Performance Details: Chromophobia
Project type: Cinematic film
Synopsis: Chromophobia tells the story of Marcus Aylesbury, whose wife Iona can’t tell the difference between a shrink and a shop. His eight year old son Orlando spray paints his rabbit’s name on the walls to get attention whilst his gay godfather Stephen lies half beaten to death in hospital. Marcus’ boss is drawing him into a scam, which could cost him his career, his father Edward Aylesbury has an illegitimate love child with his former mistress, Gloria and her social worker Colin, cannot help prying in to her past and present. Marcus’ stepmother Penelope’s bond with her dogs is his best role model of a loving relationship. Every family has a secret it hides behind the walls of its home ... and these are the dilemmas and secrets of Marcus Aylesbury. When Marcus’s old “friend” Trent, a tabloid journalist, gets wind of a story he knows will make him a media star, the good old virtues of honesty, loyalty and friendship are sacrificed to the new morality of success and celebrity. Chromophobia is a darkly comedic drama which relentlessly pulls its characters into situations which threaten their stable place in a society where privilege and birth are no longer powerful enough to protect the fortunate few, and where the American values of money, beauty and success have become the cornerstones of contemporary London life.
Chronology: In production from August 20, 2004, through October 10, 2004. Released in cinemas in Italy on March 10, 2006; France on May 10, 2006; Israel on December 14, 2006, and Spain on May 18, 2007. Released on region 2 DVD in France for rental on November 23, 2006, and for sale on January 4, 2007. Released in cinemas in the UK on December 14, 2007. Released on region 2 DVD in the UK on April 7, 2008. It potentially may be released in cinemas in other locations in 2008, but the geography and timing details of this tentative distribution are not yet known.
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Principal Cast & Crew: Ben Chaplin as Trent Masters; Penélope Cruz as Gloria Ramirez de Arroyo; Ralph Fiennes as Stephen Tulloch; Sir Ian Holm as Edward Aylesbury; Rhys Ifans as Colin Griffin; Damian Lewis as Marcus Aylesbury; Hannah Stokely as P.R. Woman; Kristin Scott Thomas as Iona Aylesbury; Clem Tibber as Orlando; Jason Tobin as Fat Boy; Harriet Walter as Penelope Aylesbury; Directed by Martha Fiennes; Written by Martha Fiennes.
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Performance Details: Colditz
Project type: Television film
Synopsis: Scottish soldier Nick McGrade is working for the Secret Service during World War II. He falls in love with the beautiful Lizzie, who is the girlfriend of Nick's friend and fellow soldier, Jack Rose. The story follows soldiers Nick, Jack and Tom Willis as they escape from a Nazi POW camp. Jack and Tom are recaptured and sent to the notorious prison Colditz. However, Nick makes it back to London and joins MI9, the agency set up to help British troops escape. Jack has asked Nick to find Lizzie and tell her he's all right, but Nick falls for her as soon as he sees her.
Chronology: In production in the spring and early summer of 2004. Television premiere on ITV1 in the UK on March 27-28, 2005. Released on region 2 DVD in the UK on March 28, 2005. Presented on television (network unknown) in Australia on May 15, 2005; Hungary on June 8, 2005. Presented on television (mostly on Hallmark Channel networks) in several other geographic markets worldwide through 2005 and 2006. Released on DVD in the Netherlands on April 12, 2005; on DVD in Japan on November 4, 2005. Released on region 1 DVD in the US on December 12, 2006. Released on region 4 DVD in Australia on February 18, 2009. Presented on television (network unknown) in Sweden on March 7, 2009.
Awards & Nominations:
This production received the following award:
This production received the following nomination:
Principal Cast & Crew: Alex Avery as Collins; Joseph Beattie as Barnes; Lucie Brezovska as Farmer's Wife; Pavel Cajzl as Swiss Man; Robert Cambrinus as Tony De Jongh; Teresa Churcher as Mother; Bogdan Cieslar as Translator; Stephanie Cornicard as LeBlanc; Werner Daehn as Corporal Ullman; Armin Dillenberger as Meisner; Charles Edwards as Ellways; Tim Faraday as Sergeant (Vera); James Fox as Lt. Colonel Jimmy Fordham; Laurence Fox as Tom Willis; Scott Handy as Mullan; Tom Hardy as Jack Rose; Daniel Hawksford as Cole; Abigail Hayes as WVS Woman; Guy Henry as Sawyer; Juliet Howland as Mary; Blanka Jarosova as Mrs. M; Charles Kay as Colonel Henry Cartwright; Eva Kelemenova as German Woman; Joel Kirby as Soldier On Train 2; Pavel Kriz as Mikhael; Damian Lewis as Lieutenant Nicholas McGrade; Petr Meissel as Novak; Eve Myles as Jill; Sophia Myles as Lizzie; Luke Neal as Hewitt; Pavlina Nemcova as Swiss Woman; Jason Priestley as Rhett Barker; Phillip Schenker as German Guard No. 1; Justin Svoboda as Soldier On Train 1; Rudiger Vogler as Fritz Warner; Pavel Vokoun as Van der Bergh; Timothy West as Warren; Daniel Weyman as Bell; Robert Whitelock as Venning; Jiri Wonhanka as German Guard No. 4; Directed by Stuart Orme; Written by Peter Morgan and Richard Cottan; Inspired by Henry Chancellor's book Colditz.
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Performance Details: Confessions Of A Diary Secretary
Project type: Television film
Synopsis: This comedy-drama presents an entertaining account of the romantic relationship between deputy prime minister John Prescott and secretary Tracey Temple, and the events following the public revelation of the affair.
Chronology: In production from October through December 2006. UK telelvision premiere on ITV1 in the UK on Febuary 28, 2007, followed immediately by a behind-the-scenes special on the making of the film that same night on ITV3 television in the UK. Details regarding any potential additional television or DVD distribution are not yet known.
Film Festivals & Other Special Screenings:
Principal Cast & Crew: Jonathan Aris as Bernard; Kate Drew as Female Secretary; Richard Durden as Office Manager; Pippa Haywood as Julie Jones; John Henshaw as John Prescott; Tim Hewitt as Waterloo Station Manager; Peter Hugo as Prince Charles; Eiji Kusuhara as Japanese Reporter; Damian Lewis as Tony Blair; Graeme Miller as Aide; Joanna Monro as Mo Mowlam; Maxine Peake as Tracey Temple; Daniel Ryan as Barrie Williams; Tony Slattery as Gordon Brown; Rebekah Staton as Claire; John White as Security Officer. Directed by Andy Wilson. Written by Tony Basgallop.
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Performance Details: Cymbeline
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1997
Project type: Stage play
Synopsis: Imogen, the daughter of King Cymbeline, is persecuted by her wicked stepmother, the Queen and by Cloten, the Queen's doltish son. Disguised as a boy, she sets out to find her husband, the banished Posthumus. On her journey, she unwittingly meets her two brothers, stolen from the court as infants and brought up in rustic innocence, unaware of their princely identities. Posthumus, meanwhile, has been convinced by the villainous Iachimo that Imogen is unfaithful to him. This strange, dark story belongs with the group of romance dramas written by Shakespeare toward the end of his career.
Chronology: Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, from February 26, 1997 (Press Night), through August 18, 1997. (Previewed February 20, 1997.)
Principal Cast & Crew: Jenifer Armitage as Ghost; Rod Arthur as Frenchman / Gaoler; Paul Bentall as Pisanio; Richard Cant as Arviragus; Paul Freeman as Iachimo; David Glover as Ghost / Philario; Guy Henry as Cloten; David Hobbs as Cornelius; Ian Hogg as Belarius; Nicholas Hutchison as Gentleman 2; John Kane as Prologue / Soothsayer; John Killoran as Gentleman 1; Vincent Leigh as Captain / Dutchman; Damian Lewis as Posthumus Leonatus; Joanna McCallum as Queen; Patrice Naiambana as Caius Lucius / Jupiter; Rex Obano as Attendant / Spaniard; Joanne Pearce as Imogen; Edward Petherbridge as Cymbeline; Shuna Snow as Helen; Jo Stone-Fewings as Guiderius; Directed by Adrian Noble; Designed by Anthony Ward; Light Design by Hugh Vanstone; Fight Arrangement by Terry King; Movement by Sue Lefton; Music by Stephen Warbeck; Written by William Shakespeare.
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| A video of this production, taped at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1997, is available for viewing at the Shakespeare Centre Library, Henley Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon. Appointments are recommended, and the video is available only for on-site viewing. It is not available for loan, rental, duplication or purchase. For information, visit this link: http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/234/234 An audio recording of this production, taped at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre on February 26, 1997, is available for listening at the British Library Sound Archives, Euston Road, London. Appointments are recommended (and perhaps required), and the recording is available only for on-site listening. It is not available for loan, rental, duplication or purchase. For information, visit this link: http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/cat.html and search the catalog using the keywords "damian lewis". |
Act 1 - Scene 1: Imogen, daughter of King Cymbeline of Britain, has angered her father by marrying Posthumus. Cymbeline himself reared the orphaned Posthumus, his own two sons having been abducted in infancy. The wicked Queen (whose son Cloten was Cymbeline's preferred match for Imogen) pretends kindness to the young couple. Before Posthumus leaves for exile in Rome, Imogen gives him a ring, receiving in return a bracelet.
Act 1 - Scene 2: Cloten's attendants ridicule him.
Act 1 - Scene 3: Pisanio, Posthumus' servant, tells Imogen of his master's departure.
Act 1 - Scene 4: Posthumus meets Iachimo in Rome. When Posthumus extols Imogen's virtue, Iachimo wagers him ten thousand ducats to his diamond ring that he can persuade her to commit adultery. Posthumus accepts the wager.
Act 1 - Scene 5: The doctor Cornelius is suspicious when the Queen gathers poisonous plants. He reveals privately that what she believes to be fatal poison is in fact a sleeping draught. The Queen tries unsuccessfully to turn Pisanio against Posthumus and gives him the poison, claiming that it is a life-saving remedy.
Act 1 - Scene 6: Iachimo comes to see Imogen, bringing a letter of introduction from Posthumus. Realizing that he can only win the wager by resorting to subterfuge he claims that Posthumus has been unfaithful, suggesting that she avenge herself by becoming his lover. When she reacts with revulsion, he assures her that he was merely testing her devotion. She then agrees to his request to leave a trunk of valuables in her chamber overnight, for safekeeping.
Act 2 - Scene 1: Cloten wants to meet Iachimo.
Act 2 - Scene 2: While Imogen sleeps, Iachimo creeps from the trunk. He carefully notes details of her chamber and person and then eases Posthumus' bracelet from her arm.
Act 2 - Scene 3: When Cloten tries to woo Imogen she dismisses him impatiently. She asks Pisanio to find her missing bracelet.
Act 2 - Scene 4: Iachimo uses his observations of Imogen, and her bracelet, to convince Posthumus that he has slept with her.
Act 2 - Scene 5: Posthumus vows revenge.
Act 3 - Scene 1: Cymbeline refuses to pay a tribute to Caesar, and Rome declares war on Britain.
Act 3 - Scene 2: Posthumus writes to Pisanio ordering him to kill Imogen. Pisanio refuses to believe her unfaithful. In order to help Pisanio in his task, Posthumus tells Imogen to meet him at Milford Haven.
Act 3 - Scene 3: Belarius, unjustly banished by Cymbeline, abducted his sons Guiderius and Arviragus, and lives with them in a remote Welsh cave. The young men, unaware of their provenance, are frustrated by their isolated life.
Act 3 - Scene 4: As Imogen and Pisanio approach Milford he shows her Posthumus' letter. She begs him "Do his bidding, strike!" Pisanio convinces her that he should report her death to Posthumus; she, meanwhile, must dress as a man and seek the protection of Lucius, a noble Roman. Before they part, Pisanio gives Imogen the Queen's potion, as a remedy for sickness.
Act 3 - Scene 5: Imogen is missing from the court. The Queen privately hopes that she is either dead or exiled and that "She being down,/I have the placing of the British crown." Believing Imogen well on her way to Rome, Pisanio tells Cloten that she has gone to Milford and gives him a suit of Posthumus' clothes. Cloten plots his revenge, intending to kill Posthumus and ravish Imogen.
Act 3 - Scene 6: When Imogen arrives exhausted at Belarius' cave, she is welcomed with food and shelter. She calls herself Fidele.
Act 3 - Scene 7: Romans discuss the war with Britain.
Act 4 - Scene 1: Cloten draws near to Milford, gloating about the horrible punishments he will deal out.
Act 4 - Scene 2: Pleading sickness, Imogen remains in the cave whilst her hosts go hunting. She takes Pisanio's drug. Belarius sees Cloten and fears that they have been discovered. Guiderius beheads Cloten. The brothers find Imogen/Fidele apparently dead, and lay her tenderly in a grave. When Imogen awakes, she sees Cloten's decapitated body in Posthumus' clothes and assumes her husband has been killed. Lucius comes upon Imogen/Fidele and takes her under his protection.
Act 4 - Scene 3: Cymbeline wonders where Imogen and Cloten have gone, and questions Pisanio. Pisanio denies knowledge, and swears loyalty to the king.
Act 4 - Scene 4: Belarius wants to see the area, but his adopted sons are eager to fight the Romans.
Act 5 - Scene 1: Posthumus, having returned to Britain with the Romans, is devastated to learn from Pisanio of Imogen's death. He dresses as a peasant and resolves to fight for his country.
Act 5 - Scene 2: Iachimo reveals his guilt at having wronged Imogen.
Act 5 - Scene 3: Posthumus describes how three men (Belarius, Guiderius and Arviragus) heroically saved the flagging Briton army. Posthumus, again disguised as a Roman, is arrested.
Act 5 - Scene 4: Posthumus willingly embraces imprisonment. He awakes from a vision to find a written prophecy that both his and Britain's miseries will end.
Act 5 - Scene 5: Cymbeline knights Belarius, Arviragus and Guiderius, but regrets the disappearance of an outstandingly valiant unknown soldier (Posthumus). The Queen has died, confessing her misdeeds. The prisoners Fidele/Imogen, Posthumus, Lucius and Iachimo, are brought to Cymbeline. Lucius begs clemency for Fidele/Imogen and Cymbeline agrees. Fidele/Imogen demands that Iachimo explain where he found the diamond ring he wears; this he does. Heartbroken, Posthumus steps forward, thrusting Imogen away when she tries to intervene. Pisanio comes to her aid and she accuses him of poisoning her. Cornelius, however, interposes in his defense. Thus, Belarius, Guiderius and Arviragus, who are amazed at Fidele's apparent returned from the dead, understand all. Guiderius admits to the slaying of Cloten and is arrested by Cymbeline. Belarius then reveals both his own and his adoptive sons' true identities. Posthumus forgives Iachimo freely. Amidst the general rejoicing, Cymbeline announces that he will pay tribute to Caesar, thus restoring peace between Britain and Rome.
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Performance Details: Cymbeline
Theatre Royal, Newcastle, 1997
Project type: Stage play
Synopsis: Imogen, the daughter of King Cymbeline, is persecuted by her wicked stepmother, the Queen and by Cloten, the Queen's doltish son. Disguised as a boy, she sets out to find her husband, the banished Posthumus. On her journey, she unwittingly meets her two brothers, stolen from the court as infants and brought up in rustic innocence, unaware of their princely identities. Posthumus, meanwhile, has been convinced by the villainous Iachimo that Imogen is unfaithful to him. This strange, dark story belongs with the group of romance dramas written by Shakespeare toward the end of his career.
Chronology: Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, from October 14, 1997 (Press Night), through October 18, 1997.
Principal Cast & Crew: Jenifer Armitage as Ghost; Rod Arthur as Frenchman / Gaoler; Paul Bentall as Pisanio; Richard Cant as Arviragus; Paul Freeman as Iachimo; David Glover as Ghost / Philario; Guy Henry as Cloten; David Hobbs as Cornelius; Ian Hogg as Belarius; Nicholas Hutchison as Gentleman 2; John Kane as Prologue / Soothsayer; John Killoran as Gentleman 1; Vincent Leigh as Captain / Dutchman; Damian Lewis as Posthumus Leonatus; Joanna McCallum as Queen; Patrice Naiambana as Caius Lucius / Jupiter; Rex Obano as Attendant / Spaniard; Joanne Pearce as Imogen; Edward Petherbridge as Cymbeline; Shuna Show as Helen; Jo Stone-Fewings as Guiderius; Directed by Adrian Noble; Designed by Anthony Ward; Light Design by Hugh Vanstone; Fight Arrangement by Terry King; Movement by Sue Lefton; Music by Stephen Warbeck; Written by William Shakespeare.
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Performance Details: Cymbeline
Theatre Royal, Plymouth, 1997
Project type: Stage play
Synopsis: Imogen, the daughter of King Cymbeline, is persecuted by her wicked stepmother, the Queen and by Cloten, the Queen's doltish son. Disguised as a boy, she sets out to find her husband, the banished Posthumus. On her journey, she unwittingly meets her two brothers, stolen from the court as infants and brought up in rustic innocence, unaware of their princely identities. Posthumus, meanwhile, has been convinced by the villainous Iachimo that Imogen is unfaithful to him. This strange, dark story belongs with the group of romance dramas written by Shakespeare toward the end of his career.
Chronology: Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, from November 5, 1997 (Press Night), through November 8, 1997.
Principal Cast & Crew: Jenifer Armitage as Ghost; Rod Arthur as Frenchman / Gaoler; Paul Bentall as Pisanio; Richard Cant as Arviragus; Paul Freeman as Iachimo; David Glover as Ghost / Philario; Guy Henry as Cloten; David Hobbs as Cornelius; Ian Hogg as Belarius; Nicholas Hutchison as Gentleman 2; John Kane as Prologue / Soothsayer; John Killoran as Gentleman 1; Vincent Leigh as Captain / Dutchman; Damian Lewis as Posthumus Leonatus; Joanna McCallum as Queen; Patrice Naiambana as Caius Lucius / Jupiter; Rex Obano as Attendant / Spaniard; Joanne Pearce as Imogen; Edward Petherbridge as Cymbeline; Shuna Show as Helen; Jo Stone-Fewings as Guiderius; Directed by Adrian Noble; Designed by Anthony Ward; Light Design by Hugh Vanstone; Fight Arrangement by Terry King; Movement by Sue Lefton; Music by Stephen Warbeck; Written by William Shakespeare.
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Performance Details: Cymbeline
Barbican Theatre, London, 1998
Project type: Stage play
Synopsis: Imogen, the daughter of King Cymbeline, is persecuted by her wicked stepmother, the Queen and by Cloten, the Queen's doltish son. Disguised as a boy, she sets out to find her husband, the banished Posthumus. On her journey, she unwittingly meets her two brothers, stolen from the court as infants and brought up in rustic innocence, unaware of their princely identities. Posthumus, meanwhile, has been convinced by the villainous Iachimo that Imogen is unfaithful to him. This strange, dark story belongs with the group of romance dramas written by Shakespeare toward the end of his career.
Chronology: Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre, London, from January 20, 1998 (Press Night), through May 7, 1998. (Previewed January 15, 1998.) Also, the Barbican Center ran a series called "On The Edge," a series of events designed to give extra insight into current Royal Shakespeare Company productions in the Barbican Theatre and the Pit. On The Edge featured a pre-performance session of Cymbeline at the Barbican Theatre on March 3, 1998.
Principal Cast & Crew: Jenifer Armitage as Ghost; Rod Arthur as Frenchman / Gaoler; Paul Bentall as Pisanio; Richard Cant as Arviragus; Paul Freeman as Iachimo; David Glover as Ghost / Philario; Guy Henry as Cloten; David Hobbs as Cornelius; Ian Hogg as Belarius; Nicholas Hutchison as Gentleman 2; John Kane as Prologue / Soothsayer; John Killoran as Gentleman 1; Vincent Leigh as Captain / Dutchman; Damian Lewis as Posthumus Leonatus; Joanna McCallum as Queen; Rex Obano as Attendant / Spaniard; Joanne Pearce as Imogen; Edward Petherbridge as Cymbeline; Shuna Show as Helen; Jo Stone-Fewings as Guiderius; Paul Swinnerton as Attendant; Ewart James Walters as Caius Lucius / Jupiter; Directed by Adrian Noble; Designed by Anthony Ward; Light Design by Hugh Vanstone; Fight Arrangement by Terry King; Movement by Sue Lefton; Music by Stephen Warbeck; Written by William Shakespeare.
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Performance Details: Cymbeline
Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, New York, 1998
Project type: Stage play
Synopsis: Imogen, the daughter of King Cymbeline, is persecuted by her wicked stepmother, the Queen and by Cloten, the Queen's doltish son. Disguised as a boy, she sets out to find her husband, the banished Posthumus. On her journey, she unwittingly meets her two brothers, stolen from the court as infants and brought up in rustic innocence, unaware of their princely identities. Posthumus, meanwhile, has been convinced by the villainous Iachimo that Imogen is unfaithful to him. This strange, dark story belongs with the group of romance dramas written by Shakespeare toward the end of his career.
Chronology: Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House in New York from June 3, 1998 (Press Night), through June 6, 1998.
Principal Cast & Crew: Jenifer Armitage as Ghost; Rod Arthur as Frenchman / Gaoler; Paul Bentall as Pisanio; Richard Cant as Arviragus; Paul Freeman as Iachimo; David Glover as Ghost / Philario; Guy Henry as Cloten; David Hobbs as Cornelius; Ian Hogg as Belarius; Nicholas Hutchison as Gentleman 2; John Kane as Prologue / Soothsayer; John Killoran as Gentleman 1; Vincent Leigh as Captain / Dutchman; Damian Lewis as Posthumus Leonatus; Joanna McCallum as Queen; Rex Obano as Attendant / Spaniard; Joanne Pearce as Imogen; Edward Petherbridge as Cymbeline; Shuna Show as Helen; Jo Stone-Fewings as Guiderius; Paul Swinnerton as Attendant; Ewart James Walters as Caius Lucius / Jupiter; Directed by Adrian Noble; Designed by Anthony Ward; Light Design by Hugh Vanstone; Light Recreation by Geraint Pughe; Fight Arrangement by Terry King; Movement by Sue Lefton; Music by Stephen Warbeck; Written by William Shakespeare.
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Performance Details: Cymbeline
Eisenhower Theatre, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1998
Project type: Stage play
Synopsis: Imogen, the daughter of King Cymbeline, is persecuted by her wicked stepmother, the Queen and by Cloten, the Queen's doltish son. Disguised as a boy, she sets out to find her husband, the banished Posthumus. On her journey, she unwittingly meets her two brothers, stolen from the court as infants and brought up in rustic innocence, unaware of their princely identities. Posthumus, meanwhile, has been convinced by the villainous Iachimo that Imogen is unfaithful to him. This strange, dark story belongs with the group of romance dramas written by Shakespeare toward the end of his career.
Chronology: Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Eisenhower Theatre at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, from June 24, 1998, through July 5, 1998.
Awards & Nominations:
The production received the following nomination:
Principal Cast & Crew: Jenifer Armitage as Ghost; Rod Arthur as Frenchman / Gaoler; Paul Bentall as Pisanio; Richard Cant as Arviragus; Paul Freeman as Iachimo; David Glover as Ghost / Philario; Guy Henry as Cloten; David Hobbs as Cornelius; Ian Hogg as Belarius; Nicholas Hutchison as Gentleman 2; John Kane as Prologue / Soothsayer; John Killoran as Gentleman 1; Vincent Leigh as Captain / Dutchman; Damian Lewis as Posthumus Leonatus; Joanna McCallum as Queen; Rex Obano as Attendant / Spaniard; Joanne Pearce as Imogen; Edward Petherbridge as Cymbeline; Shuna Show as Helen; Jo Stone-Fewings as Guiderius; Paul Swinnerton as Attendant; Ewart James Walters as Caius Lucius / Jupiter; Directed by Adrian Noble; Designed by Anthony Ward; Light Design by Hugh Vanstone; Light Recreation by Geraint Pughe; Fight Arrangement by Terry King; Movement by Sue Lefton; Music by Stephen Warbeck; Written by William Shakespeare.
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Performance Details: Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
Project type: Cinematic film
Synopsis: A British seaman, the sole survivor of a shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a remote island. Battling both nature and extreme isolation, Crusoe fights to save himself from slipping into madness. When Crusoe rescues Friday, a native islander, from a tribe of cannibals, the seaman's fate dramatically changes. Crusoe's desperate need for companionship forces him to confront a deeply rooted prejudice and enables the man to forge a bond of friendship deeper than any he has known.
Chronology: Production began on June 27, 1994, and continued into 1995. Originally to have been a made-for-television film for the Hallmark television network in the US, but not presented as such. Subsequently acquired by Miramax for cinematic release, and at one point given an August 23, 1996, release date (according to IanFleming.org), but ultimately not released in cinemas at all. Released on home video in Finland in 1997. Released in cinemas in Singapore on June 12, 1997. Released on home video in Portugal in September 1997. Released in cinemas in Poland on October 24, 1997; Spain on December 19, 1997; Hungary on March 12, 1998. Presented on television (network unknown) in Sweden on April 4, 1999. US television premiere (network unknown) on May 13, 2001. Released on DVD in the US on January 22, 2002. UK television premiere (network unknown) on February 28, 2002.
Principal Cast & Crew: Lysette Anthony as Mrs Crusoe; Pierce Brosnan as Robinson Crusoe; Sean Brosnan as Cabin Boy; James Frain as Robert (Defoe's Publisher); Martin Grace as Captain Braga; Ian Hart as Daniel Dafoe; Damian Lewis as Patrick Connor; Ben Robertson as James Connor (Patrick's Brother); William Takaku as Man Friday; Polly Walker as Mary McGregor; Directed by Rod Hardy and George Miller; Based on the Novel by Daniel Defoe.
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Performance Details: The Devil Is An Ass
Project type: Stage play
Synopsis: A minor demon named Pug begs time off from his work in hell to go to earth and cause mischief. The problem is that he is not very bright nor imaginative, and he finds that society is already far more sinful and wicked than anything he can conceive of. His tricks all go wrong.
Chronology: Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Pit, London, from April 24, 1996 (Press Night), through August 27, 1996. (Previewed April 17, 1996.)
Principal Cast & Crew: Nick Cavaliere as Iniquity / Trains; Paul Chahidi as Ambler; John Dougall as Pug; Siobhan Fogarty as Engine / Lady Eitherside; Michael Gardiner as Satan / Sir Paul Eitherside; Christopher Godwin as Everill; Anthony Hannan as Plutarchus; Damian Lewis as Wittipol; Jules Melvin as Mistress Fitzdottrel; Robin Nedwell as Gilthead / Shackles; John Nettles as Merecraft; Sheila Steafel as Lady Tailbush; Tracy Sweetinburgh as Pitfall; Leon Tanner as Sledge; David Troughton as Fitzdottrel; Dickon Tyrrell as Manly; Directed by Matthew Warchus; Set Design by Bunny Christie; Light Design by Wayne Dowdeswell; Costume Design by Laura Hopkins; Fight Arrangement by Terry King; Music by Gary Yershon; Written by Ben Jonson.
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Late in the play, the minor devil Pug explains its title: the Devil is an ass to think he can corrupt human beings, who are far more corrupt than he is. Considering what Pug has seen on earth, he exclaims: "You talk of a university! Why, hell is A grammar school to this!" (IV).
At the start of The Devil is an Ass, Pug persuades Satan to send him to earth. Satan imposes constraints upon him: he may remain only until midnight, he must make do with a ready-made body (of a cutpurse just hanged at Tyburn) instead of a new one, he must use his ingenuity to obtain clothes, and he is to serve the first man he meets.
Pug delights Fitzdotterel, the fool he encounters, partly because Fitzdotterel longs to meet a devil and partly because Pug agrees to work without pay. Fitzdotterel is duped by the swindler Meercraft, whose schemes include a patent to make leather from dogskin. He urges Meercraft to include him in a land reclamation fraud that will make him the Duke of Drowned Lands.
When Pug tries to seduce Mrs. Fitzdotterel, she -- thinking that her husband put him up to it as a test -- informs on Pug, whom he beats. She tricks Pug into arranging a meeting with Wittipol, who loves her. In revenge, Pug tells Fitzdotterel, then recognizes too late that by preventing adultery he failed to profit his master's cause. When Fitzdotterel complains that his wife is not adapting to her forthcoming position as duchess, Meercraft and his broker Engine devise a new plan to fleece him. They urge him to send his wife to be instructed in deportment by a Spanish lady, to whom he should give a gift, a ring worth fifty pounds -- soon rising to sixty, then a hundred -- to be obtained from Gilthead, a goldsmith who, helping Meercraft fleece him, subtracts Meercraft's debt from the sum.
Meercraft invents a court, of which his cousin Everill is Master, that for a hundred pounds and a legal deed of trusteeship will settle a quarrel by litigation rather than have a claimant fight a duel with the party who grieved him. Immediately, Fitzdotterel pays to bring suit against Wittipol.
To protect Mrs. Fitzdotterel, whose financial ruin her husband's idiocies are hastening, Wittipol impersonates the Spanish lady at the home of Lady Tailbush, another of Meercraft's dupes, this time in a fraudulent scheme to acquire a monopoly on fucus, a cosmetic. In disguise, Wittipol persuades Fitzdotterel to name Wittipol's friend Manly, not Meercraft, as his trustee. Wittipol then reveals himself.
Meanwhile, Lady Tailbush's missing steward Ambler arrives, delayed because his clothes were stolen while he was with a woman. Recognizing them on Pug, he delivers him to the law.
In jail, Satan visits Pug, reprimands him for being a less effective devil than the person whose body he occupies, and returns Pug to Hell, where he will punish Pug for letting humans outdo a devil. Meercraft persuades Fitzdotterel that what occurred was part of a plot between his wife and her lover to steal his land and that to stay clear of the law, he should pretend to be possessed by a devil. During his feigned attack comes news of Pug's mysterious disappearance from jail. Astonished that Pug really was a devil, Fitzdotterel tells the truth.
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Performance Details: Dreamcatcher
Project type: Cinematic film
Synopsis: Jonesy, Henry, Pete and Beaver are bonded by decades of friendship -- and by special abilities revealed on a single fateful day in their childhood. As the four men reunite for a hunting trip, they encounter a threatening force that will threaten the future of the world -- and put these four men and their unusual abilities to the test.
Chronology: In production from January 13, 2002 through May 2002. Released in cinemas in the US on March 21, 2003. Released in cinemas in the UK on April 25, 2003. Released in cinemas in Canada on March 28, 2003; the Philippines (Manilla) on March 26, 2003; Denmark on April 2, 2003; Australia on April 3, 2003; Belgium and the Philippines (Davao) on April 9, 2003; Germany, Israel, New Zealand and Switzerland on April 10, 2003; Austria and Italy on April 11, 2003; France, Mexico, Spain and Sweden on April 16, 2003; Argentina, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Peru on April 17, 2003; Brazil, Finland, Iceland and Turkey on April 18, 2003; Japan on April 19, 2003; Denmark and Greece on April 25, 2003; South Korea on May 8, 2003; Slovenia on June 5, 2003; Lithuania on June 6, 2003; Estonia on June 13, 2003; Hungary on June 19, 2003; Czech Republic and Georgia on July 10, 2003; Russia on July 24, 2003; Bahrain on July 30, 2003. Released on region 2 DVD in the UK on February 2, 2004, and on region 1 DVD in the US on June 1, 2004.
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Principal Cast & Crew: Giacomo Baessato as Young Jonesy; Chera Bailey as Rachel; Alex Campbell as Richie Grenadeau; Susan Charest as Becky; Michael Daingerfield as Conklin; Ryan De Boer as Duncan; Michael Richard Dobson as Stranger on Curb; Rosemary Dunsmore as Roberta Cavell; Morgan Freeman as Col. Abraham Curtis; Marcy Goldberg as EMT #1; C. Ernst Harth as Barry Nieman; Mikey Holekamp as Young Henry; Thomas Jane as Dr. Henry Devlin; Dion Johnstone as EMT #2; Shauna Kain as Josie Rinkenhauer; Jonathan Kasdan as David Defuniak; Ingrid Kavelaars as Trish; Eric Keenleyside as Rick McCarthy; Darrin Klimer as Maples; Campbell Lane as Old Man Gosselin; Colin Lawrence as Edwards; Jason Lee as Joe "Beaver" Clarenden; Damian Lewis as Gary "Jonesy" Jones; Malik McCall as Platoon Leader; John Moore as Bad Driver; Kevan Ohtsji as Tracking Technician; Ty Olsson as Army Truck Driver; Timothy Olyphant as Pete Moore; Michael O'Neill as Gen. Matheson; Joel Palmer as Young Pete; T.J. Riley as Scottie; Andrew Robb as Young Duddits; Tom Sizemore as Lt. Owen; Reece Thompson as Young Beaver; Carolyn Tweedle as Woman in Crowd; Donnie Wahlberg as Douglas "Duddits" Cavell; Jordan Walker as Helicopter Sentry; Directed by Lawrence Kasdan; Written by William Goldman, Lawrence Kasdan; Based on the novel by Stephen King.
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