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...John for life. On May 8, 1956, in London, Osborne's play Look Back in Anger had its premiere -- a seismic shock that seemed to signal the birth of a new urgency and the death of the reigning theatrical gentility. "When I saw Look Back in Anger," said John Gielgud, a star of the old school, "I thought my number...
Best known for her performance in the 1989 film Scandal, Whalley-Kilmer brings an unnecessary sophistication to a role that requires her to do little more than kiss in midsentence and appear alternately tortured and feisty. In fact, many cast members -- including Sir John Gielgud (Scarlett's grandfather) and Julie Harris (Rhett's mother) -- seem wasted on a story without much of a plot and a script devoid of sharp dialogue. Dalton is a sufficiently handsome Rhett, although he lacks the intelligence and wit of Gone With the Wind's Clark Gable. What's more, Dalton is not given resonant...
...play made its debut on Broadway in 1976 with John Gielgud as a scruffy but glib old poet and Ralph Richardson as the addled "man of letters" who has invited him home. Last year it resurfaced in London with Pinter in the Richardson part and veteran comic actor Paul Eddington (TV's Yes, Minister) succeeding Gielgud. Last week it returned to Broadway with Jason Robards as the bonhomous householder and Christopher Plummer as his versifying guest...
...While acting seems to be a genetic imperative for the clan (five generations have worked in the business), only Michael and Vanessa have been touched by the magical ability to make transcendence look effortless. He was among the greatest of a towering generation that included Olivier, Richardson and Gielgud; she is incomparably the finest actor, male or female, in the English-speaking world today. Lynn is a skillful, earthbound performer, at home in both classics and sitcoms, if best remembered for Weight Watchers commercials. Born to another name, she would be the mainspring of family pride. In her tribe...
PROSPERO'S BOOKS. Shakespeare illustrated by Peter Greenaway (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover). Not the British director's best film but certainly his most: two chockablock hours of Sir John Gielgud intoning The Tempest while surrounded by naked babes and boys. It's as if God lived in the Playboy Mansion. The true version of this coffee-table film is the accompanying book: script, photos and drawings...