Word: fenton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...James Fenton, drama critic of the Sunday Times, called the play "a nauseating load of rubbish," and yearned for the resignation of National Theater Director Peter Hall, who steadfastly stood by Brenton and the production. Playwright Edward Bond weighed in with a defense so oblique that he never mentioned the play by name. He did, however, call for the resignation of Fenton, while John Osborne, who has had his own wrangles with the censor, addressed a sally to the Guardian: "Sir-I don't go to the theater to see a lot of buggery. We get quite enough...
Period 3: B.U., Marc Sinclair 1 (Fldler, Paul Fenton...
...long ago, moviegoers knew, or cared about, only the big stars-Streisand and Newman, Fonda and Redford. Now the directors are often just as famous: Francis Coppola, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas. But who has heard of Reuben Cannon, Michael Fenton and Partner Jane Feinberg, Jennifer Shull, Lynn Stalmaster or Joyce Selznick? Almost 50,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild, that's who. For these are the casting directors, the silent powers who put the sparks into most of those stars way back when and who often mean the difference between a smash and a bust...
...good example of the casting director's art is Urban Cowboy itself. Unable to find the right woman to play the part of Travolta's wife, Evans called in Michael Fenton; he suggested Debra Winger, who had appeared in two little-known films. She was an inspired choice. Her restless sexiness enlivened an otherwise tedious film-and stole the spotlight from Travolta. Joyce Selznick found Kurt Russell, who, after losing 20 lbs. and dying his hair black, played the great pelvis in ABC's Elvis. When Elvis was shown in February 1979, it drew higher ratings than...
...every Winger or Russell, a casting director may have interviewed dozens of candidates and culled from memory hundreds more. Most of the directors, like Fenton, attend as many plays as they can in Los Angeles and make regular tours of off-Broadway. "We have a standing rule in our office that each person must go to two or three theatrical productions a week," says Jennifer Shull, casting director for Coppola's new Hollywood studio. "The job requires thoroughness. You have to look where others...