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The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, (i/ˈwʊstər/ WUUS-tər), is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Birmingham and 29 miles (47 km) north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the middle of the city, overlooked by the twelfth-century Worcester Cathedral. The site of the final battle of the Civil War, Worcester was where Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army defeated King Charles II's Cavaliers, resulting in the English Interregnum, the ten-year period during which England and Wales became a republic. Worcester was the home of Royal Worcester Porcelain and the birthplace of the composer Sir Edward Elgar. It houses the Lea and Perrins factory where the traditional Worcestershire Sauce is made, and is home to one of the UK's fastest growing universities, the University of Worcester.
Occupation of the site of Worcester can be dated back to Neolithic times, a village surrounded by defensive ramparts having been founded on the eastern bank of the River Severn in around 400 BC. The position, which commanded a ford on the river, was used in the first century by the Romans to establish what may at first have been a fort on the military route from Glevum (Gloucester) to Viroconium (Wroxeter) but which soon developed – as the frontier of the empire was pushed westwards – into an industrial town with its own pottery kilns and iron-smelting plants.
Actors: Harry Lennix (actor), Keith David (actor), Harry Lennix (producer), Angus Macfadyen (actor), J.J. Dalton (producer), Heavy D (actor), Evita Castine (actress), Danny Green (producer), Diarra Kilpatrick (actress), Jeryl Prescott (actress), Candice Coke (actress), Victoria Gabrielle Platt (producer), Amad Jackson (actor), Giovanni Zelko (producer), Victoria Gabrielle Platt (actress),
Plot: H4 translates Shakespeare's Henry IV plays to contemporary Los Angeles to explore political struggles in the community. By killing a popular black leader, Henry hopes to cement his family's political dynasty, but his reckless son, Hal, seems more interested in hijinks than politics. Will the "Prince of Watts" follow in the footsteps of his powerful father, or will he succumb to the criminal life championed by Falstaff? Performed in Shakespeare's original language, H4 will appeal to Shakespearean aficionados and newcomers alike.
Genres: Drama,Actors: William Shakespeare (writer), Márta Fónay (actress), William Shakespeare (writer), Mari Töröcsik (actress), Gábor Agárdi (actor), József Vándor (actor), Sándor Suka (actor), William Shakespeare (writer), Ferenc Bessenyei (actor), László Mensáros (actor), Miklós Benedek (actor), Ferenc Zenthe (actor), Péter Kertész (actor), László Dózsa (actor), Sándor Téri (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Robert Emenegger (composer), Patrick O'Moore (actor), Marc Lawrence (actor), John Qualen (actor), Frank DeKova (actor), Michael Brown (editor), Florence Lake (actress), Arthur Space (actor), Arthur Gould-Porter (actor), Patrick Cranshaw (actor), Victor Jory (actor), Michael Callan (actor), David Chow (actor), Allan Sandler (producer), Joe E. Ross (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Margaret Rutherford (actress), Jeanne Moreau (actress), Ralph Richardson (actor), Walter Chiari (actor), Luis Ciges (actor), Fernando Rey (actor), Orson Welles (actor), Julio Peña (actor), John Gielgud (actor), Fernando Hilbeck (actor), Goyo Lebrero (actor), Andrés Mejuto (actor), Charles Farrell (actor), José Nieto (actor), Marina Vlady (actress),
Plot: Sir John Falstaff is the hero in this compilation of extracts from Shakespeare's 'Henry IV' and other plays, made into a connected story of Falstaff's career as young Prince Hal's drinking companion. The massive knight roisters with and without the prince, philosophizes comically, goes to war (in his own fashion), and meets his final disappointment, set in a real-looking late-medieval England.
Keywords: alcoholic-drink, banishment, bare-butt, based-on-book, based-on-multiple-works, based-on-play, bath, battle, beaten-to-death, bed