Performance Details: Normal For Norfolk
Project Type: Cinematic short film
Synopsis: Protesting his sanity and denying his name, a mental asylum inmate, "Ray", is being transferred to another facility. He escapes from the ambulance and flees into the woods. Pursued by Randall, the delusional ambulance driver, the heavily sedated Ray undergoes a suburban trial by ordeal before finally making it home to his wife. But why does she call him Ian? And where's he been for the past year? Last time she saw him he said he was just popping out for some milk. Randall curses his bad luck again. But there's more than one Ray to fill an asylum.
Chronology: In production in or about autumn 2005. Screened at various events in the UK and elsewhere from the through the end of 2007 (details below).
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Principal Cast & Crew: Annette Badland as Witch; Stephen Campbell Moore as Man; Jamie Deeks as Orderly 2; Olivia DeSouza as Young Girl; Hosh Kane as Orderly 1; Ewen MacIntosh as Orderly 3; Helen McCrory as Clare; Tim Pigott-Smith as Randall; Nicholas Rowe as Jumper Man; Written and Directed by Gareth Lewis; Produced by Damian Lewis and Adrian Sturges.
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Performance Details: North Square
Project Type: Television series
Synopsis: In this legal drama set in Leeds, the stories revolve a round a group of savvy lawyers, young and old, who encounter just as much excitement off the job as they do in court.
Chronology: Presented on Channel 4 television in the UK in 10 weekly episodes from October 18, 2000, through December 20, 2000.
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Principal Cast & Crew: Sasha Behar as Stevie Goode; Philip Davis as Peter McLeish; Jack Fortune as Leo Wilson; Ann Louise Grimshaw as Fiona; Murray Head as Judge Martin Bould; Kristin Johnson as Martha Gunnelson; Annabel Leventon as Judge Amanda Styles; Matthew Marsden as Stuart Pound; Helen McCrory as Rose Fitzgerald; Kevin McKidd as Billy Guthrie; James Midgley as Bob; Ruth Millar as Morag Black; Tony Monroe as Michael Marlowe; Josh Moran as Colin Bread; James Murray as Johnny Boy; Rupert Penry-Jones as Alex Hay; Guy Porritt as Alan Green; Rupert Procter as John Stone; Steve Ramsden as Frank Green; Andy Rashleigh as Judge Alfred Hamley; Jane Relph as Angela Cross; Bill Rodgers as Ronnie Bremmer; Dominic Rowan as Tom Mitford; Victoria Smurfit as Dr. Helen Ferryhough; Hugh Simon as Colin Bird QC; Will Tacey as Peter Vick; Kim Vithana as Wendy de Souza; Philip Voss as Judge Christian Darling; Written by Peter Moffat; Directed by Nigel Douglas, Tim Fywell, Philippa Langdale and Tim Leandro.
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Performance Details: Old Times
Project Type: Stage play
Synopsis: A couple, Deeley and Kate, are visited by Anna, a friend they have not seen in two decades. The three spend the evening reminiscing about the time they spent in London. But everyone remembers the events differently.
Chronology: Performed at the Donmar Warehouse, London, July 7, 2004 - September 4, 2004. (Previewed from July 1, 2004.)
Principal Cast & Crew: Helen McCrory as Anna; Gina McKee as Kate; Jeremy Northam as Deeley; Written by Harold Pinter; Directed by Roger Michell.
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Performance Details: Orson's Shadow
Project Type: Stage play reading
Synopsis: In 1960, film director Orson Welles senses his foothold in the screen industry slipping. Coaxed into a new endeavor by theater critic and friend Kenneth Tynan, the directorial giant finds himself at the helm of a West End production of Ionesco's Rhinoceros starring Laurence Olivier and his paramour Joan Plowright. Olivier's eccentric wife Vivien Leigh adds to the volatile mix as legendary egos collide on stage and off. A fictional rendering of actual events, Orson's Shadow imagines the circumstances behind the staging of this absurdist masterpiece and reveals the human frailty of these titan personalities.
Chronology: Presented at the Old Vic Theatre, London, February 15, 2006.
Principal Cast & Crew: Claudie Blakely as Joan (Joan Plowright); Sean Chapman as Larry (Laurence Olivier); Damian Lewis as Ken (Kenneth Tynan); Helen McCrory as Vivien (Vivien Leigh); Eugene O'Hare as Sean (the Stagehand); David Westhead as Orson (Orson Welles); Written by Austin Pendleton; Directed by _____.
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Performance Details: The Perfect Woman
Project Type: Radio play
Synopsis: Jack and Mike are each obsessed with their "perfect woman", but does such a creature exist? The two men go on a difficult journey to discover the truth.
Chronology: Presented on BBC Radio 4 in the UK as the Friday Play on May 14, 1999.
Principal Cast & Crew: David Cardy as _____; Michael Kitchen as _____; Helen McCrory as _____; Written by Michael Butt; Directed by Penny Gold.
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Performance Details: Performance: The Entertainer
Project Type: Television film
Synopsis: The story, set in Britain in the 1950s, centers on a drunken, lecherous, egotistical vaudevillian whose act is on the downward slope, as is the vaudeville era. Archie Rice is a man of high expectations but not much talent who, upon learning about a tragedy in his family, must confront the truth about his life.
Chronology: Presented on BBC 2 television in the UK on the Performance drama showcase series on December 4, 1993.
Principal Cast & Crew: George Beach as Frank Rice; Michael Gambon as Archie Rice; Nicholas Hewetcon as Graham Dodd; Helen McCrory as Jean Rice; Bill Owen as Billy Rice; David Ryall as Bill; Billie Whitelaw as Phoebe Rice; Written by John Osborne; Directed by Nicholas Renton.
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Performance Details: Platonov
Project Type: Stage play
Synopsis: A Russian schoolmaster faces up to the implications of being irresistibly attractive to four different women.
Chronology: Performed at the Almeida Theatre At Kings Cross, London, September 11, 2001 - November 10, 2001. (Previewed from August 30, 2001.)
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Principal Cast & Crew: Sam Beazley as as _____; Nicholas Boulton as Kiril Glagolyev; Arthur Cox as _____; Tam Dean Brown as Osip; Aidan Gillen as Platonov; Frances Grey as Sasha; Sacha Grunpeter as _____; Bernard Kay as _____; Peter MacKriel as _____; Edward Macleem as _____; Helen McCrory as Anna Petrovna; Jodhi May as Sofia Yegorovna; Tobias Menzies as Sergei Voynitzev; Camilla Power as Maria Grekova; Bruce Purchase as _____; David Ross as _____; Adrian Scarborough as Triletsky; Roger Swaine as _____; Alwyne Taylor as _____; Jeffry Wickham as _____; Written by Anton Chekhov; Adapted by David Hare; Directed by Jonathan Kent.
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Performance Details: Pride And Prejudice
Project Type: Stage play
Synopsis: Elizabeth Bennett is the second of five sisters from a well-off but lower class family in 19th century England. Their mother is anxious to marry them all off to wealthy young gentlemen. But when they meet Mr. Darcy, an eligible, wealthy young man, his arrogance makes him undesirable, especially to Elizabeth, who is the target of his rudest comments. When her older sister Jane falls in love with Mr. Darcy's best friend Mr. Bingley, Lizzie finds herself having to be in Darcy's presence more than she would like. She befriends Mr. Wickham, who also doesn't view Mr. Darcy in a positive light. However, as the events unfold, Mr. Wickham turns out to be not quite as charming as Lizzie initially believes, and Mr. Darcy not quite as odious.
Chronology: Performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, February 7, 1991 - March 23, 1991, and on a tour which included performances at Bedford, May 6, 1991, and at Grimsby, May 8, 1991 - May 11, 1991.
Principal Cast & Crew: David Allister as Mr Bennett; Ben Daniels as George Wickham; Lucy Chou as Jane Bennett; Avril Elgar as Mrs Bennett; Gillian Goodman as Catherine de Bourgh; Nigel Hastings as Charles Bingley; Dan Maxwell as Gamekeeper; Helen McCrory as Lydia Bennett; Martin Oldfield as Mr Gardiner; Kate Paul as Charlotte Lucas; Caroline Ryder as Miss Jenkins; Rufus Sewell as Fitzwilliam Darcy; Abigail Thaw as Anne de Bourgh; Melanie Thaw as Elizabeth Bennett; Stephen Tindall as Collins; Finty Williams as Kitty Bennett; Based on the novel by Jane Austen; Adapted and Directed by James Maxwell.
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Performance Details: The Queen
Project Type: Cinematic film
Synopsis: Following the death of Princess Diana, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II retreats behind the walls of Balmoral Castle with her family, unable to comprehend the public response to the tragedy. For newly elected Prime Minister Tony Blair, the people's need for reassurance and support from their leaders is palpable. As the outpouring emotion grows ever stronger, Blair must find a way to reconnect the beloved Queen with the British public.
Chronology: Filming began in September 2005. Released in cinemas in the UK on September 15, 2006 and in the US (limited) on October 6, 2006 (followed by a wide release on January 19, 2007). Released in cinemas in Italy on September 15, 2006; Iceland on October 6, 2006; Canada on October 13, 2006 (limited; wide on October 20, 2006); Belgium and France on October 18, 2006; Denmark on November 3, 2006; Kuwait on November 8, 2006; Norway and Spain on November 10, 2006; Greece and the Netherlands on November 30, 2006; Australia on December 26, 2006 (limited); , 2006; Germany (Hamburg) on December 31, 2006; Singapore on January 4, 2007; Germany on January 11, 2007; Austria on January 12, 2007; Hungary on January 18, 2007; Israel on January 25, 2007; Finland and Poland on January 26, 2007; Indonesia, Sweden and Taiwan on February 2, 2007; Brazil and Estonia on February 9, 2007; South Korea on February 15, 2007; Argentina on February 22, 2007; Turkey on February 23, 2007; Hong Kong and Russia on March 1, 2007; Colombia on March 2, 2007; Egypt on March 7, 2007; Thailand on March 8, 2007; Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 22, 2007; Mexico on April 6, 2007 (limited); Japan on April 14, 2007; Slovakia on April 19, 2007; Peru on April 26, 2007 (limited); Kazakhstan on May 16, 2007; Panama on June 1, 2007; Venezuela on October 19, 2007. Released on DVD in the UK on March 12, 2007, and in the US on April 24, 2007.
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Principal Cast & Crew: Roger Allam as Robin Janvrin; James Cromwell as Prince Philip; Amanda Hadingue as Queen's Dresser; Joyce Henderson as Balmoral Maid; Alex Jennings as Prince Charles; Pat Laffan as Head Ghillie; Helen McCrory as Cherie Blair; John McGlynn as Balmoral Head Ghillie; Tim McMullan as Stephen Lamport; Helen Mirren as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; Lola Peploe as Janvrin's Secretary; Douglas Reith as Lord Airlie; Michael Sheen as Tony Blair; Robin Soans as Equerry; Sylvia Syms as HM The Queen Mother; Written by Peter Morgan; Directed by Stephen Frears.
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Performance Details: Rik Mayall Presents Dirty Old Town
Project Type: Television film
Synopsis: A sleazy movie producer mistakes down-and-out Raymond for an eccentric writer when a film script literally lands in the vagrant's lap. Raymond is whisked into a Vodka-fuelled world of business lunches and international deals, but it is only a matter of time before the real writer returns to reclaim his work and his identity.
Chronology: Filmed in April and May of 1994. Presented on ITV 1 television in the UK on February 5, 1995. Presented on television (network unknown) in Finland on August 5, 2003. Released on DVD in the UK (as part of the two-season, six-episode set Rik Mayall Presents: The Complete Series) on October 2, 2006.
Principal Cast & Crew: Frances Barber as Sally Denton; Togo Igawa as Japanese Manager; Michael Kitchen as Jeremy Swain; Rik Mayall as Raymond; Brian McCardie as Vic Leigh; Helen McCrory as Claire; Sean McGinley as Michael; Written and Directed by Paul Unwin.
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Performance Details: Rosmersholm
Project Type: Stage play
Synopsis: The play is set in Rosmersholm, where for generations the house of Rosmer has been a stronghold of religious and political conservatism, but great changes are taking place. The tragic suicide of his wife Beate Rosmer and the influence of the mysterious Rebecca West bring Rosmer's new libertarian beliefs into the light. But the past won’t easily release Rosmer. The memory of the dead woman and her suicide opens up old wounds and dark secrets. Isolated by their beliefs and afraid of the force of their love, Rosmer and Rebekaa’s journey leads them to a tragic conclusion.
Chronology: Performed at the Almeida Theatre, London, from May 22, 2008, through July 5, 2008. (Previewed from May 15, 2008.)
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Principal Cast & Crew: Paul Hilton as Johannes Rosmer; Helen McCrory as Rebecca West; Paul Moriarty as Ulrik Brendel; Veronica Quilligan as Mrs. Helseth; Malcolm Sinclair as Doctor Kroll; Peter Sullivan as Peter Mortensgaard; Written by Henrik Ibsen; Adaptated by Mike Poulton; Directed by Anthony Page.
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Performance Details: Scene: Environment: The People Are The Forest
Project Type: Television series episode
Synopsis: In this educational BBC Schools programme aimed at teens, this episode features the story of Ramon, Miguel and Gloria who live in the Amazonian rainforest. Ramon fights to protect the trees, Miguel prays for a logging job, and Gloria disappears into the forest with Ramon.
Chronology: Recorded in August 1995. Presented on BBC 2 television in the UK on March 22, 1996.
Principal Cast & Crew: Peter Kelly as _____; Lennie James as _____; Helen McCrory as _____; _____________; Directed by Douglas Hodge.
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Performance Details: The Seagull
Project Type: Stage play
Synopsis: Amid the weariness of life in the country, the famous actress Arkadina presides over a household riven with desperate love, with dreams of success and dread of failure. It is her son, Konstantin, who one day shoots a seagull; it is the novelist Trigorin who will one day write the story of the seagull so casually killed; but it is Nina, the seagull herself, whose life to come will rewrite the story.
Chronology: Performed at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre, London, July 7, 1994 - December 3, 1994. (Previewed from July 1, 1994.)
Principal Cast & Crew: Anna Calder-Marshall as Polina; Alan Cox as Konstantin; Robert Demeger as Shamrayev; Judi Dench as Arkadina; Jimmy Gardner as Yakov; John Hodgkinson as Medvedenko; Helen McCrory as Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya; Bill Nighy as Trigorin; Edward Petherbridge as Dorn; Rachel Power as Masha; Norman Rodway as Sorin; Written by Anton Chekhov; Adapted by Pam Gems from a literal translation by Helen Molchanoff; Directed by John Caird.
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Performance Details: The Secret Life
Project Type: Radio play
Synopsis: Against a backdrop of political intrigue in the years following World War I, Evan Strowde's love for Joan Westbury is re-awakened.
Chronology: Recorded in April 1993. Presented on BBC Radio 4 in the UK on the Monday Play programme on May 31, 1993.
Principal Cast & Crew: Rachel Atkins as Dorothy Gauntlett; John Baddeley as Sir Leslie Heriot; Brenda Blethyn as Joan Westbury; Rowena Cooper as Eleanor Strowde; Barry J. Gordon as Lord Chambermere; Steve Hodson as Sir Geoffrey Salomons; James Laurenson as Stephen Serocold; Rosemary Martin as Lady Peckham; Helen McCrory as Susan Kittredge; Ronald Pickup as Evan Strowde; Manning Redwood as Mr Kittredge; Jo Stone-Fewings as Oliver Gauntlett; Written by Harley Granville-Barker; Adapted and Directed by Giles Croft.
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Performance Details: The Sex Inspectors
Project Type: Television series
Synopsis: Documentary series for adults which looks at how to how to improve sex among couples. Renowned UK sex and relationship expert Tracey Cox and U.S. sex columnist Michael Alvear examine the sex lives of the participating couples and offer advice to help the couples with challenges/problems and on how to improve their relationships.
Chronology: Presented on Channel 4 television in the UK in three weekly episodes from July 25, 2005, through August 8, 2005. (This was the second season of the series, the only season in which Helen took part.) (Season 1 presented on HBO television in the US beginning on September 1, 2005.)
Principal Cast & Crew: Sean and Kelly as Participating Couple; Sean and Safia as Participating Couple; Olivia and Simon as Participating Couple; Michael Alvear as Advisor; Tracey Cox as Advisor; Helen McCrory as Narrator (Season 2); Directed by Ian Barnes, Rod Edge, Helen Hill, Claire Hobday and Kate Morey.
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Performance Details: Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Silk Stocking
Project Type: Television film
Synopsis: It's 1902, a dense fog has engulfed London - the perfect cover for a serial killer bent on murdering society debutantes. The murky worlds of the menacing London docks collide with the glamourous Edwardian high society. Holmes and Watson re-team to solve a case which threatens to overwhelm the privledge and tranquility of aristocratic society.
Chronology: Filmed in 2004. Presented on BBC 1 television in the UK on December 26, 2004, and on PBS television in the US on Masterpiece Theatre on October 23, 2005. Released on DVD in the UK on March 21, 2005, and in the US on October 25, 2005. Presented on television (networks unknown) in Germany on April 30, 2005; Australia on July 24, 2005; Finland on December 28, 2005; France on December 29, 2005; Sweden on January 6, 2007; Hungary on February 22, 2008.
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Principal Cast & Crew: Gina Beck as Maid; Anne Carroll as Mrs. Hudson; John Cunningham as Bates; Eleanor David as Mary Pentney; Neil Dudgeon as Lestrade; Tamsin Egerton as Miranda Helhoughton; Rupert Everett as Sherlock Holmes; Michael Fassbender as Charles Allen; Ian Hart as Dr. Watson; Jonathan Hyde as George Pentney; Helen McCrory as Mrs. Vandeleur; Jennifer Moule as Georgina Massingham; Nicholas Palliser as Dr. Dunwoody; Perdita Weeks as Roberta Massingham; Andrew Wisher as Constable; Based on characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle; Screenplay by Allan Cuthbitt; Directed by Simon Cellan Jones.
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Performance Details: Something Fresh
Project Type: Radio play
Synopsis: Two imposters -- Ashe Marson and Joan Valentine -- infiltrate Blandings Castle, each intent on recovering a valuable scarab which the dotty Lord Emsworth has unknowingly acquired from dyspeptic American millionaire J. Preston Peters.
Chronology: Presented on BBC Radio 4 in the UK as the Classic Serial in two weekly installments on March 29, 2009, and April 5, 2009.
Principal Cast & Crew: Andrea Bowen as Aline Peters; Kenneth Danziger as Adams; Hector Elizondo as J. Preston Peters; James Frain as George Emerson; Jill Gascoine as Mrs. Twemlow; Ioan Gruffudd as Ashe Marson; Jared Harris at Rupert Baxter; Martin Jarvis as the Earl of Emsworth; Helen McCrory as Joan Valentine; Ian Ogilvy as Wodehouse; Moira Quirk as Maids (All); Darren Richardson as Mr. Judson; Alan Shearman as Jones / Ferris / Porter; Morgan Sheppard as Beach; Joanne Whalley as Miss Willoughby; Matthew Wolf as The Hon. Freddie Threepwood; Written by PG Wodehouse; Dramatized by Archie Scottney; Directed and Produced by Martin Jarvis.
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Performance Details: The Special Relationship
Project Type: Television film
Synopsis: The third film of Peter Morgan's Tony Blair trilogy (the first two being The Deal and The Queen) centers on the connection between Blair and former U.S. President Bill Clinton from Labour's landslide victory in 1997 through the end of Clinton's term in office in 2000, focusing on Blair's reaction to the transition of power from Clinton to George W. Bush.
Chronology: In production from July 20, 2009, until probably mid/late-September 2009, filming in London and Washington, DC. Presented on HBO television in the US in spring 2010 (details not yet announced). Presented on one of the BBC television networks (or in cinemas?) in the UK on May 7, 2010 (tentative, details not yet announced).
Principal Cast & Crew: Roarke Alexander as Photographer; Mark Bazeley as Alastair Campbell; Hope Davis as Hillary Clinton; James Fiddy as Journalist; Adam Godley as Jonathan Powell; Joe Golby as Police Officer; Helen McCrory as Cherie Blair; Simon O'Connell as Helicopter Pilot; Robert Harrison O'Neil as Party Greeter; Lara Pulver as Intern; Dennis Quaid as Bill Clinton; Robert Roman Ratajczak as Journalist; John Schwab as White House Reporter; Michael Sheen as Tony Blair; John Warman as SO 19 Police; Chris Wilson as Gordon Brown; Written by Peter Morgan; Directed by Richard Loncraine.
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Performance Details: Split Second
Project Type: Television film
Synopsis: A corporate lawyer's life is turned upside downby a hit-and-run accident. Married with children and with a good job as a lawyer, Michael Anderson ought to be a happy man. However, as he is driving home one night, Michael is sucked into a senseless road-rage incident, and his life - as well as those of people around him - changes forever.
Chronology: Presented on BBC 1 television in the UK on August 26, 1999. Released on DVD in the US on June 13, 2006.
Principal Cast & Crew: John Bowe as Ian 'Mac' McPhail; James Cosmo as Donald Paterson; Tony Curran as Ronnie Baxter; J.S. Duffy as Frank Marshall; Keith Fleming as Kenneth Urquart; Lesley Harcourt as Lesley Robertson; Helen McCrory as Angie Anderson; Clive Owen as Michael Anderson; Lisa Palfrey as Christine Montgomery; Ann Louise Ross as Maggie Hannah; Dawn Steele as Kathy Kennedy; Written by James Mavor; Directed by David Blair.
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Performance Details: Spoonface Steinberg
Project Type: Television film
Synopsis: Spoonface is seven years old, Jewish, autistic - and terminally ill with cancer. As she tries to come to terms with the meaning of life and death, she draws inspiration from the prisoners in the Nazi concentration camps who died with dignity and their spirit unbowed.
Chronology: Filming began in December 1997. Released on VHS videotape in the UK on March 30, 1998. Presented on BBC 2 television in the UK on June 15, 1998, as part of a week-long Children's Health series.
Principal Cast & Crew: Linda Bassett as Mrs. Spud; Ella Jones as Spoonface Steinberg; Helen McCrory as Mother; Becky Simpson as Spoonface Steinberg (voice); Mark Strong as Father; Based on the radio play by Lee Hall; Screenplay adaptation by Lee Hall; Directed by Betsan Morris Evans.
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Performance Details: Stand And Deliver
Project Type: Television film
Synopsis: Alun Leach, a sharp-tongued cockney comedian arrives in Glasgow to play a one-off gig at The Edge comedy club. But the one night turns into a weekend of drinking, gambling and unrequited sex. Helen portray a feckless English photographer, a delightfully kooky artistic butterfly of independent means.
Chronology: Presented on BBC 2 television in the UK on March 15, 1998.
Principal Cast & Crew: Fiona Bell as Eva; Phil Daniels as Alun Leach; Bill Gardiner as Andy; Ford Kiernan as Taxi Driver; Gilbert Martin as Sandy; Helen McCrory as Christina; Mark Robb as Max T; Joel Strachan as Jamie; Julie Wilson Nimmo as Jude; Chris Young as Nero Barman; Comedic routine material by Pat Condell; Written and Directed by Les Blair.
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Performance Details: Stop Blaming, Start Loving
Project Type: Stage play
Synopsis: A lesbian couple consult a therapist to help them through their rocky relationship. The therapist turns out to be brash, offensive to the women, and completely inept at his profession. He cluelessly reads to them from a self-help book, makes insulting comments about the women and their relationship, makes a ludicrous suggestion that would involve the use of a head massager, and guides the women through a role playing session that proves ineffective. Ultimately, they leave with nothing resolved, and he returns to his self-help books and head massager without a care.
Chronology: Performed at the Old Vic, London, November, 1, 2009, as part of the Old Vic's 24 Hour Plays event. (At this annual event, each participating writer writes a play overnight, after which the participating directors and actors have fewer than 12 hours to rehearse the freshly written play in which they've been cast. Then the curtain goes up that evening, and the plays are presented before the audience at the Old Vic, with all performances completed within 24 hours of when the writers began writing them.)
Principal Cast & Crew: Lorraine Burroughs as _____; Helen McCrory as _____; Dominic West as _____; Written by _____; Directed by _____.
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Performance Details: Street Life
Project Type: Television film
Synopsis: This look at the rough urban life in a Welsh valley focuses on Jo, a single mother who has just become pregnant by her married boyfriend Kevin.
Chronology: Filmed in May 1995. Presented on BBC 2 television in the UK on November 25, 1995. Presented on television (network unknown) in France on October 8, 1999.
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Principal Cast & Crew: Huw Davies as Mark (Jo's Ex); Donna Edwards as Gail; Claire Erasmus as Annie; Lynwen Hobbs as Lynwen; Rhys Ifans as Kevin; Clare Isaac as Sharon; Ruth Lloyd as Andrea; Helen McCrory as Jo; John Pierce Jones as Frank Williams; Christine Tuckett as Janice; Written and Directed by Karl Francis.
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Performance Details: Teechers
Project Type: Stage play
Synopsis: A drama teacher at a modern comprehensive school struggles to put on an end-of-term play and has to push against disruptive classes, cynical colleagues and unhelpful caretakers.
Chronology: (Harrogate Theatre Company, venue(s) and dates not known, probably Harrogate Theatre about 1990)
Principal Cast & Crew: Helen McCrory as _____; Written by John Godber; remaining cast and crew details not known.
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Performance Details: Therese Raquin
Project Type: Radio play
Synopsis: In 19th-century Paris, Therese is forced to marry her sickly cousin and, as a consequence, embarks with her new lover on a journey of passion, lust, murder and revenge.
Chronology: Presented on BBC Radio 4 in the UK on February 14, 1998.
Principal Cast & Crew: Alex Jennings as _____; Anna Massey as _____; Helen McCrory as _____; Based on the novel by Emile Zola; Adapted by Melissa Murray; Directed by Cherry Cookson.
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Performance Details: Top Girls
Project Type: Radio play
Synopsis: This landmark play examines the political costs of women rising to the top, written shortly after Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister. Marlene hosts a dinner party in a London restaurant to celebrate her promotion to managing director of Top Girls employment agency. Her guests are five women from history who each tell their individual stories of emancipation and oppression.
Chronology: Presented on BBC Radio 4 in the UK as the Saturday Play on April 22, 2006.
Principal Cast & Crew: Nikki Amuka as Nell; Elianne Byrne as Jeanine; Emily Chennery as Angie; Emma Fielding as Marlene; Siobhan Finneran as Louise; Brigit Forsyth as Isabella; Sheila Hancock as Pope Joan; Rina Mahoney as Shona; Olwen May as Griselda; Helen McCrory as Joyce; Naoko Mori as Nijo; Saskia Mulder as Dull Gret; Lulu Popplewell as Kit; Julia Rounthwaite as Mrs. Kidd; Claire Rushbrook as Bird Win; Written by Caryl Churchill; Directed by Nadia Molinari.
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Performance Details: Trelawny Of The Wells
Project Type: Stage play
Synopsis: Rose Trelawny is a young actress at the Sadler's Wells Theatre in the 1860s. She is leaving the company to marry Arthur Gower, prodigal grandson to a stuffy aristocratic despot. She is required by Arthur's family to forsake her theatrical, and therefore morally suspect, past and live with the Gowers for a period before the marriage. The deadly dullness of respectable life drives Rose to distraction. One night when her theatre friends come calling to impart some good news, Rose is forced to make a difficult decision about her future. Back at Sadler's Wells, the company is in upheaval: Ambitious playwright and angry young man Tom Wrench has written a new style of play about ordinary people which nobody wants to produce.
Chronology: Performed at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre, London, February 18, 1993 - _____.
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Principal Cast & Crew: Charles Armstrong as _____; Robin Bailey as Vice Chancellor Sir William Gower; Roger Bingham as _____; Michael Bryant as _____; Doyne Byrd as _____; Anthony Byrne as _____; Emma Chambers as _____; William Chubb as _____; Judith Coke as _____; Jonquil Cook as _____; Robert Demeger as _____; Joyce Fenby as _____; Adam Kotz as _____; Betty Marsden as _____; Helen McCrory as Rose Trelawny; Ben Miles as _____; Steven Pacey as _____; Linda Polan as _____; Nichola Redmond as _____; Tom Robertson as Tom Wrench; Paul Stewart as _____; Harry Towb as _____; Bridget Turner as _____; Thomasina Unsworth as _____; Kevin Williams as _____; Shelley Willetts as _____; Written by Arthur Wing Pinero; Directed by John Caird.
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Performance Details: Trial And Retribution I
Project Type: Television mini-series
Synopsis: The murdered body of missing five-year-old Julie is found in a sewage pipe less than 24 hours after her disappearance. The post-mortem reveals she was sexually assaulted then strangled, but was still breathing when she was forced into the pipe. Suspects include her violent stepfather and Michael Dunn, a local misfit. The story continues through the police investigation and the ensuing trial.
Chronology: Filming began in September 1996. Presented on ITV 1 television in the UK in two nightly episodes on October 19, 1997, and October 20, 1997. Released on DVD in the UK on September 27, 2004. Released on DVD in the US on September 30, 2008.
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Principal Cast & Crew:John Abbott as Usher; Richard Addison as Clerk of Court; Joseph Bennett as David Polk; Nicholas Blane as Derek Waugh; Francesco Bruno as Billy; Kate Buffery as Det. Insp. Pat North; Geraldine Cowper as Ann Taylor; Stephen Critchlow as I.D. Officer; Hugh Dickson as Usher; Anne-Marie Duff as Cathy Gillingham; Richard Durden as Dr. John Foster; Barry Ewart as Bert O'Farrell; Kate Fahy as Meg Richards; Diana Fairfax as Magistrate; Mem Ferda as Sgt. Crocker; David Fleeshman as Willis Fletcher; Matt Flynn as P.C. Marik; Peter Gale as James Haggard; Donald Gee as Vicar; Ian Good as Prison Officer; David Gwillim as Clive Grifiths; Josh Harris as Tony Harris; Andrew Havill as Clarence Oxley; David Hayman as Det. Supt. Michael Walker; Martin Herdman as P.O. Fowler; Anastasia Hille as Belinda Sinclair; Rhys Ifans as Michael Dunn; Vera Jakob as Ivy Green; Eluned Jones as Helen Hughes; Hakeem Kae-Kazim as D.C. Cranham; Harmage Singh Kalirai as Newsagent; Polly Kemp as Granger - Jury; David Kennedy as P.C. Phelps; Huggy Leaver as Kenneth Poole; Alex Linstead as Prison Doctor; Helena Little as June - Path Lab; Sam Loggin as Madeleine Gillingham; Dorian Lough as D.S. Satchell; Russell Mabey as Daniel - Forensics; Helena McCarthy as Enid Marsh; Helen McCrory as Anita Harris; Nicholas McGaughey as Terry Smith; Connor McIntyre as Mr. Hall; Peter McNamara as Tom Harris; Mary Miller as Mrs. Gillingham; Lloyd Moss as Ryan Hyman; Pauline Munro as Mrs. Cheshire; Stephen Osborne as TSG Sergeant; George Pensotti as Judge Geoffrey Winfield; Peggy Phango as Mrs. Wald; Corrina Preece as Receptionist; Terry Raven as Jewish Man - Jury; Mitchell Ray as Jason Harris; Corin Redgrave as Robert Rylands; Millie Ricks as Julie Harris; George Rossi as D.S. Donaldson; Lee Ross as Peter James; Daniel Ryan as P.C. Brown; Nicola Sanderson as Karen Hyam; Andrew Scarborough as Tom - Forensics; Mo Sesay as Stephen Cookham; Anna Sharkey as Midge Parker Brown; Morag Siller as Nancy - Forensics; David Telfer as Sgt. Johns; Colin Welland as Mallory; Jake Wood as P.C. Barridge; Janine Wood as Louise - Forensics; Written by Lynda La Plante and Vaughan Kinghan; Directed by Aisling Walsh.
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Performance Details: The Triumph Of Love
Project Type: Stage play
Synopsis: A young princess has inherited a throne which rightfully belongs to a prince whom she’s in love with. The prince has been brought up to detest her by his guardians, philosopher Hermocrates and his spinster sister Leontine. The princess devises a plan to get the prince to fall in love with her, hoping also to give him back the throne. As a means of getting close to him, the princess and her lady-in-waiting Corine must dress up as men in order to gain the respect of the prince’s guardians.
Chronology: Performed at the Theatre Royal, Norwich, August 10-14, 1999, the Theatre Royal, Bath, August 17-21, 1999, and the Almeida Theatre, London, August 31, 1999 - September 25, 1999.
Principal Cast & Crew: Linda Bassett as Princess Leontine; Tonia Chauvet as Corine (alias Hermidas); Chiwetel Ejiofor as Prince Agis; Antonio Gil-Martinez as Arlequin; Tony Haygarth as Dimas; Helen McCrory as Princess Leonide (alias Phocion); Colin Stinton as Hermocrate; Written by Pierre Carlet de Marivaux; Adapted by Martin Crimp; Directed by James Macdonald.
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Performance Details: Twelfth Night
Project Type: Stage play
Synopsis: Brother and sister Viola and Sebastian are separated after a shipwreck, each thinking the other dead. Viola washes up on an alien land, only to be entranced by the local duke, Orsino. She takes on a disguise to become his male page. The gender confusion in this comedy continues when Lady Olivia, still in mourning for her dead brother and father, proceeds to fall for the page, while Orsino in turn is smitten with Lady Olivia.
Chronology: Performed at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, October 22, 2002 - November 30, 2002 (previewed from October 11, 2002), and the Majestic Theatre at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music, New York, January 10, 2003 - March 9, 2003.
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Principal Cast & Crew: David Bradley as Sir Andrew Aguecheek; Selina Cadel as _____; Luke Jardine as _____; Paul Jesson as Sir Toby Belch; Helen McCrory as Olivia; Cherry Morris as _____; Anthony O'Donnell as Feste; Gary Powell as _____; Simon Russell Beale as Malvolio; Gyuri Sarossy as _____; Mark Strong as Orsino; Emily Watson as Viola (alias Cesario); Written by William Shakespeare; Directed by Sam Mendes.
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Performance Details: Uncle Vanya
Project Type: Stage play
Synopsis: Professor Serebriakov and his beautiful wife Elena have left St. Petersburg and settled on the family's remote country estate, where Sonya, the profesor's daughter from his first marriage, and her uncle Vanya have labored for years to support their patriarch. The couple's arrival sends the estate into chaos, disrupting the daily routines of country life and sparking passions. Triangles of tension develop as the characters struggle with their frustrated desires and disillusionment. Vanya and his friend Astrov, the local doctor, vie for Elena's attention, while Sonya and Elena find themselves irresistibly attracted to Astrov.
Chronology: Performed at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, September 17, 2002 - November 20, 2002 (previewed from September 2, 2002), and the Majestic Theatre at Brooklyn Academy Of Music, New York, January 10, 2003 - March 9, 2003.
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Principal Cast & Crew: Simon Russell Beale as Vanya; David Bradley as Professor Serebriakov; Selina Cadell as Marya; Luke Jardine as _____; Helen McCrory as Elena; Cherry Morris as Nurse; Anthony O'Donnell as Telegin; Gyuri Sarossy as _____; Mark Strong as Dr. Mikhail Astrov; Emily Watson as Sonya; Written by Anton Chekhov; Adapted by Brian Friel; Directed by Sam Mendes.
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Performance Details: Uncovered
Project Type: Cinematic film
Synopsis: This thriller is set in the art world of Barcelona. Julia is an art restorer who, while cleaning a 15th-century Flemish painting, discovers beneath the surface a cryptic Latin inscription. She asks her former lover - an art authority - about it, but he is killed soon after. As the murders pile up, Julia teams up with chess master Domenec to solve the crimes by cracking the mysteries locked in the chess match in the painting.
Chronology: Filmed in 1993. Not released in cinemas in the UK or US. Released in cinemas in Germany on January 5, 1995. Presented on television (networks unknown) in Sweden on March 10, 2000; Italy on January 5, 2004. Released on DVD in the US on March 16, 2004.
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Principal Cast & Crew: Kate Beckinsale as Julia; Paudge Behan as Domenec; Sinéad Cusack as Menchu; Michael Gough as Don Manuel; Harriet Horne as Marisa; Art Malik as Alvaro; Julian Martínez as Duke Ferdinand; Helen McCrory as Lola; Anthony Milner as Inspector; Edmund Moriarty as Male Student; Jean Munne as Roger D'Arras; Isabel van Unen as Beatrix of Burgundy; James Villiers as Montegrifo; Peter Wingfield as Max; John Wood as Cesar; Based on the novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Spanish title: La Tabla De Flandes); Adapted by Jack Baran, Michael Hirst and Jim McBride; Directed by Jim McBride.
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Performance Details: Venice Preserved
Project Type: Stage play
Synopsis: In republican Venice, conspiracy is brewing and the corrupt Senate faces insurrection. But even as the rebel Pierre plans his revolt, he faces exposure by Jaffeir, his closest friend who is married to Belvidera, a Senator's daughter. Will Jaffeir betray his comrade for the sake of his wife? If you're fighting a deceitful government, who comes first - friend or lover? This story pits legislator against revolutionary, wife against husband, father against daughter and - above all - friend against friend.
Chronology: Performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, March __, 1994 - April 2, 1994.
Principal Cast & Crew: George Anton as Pierre; Ken Bradshaw as Brabe / Priuli's Man; Jonathan Cullen as Jaffeir; David Fleeshman as Bedamore / Duke of Venice / Priest; Charles Foster as Eliot; David Gant as Priuli; Michael Healy as Spinosa; Diana Kent as Aquilina; Stephen MacKenna as Durand / Officer / Secretary to the Council; Sue McCormick as Aquilina's Maid / Belvidera's Nurse; Helen McCrory as Belvidera; Sylvester Morand as Renault; Ian Peck as Bramveil; David Ryall as Antonio; Written by Thomas Otway; Directed by Gregory Hersov.
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Performance Details: Witness Against Hitler
Project Type: Television film
Synopsis: The story of Helmuth von Moltke, a young German aristiocrat who resisted Adolf Hitler, helped to save the lives of hundreds of Jews and who was subsequently hanged in Plotzensee Prison.
Chronology: Filmed during March and April 1995. Presented on BBC 1 television in the UK on March 10, 1996. Released on VHS videotape in the US on August 15, 1997.
Principal Cast & Crew: Alun Armstrong as Pastor Harold Poelchau; Ben Bazell as Augustin Rosch; Antony Brown as Drogen Policeman; Colin Buchanan as Peter Yorck; Anna Calder-Marshall as Dorothy Poelchau; Ben Cole as Father Delp; Sonia Forbes-Adam as Maryon Yorck; Derek Jacobi as General; Ashley James as Hans; Ella Kenion as Christina; Toby Kensett as Young SS Officer; Helen McCrory as Freya von Moltke; Glynn Sweet as Hans Peters; David Westhead as SS Officer Lange; James Wilby as Helmuth von Moltke; Written by Jack Emery; Directed by Betsan Morris Evans.
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Performance Details: Words And Music: Feasting With Panthers
Project Type: Radio recording
Synopsis: A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of gay love, with readings by Douglas Hodge and Helen McCrory.
Chronology: Recorded sometime during the spring or summer of 2009. Presented on BBC Radio 3 in the UK on October 4, 2009.
Principal Cast & Crew: Douglas Hodge as Reader; Helen McCrory as Reader; Poetry Written by WH Auden, Aleister Crowley, Emily Dickinson, Lord Alfred Douglas, AE Housman, Lefroy, Marlowe, Katherine Fowler Philips, Sappho, and Walt Whitman; Music Composed by Szymanowski, Britten and Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Stravinsky, Sammy Fain, Butterworth, Mischa Spoliansky, Szymanowski; Music Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Elzbieta Szmytka, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Doris Day, English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus with London Symphony Orchestra, Matrix Ensemble with Ute Lemper, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with Choeurs d’Enfants de l’École FACE, and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Produced by Clive Portbury.
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