Fidelity Records

''Welcome to Our House'' (1970)

Lou Killen, Paddy, Liam, Tom Clancy

Audio Fidelity Records

''Show Me The Way'' (1972)

''Save the Land!'' (1972)

''Live on St. Patrick's Day'' (1973)

Vanguard Records

''Clancy Brothers Greatest Hits'' (1973) – Vanguard LP/CD

''*This was reissued as 'Best of the Vanguard Years' with bonus material from the 1982 Live! album with Bobby Clancy and Robbie O'Connell.''

Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem

Blackbird and Shanachie Records

''Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy'' (1976)

''The Makem & Clancy Concert'' (1977)

''Two for the Early Dew'' (1978)

''The Makem and Clancy Collection'' (1980) – contains previously released material and singles

''Live At The National Concert Hall'' (1983)

''We've Come A Long Way'' (1986)

Bob Dylan

''The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (Pat, Liam & Bobby Clancy sing "When The Ship Comes In" with Tommy Makem and Robbie O'Connell)''

The Clancy Brothers (Tom, Pat, Bobby) and Robbie O'Connell

''Mini CD (3 inch disc)''

The Clancy Brothers (Liam, Pat, Bobby) and Robbie O'Connell

''Older But No Wiser'' – Vanguard (1995)

Clancy, Evans, and Doherty

1996 – ''Shine on Brighter'' – Popular CD

Clancy, O'Connell & Clancy

Helvic Records

''Clancy, O'Connell & Clancy'' – (1997)

''The Wild And Wasteful Ocean'' – (1998)

Filmography

1984 – ''The Story of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem'' – Shanchie

1984 – ''Reunion Concert: Belfast'' – Shanachie

circa 1985 – ''Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest (1965)'' – Central Sun / Shanachie (reissue)

1997 – ''Farewell to Ireland'' – Pinnacle Vision

2007 – ''Yes...Those Were the Days: Liam Clancy – Live at the Olympia, Dublin'' – unknown distributor

''*originally released in 1992 as "In Close Up: Volumes 1 and 2"''

2007 – ''The Best of 'Hootenanny''' – Shout!

2009 – ''The Yellow Bittern: The life and times of Liam Clancy''http://www.liamclancymovie.com/

References

External links

Official site

Liam Clancy on ''Tubridy Tonight'' (22 March 2008)

Obituary at ''The Irish Times''

Obituary in ''The Daily Telegraph''

Obituary

Sineád Crowley, RTÉ Arts & Media Correspondent, looks back at the life and career of folk legend Liam Clancy (Video)

Troubadour who didn't do justice to his talent- Saturday, December 12, 2009, ''The Irish Times''

Clancy Brother's Festival

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

The Yellow Bittern - Director's Note

Category:1935 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Deaths from pulmonary fibrosis Category:Disease-related deaths in Ireland Category:Irish guitarists Category:Irish folk singers Category:Irish male singers Category:Irish tenors Category:People from County Tipperary Category:Irish concertina players

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Coordinates	40°37′29″N73°57′8″N
name	Damien Rice
background	solo_singer
birth name	Damien Rice
birth date	December 07, 1973
origin	Kildare, Ireland
instrument	Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Clarinet, Percussion
genre	Folk, indie rock, folk rock
occupation	Singer-songwriter, record producer
years active	1991–present
label	Vector RecordingsRepublic RecordsHeffa RecordsWarner Bros. RecordsDRM/14th Floor Records
associated acts	Juniper, Bell X1, Lisa Hannigan
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Damien Rice (born 7 December 1973) is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer who plays guitar, piano, clarinet and percussion.

Rice was raised in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland and began his musical career as a member of the 1990s rock group Juniper. After leaving the band he worked as a farmer in Tuscany and busked throughout Europe before returning to Ireland in 2001 and beginning a solo musical career.

In 2002 his debut album ''O'' reached #8 on the UK albums chart, won the Shortlist music prize and generated three top-30 singles in the UK. Rice released his second album ''9'' in 2006 and his songs have appeared in numerous films and television episodes.

Rice's personal activities include musical contributions to charitable projects such as the Songs for Tibet, Freedom Campaign and the Enough Project.

Early life

Rice was born to George and Maureen Rice and raised in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland.

Career

Rice began his music career using the stage name "Dodima" Rice and formed the rock band Juniper along with Paul Noonan, Dominic Philips, David Geraghty and Brian Crosby in 1991. The band met whilst they were attending Salesian College secondary school in Celbridge, Co. Kildare as students. After touring throughout Ireland the band released their debut EP ''Manna'' in 1995. Based in Straffan, Kildare the band continued touring and signed a six album record deal with Polygram. Their recording projects generated the singles “Weatherman” and “Single of the Fortnight” which received favorable reviews.

After achieving his musical goals with Juniper, Rice became frustrated with the artistic compromises required by the record label, and he left the band in 1998. Rice moved to Tuscany in Italy and took up farming for some time, then returned to Ireland before busking around Europe. After returning to Ireland a second time, Rice gave a demo recording to his cousin, music producer David Arnold who then gave Rice a mobile studio.

2000 to present

In 2001, Rice's song "The Blower's Daughter" made the top 40 chart. Over the next year he continued to record his album with New York drummer Tom Osander aka Tomo, Paris pianist Jean Meunier, London producer David Arnold, Dublin vocalist Lisa Hannigan and cellist Vyvienne Long. Rice then embarked on a tour of Ireland with Hannigan, Tomo, Vyvienne, and Dublin bassist Shane Fitzsimons.

In 2002, Rice’s debut album ''O'' was released in Ireland, the UK and the US. The album peaked at #8 on the UK albums chart and remained on the chart for 97 weeks, selling 650,000 copies in the USA. The album won the Shortlist music prize and the songs "Cannonball" and "Volcano" became top 30 hits in the UK.

In 2006 Rice released his second album ''9'' which was recorded during the two years prior. That year he also recorded at Abbey Road Studios for the program ''Live from Abbey Road''.

2007 was a year of heavy touring with Rice appearing at England's Glastonbury Festival and the Rock Werchter festival in Belgium. That same year he performed with David Gray at the UK leg at Wembley Stadium, London and played at the T in the Park music event in Scotland. Rice also performed at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk, the V Festival in Stafford, Staffordshire, Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex and the Osheaga Festival in Montreal. He made additional appearances in Ireland and North America.

In 2010, Damien played at the Iceland Inspires concert held in Hljómskálagarðurinn near Reykjavík centrum.

Rice recorded a cover of the Juniper track, "Crosseyed Bear" for the compilation, ''Help: A Day in the Life''. Rice's albums are published under his record label Heffa (originally named DRM) in Ireland and Vector Records in North American. Records released in the UK, Europe and other countries are published by 14th Floor Records via Warner Music.

In spring 2011, Rice featured on the debut album by French actress and singer Melanie Laurent. He appears on two tracks on her debut album en t'attendant while collaborating on a total of five tracks which feature on the album.

Reception

''O'' received favorable reviews and scored 80 on the review aggregator Metacritic. A review in Allmusic said “the entire record makes the empty highway less lonely, the sunshine a little warmer, and life a little more poetic”, describing it as a “hopelessly beautiful record”. A review in the The Guardian called the album “gorgeous and understated”. Rolling Stone magazine review said the album contained “songs that, for all their quietness, leave a dark, lasting impression.” However, a review in Stylus said, “you can actually hear the moment when the album turns sour.”

In 2009, The Irish Times placed Rice at number thirty four in a list of "The Best 50 Irish Acts Right Now" calling him "the quiet one, the intense one, the singer-songwriter most revered by the other quiet and intense ones" and as "a most excruciatingly honest songwriter."

Rice's songs have been heard on numerous television shows including ''True Blood'', ''Hidden Palms'', ''Bones'', ''The Cleaner'', ''Jericho'', ''ER'', ''The Black Donnellys'', ''The OC, Alias'', ''Lost'', ''Huff'', ''Misfits'', ''Crossing Jordan'','' Grey's Anatomy'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''House'', ''Spin 1038'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'','' The Inbetweeners'', ''One Tree Hill'', and the Korean drama, ''Spring Waltz''.

Rice's songs have appeared in films such as ''Reservation Road'', ''Higher Ground'', ''Closer'', ''I am David'', ''Stay'', ''In Good Company'', ''The Girl in the Café'', ''Shrek the Third'' and ''Dear Frankie''.

His music is referenced in the novel The Suicide Club and his songs have been used in professional figure skating competitions.

Personal life

Rice participated in the Freedom Campaign, the Burma Campaign UK and the U.S. Campaign for Burma to free Burmese democracy movement leader Aung San Suu Kyi. He campaigned for her release by writing and performing the song "Unplayed Piano" at the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo.

In 2008 he participated in a music album called Songs for Tibet in support of the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso and Tibet.

In 2010, he contributed the song "Lonely Soldier" to the Enough Project which supported women's rights in the Congo.

Discography

Studio albums

Year

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IRE: 10x Platinum

IFPI>NOR: Gold

British Phonographic Industry>UK: 3x Platinum

RIAA>US: Gold

2006

*Released: 3 November 2006

*Label: Heffa

*UK: Gold

Live albums

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''Live from the Union Chapel''

*Released: 26 November 2007

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EPs

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Peak chart positions

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Singles

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"The Blower's Daughter"

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Singles

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October 11, 2003	"Volcano"					rowspan="2"
October 20, 2003
April 19, 2004	"Moody Mooday/Lonelily" (vinyl-only)
June 24, 2004	"Lonely Soldier" (with Christy Moore)
July 5, 2004	"Cannonball (re-mix)"
December 13, 2004	"The Blower's Daughter (re-issue)"
March 21, 2005	"Volcano (re-issue)"
June 20, 2005	"Unplayed Piano" (with Lisa Hannigan)					Non-album track
November 20, 2006	"9 Crimes"					rowspan="3"
February 5, 2007	"Rootless Tree"
September 17, 2007

Other contributions

''Eklektikos Live'' (2005) - "Volcano"

''Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project'' (2007) - "Creep"

Collaborations

''Be Yourself'', Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club (September 2002)

''Skylarkin''', Mic Christopher (November 2002)

"Get The Party Started" (cover version with Lisa Hannigan on ''Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 1'') (2003)

''Burn the Maps'', The Frames (September 2004)

''The Beekeeper'', Tori Amos (February 2005)

"Don't Explain", Herbie Hancock, Lisa Hannigan (August 2005)

''Live At The Olympia'', Aslan (2005 - official bootleg)

''The Swell Season'', Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (April 2006)

"Que Sera, Sera", David Gray on ''Live Earth - The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis'' (November 2007)

''Movin' On Up'', with 50 Cent on the album ''Night Shift: Live from Bonnaroo Festival' (recorded at the 2008 Bonnaroo Festival)

Rice and Lisa Hannigan appear on Herbie Hancock's ''Then and Now - The Definitive Herbie Hancock'', singing "Don't Explain"

''To Love Somebody'', Ray Lamontagne on ''Taratata'', a French TV show

"There Are Debts", David Hopkins on ''There Are Debts'' (December 2010)

Song ''Back to Beginning'' from Lamb's album ''5'' (2011)

See also

List of songs performed by Damien Rice

Juniper

References

External links

Damien Rice - Official website

Damien Rice - Official MySpace page

The Coconut Skins Community - The newest Damien Rice community

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Coordinates	40°37′29″N73°57′8″N
name	Dame Judi Dench
birth name	Judith Olivia Dench
birth date	December 09, 1934
birth place	York, England, United Kingdom
occupation	Actress, author
years active	1957–present
spouse	Michael Williams(1971–2001; widowed)
children	Finty Williams }}

Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is an English film, stage and television actress.

Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in ''Hamlet'', Juliet in ''Romeo and Juliet'' and Lady Macbeth in ''Macbeth''. She branched into film work, and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer; however, most of her work during this period was in theatre. Not generally known as a singer, she drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical ''Cabaret'' in 1968.

During the next two decades, she established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In television, she achieved success during this period, in the series ''A Fine Romance'' from 1981 until 1984 and in 1992 began a continuing role in the television romantic comedy series ''As Time Goes By''.

Her film appearances were infrequent until she was cast as M in ''GoldenEye'' (1995), a role she has played in each James Bond film since. She received several notable film awards for her role as Queen Victoria in ''Mrs. Brown'' (1997), and has since been acclaimed for her work in such films as ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998), ''Chocolat'' (2000), ''Iris'' (2001), ''Mrs Henderson Presents'' (2005) and ''Notes on a Scandal'' (2006), and the television production ''The Last of the Blonde Bombshells'' (2001).

Regarded by critics as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, and frequently named as the leading British actress in polls, Dench has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include ten BAFTAs, seven Laurence Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. In June 2011, she received a fellowship from the British Film Institute (BFI).

She was married to actor Michael Williams from 1971 until his death in 2001. They are the parents of actress Finty Williams.

Personal life

Dench was born in Heworth, York, England, the daughter of Eleanora Olave (née Jones), a native of Dublin, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor who met Judi's mother while studying medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. Dench was raised a Methodist until, at age 13, she attended The Mount School, a Quaker Independent Secondary school in York, becoming a Quaker. Her brothers, one of whom is actor Jeffery Dench, were born in Tyldesley, Lancashire. Notable relatives also include her niece, Emma Dench, a Roman historian and professor previously at Birkbeck, University of London, and currently at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In 1971, Dench married British actor Michael Williams and they had their only child, Tara Cressida Frances Williams, known professionally as Finty Williams, on 24 September 1972.

Dench and her husband starred together in several stage productions, and the Bob Larbey British television sitcom, ''A Fine Romance'' (1981–84). Michael Williams died from lung cancer in 2001, aged 65.

Career

In Britain, Dench has developed a reputation as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, primarily through her work in theatre, which has been her forte throughout her career. She has more than once been named number one in polls for Britain's best actress.

Early years

Through her parents, Dench had regular contact with the theatre. Her father, a physician, was also the GP for the York Theatre, and her mother was its wardrobe mistress. Actors often stayed in the Dench household. During these years, Judi was involved on a non-professional basis in the first three productions of the modern revival of the York Mystery Plays in the 1950s. In 1957, in one of the last productions in which she appeared during this period, she played the role of the Virgin Mary, performed on a fixed stage in the Museum Gardens. Though she initially trained as a set designer, she became interested in drama school as her brother Jeff attended the Central School of Speech and Drama. She applied and was accepted, where she was a classmate of Vanessa Redgrave, graduating with a first class degree in drama and four acting prizes, one being the Gold Medal as Outstanding Student.

In September 1957, she made her first professional stage appearance with the Old Vic Company, at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, as Ophelia in ''Hamlet'', then her London debut in the same production at the Old Vic. She remained a member of the company for four seasons, 1957–1961, her roles including Katherine in ''Henry V'' in 1958 (which was also her New York debut), and as Juliet in ''Romeo and Juliet'' in October 1960, directed and designed by Franco Zeffirelli. During this period, she toured the United States and Canada, and appeared in Yugoslavia and at the Edinburgh Festival.

She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in December 1961 playing Anya in ''The Cherry Orchard'' at the Aldwych Theatre in London, and made her Stratford-upon-Avon debut in April 1962 as Isabella in ''Measure for Measure''. She subsequently spent seasons in repertory both with the Nottingham Playhouse from January 1963 (including a West African tour as Lady Macbeth for the British Council), and with the Oxford Playhouse Company from April 1964. That same year, she made her film debut in ''The Third Secret''.

Prominence

In 1968, she was offered the role of Sally Bowles in the musical ''Cabaret''. As Sheridan Morley later reported: "At first she thought they were joking. She had never done a musical and she has an unusual croaky voice which sounds as if she has a permanent cold. So frightened was she of singing in public that she auditioned from the wings, leaving the pianists alone on stage". But when it opened at the Palace Theatre in February 1968, Frank Marcus, reviewing for ''Plays and Players'', commented that: "She sings well. The title song in particular is projected with great feeling."

After a long run in ''Cabaret'', she rejoined the RSC making numerous appearances with the company in Stratford and London for nearly twenty years, winning several best actress awards. Among her roles with the RSC, she was the Duchess in John Webster's ''The Duchess of Malfi'' in 1971. In the Stratford 1976 season, and then at the Aldwych in 1977, she gave two comedy performances, first in Trevor Nunn's musical staging of ''The Comedy of Errors'' as Adriana, then partnered with Donald Sinden as Beatrice and Benedick in John Barton's "British Raj" revival of ''Much Ado About Nothing''. As Bernard Levin wrote in ''The Sunday Times'': "...demonstrating once more that she is a comic actress of consummate skill, perhaps the very best we have."

One of her most notable achievements with the RSC was her performance as Lady Macbeth in 1976. Nunn's acclaimed production of ''Macbeth'' was first staged with a minimalist design at The Other Place theatre in Stratford. Its small round stage focused attention on the psychological dynamics of the characters, and both Ian McKellen in the title role, and Dench, received exceptionally favourable notices. "If this is not great acting I don't know what is", wrote Michael Billington in ''The Guardian''. "It will astonish me if the performance is matched by any in this actress's generation", commented J C Trewin in ''The Lady''. The production transferred to London, opening at the Donmar Warehouse in September 1977, and was adapted for television, later released on VHS and DVD. Dench won the SWET Best Actress Award in 1977.

In 1989, she was cast as Pru Forrest, the long-time silent wife of Tom Forrest, in the BBC soap opera The Archers on its 10,000th edition.

She had a romantic role in the BBC television film ''Langrishe, Go Down'' (1978), with Jeremy Irons and a screenplay by Harold Pinter from the Aidan Higgins novel, directed by David Jones, in which she played one of three spinster sisters living in a fading Irish mansion in the Waterford countryside.

Dench made her debut as a director in 1988 with the Renaissance Theatre Company's touring season, ''Renaissance Shakespeare on the Road'', co-produced with the Birmingham Rep, and ending with a three month repertory programme at the Phoenix Theatre in London. Dench's contribution was a staging of ''Much Ado About Nothing'', set in the Napoleonic era, which starred Kenneth Branagh and Samantha Bond as Benedick and Beatrice.

She has made numerous appearances in the West End including the role of Miss Trant in the 1974 musical version of ''The Good Companions'' at Her Majesty's Theatre. In 1981, Dench was due to play the title role of Grizabella in the original production of ''Cats'', but was forced to pull out due to a torn Achilles tendon, leaving Elaine Paige to play the role. She has acted with the National Theatre in London where, in September 1995, she played Desiree Armfeldt in a major revival of Stephen Sondheim's ''A Little Night Music'', for which she won an Olivier Award.

Popular success

In 1995, she took over the role of M (James Bond's boss) with the James Bond film series, starting with ''GoldenEye'' replacing Robert Brown. She has appeared in six James Bond films, including ''Casino Royale'' (2006) and its direct sequel ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008), making her the longest-running current cast member of the series.

She has won multiple awards for performances on the London stage, including a record six Laurence Olivier Awards. She also won the Tony Award for her 1999 Broadway performance in the role of Esme Allen in David Hare's ''Amy's View''. She has taken on the role of Director for a number of stage productions. Dench won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as Elizabeth I in the film ''Shakespeare in Love''.

Judi Dench has frequently appeared with her close friend Geoffrey Palmer. They co-starred in the series ''As Time Goes By'', where she played Jean Pargetter, becoming Jean Hardcastle after she married Lionel Hardcastle. The program spanned nine seasons. They also worked together on the films ''Mrs. Brown'' and ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', both filmed in 1997. Dench has also lent her distinctive voice to many animated characters, narrations, and various other voice work. She plays the role of "Miss Lilly" in the children's animated series ''Angelina Ballerina'' (alongside her daughter, Finty Williams, as the voice of Angelina) and as Mrs. Calloway in the Disney animated film ''Home on the Range''. She has narrated various classical music recordings (notably Mendelssohn's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', and Britten's ''Canticles-The Heart of the Matter''), and has appeared in numerous BBC radio broadcasts as well as commercials. Her many television appearances include lead roles in the series ''A Fine Romance'' and ''As Time Goes By''. In the United States, ''As Time Goes By'' has been repeated on PBS and on BBC America.

Recent years

Dench returned to the West End stage in April 2006 in ''Hay Fever'' alongside Peter Bowles, Belinda Lang and Kim Medcalf. She finished off 2006 with the role of Mistress Quickly in the RSC's new musical ''The Merry Wives'', a version of ''The Merry Wives of Windsor''.

Dench's more recent film career has garnered six Academy Award nominations in nine years for ''Mrs. Brown'' in 1997; her Oscar-winning turn as Elizabeth I in ''Shakespeare in Love'' in 1998; for ''Chocolat'' in 2000; for the lead role of writer Iris Murdoch in ''Iris'' in 2001 (with Kate Winslet playing her as a younger woman); for ''Mrs Henderson Presents'' (a romanticised history of the Windmill Theatre) in 2005; and for 2006's ''Notes on a Scandal'', a film for which she received critical acclaim, including Golden Globe, Academy Award, BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild nominations.

In 2007, the BBC issued ''The Judi Dench Collection'', DVDs of eight television dramas: ''Talking to a Stranger'' quartet (1966), ''Keep an Eye on Amélie'' (1973), ''The Cherry Orchard'' (1981), ''Going Gently'' (1981), ''Ghosts'' (with Kenneth Branagh and Michael Gambon, 1987), ''Make and Break'' (with Robert Hardy, 1987), ''Can You Hear Me Thinking?'' (co-starring with her husband, Michael Williams, 1990) and ''Absolute Hell'' (1991).

Dench, as Miss Matty Jenkins, co-starred with Eileen Atkins, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis, in the BBC One five-part series ''Cranford''. The series began transmission in the UK in November 2007, and on the BBC's U.S. producing partner station WGBH (PBS Boston) in spring 2008.

Dench became the voice for the narration for the updated Walt Disney World Epcot attraction Spaceship Earth in February 2008.

In February 2008, she was named as the first official patron of the York Youth Mysteries 2008, a project to allow young people to explore the York Mystery Plays through dance, film-making and circus. This culminated on 21 June with a day of city centre performances in York.

She worked on the 22nd Bond adventure ''Quantum of Solace'' and reprised her role as M.

She is interested in horse racing and in partnership with her chauffeur Bryan Agar owns a four-year-old horse, "Smokey Oakey", who won the 2008 Brigadier Gerard Stakes.

She returned to the West End from 13 March-23 May 2009, playing Madame de Merteuil in Yukio Mishima's ''Madame De Sade'', directed by Michael Grandage as part of the Donmar season at Wyndham's Theatre. A year later, Dench renewed her collaboration with Sir Peter Hall at the Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' which opened in February 2010, when she played Titania as Elizabeth I of England in her later years: Queen of the Forest of Arden. On 31 July 2010, Dame Judi performed ''Send in the Clowns'' at a special celebratory Promenade Concert from The Royal Albert Hall as part of the Proms Season, in honour of composer Stephen Sondheim's 80th Birthday, the entire concert in honour of his music.

Public life

Dench was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1970 and promoted to Dame Commander of the order in 1988. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 2005. In June 2011, she became a fellow of the British Film Institute (BFI).

Dench is a patron of The Leaveners, Friends School Saffron Walden and the Archway Theatre, Horley, UK. She became president of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London in 2006, taking over from Sir John Mills, and is also president of the Questors Theatre. In May 2006, she became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She is also patron of Ovingdean Hall School, a special day and boarding school for the deaf and hard of hearing in Brighton and Vice President of The Little Foundation.

Dench is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. In 1996, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (D.Univ) from Surrey University and in 2000-2001 she received an Honorary DLitt from Durham University. In July 2000, she was awarded a Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) by Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, where she actively supported their Drama School at the Gateway Theatre on Elm Row. On 24 June 2008, she was honoured by the University of St Andrews, receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) at the university's graduation ceremony.

Dench has worked with the non-governmental indigenous organization, Survival International, campaigning in the defence of the tribal people, the Bushmen of Botswana and the Arhuaco of Colombia. She made a small supporting video saying the Bushmen are victims of tyranny, greed and racism.

On 22 July 2010, Dench was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt) by Nottingham Trent University.

Dr Hadwen Trust announced on 15 January 2011 that Dench had become a Patron of the trust joining existing high profile personalities, Joanna Lumley and David Shepherd.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1964		Miss Humphries
		Wife
''A Study in Terror''	Sally
''He Who Rides a Tiger''	Joanne
1968		Titania
1973		Katherine
1974		Laura Davidson
1978		Imogen Langrishe	(BBC television film)
		(narrator)
	Marcia Pilborough	Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
	Eleanor Lavish	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1987		Nora Doel	Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1988	''A Handful of Dust''	Mrs. Beaver	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
		Mistress Quickly
	Bridget Mayor	Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actress(Channel 4 television serial)
	''Jack and Sarah''	Margaret
''GoldenEye''
1996		Hecuba
	''Mrs. Brown''		BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleBAFTA Scotland
''[[Tomorrow Never Dies''	M
1998	''Shakespeare in Love''
	''Tea with Mussolini''	Arabella
''The World Is Not Enough''	M
	''Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport''	(narrator)	(documentary)
''The Last of the Blonde Bombshells''	Elizabeth
	Armande Voizin	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting RoleNominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion PictureNominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
		Iris Murdoch
	Agnis Hamm	Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleNominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
		Lady Bracknell
''Die Another Day''	M
2002–05	''Angelina Ballerina''	Miss Lilly	(voice)
2003	''Bugs!''	(narrator)	(short subject)
		Mrs. Caloway	(voice)
''The Chronicles of Riddick''	Aereon
''Bedknobs and Broomsticks''	Miss Price	(voice)
''Ladies in Lavender''	Ursula Widdington
		Lady Catherine de Bourgh
''Mrs Henderson Presents''	Mrs. Laura Henderson	St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated — Academy Award for Best ActressNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleNominated — [[British Independent Film Awards 2005
		(narrator)
	M
	Barbara Covett	British Independent Film Award for Best ActressEvening Standard British Film Award for Best ActressNominated — Academy Award for Best ActressNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleNominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActressNominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the YearNominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressNominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading RoleNominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
	''Go Inside to Greet the Light''	(narrator)
	(Miss Matty)
2008		M
		Mona Carvell
	Liliane La Fleur
		Mrs. Fairfax
''Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides''	Noblewoman	Cameo
''My Week with Marilyn''		post-production
	''Bond 23''	M	pre-production
''J. Edgar''	Anna Marie	Filming in Los Angeles

She has also lent her likeness and voice for the role of M in James Bond video games:

''Everything or Nothing''

''GoldenEye: Rogue Agent''

''Quantum of Solace''

''GoldenEye 007''

''Blood Stone''

Theatre work

Source: "Judi Dench: With a Crack in her Voice" by John Miller

As an actress

St Mary's Abbey

1957

:''York Mystery Plays'' - Virgin Mary Old Vic Company

1957

:''Hamlet'' - Ophelia :''Measure for Measure'' - Juliet :''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' - First Fairy

1958

:''Twelfth Night'' - Maria (also USA tour) :''Henry V'' - Katharine (also USA tour)

1959

:''The Double Dealer'' - Cynthia :''As You Like It'' - Phebe :''The Importance of Being Earnest'' - Cecily :''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' - Anne Page

1960

:''Richard II'' - Queen :''Romeo and Juliet'' - Juliet (also Venice Festival) :''She Stoops to Conquer'' - Kate Hardcastle :''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' - Hermia ::Also walk-on roles in ''King Lear'' and ''Henry VI (Parts 1 and 2)'' Royal Shakespeare Company RSC

1961

:''The Cherry Orchard'' - Anya, Aldwych Theatre

1962

:''Measure for Measure'' - Isabella, Stratford :''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' - Titania, Stratford :''A Penny for a Song'' - Dorcas Bellboys, Aldwych Nottingham Playhouse Company

1963

:''Macbeth'' - Lady Macbeth (also West Africa tour) :''Twelfth Night'' - Viola (also West Africa tour) :''A Shot in the Dark'' - Josefa Lautenay, Lyric Theatre The Oxford Playhouse Company

1964

:''Three Sisters'' - Irina :''The Twelfth Hour'' - Anna

1965

:''The Alchemist'' - Dol Common :''Romeo and Jeannette'' - Jeannette :''The Firescreen'' - Jacqueline Nottingham Playhouse Company

1965

:''Measure for Measure'' - Isabella :''Private Lives'' - Amanda

1966

:''The Country Wife'' - Margery Pinchwife :''The Astrakhan Coat'' - Barbara :''St Joan'' - Joan Oxford Playhouse Company

1966

:''The Promise'' - Lika :''The Rules of the Game'' - Silia

1967

:''The Promise'' - Lika, Fortune Theatre Palace Theatre

1968

:''Cabaret'' - Sally Bowles RSC

1969

:''The Winter's Tale'' - Hermione and Perdita, Stratford :''Women Beware Women'' - Bianca, Stratford :''Twelfth Night'' - Viola, Stratford

1970

:''London Assurance'' - Grace Harkaway, Aldwych :''Major Barbara'' - Barbara Undershaft, Aldwych

1971

:''The Merchant of Venice'' - Portia, Stratford :''The Duchess of Malfi'' - Duchess, Stratford :''Toad of Toad Hall'' - Fielfmouse, Stoat and Mother Rabbit, Stratford No Company

1973

:''Context to Whisper'' - Aurelia, Royal, York :''Fanfare'' - Royal Opera House (with Laurence Olivier) :''The Wolf'' - Vilma, Oxford Playhouse (also at Apollo, Queen's & New London) West End

1974

:''The Good Companions'' - Miss Trant, Her Majesty's

1975

:''The Gay Lord Quex'' - Sophy Fullgarney, Albery RSC

1975

:''Too True to Be Good'' - Sweetie Simpkins, Aldwych

1976

:''Much Ado About Nothing'' - Beatrice, Stratford :''Macbeth'' - Lady Macbeth, Stratford (also Donmar Warehouse and Young Vic) :''The Comedy of Errors'' - Adriana, Stratford :''King Lear'' - Regan, Stratford

1977

:''Pillars of the Community'' - Lona Hessel, Aldwych

1978

:''The Way of the World'' - Millamant, Aldwych

1979

:''Cymbeline'' - Imogen, Stratford

1980

:''Juno and the Paycock'' - Juno Boyle, Aldwych No Company

1981

:''A Village Wooing'' - Young Woman, New End National Theatre

1982

:''The Importance of Being Earnest'' - Lady Bracknell, Lyttelton

:''A Kind of Alaska'' - Deborah, Cottesloe

1983

:''Pack of Lies'' - Barbara Jackson, Lyric RSC

1984

:''Mother Courage'' - Mother Courage, Barbican :''Waste'' Amy O'Connell, Barbican and Lyric West End

1986

:''Mr and Mrs Nobody'' - Carrie Pooter, Garrick National Theatre

1987

:''Antony and Cleopatra'' - Cleopatra, Olivier :''Entertaining Strangers'' - Sarah Eldridge, Cottesloe

1989

:''Hamlet'' - Gertrude, Olivier RSC :''The Cherry Orchard'' - Ranevskaya, Aldwych

1991

:''The Plough and the Stars'' - Bessie Burgess, Young Vic National Theatre

1991

:''The Sea'' - Mrs Rafi, Lyttelton

1992

:''Coriolanus'' - Volumnia, Chichester Royal Shakespeare Company

1992

:''The Gift of the Gorgon'' - Helen Damson, Barbican and Wyndham's National Theatre

1994

:''The Seagull'' - Arkadina, Olivier

1995

:''Absolute Hell'' - Christine Foskett, Lyttelton

:''A Little Night Music'' - Desirée Armfeldt, Olivier

1997

:''Amy's View'' - Esmé, Lyttelton

1998

:''Amy's View'' - Esmé, Aldwych West End and Broadway

1998

:''Filumena'' - Filumena, Piccadilly

1999

:''Amy's View'' - Esmé, Barrymore, New York

2001

:''The Royal Family'' - Fanny Cavendish, Theatre Royal Haymarket

2002

:''The Breath of Life'' - Frances, Theatre Royal Haymarket RSC

2003

:''All's Well That Ends Well'' - The Countess, Stratford and Gielgud West End

2006

:''Hay Fever'' - Judith Bliss, Theatre Royal Haymarket RSC

2006

:''The Merry Wives - The Musical'' - Mistress Quickly, Stratford Donmar Warehouse

2009

:''Madame de Sade'' - Madame de Montreuil, Donmar at Wyndham's Rose Theatre, Kingston

2010 ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' - Titania (as Elizabeth I, Queen of the Forest of Arden)

Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park

2010 ''Into The Woods - Stephen Sondheim'' - Voice of The Giant

As a director

1988 - ''Much Ado About Nothing'', Renaissance Theatre Company

1989 - ''Look Back in Anger'' - Renaissance Theatre Company

1989 - ''Macbeth'' - Central School of Speech and Drama

1991 - ''The Boy from Syracuse'', Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

1993 - ''Romeo and Juliet'', Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Discography

''Cabaret'' (1968), Original London cast album CBS (1973)

''The Good Companions'' (1974), Original London cast recording (1974)

''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1995); from ''Felix Mendelssohn'' as Recitant. Conducted by Seiji Ozawa

''A Little Night Music'' (1995) by Stephen Sondheim, Royal National Theatre Cast

''Nine'' (2009) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Awards and nominations

Theatre

; Awards

1977: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival – ''Macbeth''

1980: Evening Standard Award for Best Actress – ''Juno and the Paycock''

1980: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival – ''Juno and the Paycock''

1982: Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress – ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' and ''A Kind of Alaska''

1982: Evening Standard Award for Best Actress – ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' and ''A Kind of Alaska''

1984: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a New Play – ''Pack of Lies''

1987: Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress – ''Antony and Cleopatra''

1987: Evening Standard Award for Best Actress – ''Antony and Cleopatra''

1987: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress – ''Antony and Cleopatra''

1996: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress – ''Absolute Hell''

1996: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Entertainment – ''A Little Night Music''

1997: Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress – ''Amy's View''

1999: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play – ''Amy's View''

2004: Laurence Olivier Award: Special Award for Outstanding Contributions to British Theatre''

Television

; Awards 1967: BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress - ''Talking to a Stranger''

1982: British Television Academy Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance - ''A Fine Romance'', Going Gently and The Cherry Orchard

1982: Broadcast Press Guild Award for Best Actress - ''A Fine Romance''

1985: British Television Academy Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance - ''A Fine Romance''

2001: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress - ''The Last of the Blonde Bombshells''

2001: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film - ''The Last of the Blonde Bombshells''

; Nominations

1983: British Television Academy Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance - ''A Fine Romance''

1984: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress - Saigon: Year of the Cat

1984: British Television Academy Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance - ''A Fine Romance''

1990: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress - ''Behaving Badly''

1998: British Television Academy Award for Best Comedy Performance - ''As Time Goes By''

2001: American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special - ''The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

2001: Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie - ''The Last of the Blonde Bombshells''

2001: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie - ''The Last of the Blonde Bombshells''

2008: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress - ''Cranford''

2008: Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie - ''Cranford''

2008: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film - ''Cranford''

2008: Satellite Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film - ''Cranford''

2010: Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie - ''Return to Cranford''

References

Further reading

Dench, Judi. ''And Furthermore''. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2010. ISBN 9780297859673.

Lavery, Alison (ed.). ''The Judi Dench Handbook''. Emereo, 2010. ISBN 9781742446592.

Miller, John (ed.). ''Darling Judi: A Celebration of Judi Dench''. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004. ISBN 0-297-84791-0.

Trowbridge, Simon. ''The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company''. Oxford: Editions Albert Creed, 2010. ISBN 9780955983023.

External links

Judi Dench Biography

Judi Dench at the Royal Shakespeare Company performance database

As Time Goes By Central website

Judi Dench on Acting Regal

University of Bristol Theatre Collection, University of Bristol

The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the RSC: Online database

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Coordinates	40°37′29″N73°57′8″N
name	Fredrik Åkesson
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
alias	Kulle
birth date	July 18, 1972
origin	Stockholm, Sweden
instrument	Guitar, vocals
genre	Death metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, doom metal, hard rock
occupation	Guitarist, musician, songwriter
years active	1992 - present
associated acts	Opeth, Talisman, Arch Enemy, Krux, Tiamat
website	Fredrik Åkesson
notable instruments	ESP Signature modelPRS Guitars }}

Karl Fredrik Henry Åkesson is a Swedish heavy metal guitarist. He is a current member of Opeth. He is also active in Krux, Monsters of Metal and Talisman.

Fredrik has been playing guitar since the age of 12. His early musical influences include Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, Yngwie Malmsteen and George Lynch.

Marcel Jacob, founder of Talisman, did some auditions in 1992 to find a new guitar player, because Jason Bieler left them to play with Saigon Kick and he finally decided to hire Fredrik who was 19 years old at the time.

He spent almost four years with Talisman and after five records decided to leave them for a heavier outfit. Åkesson, Mats Levén, John Levén and Rickard Evensand formed a band called Eyeball who would later change their name to Southpaw.

In 1998 Fredrik was part of a couple of releases: Southpaw's debut album and Naïve by Clockwise. He also recorded with Clockwise a version of Journey's classic "Send Her My Love" for a tribute album that never saw the light of day.

In 2003 he returned to record and tour with Talisman. They worked on two new studio efforts: Cats and Dogs (2003) and 7 (2006) plus a live album called Five Men Live (2005) which was released on DVD as World's Best Kept Secret.

In 2004, Åkesson filled in for Tiamat's guitarist Thomas Petersson on tour and was part of ''The Church of Tiamat'' DVD release in 2006. He also recorded with Sabbtail their second album Night Church, again with Mats Levén.

Åkesson co-wrote with John Norum a couple tracks Norum used on his Optimus album: Nailed to the Cross and Forced, on which he played some guitars too.

Fredrik also played with melodic death metal band Arch Enemy from 2005 to 2007. He was recruited to Arch Enemy when original guitarist Christopher Amott took an 18-month break from music, from September 2005 until his return in March 2007.

Åkesson also played on the Krux album ''II'', released in 2006.

In 2007, He played on the Sweden Rock Festival with the band Krux featuring Mats Levén, Peter Stjärnvind, Jörgen Sandström and Leif Edling.

On May 17, 2007, the progressive death metal band Opeth made an announcement that they would be replacing Peter Lindgren with Fredrik Åkesson. His first tour with the band was during the Progressive Nation Tour with Dream Theater and Between The Buried And Me.

In 2008, Opeth released their latest record, ''Watershed''. All the songs were written by Mikael Åkerfeldt apart from "Porcelain Heart", which was co-written with Åkesson.

Endorsement

Fredrik Åkesson had an endorsement arrangement with ESP Guitars which continued into 2007. He also had his own signature model. Since joining Opeth, Åkesson switched to PRS Guitars with Marshall JVM 410 amps and cabs. In the "Porcelain Heart" videoclip he can be seen using a PRS Mark Tremonti Signature guitar. As of 2009, Fredrik has switched to Blackstar Amplification, using the Series One 200. In addition to his Blackstar amps, Fredrik also uses Fractal Audio's Axe FX effects processor. In 2011, PRS guitars produced his signature model PRS.

Discography

With Opeth

''Watershed'' (2008)

''In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall'' (2010)

''Heritage'' (2011)

With Krux

''II'' (2006)

''Live (DVD)'' (2003)

''Krux'' (2003)

With Arch Enemy

''Live Apocalypse'' (DVD, 2006)

With Tiamat

''Church of Tiamat'' (DVD, 2005)

With John Norum

''Optimus '' (2005)

With Sabbtail

''Night Church'' (2004)

With Talisman

''7'' - 2006

''Five Men Live'' - 2005

''Cats and Dogs'' - 2003

''BESTerious (Compilation)'' - 1996

''Best of... (Compilation, different from above)'' - 1996

''Life'' - 1995

''Five out of Five (Live in Japan)'' - 1994

''Humanimal'' - 1994

''Humanimal Part II'' - 1994

''Genesis'' - 1993

CD singles and promos With Talisman

Frozen (CD Single) (1995)

All + All (CD Single) (1994)

Todo y Todo (CD Single) (All + All Latin American market release under nickname Genaro) (1994)

Colour My XTC (CD Single) (1994)

Doing Time With My Baby (CD Single) (1994)

Time after Time (CD Single) (1993)

Mysterious (This Time is Serious) (CD Single) (1993)

With Human Clay

''Closing the Book on Human Clay'' (2003)

''Human Clay'' (1996)

With Southpaw

''SouthPaw'' (1998)

With Clockwise

''Naïve'' (1998)

References

External links

Fredrik Åkesson website

Fredrik Åkesson's MySpace

Clockwise official MySpace

Category:Death metal musicians Category:People from Stockholm Category:Swedish heavy metal guitarists Category:Living people Category:Talisman (band) members Category:Opeth members Category:Lead guitarists Category:1972 births

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