Cumberbatch, Adam Ackland, writer-director Patrick Monroe, action coordinator Ben Dillon, and production manager Adam Selves launched a production company, SunnyMarch Ltd., in late 2013. Their first project under the company's banner was the £87,000 crowd-funded short film "Little Favour", written and directed by Monroe with Cumberbatch in the lead role. The 30-minute action-thriller became internationally available on iTunes on 5 November 2013.
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Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch | Production company
Yes, SunnyMarch Ltd. Yes, SunnyMarch Ltd. Yes, SunnyMarch Ltd. Yes, SunnyMarch Ltd.
where did 12 years a slave take place
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Principal photography took place in New Orleans, Louisiana
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what is the film about?
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A story of a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery.
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mention a few of its marketing scenarios?
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During its marketing campaign, "12 Years a Slave" received unpaid endorsements by celebrities such as Kanye West and P. Diddy. In a video posted by Revolt, Combs urged viewers to see "12 Years a Slave" by stating: "This movie is very painful but very honest, and is a part of the healing process.
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where did the first screening happen?
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Telluride Film Festival
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when did such a festival start?
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The festival was started in 1974
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for the aforementioned film, where did the festival organized?
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Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context.
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in what style is the festival conducted?
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Each year, an artist is selected to produce the poster art for the festival. The sole requirement for the poster is that the word SHOW be featured.
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who composed the score for the aforementioned film?
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Hans Zimmer
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name a few accolades received by him?
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Lifetime Achievement Award, the Frederick Loewe Award
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mention a few works done by him in the 2020s?
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"No Time to Die", "Hillbilly Elegy" and  Major League Soccer released an anthem for its 25th season, which was composed by Zimmer.
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how did he start his career with?
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Zimmer began his career playing keyboards and synthesizers in the 1970s, with the band Krakatoa. He worked with the Buggles, a new wave band formed in London in 1977 with Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and Bruce Woolley.
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who are the actors in the aforementioned film?
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Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong'o, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, and Alfre Woodard feature in supporting roles.
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describe the third actor's image in society?
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He has since been called "The Thinking Woman's Crumpet" and has been a mainstay in numerous "Sexiest Man Alive" lists including those of "Empire" and "People". "Tatler" listed Cumberbatch in the "Most Eligible Bachelors in the United Kingdom"
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does he have a production company?
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Cumberbatch did not achieve international recognition until the first series of "Sherlock" in 2010. He has since been called "The Thinking Woman's Crumpet" and has been a mainstay in numerous "Sexiest Man Alive" lists including those of "Empire" and "People". "Tatler" listed Cumberbatch in the "Most Eligible Bachelors in the United Kingdom" in 2012. In the same year, Cumberbatch described a cyberstalking incident in which he discovered that someone had been live-tweeting his movements in his London home. Coming to terms with it, he said, it is "an ongoing process. To think that somebody knew everything I'd done in a day and told the rest of the world in real time!" His photograph taken at the Garrick Club by Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda was the cover of Moore's 2012 book "An English Room".
Benedict Cumberbatch | Public image
In 2013, Cumberbatch was ranked fifth in the "Tatler"s "Most Fascinating People in Britain" list, higher than the Duchess of Cambridge and just below Queen Elizabeth II. "Entertainment Weekly" identified Cumberbatch as one of the "50 Coolest and Most Creative Entertainers" in Hollywood. He has also appeared on the covers of "GQ", "Time" and "The Hollywood Reporter"s "New A-list" issue. In 2014, Cumberbatch was included in "The Sunday Times" "100 Makers of the 21st Century", cited as this generation's Laurence Olivier." Film critic Roger Friedman stated that "Cumberbatch may be the closest thing to a real descendant of Sir Laurence Olivier." GQ identified him as one of the "100 Most Connected Men" in the UK in 2014.
Benedict Cumberbatch | Public image
Cumberbatch, Adam Ackland, writer-director Patrick Monroe, action coordinator Ben Dillon, and production manager Adam Selves launched a production company, SunnyMarch Ltd., in late 2013. Their first project under the company's banner was the £87,000 crowd-funded short film "Little Favour", written and directed by Monroe with Cumberbatch in the lead role. The 30-minute action-thriller became internationally available on iTunes on 5 November 2013.
Benedict Cumberbatch | Production company
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. A graduate of the Victoria University of Manchester, he continued his training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, obtaining a Master of Arts in Classical Acting. He first performed at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park in Shakespearean productions and made his West End debut in Richard Eyre's revival of "Hedda Gabler" in 2005. Since then, he has starred in the Royal National Theatre productions "After the Dance" (2010) and "Frankenstein" (2011). In 2015, he played the title role in "Hamlet" at the Barbican Theatre.
Benedict Cumberbatch | Introduction
The show's popularity resulted in enquiries for coats similar to Sherlock's, reported retailer Debenhams. Garment manufacturer Belstaff put the wool trench coat worn by Benedict Cumberbatch back into production before the series had ended. "The Independent" reported, "designer Paul Costelloe moved to meet the demand, offering tailored coats and scarves based on the series, while Savile Row bespoke tailor John Pearse said many of his clients were inquiring about the actors' clothes." Journalist Alexis Petridis commented, "[Y]ou can see why men wanted to get the look. Perhaps they noted the effect Cumberbatch, by no means your standard telly hunk, had on lady viewers […] and decided it must have something to do with the clobber.
Sherlock (TV series) | Clothing
Since 2001, Cumberbatch has had major roles in a dozen classic plays at the Regent's Park Open Air, Almeida, Royal Court and Royal National Theatres. He was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for his role as George Tesman in "Hedda Gabler", which he performed at the Almeida Theatre on 16 March 2005 and at the Duke of York's Theatre when it transferred to the West End on 19 May 2005. This transfer marked his first West End appearance. In June 2010, Cumberbatch led the revival of Terence Rattigan's "After the Dance" directed by Thea Sharrock at the Royal National Theatre.
Benedict Cumberbatch | Theatre
Cumberbatch is third cousin 16 times removed of King Richard III, whom he portrayed in "The Hollow Crown". He attended Richard III's 2015 reburial and read a poem. Cumberbatch attended boarding schools from the age of eight; he was educated at Brambletye School in West Sussex and was an arts scholar at Harrow School. He was a member of The Rattigan Society, Harrow's principal club for the dramatic arts, which was named after Old Harrovian and playwright Terence Rattigan. He was involved in numerous Shakespearean works at school and made his acting debut as Titania, Queen of the Fairies, in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" when he was 12.
Benedict Cumberbatch | Early life
He played 1920s aristocrat David Scott-Fowler to commercial and critical success. The play won four Olivier Awards including Best Revival. He acted in Danny Boyle's "The Children's Monologues", a theatrical charity event at London's Old Vic Theatre on 14 November 2010 which was produced by Dramatic Need. In February 2011, Cumberbatch began playing, on alternate nights, both Victor Frankenstein and his creature, opposite Jonny Lee Miller, in Danny Boyle's stage production of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" at the Royal National Theatre. "Frankenstein" was broadcast to cinemas as a part of National Theatre Live in March 2011. Cumberbatch achieved the "Triple Crown of London Theatre" in 2011 when he received the Olivier Award, Evening Standard Award and Critics' Circle Theatre Award for his performance in "Frankenstein".
Benedict Cumberbatch | Theatre
English actor Benedict Cumberbatch has performed in many films, television series, theatre productions, and recorded lines for various radio programs, narrations and video games. He first performed for the New Shakespeare Company at Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park for two seasons. He later portrayed George Tesman in Richard Eyre's revival of "Hedda Gabler" (2005) and since then has starred in the Royal National Theatre productions "After the Dance" (2010) and "Frankenstein" (2011). In 2015, he played William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" at the Barbican Theatre. His screen work includes television appearances in "Heartbeat" (2000), "Silent Witness" (2002) and "Fortysomething" (2003) before starring as Stephen Hawking in the television film "Hawking" (2004).
List of Benedict Cumberbatch performances | Introduction
and] a reason for hope". He subscribes to Buddhist philosophy and has expressed affinity for meditation and mindfulness. Cumberbatch also follows a vegan diet. Cumberbatch is married to English theatre and opera director Sophie Hunter. Their engagement was announced in the "Forthcoming Marriages" section of "The Times" on 5 November 2014, after a 17-year friendship. On 14 February 2015, the couple married at the 12th-century Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Mottistone on the Isle of Wight followed by a reception at Mottistone Manor. They have two sons, Christopher Carlton (born 1 June 2015) and Hal Auden (born 3 March 2017).
Benedict Cumberbatch | Personal life
Cumberbatch's drama teacher, Martin Tyrell, called him "the best schoolboy actor" he had ever worked with. After leaving Harrow, Cumberbatch took a gap year to volunteer as an English teacher at a Tibetan monastery in Darjeeling, India. He then attended the Victoria University of Manchester (now the University of Manchester), where he studied Drama. He continued his training as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating with an MA in Classical Acting. On 16 January 2018, it was announced that Cumberbatch would succeed Timothy West as President of LAMDA. On being appointed Cumberbatch stated it would be "an honour to watch the next generation of actors, directors and technicians blossom".
Benedict Cumberbatch | Early life
In addition, he has received six British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations, five Screen Actors Guild Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations among others.
List of Benedict Cumberbatch performances | Introduction
Cumberbatch's television work includes appearances in "Silent Witness" (2002) and "Fortysomething" (2003) before playing Stephen Hawking in the television film "Hawking" in 2004. He has starred as Sherlock Holmes in the series "Sherlock" since 2010. He has also headlined Tom Stoppard's adaptation of "Parade's End" (2012), "The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses" (2016) and "Patrick Melrose" (2018). In film, Cumberbatch has starred in "Amazing Grace" (2006) as William Pitt the Younger, "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013) as Khan, "12 Years a Slave" (2013) as William Prince Ford, "The Fifth Estate" (2013) as Julian Assange, and "The Imitation Game" (2014) as Alan Turing.
Benedict Cumberbatch | Introduction
In 2014 "Time" magazine included him in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2015 he was appointed a CBE in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to the performing arts and to charity.
Benedict Cumberbatch | Introduction
The series was conceived when Damien Timmer approached playwright Tom Stoppard to write the adaptation. After reading the novels, Stoppard agreed to pen the screenplay, thus marking his return to television after a 30-year absence. Stoppard has stated that he had considered Benedict Cumberbatch for the role of Christopher Tietjens even before "Sherlock" made him a global star. Adelaide Clemens was cast as Valentine after arriving for her audition in period clothing. Initially, producers were reluctant to cast an Australian actress but were won over on finding that Clemens' father is a British national. A significant part of the film was shot on location in Kent, at Dorton House and St.
Parade's End (TV series) | Production
Hagen was born in Hamburg but emigrated to Britain when he was still a child. He began his entertainment career as a stage actor, but in 1913 moved into the film industry and worked for several years as a film salesman. By 1917 he was a partner in a film distribution company, but this went bankrupt in 1919. For the next few years, Hagen returned to selling films around the country and built up a reputation as an effective salesmen, enjoying success with unpopular films that were considered difficult to sell. He was then given a job as production manager with Stoll Pictures, one of the leading British Studios, whose main studio was based in Cricklewood.
Julius Hagen | Early life
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 71% based on seven critics with an average score of 5.8/10. "Variety" wrote in its original review, "This first indie production of Marilyn Monroe's company is a generally pleasant comedy, but the pace is leisurely. Filmed in London with a predominantly British cast, the film is not a cliche Cinderella story as its title might indicate." "The New York Times" stated that the film lacked originality and that Rattigan's characterizations were "too limiting" and "dull" to allow Monroe and Olivier to be showcased to their fullest potential. Monroe and Olivier received particular praise for their performances.
The Prince and the Showgirl | Critical response
Cumberbatch married Helene Gertrude Rees in Smyrna on 16 January 1891. Their children were: Present descendants include his great-grandson, actor Benedict Cumberbatch, son of actor Timothy Carlton and grandson of Henry Carlton as well as descendants of Robert Cecil who married Nora Skender of Athens and Ida Sybil who married Henry Alwyn Barker of Alexandria.
Henry Arnold Cumberbatch | Personal life
The British Actors Film Company was a British film production company that operated between 1916 and 1923 during the Silent era. It involved a consortium of prominent stage actors that included figures such as A.E. Matthews and Leslie Howard. The actors often exchanged their salaries for a share of the profits. Many of its films were made at Bushey Studios to the north of London. The company's first films were released from 1916 onwards and it recruited prominent film figures such as the director Thomas Bentley who had developed a reputation with the rival Hepworth Company. Following the end of the First World War in 1918, the company had ambitious plans but its reputation was badly dented by a protracted legal case surrounding a 1919 film "The Lackey and the Lady" which had been rejected by its distributor as being of too poor quality.
British Actors Film Company | Introduction
The following is a list of awards and nominations received by actor Benedict Cumberbatch. He has earned three Laurence Olivier Award nominations, winning Best Actor in a Play for "Frankenstein". He has also received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for "Sherlock". His portrayal of Alan Turing in "The Imitation Game" earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In addition, he has received seven British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations, five Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, and three Golden Globe Award nominations, among others. In 2014, "Time" magazine included him in its annual "Time" 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World".
List of awards and nominations received by Benedict Cumberbatch | Introduction
"The Independent" commented that while "women's companies have all but faded from the scene ... ["Princess Sharon"] is a genuine departure: this time there are men on stage too." The newspaper suggested that this might encourage the Arts Council to fund such theatre companies rather better.
Scarlet Harlets | Productions
(Bryan lived on for some years; in the reign of James, he is listed as a Groom of the Chamber, with household duties, as late as 1613.) Thomas Pope, another Leicester's veteran, retired in 1600 and died in 1603. Both Bryan and Pope came to the company from Lord Strange's Men. Augustine Phillips also came from Strange's Men. He remained with the troupe until his death in 1605. Two younger actors who came from Strange's, Henry Condell and John Heminges, are most famous now for collecting and editing the plays of Shakespeare's First Folio (1623). Both were relatively young in 1594, and both remained with the company until after the death of King James; their presence provided an element of continuity across decades of changing taste and commercial uncertainty.
Lord Chamberlain's Men | Personnel
The Gentleman Shaver (2011) The Reformed Troglodyte (2011) Hamlet: The Fall of a Sparrow (In Progress) Theseus (In Progress) Hansel & Gretal in 3D (In Progress)
The Institute (company) | Films Produced
The company was formed in 2003 by Sam Berger to coincide with his graduation from the MA Directing course from Goldsmith's College, London. The company initially consisted of three core members - as well as Sam Berger, Catherine Hoare designed set and costume and Dirk Mandlebrot produced sound effects and chose music for their shows. Their first production was Joe Orton's 'Entertaining Mr. Sloane' which ran at the White Bear Theatre in Kennington, London.
Plain Clothes Theatre Productions | Formation of the Company
In 2005, Cumberbatch portrayed protagonist Edmund Talbot in the miniseries "To the Ends of the Earth", based on William Golding's trilogy; during filming he experienced a terrifying carjacking in South Africa, managing to escape. He made brief appearances in the comedy sketch show "Broken News" and the Channel 4 sitcom "Nathan Barley" in 2005 and featured alongside Tom Hardy in the television adaptation of "", which aired on the BBC in September 2007. In 2008, Cumberbatch played the lead character in the BBC miniseries drama "The Last Enemy", earning a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film.
Benedict Cumberbatch | Television
(The new company inherited that troupe's plays as well as its actors, works like George Chapman's "Chabot", Massinger's "The Renegado", and Shirley's "Love Tricks.") Shearlock must have been a man of girth, since he performed the fat-man role of Lodam in Shirley's "The Wedding". Apart from his other roles, Turner played a kitchen maid in Part 1 of Thomas Heywood's "The Fair Maid of the West", one of the few cases in which a mature actor, rather than a boy player or a young man, is known to have played a female role. In addition, the company included William Allen, Theophilus Bird (or Bourne), Hugh Clark, John Sumner, and Michael Bowyer.
Queen Henrietta's Men | Personnel
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in June 2015, for his services to the performing arts and to charity. On 1 July 2018, Cumberbatch was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award at The South Bank Sky Arts Awards.
List of awards and nominations received by Benedict Cumberbatch | Introduction
Cumberbatch identifies as a feminist. In 2016, Cumberbatch was one of over 280 figures from the arts world who backed a vote for the United Kingdom to stay in the European Union in regards to the June 2016 referendum on that issue.
Benedict Cumberbatch | Politics
His Majesty and Company or His Majesty and Co is a 1935 British musical film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring John Garrick, Barbara Waring, and Morton Selten. It was at Wembley Studios by the British subsidiary of the Fox Film Company.
His Majesty and Company | Introduction
Conquest was the manager of the Garrick Theatre in Leman Street, London. Following the retirement of Thomas Rouse in 1851, he became the proprietor of the Grecian Theatre and Eagle Tavern in the City Road, Hackney, London. The theatre had previously produced light opera and was originally a music hall, but Conquest switched to Shakespeare which was unsuccessful. He then tried melodrama which was more popular and he produced over 100 such shows written by his son George, often adapted from French productions. George was also an acrobat and pantomimist and produced nearly 50 pantomimes in collaboration with Henry Spry.
Benjamin Conquest | Career
Benedict Cumberbatch won the award as "British Artist of the Year" at the Britannia Awards for this film as well as for his work on "12 Years a Slave", "", "", and "Star Trek Into Darkness".
The Fifth Estate (film) | Accolades
The initial form of the Chamberlain's men arose largely from the departure of Edward Alleyn from Lord Strange's Men and the subsequent death of Lord Strange himself, in the spring of 1594. Yet the ultimate success of the company was largely determined by the Burbage family. James Burbage was the impresario who assembled the company and directed its activities until his death in 1597; his sons Richard and Cuthbert were members of the company, though Cuthbert did not act. This connection with the Burbages makes the Chamberlain's Men the central link in a chain that extends from the beginning of professional theatre (in 1574, James Burbage led the first group of actors to be protected under the 1572 statute against rogues and vagabonds) in Renaissance London to its end.
Lord Chamberlain's Men | Personnel
In the same year, "Country Life" magazine labelled him as one of its "Gentlemen of the Year".
Benedict Cumberbatch | Public image
Laurence Olivier Productions was a stage production company created by Laurence Olivier in the 1950s that also helped finance two films: "Richard III" and "The Prince and the Showgirl". In 1948, while on tour in Australia and New Zealand, Olivier was fired from the Old Vic. To handle his productions he started Laurence Olivier Productions.
Laurence Olivier Productions | Introduction
He began his early days in film as an Assistant Director and Production Manager after many years working on commercials and music videos for the multi-award-winning UK production companies Rose Hackney Barber, Bliss Films, Great Guns, Oil Factory, Wall2Wall, Own2Feet & Godman. In 2007 he joined new media group Universal 360 as an Executive Producer and began developing and producing feature films and television programs for leading UK independent Firefly. He also served for 10 months as an Executive Producer at London-based music TV production company Oberon. In 2008 he founded London based film finance company Vesuvius Film Partners, providing finance for feature-length independent and studio motion pictures including consultancy services, medium to high budget fundraising services, seed capital, bridge loans, mezzanine finance, GAP finance, and the structuring of commercial transactions and investments through tax incentive schemes.
Valentine Stockdale | Film Producer
Jasmin Vardimon has been actively involved within various educational projects and positions. In 2009 Vardimon developed a Higher Education programme, which has since been led by her company as a Postgraduate Certificate in Physical Theatre for Dancers and Actors at Royal Holloway, University of London. The Postgraduate Certificate in Physical Theatre for Dancers and Actors is a "Continuing Professional Development course for postgraduate experienced dancers and actors moving into a new area of new work – namely dance theatre. This course introduces new techniques that combine vocal, kinaesthetic and visual skills and responses."
Jasmin Vardimon | Education company
The King's and Duke's companies had merged into a monopoly, leaving actors in a weak negotiating position and much at the mercy of the dictatorial manager Christopher Rich. When the senior actors rebelled and established a cooperative company of their own in 1695, Cibber—"wisely", as the "Biographical Dictionary of Actors" puts it—stayed with the remnants of the old company, "where the competition was less keen". After five years, he had still not seen significant success in his chosen profession, and there had been no heroic parts and no love scenes. However, the return of two-company rivalry created a sudden demand for new plays, and Cibber seized this opportunity to launch his career by writing a comedy with a big, flamboyant part for himself to play.
Colley Cibber | Actor
In 2002 he founded an international ballet ensemble Art Project Ballet, gathering dancers, actors and acrobats. He also owns a company Art Project (2006) which deals with the production of artistic events. It produces TV programs, gala concerts as well as film and multimedia materials.
Mateusz Polit | Career
Rupert Gavin (born 1 October 1954) is a British entrepreneur, businessman and theatre impresario. He is currently Chairman of Historic Royal Palaces and is a former CEO of BBC Worldwide and of Odeon Cinemas. As a producer/financier he is notable for a series of successful plays and musicals through his company Incidental Colman. He chairs the Honours Committee for Arts and Media.
Rupert Gavin | Introduction
Previously, Damien Timmer was head of Granada London Drama, where he was responsible for executive producing "Housewife, 49", "If I Had You", "Dracula", "Ballet Shoes" and Russell T Davies’ "Casanova", starring David Tennant, made by Red Productions.
Damien Timmer | Introduction
The company was then reformed as a charity, as it now continues. In addition to spring seasons at the Factory it has co-produced with the Bristol Old Vic, and appeared in the Galway Festival. A programme of national touring began in 2013 with "Two Gentlemen of Verona, "and a new collaboration with the University of Bristol in 2014. In 2015 the company began international touring, playing at the Neuss Festival in Germany in 2015, 2016 & 2017, and at the Craiova International Festival in Romania in 2016.
Andrew Hilton | Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory
In 1970, he founded Mersham Productions, a production house named after his family seat in Kent, which produced many of his works thereafter. He served as a director of Thames Television (later chairman) and Euston Films from 1978 to 1995, and a director of Thorn EMI from 1981 to 1986. John Brabourne received two Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, as producer of "Romeo and Juliet" (1968) and "A Passage to India". In 1979, Brabourne was invested as a Fellow of the British Film Institute. In 1993, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne | Career and service
He has played Sherlock Holmes in the crime drama series "Sherlock" since 2010. He has also starred in Tom Stoppard's adaptation of "Parade's End" (2012). His first film appearance was in the film "Topsy-Turvy" (1999). Later he appeared in "To Kill a King" (2003) and he went on to appear in the films "Atonement" (2007) and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (2011). He has starred in the films "Star Trek Into Darkness" as Khan Noonien Singh (2013), "12 Years a Slave" as William Prince Ford (2013), "The Fifth Estate" as Julian Assange (2013), and "The Imitation Game" as Alan Turing (2014).
List of Benedict Cumberbatch performances | Introduction
After his first degree at the University of York, where he was one of the initial intake of 150 undergraduates, he did research at Peterhouse, Cambridge, into the maintenance of public order in England during the French Revolution. At this point he had to make a career decision, having been a prominent member of the National Youth Theatre as an actor during his time at university. He played the part of Enobarbus (cf Rob Wilton's Theatricalia programme) in a celebrated production of 'Anthony and Cleopatra', with Helen Mirren as Cleopatra, and as a result was offered professional roles. However, he decided to stay in academia and refused the chance to become an actor though he kept his association with the National Youth Theatre during summer stints as an associate director, including 'Julius Caesar' which played in Germany in 1968.
Clive Emsley | Biography
Facsimile Productions is an independent London based theatre production company who stage productions of new writing by their own resident writers as well as others. They also produce tours for the British Touring Shakespeare Company. The company was founded in 2002 by Andrew Hobbs who was previously Associate Producer at the British Touring Shakespeare Company.
Facsimile Productions | Introduction
Cibber's career as both actor and theatre manager is important in the history of the British stage because he was one of the first in a long and illustrious line of actor-managers that would include such luminaries as Garrick, Henry Irving, and Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Rising from actor at Drury Lane to advisor to the manager Christopher Rich, Cibber worked himself by degrees into a position to take over the company, first taking many of its players—including Thomas Doggett, Robert Wilks, and Anne Oldfield—to form a new company at the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket. The three actors squeezed out the previous owners in a series of lengthy and complex manoeuvres, but after Rich's letters patent were revoked, Cibber, Doggett and Wilks were able to buy the company outright and return to the Theatre Royal by 1711.
Colley Cibber | Manager
The Jasmin Vardimon Educational Company engages thousands of participants each year, from young people in schools and community projects to professional development programmes. In 2009, Vardimon developed a Higher Education programme, which has since been led by her company as a Postgraduate Certificate in Physical Theatre for Dancers and Actors at Royal Holloway, University of London. The Postgraduate Certificate in Physical Theatre for Dancers and Actors is a "Continuing Professional Development course for postgraduate experienced dancers and actors moving into a new area of new work – namely dance theatre. This course introduces new techniques that combine vocal, kinaesthetic and visual skills and responses."
Jasmin Vardimon Company | Educational Company
In the late 1970s, Joseph sold Transatlantic Records to the Granada Group and left the music business. He started a second career as a theatrical producer and talent agent, forming the production company, Freeshooter. Productions by Freeshooter included Sir Peter Hall's production of "The Petition" starring Sir John Mills, "The March of the Falsettos" and a revival of "Godspell". As part of his work in the theatre world, he became chair of the Theatre Design Trust in Britain, which worked on theatre restoration projects.
Nathan Joseph | Introduction
The company owners, wrote the young United Company employee Colley Cibber, "who had made a monopoly of the stage, and consequently presum'd they might impose what conditions they pleased upon their people, did not consider that they were all this while endeavouring to enslave a set of actors whom the public were inclined to support." Performers like the legendary Thomas Betterton, the tragedienne Elizabeth Barry, and the rising young comedian Anne Bracegirdle had the audience on their side and, in the confidence of this, they walked out. The actors gained a Royal "licence to perform", thus bypassing Rich's ownership of both the original Duke's and King's Company patents from 1660, and formed their own cooperative company.
Restoration comedy | War of the theatres, 1695–1700
The show was subsequently nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment and Family. at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards. His theatre credits include Robin & Marian (New Vic theatre 2016), Dracula (New Vic Stoke, 2015); Saul in Hetty Feather (Rose Theatre, Kingston, Vaudeville Theatre, UK Tour, 2014); Macbeth (UK Tour, 2014); Rapunzel (Lawrence Batley Theatre, 2013); Rosalind in As You Like It (Lord Chamberlain’s Men UK Tour, 2013); Peter Pan (Bristol Old Vic, 2012); Does My Society Look Big In This? (Bristol Old Vic, 2012); Wild Oats (Bristol Old Vic, 2012); Knives In Hens (Greenwich Theatre, 2012); White Boy (National Youth Theatre, Soho Theatre, 2008).
Isaac Stanmore | Career
He also made a brief appearance in "1917" (2019). From 2012 to 2014, through voice and motion capture, he played the characters of Smaug and the Necromancer in "The Hobbit" film series. In superhero films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he has played Dr. Stephen Strange in "Doctor Strange" (2016), "" (2017), "" (2018), and "" (2019). Cumberbatch has received numerous accolades, including the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for "Frankenstein" and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for "Sherlock". His performance in "The Imitation Game" earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Benedict Cumberbatch | Introduction
The company has since rolled out a number of popular films including: “Ruins of the Reich”, “The Missions of California”, “Order Castles of the Third Reich” and “The Final Journey”. Recent and future productions include "Abeo Pharisee", "The Studio Club"′, "The Christmas Quilt", "Chasing Jose'" and its newest project now in pre-production "Fatal Crossroads.". Recently Executive Producer R.J. Adams directed the filming of Orchestra Musique Sur La Mer at the Royal College of Music in early June 2012 as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee London, England.
Shannon &amp; Company | Film production company
Principal photography began on January 23, 2013, with Michael Sugar and Steve Golin of Anonymous Content serving as producers. During filming, Cumberbatch had to wear three different wigs, false teeth and blue contact lenses, in order to reflect Julian Assange's physical characteristics.
The Fifth Estate (film) | Production
However, the major Hollywood Studios used a variety of techniques to deny him access. By this point Hagen had given up the Quota films which had been his main supply of income. His break with the Hollywood Studios also removed their previous support for his films being distributed in Britain and his own distribution company had been unable to achieve this. He was unable to secure the sort of reliable income from the home market which the larger British studios such as Gaumont British and British International Pictures enjoyed. Without free access to either the British or American market, some of Hagen's expensive productions had barely been able to earn any money at all.
Julius Hagen | Collapse
English producers are also active in international co-productions and English actors, directors and crew feature regularly in American films. The UK film council ranked David Yates, Christopher Nolan, Mike Newell, Ridley Scott and Paul Greengrass the five most commercially successful English directors since 2001. Other contemporary English directors include Sam Mendes, Guy Ritchie and Richard Curtis. Current actors include Tom Hardy, Daniel Craig, Benedict Cumberbatch, Lena Headey, Felicity Jones, Emilia Clarke, Lashana Lynch, and Emma Watson. Acclaimed for his motion capture work, Andy Serkis opened The Imaginarium Studios in London in 2011. The visual effects company Framestore in London has produced some of the most critically acclaimed special effects in modern film.
England | Cinema
As Creative Director of ATG Productions, Panter produced and co-produced musicals and drama for the West End, internationally and on national tours. During his time at ATG, Howard’s production credits at Trafalgar Studios included Macbeth and The Ruling Class starring James McAvoy, Richard III starring Martin Freeman, The Homecomingstarring John Simm, Oresteia, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown starring Tamsin Greig, East is East starring Jane Horrocks, and The Hothouse starring Simon Russell Beale. Howard’s production hits in London and on tour around the UK included Guys and Dolls starring Ewan McGregor, The Misanthrope starring Damian Lewis and Keira Knightley, Jersey Boys, Posh, Jumpy and Constellations (Royal Court at the Duke of York’s Theatre), the award-winning Legally Blonde the Musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Rocky Horror Show, South Pacific, Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!, West Side Story and the multi award-winning West End musical Carmen Jones.
Howard Panter | Introduction
Cumberbatch told "Total Film" "You just have to lose your shit on a carpeted floor, in a place that looks a little bit like a mundane government building. It was just me as well, with four static cameras and all the sensors." In 2013, Cumberbatch appeared in J.J. Abrams' sequel, "Star Trek Into Darkness", as Khan, the film's antagonist. Three of the four films he featured in during the second half of 2013 premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival: "The Fifth Estate", in which he played WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, "12 Years a Slave", in which he played William Prince Ford, a slave owner, and "", in which he played Charles Aiken.
Benedict Cumberbatch | Film
Sir Michael Victor Codron (born 8 June 1930) is a British theatre producer, known for his productions of the early work of Harold Pinter, Christopher Hampton, David Hare, Simon Gray and Tom Stoppard. He has been honoured with a Laurence Olivier Award for Lifetime Achievement, and owns the Aldwych Theatre in the West End, London.
Michael Codron | Introduction
A. Caesar & Company, a factoring business in Manhattan. He was executive vice president and manager of marketing at J. P. Maguire.
Peter Hood Ballantine Cumming | Career
Bedlam Productions is an independent film and television production company based in Soho, London and has been in operation since 2009. Bedlam was founded by Simon Egan and Gareth Unwin; the two met while studying film at Ravensbourne College. Creative Director Simon Breen joined the production company at the beginning of 2010.
Bedlam Productions | Introduction
Moffat and Vertue became interested in casting Cumberbatch as the title character after watching his performance in the 2007 film "Atonement". The actor was cast after reading the script for the creative team. "Cumberbatch", says "The Guardian", "has a reputation for playing odd, brilliant men very well, and his Holmes is cold, techie, slightly Aspergerish". Cumberbatch said, "There's a great charge you get from playing him, because of the volume of words in your head and the speed of thought—you really have to make your connections incredibly fast. He is one step ahead of the audience and of anyone around him with normal intellect.
Sherlock (TV series) | Cast and characters
With reference to the gaffe, writer Straczynski has stated, "So I content myself with the notion that it's west...of B5. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go shoot myself." Actor Wayne Alexander (who was raised in the San Joaquin Valley, California) spoke with such a convincing English accent that many UK viewers believed he was an Englishman. When he was told of this, Alexander was reportedly quite flattered.
Comes the Inquisitor | Production
Mountbatten was born in London as the eldest son of Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma and John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne. Mountbatten was educated at the Dragon School, in Oxford, and Gordonstoun School, Elgin, Moray, Scotland. He subsequently attended the University of Kent in southeast England. He followed his father into the British film industry in the 1970s, working as location manager on "A Bridge Too Far" and associate producer of "Death on the Nile" and the television serial "Quatermass".
Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma | Life and education
In a British tradition of actor-management, Buchanan frequently produced his own shows, many of which were premiered in the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow. He was also heavily involved in the more commercial side of British show-business. He was responsible, with partners, for the building and ownership of the Leicester Square Theatre, London, and the Imperial in Brighton. He also controlled the Garrick Theatre in the West End of London and the King's Theatre in Hammersmith. Jack Buchanan Productions (in which his partners were J. Arthur Rank and Charles Woolf) owned Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. He had been at school with the pioneer of television John Logie Baird and with him co-owned Television Limited, which manufactured and rented televisions.
Jack Buchanan | Business interests
Parfitt gave up acting in the late 1980s to concentrate on production. He co-founded the Renaissance Theatre Company with Kenneth Branagh in 1987, and was associate producer of Renaissance Film's first production, "Henry V" in 1989. Since then he has produced and associate-produced many British films, including "Peter's Friends", "Swan Song" (1992), "Much Ado About Nothing" (1993), "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein", "" (1996), "The Wings of the Dove" (1997), "Gangs of New York" (Production Consultant), "I Capture the Castle", "Chasing Liberty", "A Bunch of Amateurs", "My Week with Marilyn", "Loving Vincent" and "Red Joan". "Shakespeare in Love" won the BAFTA Award for Best Film as well as the Academy Award and "The Madness of King George" won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film in 1996.
David Parfitt | Producer career
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born on 19 July 1976 at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in the London district of Hammersmith, to actors Timothy Carlton (born Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch) and Wanda Ventham. He grew up in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea. He has a half-sister, Tracy Peacock, from his mother's first marriage. His grandfather, Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, was a submarine officer of both World Wars, and a prominent figure of London high society. His great-grandfather, Henry Arnold Cumberbatch, was a diplomat who served as consul in Turkey and Lebanon, and his great-great-grandfather, Robert William Cumberbatch, also was a British consul in Turkey and the Russian Empire.
Benedict Cumberbatch | Early life
"The Hollywood Reporter"s Todd McCarthy reported that the undeniable highlight of the film was Cumberbatch, "whose charisma, tellingly modulated and naturalistic array of eccentricities, talent at indicating a mind never at rest and knack for simultaneously portraying physical oddness and attractiveness combine to create an entirely credible portrait of genius at work". Critic Roger Friedman wrote at the end of his review, "Cumberbatch may be the closest thing we have to a real descendant of Sir Laurence Olivier".
The Imitation Game | Critical response
In January 2013, after a summer of seed funding, Geoffrey set up his own production company cum talent agency with Chairman Bob Benton, Producer Emma Smithwick and Lawyer Adrian Faulkner. 40 Partners is an unusual business model in that it combines talent management with in house production. The creatives signed to 40 Partners span actors, directors, producers and writers, and each individual is given a stake in the company. The ambition is to create high quality scripted content for broadcast across terrestrial and digital television as well as online platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. The combination of talent management and production means 40 Partners is uniquely placed to develop collaborative relationships between on and off screen talent, and create Intellectual Property content.
Geoffrey Goodwin | 40 Partners
Although predominantly a men's clothier, it also specialises in ladies pyjamas (as seen on Sophia Loren in "A Countess from Hong Kong") as well as bespoke shirts. All of its shirts, accessories and clothing is made in England.
Turnbull &amp; Asser | Introduction
The creation of the company took advantage of the growing versatility and professionalism of the community of actors in this era. Elizabeth's Court had had a troupe of interlude players in previous years and decades; but they were judged unsatisfactory, and the Court depended on the companies of child actors for better-quality entertainment. But as John Stow wrote of this period in his "Annals" (1615): Comedians and stage-players of former times were very poor and ignorant...but being now grown very skillful and exquisite actors for all matters, they were entertained into the service of diverse great lords: out of which there were twelve of the best chosen, and...were sworn the Queen's servants and were allowed wages and liveries as Grooms of the Chamber." The company entertained at Court primarily in the winter, and during the summer they toured the towns of the shires; they may have reached as far as Scotland in 1589.
Queen Elizabeth's Men | Dominance
The original 1631 sharers in this company were Andrew Cane (their star clown), Ellis Worth, Joseph Moore, Matthew Smith, Richard Fowler, William Brown, James Sneller (or Kneller), Thomas Bond, Henry Gradwell, and William Hall. The same men (except for Moore, who may have been a manager rather than an actor) were named Grooms of the Chamber on 10 May 1632. This second version of the company had a tempestuous existence, with small audiences and poor returns, lawsuits and controversies. The troupe lost almost half its sharers in the 1634–36 period alone, due to death or desertion. The company did perform 14 times at Court in the five years from 1631 through 1635 (compare 86 Court performances by the King's Men, and 62 by Queen Henrietta's Men, in the same years).
Prince Charles's Men | The Caroline era troupe
The company suffered a major set disaster when the Fortune Theatre burned down on 9 December 1621, destroying their stocks of playscripts and costumes. The owner, Edward Alleyn, rebuilt it in 1623, in brick, at a cost of £1000. The actors moved back in, though recovery was difficult. They persisted for years, but endured a long-term decline in reputation. The company finally collapsed in 1631; after a re-organization, a troupe with some of the same personnel received royal patronage under the name of the infant Prince Charles, the future Charles II, and became the second iteration of Prince Charles's Men at the Salisbury Court Theatre.
Admiral's Men | Decline
Nicholas Jeffrey Thomas (born 16 December 1959) is a British entertainment entrepreneur and an Olivier-award-winning theatre producer. He is founder, Chairman and joint-owner with his wife Sandra, of Qdos Entertainment Ltd (Qdos), whose subsidiaries include HQ Theatres & Hospitality Ltd, Qdos Entertainment (Pantomimes) Ltd, Qdos Entertainment (Productions) Ltd, Q Talent Ltd and Q Voice Ltd. Since its inception, The Stage newspaper annual ‘Stage 100’ has accredited Thomas as one of the top 100 most influential people in British Theatre. In 2018, he was ranked 13th in the list, and his highest position was 5th in 2008. In 2017, Thomas was the Executive Producer, alongside Qdos Entertainment Managing Director Michael Harrison, for Qdos’ production of "Dick Whittington" at The London Palladium.
Nick Thomas (theatre producer) | Introduction
The thirteen actor/sharers were Hart, Mohun, Lacy, Clun, Kinaston, Richard Baxter, Theophilus Bird, Nicholas Blagden, Nicholas Burt, William Cartwright, Thomas Loveday, Robert Shatterell, and William Wintershall. Killigrew quickly expanded his troupe to include the first actresses on the English public stage, starting in 1661. His company included Margaret Hughes, Anne Marshall, Mary Knep, Elizabeth Boutell, Katherine Corey, Elizabeth Cox, Elizabeth James, and, most famous of all, Nell Gwyn.
King's Company | Company members
The series has received widespread acclaim from British critics, "The Independent"s Grace Dent going so far as to proclaim it "one of the finest things the BBC has ever made". Others praised Cumberbatch and Hall in the lead roles, Cumberbatch for his ability to express suppressed pain, "The Independent"s Gerard Gilbert observed, "Perhaps no other actor of his generation is quite so capable of suggesting the tumult beneath a crusty, seemingly inert surface". "The Arts Desk"s Emma Dibdin found "Cumberbatch's performance... faultless and often achingly moving, a painful juxtaposition of emotional stiffness and deep, crippling vulnerability". Hall's Sylvia was lauded as "one of the great female characters of the past decade" by Caitlin Moran, who also wrote that "the script and direction have genius-level IQ" in her "Times" TV column.
Parade's End (TV series) | Reception
Born in Great Kingshill, Buckinghamshire, England, Powell was educated first at Longacre School, Shamley Green, Guildford, Surrey, moving when he was seven to a small Catholic preparatory school, St. Richard's in Little Malvern, outside Malvern. From there he went to Ampleforth College, North Yorkshire, and subsequently spent a year at the University of Sussex. In 1983, Powell and Stephen Woolley founded Palace Productions, which produced "The Company of Wolves" (1984), "Mona Lisa" (1986), and "The Crying Game" (1992). After presiding over the 1992 collapse of the company, Powell re-established himself in the film industry with Scala Productions and produced "Fever Pitch" (1997), "Twenty Four Seven" (also 1997), "B.
Nik Powell | Biography
He portrayed Peter Guillam, George Smiley's right-hand man, in the 2011 adaptation of the John le Carré novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy". The film was directed by Tomas Alfredson and featured Gary Oldman and Colin Firth. Cumberbatch played Major Jamie Stewart in Steven Spielberg's "War Horse" in 2011. In 2012, Cumberbatch provided the voice and motion-capture for both Smaug the Dragon and the Necromancer in "", the first instalment of "The Hobbit" film series based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. He reprised his roles as Smaug and the Necromancer for "" (2013) and "" (2014). For the motion-capture aspect of the films, he used a suit and facial markers to highlight the dragon's expressions and movements.
Benedict Cumberbatch | Film
At its start, the actors of the new company came from several different troupes then active. Richard Perkins had been with Queen Anne's Men at the Red Bull Theatre and briefly (1623–25) with the King's Men. His success as Barabas in "The Jew of Malta" cemented his reputation as a great tragic actor. William Robbins also came from what had been Queen Anne's Men (it was generally called the Revels company, or simply the Red Bull company, after the 1619 death of Anne of Denmark). Robbins was the company's leading comic actor through the first phase of its existence. William Shearlock and Anthony Turner were other prominent members; they were holdovers from the Lady Elizabeth's company.
Queen Henrietta's Men | Personnel
Similar groups of boy actors were connected with other institutions, including Eton, the Merchant Taylors School, and the ecclesiastical college at Windsor. The boys were generally in the range of 8–12 years old (prepubescent boys are chosen as choirboys precisely because their voices have not yet "broken" with puberty). They were musically talented, strictly disciplined, educated in the trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric), and sometimes fluent in Latin. The boys amounted to formidable competition for the companies of adult actors in Elizabethan England. Between 1558 and 1576 (the year James Burbage built The Theatre in London and the age of popular Elizabethan drama began), companies of boy actors performed 46 times at Court, versus only 32 times for companies of adult actors in the same period.
Boy player | Children's companies
The company began to struggle, and by 1923 its production side had been swallowed up by the larger Alliance Film Company.
British Actors Film Company | Introduction
Among its senior actors, the early King's Company counted many of the more experienced actors still working at the time: Michael Mohun, Charles Hart, John Lacy, Edward Kynaston, Walter Clun, and Thomas Betterton were part of the initial group. Betterton would be "seduced" away to the Duke's Company by 5 November the same year, not long before the Lord Chamberlain issued orders forbidding such transfers from one company to the other. Such orders would be encoded into the 1662 letters patent as well. On 28 January 1661, fifteen members of the new King's Company — Thomas Killigrew, Sir Robert Howard, and thirteen actors — signed a lease with the Earl of Bedford for the site of a new theatre, an agreement that also defined the sharers in the company.
King's Company | Company members
"The Company Men" is directed by John Wells in his feature film debut. He also wrote the screenplay and produced the film. The project was first announced in January 2008 by the newly formed production company Berk/Lane Entertainment. In September 2008, actor Ben Affleck joined the cast. By March 2009, actors Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones joined the cast. Production began the following month, April 2009, in Boston, Massachusetts. It completed in June 2009 (filmed April–June 2009, curiously exactly 12 years after when "Good Will Hunting" was filmed,in April–June 1997, another film Ben Affleck acted in). Partial filming for the production occurred in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston and also in the Boston suburbs of Burlington, Wellesley, Framingham, Marblehead, and the Quincy shipyard.
The Company Men | Production
Sir Howard Hugh Panter (born 25 May 1949) is a British theatre impresario and theatre operator. He was founder, co-owner, joint chief executive and creative director of the Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd, the world's number one live-theatre company with almost 50 venues in Britain, the US and Europe. Panter and his wife/business partner, Dame Rosemary Squire, remain the second largest shareholder of ATG. In March 2020, Howard was appointed the new Chair of The Birmingham Rep Theatre. Under his leadership, ATG became from scratch one of the most prolific, broad-based theatre producers in the world with productions in the West End and on Broadway including touring productions in the UK, North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
Howard Panter | Introduction
Havelock-Allan was born at the family home of Blackwell Grange near Darlington, County Durham, and was educated at Charterhouse and schools in Switzerland. Before becoming a film producer, he worked as a stockbroker, jeweller, record company executive and cabaret manager. In 1935, Havelock-Allan joined the short-lived British and Dominions Imperial Studios, producing films with them like "Lancashire Luck" (1937) until and even shortly after the studios burnt down in 1936. After working with her on "This Man in Paris", Havelock-Allan married actress Valerie Hobson on 12 April 1939. Their sons were Simon Anthony Clerveaux Havelock-Allan (1944-2001) and Sir Mark Havelock-Allan (born 4 April 1951).
Anthony Havelock-Allan | Personal life and career
The company was formed in 1608 as the Duke of York's Men, under the titular patronage of King James' second son, the eight-year-old Charles (1600–49), then the Duke of York. Upon the death of Charles's elder brother Prince Henry in 1612, the company became Prince Charles's Men. They played mainly in the provinces for the first two years of their existence, but in 1610 they received a renewed royal patent that authorized them to play in London, "in such usual houses as themselves shall provide." Seven actors are listed in the patent: John Garland, William Rowley, Thomas Hobbes, Robert Dawes, Joseph Taylor, John Newton, and Gilbert Reason.
Prince Charles's Men | The Jacobean era troupe
William Davenant, as a manager and on good terms with the King, was able to use his patency and Betterton's talents to produce performances of his own plays. Killigrew and Davenant planned to put on tragedies, comedies, plays, operas, and all other similar entertainments, setting reasonable admission charges to meet "the great expences of scenes, musick and new decorations as have not bin formerly used".
Duke's Company | Davenant
The Production Company's production of "Grey Gardens" was nominated for the 2012 Helpmann Award for Best Musical. Performers and creatives who have won Helpmann Awards for their work with The Production Company include Pamela Rabe and Nancye Hayes for "Grey Gardens" (for Best Female Actor in a Musical and Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical, respectively), and David Campbell for "Sunset Boulevard" (for Best Male Actor in a Musical).
The Production Company | Helpmann Awards
The company folded in 2003. In 2006, he returned to the West End playing the lead role in "Bent", a play about homosexuals in Germany under the Nazis. In 2007, he took the lead role in the National Theatre of Scotland's production of "The Bacchae", directed by John Tiffany, which premiéred at the Edinburgh International Festival in August, transferring to the Lyric Theatre in London and then to Lincoln Center, New York, winning him Herald Archangel award.
Alan Cumming | Theatre
Stuart has also produced West-End theatre, and his most notable production was Nicholas Hoult in "New Boy" which broke all box-office records at the Trafalgar Studios, and as reported in the Evening Standard, "The show has become the fastest selling and highest grossing at the Trafalgar Studios since they opened five years ago." He is Associate Producer on "Breakfast at Tiffany's" starring Pixie Lott which opens at Leicester Curve in March 2016, tours and then transfers to the Theatre Royal, Haymarket Summer 2016. He is also Producer on Hatched 'N' Dispatched at Park Theatre September 2015 starring Diana Vickers, Wendi Peters and Vicky Binns and is Producer of Neil Henry's Magical Mindsquirm at the Edinburgh Festival at Pleasance Dome in August 2015.
Stuart Piper | Producer
"Mastership" was his first religious film production. It was a twenty-minute film made at Merton Park Studios at a cost of £2,700. "Mastership" was never shown commercially because it was merely intended as a form of evangelism and shown within other churches. Rank was pleased with the results, and other films went into production in Elstree at the better-equipped Rock Studios, which were later renamed British National.
British National Films Company | Origin
This is a list of British film production designers
List of British production designers | Introduction
He was a player. We know about the Elizabethan stage and that he was playing for 3000 drunken punters, from the street sweeper to the Queen of England – and his competition was bear-baiting and prostitution. So he was a relentless entertainer and a user of incredible devices and theatrical tricks to ultimately create something of meaning and convey a story. That was what we wanted to do. Luhrmann obtained some funds from Fox to do a workshop and shoot some teaser footage in Sydney. Leonardo DiCaprio agreed to pay his own expenses to fly to Sydney and be part of it.
Romeo + Juliet | Production
The following is a list of notable actors who have appeared in Royal Shakespeare Company productions and at Stratford.
List of actors in Royal Shakespeare Company productions | Introduction
Through voice and motion capture, he played the characters of Smaug and The Necromancer in "The Hobbit" film series. He plays Doctor Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), beginning with the release of "Doctor Strange" (2016) and reprised the role in "" (2017) (cameo), "" (2018) and "" (2019). Cumberbatch has received numerous awards and nominations for acting including three Laurence Olivier Award nominations, winning Best Actor in a Play for "Frankenstein". He has also received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for "Sherlock". His portrayal of Alan Turing in "The Imitation Game" earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
List of Benedict Cumberbatch performances | Introduction
It now has a catalogue of rights in over 50 features including Academy Award Nominee and Venice Golden Lion winner "Before the Rain", box office horror hit "Deathwatch"; Cannes Directors’ Fortnight opener "Princess"; Sundance South African hit "Son of Man"; Jason Biggs starrer "GUY X" and Dinard winner "White Lightnin" as well as 2012 Berlinale Audience Award Winner "Parada" by Srdjan Dragojevic. The company remains fully owned and managed by producers Mike Downey (European Film Academy Board Member, BAFTA Council member and member of the BAFTA Film Committee) and Sam Taylor ( Board of PACT) backed by its advisory board film director Stephen Daldry (Chairman), ex-Creative Artists Agency agent Johanna Baldwin, former Chief Executive of the Guardian Group, James Markwick, merchant banker and internet investor Matthew Wilson.
Film and Music Entertainment | History
He married the actress Edna Doré (née Gorring) in 1946 in Pancras, London, and the two of them ran their own company for five years at the Little Theatre in Aberystwyth. He died in London in 2002 aged 78. Their son, Michael, is currently the landlord of a public house in Hampshire.
Alexander Doré | Personal life
It was made at Elstree Studios by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. Buchanan had recently made the hit "Monte Carlo" for Paramount in Hollywood and came to Britain to appear in this film which Paramount put larger resources into rather than other American companies who produced quota quickies. Shortly afterwards he was signed up by Herbert Wilcox and appeared in several films for him during the decade beginning with "Goodnight, Vienna" (1932).
A Man of Mayfair | Production
Benedict Cumberbatch was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actor and "The Wars of the Roses" was nominated for Best Mini-Series.
Richard III (2016 film) | Introduction
He worked with writers such as George Etheredge, John Dryden and Roger Boyle. Not only did he attempt to keep the work performed for the Duke's men modern, he also had plans to keep the theatres as functional and of the highest quality. This new and exciting theatre manifested as Dorset Garden. Whilst this was not created until after his death, he managed to fund the project. He did this by selling 7 7/10ths of his shares to people at a price range of £600 - £800. Then sharers then managed to raise the rest of the substantial sum of £9000 which it is roughly considered to have cost.
Duke's Company | Sir William Davenant
He is married to attorney Elizabeth Gaine with whom he has two daughters, Caroline and Charlotte. He also has a son Ian from a previous marriage. Callender was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to the UK film and television industries in the USA and was knighted in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to the British creative industries. Callender is a trustee and supporter of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, the New York Public Theater and The Creative Coalition. In the past, he has also been a trustee of the New York branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Colin Callender | Personal life