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The Dresser

British Theatre Guide 28 Oct 2021

Ronald Harwood. Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Everyman Theatre Cheltenham. Richmond Theatre. –. Look for tickets... Share ... Alastair Muir Julian Clary as Norman, Matthew Kelly as Sir in The Dresser Credit ... Alastair Muir ... He is not well ... Ronald Harwood (1934–2020) drew on his five years as dresser to the imperious Donald Wolfit in the fifties.

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The Dresser review — this backstage drama looks good but Julian Clary lacks bite

The Times/The Sunday Times 16 Sep 2021

★★★☆☆. It captures the wartime atmosphere well enough ... Harwood, who, as a young man, worked as dresser for Donald Wolfit, creates thumbnail sketches of theatre folk whoSponsored. .

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The Dresser review – Matthew Kelly and Julian Clary face the final curtain

The Guardian 16 Sep 2021

Ronald Harwood’s perennial favourite, inspired by his years spent as dresser to Sir Donald Wolfit, takes place during one evening in 1942, as a touring company treads the boards in ...

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Britain’s Eurovision Song Contest entries: where are they now?

The Daily Telegraph 22 May 2021

1957 ... They were both 98 ... Better known for his stage roles than his singing, Johnson gave several acclaimed performances in Shakespearean productions, taking comic roles alongside the famous (and famously histrionic) actor-director Sir Donald Wolfit. Recalling his part in Wolfit’s King Lear, the impresario called Johnson “the best Fool I ever had” ... .

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Barbara Shelley: ‘Queen of Hammer’ during the golden age of Gothic horror films

The Independent 23 Jan 2021

Appearing opposite legendary actor-manager Donald Wolfit in Blood of the Vampire (1958) cemented her reputation in the genre, but the best of her early films was Village of the Damned (1960), in which she played George Sanders’s wife, one of the women giving birth to children who share telepathic powers and a lack of empathy for all around them ... .

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Barbara Shelley obituary: Actor who traumatised and tantalised

The Irish Times 16 Jan 2021

Barbara Shelley (Barbara Kowin). Born. February 13th, 1932. Died. January 4th, 2021 ... In Dracula ... “Please let me in,” she pleads. “It’s cold out here. So cold ... She also refused to appear topless in Blood of the Vampire (1958), in which she was menaced by Sir Donald Wolfit, and threatened to sue the studio if it went ahead with a body double ... ... .

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Sir Ronald Harwood obituary

The Guardian 09 Sep 2020

He first made a serious impression with his best-known play, The Dresser (1980), which drew on his experience of working with the actor-manager Donald Wolfit in the 1950s.

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Oscar-winning Pianist playwright Sir Ronald Harwood dies aged 85

Metro UK 09 Sep 2020

Sir Ronald Harwood has died at the age of 85 (Picture. Getty Images) ... Advertisement. Advertisement. Advertisement ... Dave M. Benett/WireImage) ... One of his most famous plays, The Dresser, is based on his own experiences as a dresser to actor Sir Donald Wolfit, and was first staged in 1980 before being made into a film three years later ... WWE news and rumours ... .

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A Very Modern Hero

National Review 27 Jun 2020

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE H e did all right for himself, the fellow who got 15th billing in Lawrence of Arabia ... S. Johar, Gamil Ratib, Zia Mohyeddin, Michael Ray, John Dimech, Donald Wolfit and Omar Sharif, we are presented with this title. “Introducing Peter O’Toole as T. E ... Advertisement. But what a beautiful legend it is ... Warren Beatty’s Reds.

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Robert Tanitch’s fantasy theatre performance picks

British Theatre Guide 07 Jun 2020

... in 1912.Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud alternating Romeo and Mercutio opposite Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in the 1935 productions of Romeo and Juliet.Ralph Richardson as Falstaff in Henry IV in 1945.Donald Wolfit as King Lear during World War II.Maria Callas as Tosca in 1964.

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It's curtains for theatre – but not, let us hope, for too long

The Observer 19 Mar 2020

Productions will be jettisoned, people put out of work, institutions imperilled ... On 3 September 1939, all theatres closed upon the declaration of war ... By February 1940 Donald Wolfit was presenting hour-long lunchtime versions of Hamlet, Othello, Twelfth Night and other Shakespeare plays, which drew huge audiences and made him a national hero ... .

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Shakespeare's Dream

British Theatre Guide 22 Feb 2020

Frank Bramwell and William Shakespeare. inamoment. Released. Share . ... Many of the characters from various productions haunt his slumbers ... Shakespeare is Bramwell’s passion ... The playwright even runs into Sir Donald Wolfit who offers him the part of Caliban in one of his productions only for Shakespeare to proclaim he does not know the plot ... Reviewer.

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Emmerdale legend Sheila Mercier aka Annie Sugden dies aged 100

Metro UK 13 Dec 2019

(Picture. REX). Actress Sheila Mercier has died aged 100. The Emmerdale legend, known to millions as Annie Sugden, has been confirmed to have passed away ... Mercier had a long career on stage before her television career. Donald Wolfit had talent spotted her and she toured with Wolfit’s own Shakespeare company in 1939 ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... MORE ... .

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Strictly’s Kelvin Fletcher leads tributes as Emmerdale’s Annie Sugden dies aged 100

Metro UK 13 Dec 2019

(Picture. REX). Actress Sheila Mercier has died aged 100. The Emmerdale legend, known to millions as Annie Sugden, has been confirmed to have passed away ... Mercier had a long career on stage before her television career. Donald Wolfit had talent spotted her and she toured with Wolfit’s own Shakespeare company in 1939 ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... MORE ... .

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Emmerdale pays tribute to Annie Sugden actress Sheila Mercier as she dies

Metro UK 13 Dec 2019

(Picture .ITV). Emmerdale has paid tribute to the legendary Annie Sugden actress Sheila Mercier who has died aged 100. A spokesperson said ... She will be greatly missed ... Advertisement ... Donald Wolfit had talent spotted her and she toured with his own Shakespeare company in 1939, but it was her role in Emmerdale that viewers fondly remember her for. MORE ... .