"The Audience (2013 play) The Audience is a play by the British playwright and screenwriter Peter Morgan. The play centres on weekly meetings, called audiences, between Queen Elizabeth II, played by Dame Helen Mirren, and her prime ministers and premiered in the West End in 2013, at the Gielgud Theatre. A Broadway production opened in 2015, also starring Mirren. A West End revival played in London in 2015 starring Dame Kristin Scott Thomas in the lead role. ""The Audience"" is centred on the weekly audiences given by Queen Elizabeth II to prime ministers from her accession in 1952 to the"
"Ionesco presents a proliferation of chaos. According to Essif, ""Exit the King"" is Ionesco’s most Beckettian play: ""The image of an exterior world fades in cadence with the protagonist’s surrender to the interiority of his consciousness, that is, with the increasing intensification of his inward-turning. The vertical axis of the subjective abyss runs counter to the horizontality of the external world"". It was first presented in London by the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre in 1963. It premiered on 12 September 1963 and starred Alec Guinness as the King, Googie Withers as Queen Marguerite, Natasha Parry as"
"John Gielgud. She was the victim of serious stage-fright at this period in her career, the result of a spasm in her throat that prevented her from speaking and that she feared would return at inopportune moments. In 1929, she went with the Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon on its tour of the United States - in three weeks she had to learn the parts of Lady Macbeth, Beatrice in ""Much Ado About Nothing"", the Queen in ""Hamlet"" ( 'but I should never have been cast to play Gertrude. I was only 25, just a touch on the young side when the"
"King's Rhapsody King's Rhapsody is a musical with book and music by Ivor Novello and lyrics by Christopher Hassall. The musical was first produced at the Palace Theatre, London, on 15 September 1949 and ran for 841 performances, surviving its author, who died in 1951. It starred Novello in the title role of the heir to the throne under pressure from his long-lived mother, Queen Elana, to abdicate in favour of his infant son, with Phyllis Dare as his mistress Marta Karillos, Zena Dare as Queen Elana, Vanessa Lee as Princess Cristiane, Robert Andrews as Vanescu, and Olive Gilbert as"
"to give up documents relating to her divorce case. She was released from custody on 28 June 1879. Isabella Glyn Isabella Glyn (22 May 1823 – 18 May 1889) was a well-known Victorian-era Shakespearean actress. Isabella Glyn was born in Edinburgh on 22 May 1823. She made her first stage appearance in Manchester on 8 November 1847, where she appeared as Constance in Shakespeare's ""King John"". She next debuted at the Olympic in London as Lady Macbeth on 28 January 1848. She played at Sadler's Wells Theatre from 1848–51; and gave her first public Shakespearian reading September 1851. She appeared"
"had been ""a good friend"". However, the housekeeper testified that Aylwin and Bath had often been alone together at the flat. The court found for Colonel Rawlinson and granted the divorce. Jean Aylwin Jean Aylwin (10 October 18851964), also known as Jean Isabella Griffin Aitkin, was a Scottish actress and singer, often billed as ""The Lady Harry Lauder"". Aylwin was best known for creating character roles in successful Edwardian musical comedies early in the 20th century. She turned to roles in non-musical plays by World War I, continued to act into the 1920s and was later a radio broadcaster. Her"
"lighted up agreeably with electric lamps and an electrolier, and ample refreshment room and other accommodation will be found to have been provided Throughout its history, The Queen's Theatre has seen such talents as Peggy Ashcroft, Fred and Adele Astaire, Tallulah Bankhead, Kenneth Branagh, Noël Coward, Henry Daniell, Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat, Edith Evans, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., John Gielgud, Cedric Hardwicke, Jack Hawkins, Nigel Hawthorne, Celia Johnson, Jane Lapotaire, Alec Guinness, Rachel Kempson, Gertrude Lawrence, Robert Morley, Stephen Fry, Anthony Quayle, Basil Rathbone, Michael Redgrave, Miranda Richardson, Margaret Rutherford, Fiona Shaw, Nigel Havers, Maggie Smith, Sybil Thorndike, Nick Jonas,and Ramin"
"Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies Dame Gwen Lucy Ffrangcon-Davies, (25 January 1891 – 27 January 1992) was a British actress and centenarian. She was born in London of a Welsh family; the name ""Ffrangcon"" originates from a valley in Snowdonia. Her parents were opera baritone David Ffrangcon-Davies (né David Thomas Davies) and Annie Francis Rayner. She made her stage debut in 1911, as a singer as well as an actress, and received encouragement in her career from Ellen Terry. In 1924, she played Juliet opposite John Gielgud as Romeo, and Gielgud was grateful to her for the rest of his life for the"
"New London Theatre was renamed the Gillian Lynne Theatre, making it the first theatre in the West End of London to be named after a non-royal woman. Gillian Lynne Dame Gillian Barbara Lynne, (née Pyrke; 20 February 1926 – 1 July 2018) was an English ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director, noted for her theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-running shows in Broadway history, ""Cats"" and ""The Phantom of the Opera"". At age 87, she was made a DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 New Year Honours List. Gillian Barbara"
"now rest satisfied with the memory of the peerless beauty of her merry-hearted acting... like the music of a bewitching melody piercing the stillness of the night, and ending just when the ear longed for the next note."" After her farewell performances, she left the stage to marry the wealthy haberdasher and silk merchant Arthur James Lewis (of the firm Lewis & Allenby). The couple had four daughters, the eldest of whom was also named Kate (the mother of Gielgud). The youngest, Mabel Terry-Lewis, became an actress. Terry made two later appearances on stage: first in 1898, in Stuart Ogilvie's"
"a memorial plaque in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey. The Ashcroft Theatre in Croydon was named in her honour in 1962. Peggy Ashcroft Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, (22 December 1907 – 14 June 1991), known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was an English actress whose career spanned more than sixty years, and who, along with contemporaries John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. Born to a comfortable middle-class family, Ashcroft was determined from an early age to become an actress, despite parental opposition. She was working in smaller theatres even before graduating from"
"Matilda emerges and throws herself between them. The Queen condemns Norfolk to death, and, in the aria, ""Bell'alme generose"", pardons Leicester and the Scottish prisoners. Notes Sources Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra (; Elizabeth, Queen of England) is a ""dramma per musica"" or opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Giovanni Schmidt, from the play ""Il paggio di Leicester"" (""Leicester's Page"") by Carlo Federici, which itself ""was derived from a novel ""The Recess"" (1785) by Sophia Lee."" It was premiered at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples on 4 October 1815 and was the first"
"London, age 90. Kate Cutler Kate Ellen Louisa Cutler (14 August 1864 – 14 May 1955) was an English singer and actress, known in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as an ""ingénue"" in musical comedies, and later as a character actress in comic and dramatic plays. She is possibly best known for walking out of the lead role in Noël Coward's ""The Vortex"" in 1924 shortly before opening night. Cutler was born in Marylebone, London, daughter of Henry Cutler, a singer, and his wife Mary Ann, ""née"" Tims. She trained at a conservatoire in Watford, north of London,"
"Margaret Hughes Margaret Hughes (c. 1630 – 1 October 1719), also Peg Hughes or Margaret Hewes, is often credited as the first professional actress on the English stage. Hughes was also famous as the mistress of the English Civil War general and later Restoration admiral, Prince Rupert of the Rhine. Hughes became an actress during a period of great change in English drama. English drama had suffered greatly during the English Civil War and the Interregnum, being banned by the Puritan Long Parliament in 1642. This ban was finally lifted upon the Restoration of King Charles II. Charles was a"
"walking through the trees and trying to get out of the forest, she disappears among them. Scene 7 Little by little, the stage fills with dryads, who have gathered for diversion. Scene 8 After the dryads’ dance, a curtain rises at the back of the stage and in the clear distance; the Queen’s shade is seen, wrathfully threatening the Princess’s nurse for having spared her. The nurse falls at the Queen’s feet and begs for her forgiveness. The Queen rudely throws her back. Then the Queen commands that she herself be dressed in peasant’s clothes so that she may realise"
"Kate Cutler Kate Ellen Louisa Cutler (14 August 1864 – 14 May 1955) was an English singer and actress, known in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as an ""ingénue"" in musical comedies, and later as a character actress in comic and dramatic plays. She is possibly best known for walking out of the lead role in Noël Coward's ""The Vortex"" in 1924 shortly before opening night. Cutler was born in Marylebone, London, daughter of Henry Cutler, a singer, and his wife Mary Ann, ""née"" Tims. She trained at a conservatoire in Watford, north of London, where one of"
"in progress at the Palace. Frances, Lady Essex, is wearing a beautifully ornate dress, which is much admired by members of the court. The Queen commands the musicians to play an energetic melody; the courtiers dance a set of five energetic ""Courtly Dances"". The ladies retire to change their linen. Lady Essex enters, wearing a plainer dress than before and tells Lady Rich that her original dress has gone missing. The Queen arrives wearing Lady Essex's dress, which is far too short and tight for her. She mocks Lady Essex and withdraws again. Mountjoy, Essex and Lady Rich comfort the"
"Isabella Colbran as Elena, Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni as Malcolm and Giovanni David as Uberto/King James. Initial reactions were mixed, with the conservative faction displeased by its seeming elaborateness and concerted numbers compared to the simplicity of ""Ricciardo e Zoraide"" the previous year. A contemporary account of the evening's events reveals that, in the absence of members of the royal court, there were disruptions. A. Azevedo, in his 1864 book on the composer, notes that ""the public found itself free of all restraint [...] the audience whistled and booed, and challenged both artists and composer throughout almost the entire evening."" However,"
"Queen relieved her black mourning dress with a white mourning cap which draped over her back. The main participants filed into the chapel to the sound of Beethoven's , creating a spectacle only marred by the sudden disappearance of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, who had a sudden gout attack. Christian filed into the chapel with his two supporters, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar and Prince Frederic of Schleswig-Holstein, and Helena was given away by her mother, who escorted her up the aisle with the Prince of Wales and eight bridesmaids. Christian looked older than he was, and one guest commented"
"the importance they attached to her bank balance"". Gillian Lewis Gillian Lewis was an English character actress who, after a varied stage career in the 1950s and early '60s, appeared in a number of television drama series until the late 1970s. Her best known roles were probably as the runaway heiress Geraldine Melford in the original London production of Slade and Reynolds' musical ""Free as Air"" and, on television, as Drusilla Lamb, secretary to Mr. Rose in the detective series of that name. Gillian Lewis was born in Tisbury, Wiltshire. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and"
"included ""Romeo and Juliet"", she was becoming too mature for such parts and her previously much-admired vocal delivery was attacked as affected. In 1818, Mrs. Bartley accompanied her husband to America, where she obtained both reputation and fortune. Returning in 1820 she played in the country, and on 15 November 1823 reappeared at Covent Garden as Mrs. Beverley in the ‘Gamester.’ Her performances were, however, infrequent. In the character of Lady Macbeth she finally retired from the stage. The loss of her two children (see George Bartley) greatly affected her. Shortly after the loss of her daughter she was stricken"
"before Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace. ""After an evening of Italian music, the Queen requested an encore. Catherine, with a mischievous grin it is reported, sang the beautiful Irish rebellion song, ""Kathleen Mavourneen""."" On 5 Nov. 1849 she appeared at a concert given by the Dublin Philharmonic Society, and afterwards at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, in Lucia, when the Edgardo was so badly played that an uproar ensued, and Sims Reeves, one of the audience, took his place on the stage. Under Lumley's management Miss Hayes played Lucia at Her Majesty's Theatre, London, on 2 April 1850, but owing to"
"play to the men beforehand, and prepared her for what they saw as rude, tasteless and ignorant troops. The entire company, backed by Cornell and McClintic, resisted all entreaties and played their roles with every degree of authenticity as the Broadway original. At the first production, the army's fears seemed to be validated. At the start of the play, which takes place in damp, chilly London, the doctor advises that Elizabeth go to Italy for rest. The audience, G.I.s fighting in war-torn Italy, exploded in laughter, hooting, yelling and stamping. According to actress Margalo Gillmore, ""It was true, then, we"
"known as ""Grexit"". During the last week of the run, a reference was made to newspaper articles displaying the Queen apparently making a Nazi salute in her youth and to the birthday of Prince George. In May, 2017, the play received its Russian premier in Moscow and starred Inna Churikova as The Queen, along with Mikhail Gorevoy as Winston Churchill and Galina Tunina as Margaret Thatcher. Fiona Reid assumed the role of the Queen in the 2017 Mirvish Productions mounting of the play at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre. The Toronto cast included Paul Essiembre as Eden, Kate Hennig as Thatcher,"
"Mary Merrall Mary Merrall (5 January 1890 - 31 August 1973), born Elsie Lloyd, was an English actress whose career of over 60 years encompassed stage, film and television work. Merrall's stage career started in her teens, making her first stage appearance in 1907, as Queenie Merrall, and for the rest of her life she remained a well-known and respected stage actress. Although she was based in London, she often appeared in other prestigious venues in the UK such as the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Glasgow. Among her most famous stage roles were Lady Macbeth in a"
"End. In the West End, the central portrayals of Queen Mary and Edward VIII were played by Wendy Hiller and Peter Barkworth. Most recently Queen Mary was played by Patricia Routledge. Ryton continued his 'Royal-theme' in 1981 with the comedy (co-written with Ray Cooney), ""Her Royal Highness"", about a double having to stand-in for Lady Diana Spencer when she loses her nerve and disappears, one week before the Royal Wedding. It ran successfully at the Palace Theatre in London's West End from 1981-82. Royce Ryton Royce Thomas Carlisle Ryton (16 September 1924 – 14 April 2009) was an English playwright."
"Peggy Ashcroft Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, (22 December 1907 – 14 June 1991), known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was an English actress whose career spanned more than sixty years, and who, along with contemporaries John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. Born to a comfortable middle-class family, Ashcroft was determined from an early age to become an actress, despite parental opposition. She was working in smaller theatres even before graduating from drama school, and within two years thereafter she was starring in the West End. Ashcroft maintained her leading place in"
"sisters played together at least once, in ""The Maiden Queen"". Anne Marshall Anne Marshall (fl. 1661 – 1682), also Mrs. Anne Quin, was a leading English actress of the Restoration era, one of the first generation of women performers to appear on the public stage in England. John Downes, in his ""Roscius Anglicanus"" (1708), reported that Anne Marshall was among the initial group of actresses employed by manager Thomas Killigrew with his King's Company when the company made the move to Gibbon's Tennis Court in 1660. Anne was revered for her roles in tragedies but was also known to play"
"Isabella Girardeau Isabella Girardeau (née Calliari?; ? – ?) was an Italian operatic soprano who flourished in London, England from 1709 to 1712. Commonly referred to by the opera going public in London as ""La Isabella"", she is best remembered today for creating the role of Almirena in the momentous premiere of George Frideric Handel's ""Rinaldo"" on 24 February 1711 at the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket (it later became the ""King's Theatre"" after King George I's accession in 1714) in which she introduced the famous aria ""Lascia ch'io pianga"". She had succeeded Joanna Maria Lindelheim, ""The Baroness"", as one"
"drown out the plays in which they appear: Sarah Siddons (1755—1831), John Philip Kemble (1757—1823), Henry Irving (1838—1905), and Ellen Terry (1847—1928). To be a star of the legitimate drama came to mean being first and foremost a ""great Shakespeare actor"", with a famous interpretation of, for men, Hamlet, and for women, Lady Macbeth, and especially with a striking delivery of the great soliloquies. The acme of spectacle, star, and soliloquy Shakespeare performance came with the reign of actor-manager Henry Irving at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in London from 1878–99. At the same time, a revolutionary return to the roots"
"were gathered before the service began. A witness described how the Queen stood at the door fuming as bayonets were held under her chin until the Deputy Lord Chamberlain had the doors slammed in her face. Caroline then proceeded back to an entrance near Poets' Corner, where she was met by Sir Robert Inglis, who held the office of ""Gold Staff"". Inglis persuaded the Queen to return to her carriage, and she left. Caroline lost support through her exhibition at the coronation; the crowds jeered her as she rode away, and even Brougham recorded his distaste at her undignified behaviour."
"Jean Aylwin Jean Aylwin (10 October 18851964), also known as Jean Isabella Griffin Aitkin, was a Scottish actress and singer, often billed as ""The Lady Harry Lauder"". Aylwin was best known for creating character roles in successful Edwardian musical comedies early in the 20th century. She turned to roles in non-musical plays by World War I, continued to act into the 1920s and was later a radio broadcaster. Her divorce in 1924 from a colonel in the Intelligence Corps involved allegations of infidelity. Aylwin was born in Hawick and was educated at George Watsons College, Edinburgh. She began her professional"
"Colleen Clifford Irene Margaret Clifford (née Blackford) (17 November 1898 – 7 April 1996), professionally known as Colleen Clifford, was a British-born performer, who worksd in England as well as in Australia in radio, stage, television and film as an actress, she was also a theatre director and producer, coloratura soprano, dancer, comedian and classical pianist who was a specialist in voice production, drama and music. In a career spanning nearly eight decades, she was one of the most popular actresses who later became known as the grand dame and matriarch of the entertainment profession and performing arts. Clifford started"