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Natasha Richardson's son Daniel honors actress 15 years after her death

Entertainment News // 10 months ago

Natasha Richardson's son Daniel honors actress 15 years after her death

Daniel Neeson paid tribute to his mom, "The Parent Trap" actress Natasha Richardson, on the 15th anniversary of her death.

Anthony Hopkins appears as present-day King Lear in new photo

TV // 6 years ago

Anthony Hopkins appears as present-day King Lear in new photo

The BBC has released the first photo of Anthony Hopkins and Florence Pugh as their characters from Richard Eyre's contemporary adaptation of "King Lear."

Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson to reunite again for 'King Lear'

TV // 7 years ago

Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson to reunite again for 'King Lear'

Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson have signed on to star in a modern-day, television adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragic play, "King Lear."

Ian McKellen-Anthony Hopkins movie 'The Dresser' gets a U.S. trailer, premiere date

TV // 8 years ago

Ian McKellen-Anthony Hopkins movie 'The Dresser' gets a U.S. trailer, premiere date

Richard Eyre's adaptation of Ronald Harwood's play "The Dresser," starring Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins, is to have its U.S. premiere May 30 on Starz.

James McAvoy, Lesley Manville to reveal Olivier Award nominations

Entertainment News // 9 years ago

James McAvoy, Lesley Manville to reveal Olivier Award nominations

Lesley Manville and James McAvoy are to announce the nominees for this year's Olivier Awards on Monday, organizers announced.

Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins start work on 'The Dresser'

TV // 9 years ago

Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins start work on 'The Dresser'

Production has officially begun in London on the television movie "The Dresser," Starz and the BBC announced Tuesday.

TV // 1 decade ago

BBC announces new 'Luther' two-part event and second season of 'Top of the Lake'

The BBC says it has ordered 43.5 hours of new dramatic programming for 2015-16, including a two-part "Luther" event and a second season of "Top of the Lake."

TV // 1 decade ago

'Private Lives' to close on Broadway

The Broadway revival of "Private Lives" is to finish its run more than a month earlier than planned, producers of the Noel Coward comedy said Tuesday.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

Cattrall to star in Noel Coward play

Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross have signed up to star in a Broadway revival of Noel Coward's classic comedy "Private Lives," the show's producers said.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

Eyre: British children lacking in arts

Sir Richard Eyre, who heads up Britain's National Theater, says the country's children are not being appropriately exposed to the arts and culture.

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My fears are that you enlarge the divisions in society between those for whom the arts are a part of life and people who think it is impossibly obscure and incomprehensible
Eyre: British children lacking in arts Dec 02, 2007

Maybe it's the perfect time to do the play, but this play is so strong it doesn't need events in the world to justify it
'The Crucible' revived on Broadway Mar 29, 2002

Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre CBE (born 28 March 1943) is an English director of film, theatre, television, and opera.

Eyre was educated at Sherborne School, an independent school for boys in the market town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset in south-west England, followed by Peterhouse at the University of Cambridge and Lincoln College at the University of Oxford.

Eyre was Associate Director at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh from 1967 to 1972. He won STV Awards for the Best Production in Scotland in 1969, 1970 and 1971. He was artistic director of Nottingham Playhouse from 1973-78 where he commissioned and directed many new plays, including Trevor Griffith's Comedians.

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