"United States. After beginning her career on stage, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on the American sci-fi drama series ""The X-Files"". Her film work includes the dramas ""The Mighty Celt"" (2005), ""The Last King of Scotland"" (2006), ""Shadow Dancer"" (2012), ""Viceroy's House"" (2017) and two ""X-Files"" films: ""The X-Files: Fight the Future"" (1998) and """" (2008). Other notable television credits include: Lady Dedlock in ""Bleak House"" (2005), Wallis Simpson in ""Any Human Heart"" (2010), Miss Havisham in ""Great Expectations"" (2011), Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier on ""Hannibal"" (2013–2015), and Media on ""American Gods"""
"Simpson used Charles Dickens's novel ""Bleak House"" (1853) as the basis for ""Lady Dedlock's Secret"", which premiered at Her Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen on 3 April 1874 and appeared in Liverpool the same year but did not play in London until it opened at the Opera Comique on 26 March 1884. He collaborated with Merivale on an adaptation of Dickens's ""A Tale of Two Cities"" (1859) titled ""All for Her"", which opened at the Mirror Theatre on 18 October 1875 and was revived into the 1890s. He also collaborated with Claude Templar on ""The Scar on the Wrist"", which premiered"
"as Mrs. Medlock. The executive producer was Francis Ford Coppola. Dorothea Brooking adapted the book into several different television serials for the BBC: an eight-part serial in 1952, an eight-part serial in 1960 (starring Colin Spaull as Dickon) and a seven-part serial broadcast in 1975, which last has been released on DVD. ""Hallmark Hall of Fame"" filmed a TV adaptation of the novel in 1987, starring Gennie James as Mary, Barret Oliver as Dickon, and Jadrien Steele as Colin. Billie Whitelaw appeared as Mrs Medlock and Derek Jacobi played the role of Archibald Craven, with Alison Doody appearing in flashbacks"
"(1836) by Charles Dickens contains a short tale called ""The True Legend of Prince Bladud"" concerning the founding of the city of Bath that is read by Pickwick while he is staying in the city. Within this Dickens describes ""the famous and renowned Lud Hudibras, King of Britain"", comparing him in likeness to ""the venerable King Cole"". In his 1897 anthology ""Mother Goose in Prose"", L. Frank Baum included a story explaining the background to the nursery rhyme. In this version, Cole is a commoner who is selected at random to succeed the King of Whatland when the latter dies"
"of the original novel. It was directed by Justin Chadwick and Susanna White, with Gillian Anderson and Charles Dance leading a cast of over 65. In March 2008 Stafford-Clark's production ""The Passion"" was broadcast on BBC One. It told the story of Jesus from his entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to his Crucifixion and the events which followed. Written by Frank Deasy and directed by Michael Offer, it was stripped across Holy Week in four peak-time episodes. Most recently Stafford-Clark produced ""Titanic"", a four-hour serial for ITV in the UK written by Julian Fellowes, that took a fresh look"
"Dudgeon, Tenniel Evans as Anthony Anderson and Lucy Fleming as Judith Anderson. The programme was subsequently re-broadcast on BBC Radio 7, later BBC Radio 4 Extra, in 2009, 2010 and 2011. On 17 May 1987, BBC's ""Theatre Night"" broadcast a production of ""The Devil's Disciple"" with Patrick Stewart as Anthony Anderson, Mike Gwilym as Dick Dudgeon, Susan Wooldridge as Judith Anderson and Ian Richardson as General Burgoyne. The Devil's Disciple The Devil's Disciple is an 1897 play written by Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's eighth, and after Richard Mansfield's original 1897 American production it was his"
"story. American fantasy and science fiction author Andre Norton retold the fairy tale in her novel ""Warlock of the Witch World"" (1967) with the setting moved to her Witch World. Terry Pratchett's ""The Wee Free Men"" (2003) introduces a character named Roland de Chumsfanleigh, who is kidnapped by the Queen of the Elves. Gordon R. Dickson's unfinished science fiction series ""Childe Cycle"" (1959) was named for the Browning poem. English folk singer Martin Carthy used an adaptation of the tale for the basis of his song ""Jack Rowland"", which appeared on his 1982 album ""Out of the Cut"". The Irish"
"in insidious singsong instead of the usual dotty dowager tones. This was a Miss Havisham who has never really grown up."" ""The Telegraph"" also pointed out that Anderson is only a little younger than the generally considered definitive version of Miss Havisham as played by Martita Hunt in the David Lean version, a point that Anderson herself made on ""The Graham Norton Show"". Great Expectations (2011 miniseries) Great Expectations is a three-part BBC television drama adaptation by Sarah Phelps of the Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel of the same name, starring Ray Winstone as Magwitch, Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham, Douglas"
"earlier dates, ""The Heart of Midlothian"" was adapted for the stage by Dion Boucicault in the 1860s. It has been adapted for the screen twice in 1914, once under the same name, and once under the title ""A Woman's Triumph"". A television version was released in 1966. Two operas have also been based upon the novel – ""La Prigione di Edimburgo"" (Imprisoned in Edinburgh) by the Italian composer Federico Ricci (1809–1877) and ""Jeanie Deans"" by the Scottish classical composer, Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916). ""principal characters in bold"" Captain Porteous, officer of the Edinburgh city guard David Deans, a dairy-farmer Jeanie Deans,"
"of a militia that has won the day. Fifth Avenue Theatre October 4, 1897 A television adaptation was broadcast in 1955 starring Ralph Bellamy as Anthony Anderson, Maurice Evans (who also co-wrote the screenplay) as Dick Dudgeon, Teresa Wright as Judith Anderson, Dennis King as General Burgoyne and Margaret Hamilton as Mrs. Dudgeon. A film adaptation was in 1959 starring Burt Lancaster as Reverend Anthony Anderson, Kirk Douglas as Dick Dudgeon, Janette Scott as Judith Anderson and Laurence Olivier as General Burgoyne. In 1976, BBC Radio 3 broadcast an adaptation starring Tony Church as General Burgoyne, James Laurenson as Dick"
"deny her intellectual and spiritual growth, according to Elizabeth Ermarth, ""They are norms according to which she is an inferior, dependent creature who will never go far in anything, and which consequently are a denial of her full humanity."" The story was adapted as a film, ""The Mill on the Floss"", in 1937, and as a BBC series in 1978 starring Christopher Blake, Pippa Guard, Judy Cornwell, Ray Smith and Anton Lesser. A single-episode television adaptation of the novel first was aired on 1 January 1997. Maggie Tulliver is portrayed by Emily Watson and Mr Tulliver by Bernard Hill. The"
"Tulane"" movie. 20th Century Fox has hired Martin Hynes to write a script based on the book, ""The Magician's Elephant"". Kate DiCamillo Katrina Elizabeth ""Kate"" DiCamillo (born March 25, 1964) is an American writer of children's fiction for all reading levels, usually featuring animals. She is one of six people to win two Newbery Medals, recognizing her novels ""The Tale of Despereaux"" (2003) and ""Flora & Ulysses"" (2013). Her best-known books for young children are the Mercy Watson series, illustrated by Chris Van Dusen. DiCamillo was the U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, appointed by the Library of Congress"
"the film the cat was female and called Delilah. In 2005, it was part of the first season of the ITV series ""Agatha Christie's Marple"" which featured Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple, Zoë Wanamaker as Letitia Blacklock, Keeley Hawes as Phillipa Haymes, Elaine Paige as Dora Bunner, Cherie Lunghi as Sadie Swettenham, and Catherine Tate as Mitzi. While the basic plot is retained from the novel, most of the characters in this adaptation have been heavily altered. The novel was serialised in eleven parts in the ""Daily Express"" from Tuesday, 28 February to Saturday, 11 March 1950. Five instalments carried"
"Duckling” composed by Frank Loesser and sung by Danny Kaye for the 1952 Charles Vidor musical film ""Hans Christian Andersen"", and ""Honk!"", a musical based on the tale which was produced in Britain and won an Olivier Award. The tale was adapted to a musical by Gail Deschamps and Paul Hamilton with a planned United States tour 2002-2003. In 1998, the musical played the Piccolo Spoleto for seventeen days. In 1999, Jerry Pinkney adapted the story as a children's picture book. In 2009, the Dance Theatre of Bradenton, Florida, presented the ballet version of the popular tale (Allison Norton: The"
"novels by John Kennedy Toole and Edith Wharton respectively. ""The House of Mirth"" received favourable reviews, with ""Film Comment"" naming it one of the ten best films of 2000. Gillian Anderson won Best Performance in the Second Annual Village Voice Film Critics' Poll and the film was named the third best film of 2000 in the same poll. Soon after completing ""The House of Mirth"" Davies intended fifth feature was ""Sunset Song"", an adaptation of the novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Financing proved difficult as Scottish and international backers left the project after the BBC, Channel 4, and the UK"
"damage in February 2005 and has now been completely restored. A curious mediaeval tradition also survives at the Fleece, preserved in accordance with Lola's wishes. This is the practice of chalking ""witch circles"" on the floor in front of each hearth to prevent witches from getting in through the chimneys. There are ""witch marks"" on the inside of the door as well to ward off evil spirits, The BBC has also used the Fleece Inn and the surrounding village green for its 1993 £5 million production of Charles Dickens' ""Martin Chuzzlewit"" where the pub was renamed the ""Green Dragon"" for"
"Adaptations of A Christmas Carol ""A Christmas Carol"", the popular 1843 novella by Charles Dickens (1812–1870), is one of the British author's best-known works. It is the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy miser who hates Christmas, but is transformed into a caring, kindly person through the visitations of four ghosts. The classic work has been dramatised and adapted countless times for virtually every medium and performance genre, and new versions appear regularly. The novel was the subject of Dickens' first public reading, given in Birmingham Town Hall to the Industrial and Literary Institute on 27 December 1852. This was"
"goes on with her taking charge of her family's business before descending into vengeful madness, adopting Estella, and arranging the meeting of Estella and Pip. A young version of Miss Havisham is portrayed by Tuppence Middleton in the 2015 BBC TV series ""Dickensian"". The series gives her the first name Amelia and references the period of her life in the months running up to her wedding. Satis House is relocated to London within the same community as other characters from novels by Dickens. In film adaptations of ""Great Expectations"", Miss Havisham has been played by a number of distinguished actresses,"
"In the BBC docudrama ""Dickens"", author Charles Dickens meets a fictionalized Poe on his tour of the United States. Poe takes him to witness a man held at the door of death by hypnotism and, when the man begs to be released so he can die, he turns into a pile of maggots. A theatrical adaptation was written by Lance Tait in 2005 and directed by Erica Raymos at the DR2 Theatre in New York. The story is also adapted in the animated anthology film of Poe tales, ""Extraordinary Tales"" (Raul Garcia, 2015). The Facts in the Case of M."
"include ""The Sutherlands"" (1862), ""Louie's Last Term at St. Mary's"" (1864), ""Frank Warrington"" (1863), ""Richard Vandermark"" (1871), ""Roundhearts, and other Stories"" (1871), ""A Perfect Adonis"" (1880), ""Missy"" (1882), ""Dear Feast of Lent"" (1883) and ""The Tents of Wickedness"" (1909), Miriam Coles Harris Miriam Coles was born into a Long Island family going back to the 17th Century. She was descended from Robert Coles who immigrated to America with John Winthrop in 1630. She was educated at St. Mary's Hall-Doane Academy (now Doane Academy) in Burlington, New Jersey, and Mme. Canda's Girls' School in New York City. On April 20, 1864,"
"(1987), ""Beyond Bedlam"" (1994), ""Captives"" (1994), ""The Grotesque"" (1995), ""Little Voice"" (1998), ""Beautiful People"" (1999), ""Honest"" (2000), and ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" (2005), and appeared in the TV adaptations of ""Gulliver's Travels"" (1996) as the farmer's wife, and ""A Christmas Carol"" (1999) as Mrs Fezziwig. Badland has performed in several radio dramas including BBC Radio 4's ""Rolling Home"" (2001), ""Smelling of Roses"" (2003) and an adaptation of George MacDonald's novel ""At the Back of the North Wind""; lead role as DC Gwen Danbury in ""An Odd Body"" on BBC Radio 4 Extra. In 2005 she took over the role"
"of the era. The film was an inductee of the 2005 National Film Registry list. The book was adapted into a West End play by Emma Reeves. It opened at London's Aldwych Theatre starring Marc Warren, but closed after less than two months, following poor reviews. The show was chosen by ""The Times"" both as ""Critic's Choice"" and ""What the Critics Would Pay To See."" An episode of the television show ""The Dukes of Hazzard"" entitled ""Cool Hands Luke and Bo"" was shown with Morgan Woodward playing ""Colonel Cassius Claiborne"" the boss of a neighboring county and warden of its"
"24 September 1870; ""Nell"", Olympic Theatre, 19 November; ""Notre Dame"", Adelphi Theatre, 10 April 1871; ""Rebecca"", Drury Lane, 23 September; ""Hilda"", Adelphi, 1 April 1872; ""The Lady of the Lake"", Drury Lane, 21 September; and ""Heart's Delight"", founded on Dickens ""Dombey and Son"", Globe Theatre, 17 December 1873. After visiting Australia James Robertson Anderson appeared in 1874 at Drury Lane as Richard I in Halliday's adaption of Sir Walter Scott's novel The Talisman. He possessed a remarkable talent for bringing out the salient points of a novel, and his adaptations were successful where others failed. Charles Dickens warmly approved the"
"of the run. It was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play and Julie White won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance. The 2007 Theatre World Award was presented to Johnny Galecki. The title, a line from the Mother Goose nursery rhyme ""Hey Diddle Diddle,"" is also a reference to the fictional short story written by Arturo Bandini in John Fante's ""Ask The Dust."" The same title is also used for a fictional play that appears in Agatha Christie's Three Act Tragedy. The play opened at the Garrick Theatre"
"Swedish director, Lisa Ohlin helming the film. Jones's play, ""A Tale of Charles Dickens"", is an adaptation by herself and director Paul Lazarus from her original screenplay, ""Dickens and Crime"". A special radio version of the work was created for National Public Radio's ""The Play's The Thing"" in March 2006. The play is under submission in London, England. Her newest play, ""The Elizabeths"" is being produced by David Parfitt and Bob Benton of Bob & Co. in London. Jones was a Nicholls Award finalist for screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is a member of"
"play in 1973, as part of BBC's series ""Play for Today"", with Celia Johnson playing Mrs Palfrey. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont is a 2005 US-produced comedy-drama film based on the 1971 novel by Elizabeth Taylor. It was directed by Dan Ireland and produced by Lee Caplin, Carl Colpaert and Zachary Matz from a screenplay by Ruth Sacks Caplin. The film stars Joan Plowright and Rupert Friend, with Zoe Tapper, Anna Massey, Robert Lang, Marcia Warren, Georgina Hale, Millicent Martin, Michael Culkin and Anna Carteret. All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement"
"Charles Dickens"". These performances included Wilkie Collins's ""The Lighthouse"" in which Charles Dickens also acted along with Collins, Augustus Egg, Mark Lemon, Kate and Mary Dickens and Georgina Hogarth, and ""The Frozen Deep"" (1856), also written by Wilkie Collins, with the guidance of Dickens. ""The Frozen Deep"" was first performed at Tavistock House at a dress rehearsal on 5 January 1857 for an audience of servants and local tradespeople. Other performances were held on 6, 8, 12 and 14 January for audiences of about 90 people at each performance. These audiences were made up of friends of Dickens and Collins,"
"Adaptations of Agatha Christie Adaptations of the works of Agatha Christie: Episodes of the television series ""Miss Marple"" include: Episodes of the television series ""Agatha Christie's Marple"" include: Episodes of the television series ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"" include: Many of Christie's novels have been adapted for BBC Radio over the course of several years. However the most prominent productions were the dramatisations of the Poirot and Miss Marple stories: Starring Jonathan Forbes as Mike and Lizzy Watts as Ellie Starring Hugh Bonneville as Nevile and Marcia Warren as Lady Tresselian Starring Melinda Walker as Emily Trefusis, Stephen Tompkinson as Charles Enderby,"
"Dickens by his friend, Angela Burdett-Coutts. In an 1844 stage version of ""Martin Chuzzlewit"" authorised by Dickens at the Queen's Theatre Sarah Gamp was played by the actor and comedian Thomas Manders. Mrs. Gamp appears in ""Dickensian"", at first nursing Little Nell at the Old Curiosity Shop and later tending to Silas Wegg (from ""Our Mutual Friend""), played by Pauline Collins. Sarah Gamp Sarah or Sairey Gamp is a nurse in the novel ""Martin Chuzzlewit"" by Charles Dickens, first published as a serial in 1843–1844. Mrs. Gamp, as she is usually referred to, is dissolute, sloppy and generally drunk. She"
"one in ""The 100 greatest British novels"". ""Middlemarch"" has been adapted numerous times for television and the theatre. In 1968 it was adapted into a BBC-produced TV mini-series of the same name, directed by Joan Craft and starring Michele Dotrice. In 1994 it was again adapted by the BBC as a television series of the same name, directed by Anthony Page and with a screenplay by Andrew Davies. This series was a critical and financial success and revived public interest in the adaptation of classics. In 2013 there was a stage adaptation, as well as an Orange Tree Theatre Repertory"
"week that the BBC launched a new adaptation of Charles Dickens' ""Bleak House"" starring Gillian Anderson and Charles Dance, and Phil and Grant Mitchell returned to the station's soap opera ""EastEnders"". BBC1 controller Peter Fincham explained: ""We have got three very different dramas playing this week that emphasise the breadth and depth of what we have to offer. Changing the scheduling of established favourites and the format for presenting period drama is exactly what I want BBC1 to be doing, challenging our audiences with top quality programming."" Based on the success of the 2004 ""Casualty@Holby City"" Christmas special, another crossover"
"drama of the same name. This adaptation features Nisa Cole. The Diddakoi The Diddakoi is a 1972 novel for children by Rumer Godden. It won the 1972 Whitbread Award in the Children's Book category. It is the story of an orphan traveller or Romani girl called Kizzy, who faces persecution, grief and loss in a hostile, close-knit village community. The title is an alternative spelling of the term ""didicoy"". It was dramatised as a television serial, ""Kizzy"" (1976), which was produced by Dorothea Brooking for the BBC, with Vanessa Furst as Kizzy. The novel has been republished under the title"
"Great Expectations (2011 miniseries) Great Expectations is a three-part BBC television drama adaptation by Sarah Phelps of the Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel of the same name, starring Ray Winstone as Magwitch, Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham, Douglas Booth as Pip, Vanessa Kirby as Estella and David Suchet as Jaggers. The adaptation was first broadcast on British television over the Christmas period in 2011. Anderson's casting as Miss Havisham drew attention to the production due to her being a mere 43 compared to other actresses who have played her. However, critical reception was generally positive. In 2012, the PBS broadcast earned"