Stephen Dillane in Ibsen's The Master Builder
The Almeida theatre has announced that Stephen will be playing the Master Builder there, directed by Travis Preston (who directed him in Macbeth also at the Almeida), from mid November 2010 to early...
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In case the Dillanistas miss it, I am throwing a goodbye party for Clifton on the main forum today.
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This was Emma Hamilton's response on twitter to someone who described Stephen as her favourite actor (hello if you're reading this!): "He is truly marvellous - a pleasure to work with :-) "
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I saw the play about 5 days after it opened and again yesterday, and I'm so glad I did. I found it quite bewildering the first time (didn't do my homework) but I enjoyed it so much more the second...
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"but I found Gemma Arterton a bit overwhelming" Doulla, a friend who saw the evening performance said that as she was coming out of the theatre afterwards, she heard a man say to his wife "I wanted...
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A blogger in the Daily Telegraph has written about this here: http://www.telegraph.co.u...ay-just-gets-better.html But in that case, the explanation is mainly that Charlie Spencer gave it an absurdly...
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Well I only saw it once, on the last night, so I have nothing to compare it to, but I loved Stephen's performance (shock, right?). It was fascinating to watch the emotions play across his face....
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Hi mrose - yes, Anastasia Hille was terrific, very moving. I agree about Gemma and in fact for me she was entirely imagined.
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Anastasia Hille has received an Olivier nomination for Best Supporting Actress. But nothing for Stephen and nothing for Paul Pyant (lighting) nor Vicki Mortimer (designer), which is inexplicable - I...
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JasmineStill wrote:Anastasia Hille has received an Olivier nomination for Best Supporting Actress. But nothing for Stephen and nothing for Paul Pyant (lighting) nor Vicki Mortimer (designer), which is...
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"Derek Jacobi who is the favorite, I assume?" Probably he is, yes, and deserves to be. Though he did win it in 2009 (when he didn't really deserve to), so they might possibly give it to Suchet, who...
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Yay for Anastasia Hille! I think she would be a deserving winner, and a win would also reflect well on the play as a whole. I saw three of the five nominated performances in her category and Gina...
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I would give it to Hille over those two, definitely. Sarah Goldberg and Michelle Terry were also very good though. Especially Goldberg, and Clybourne Park appears to have been very well liked...
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I can't forget the scene inwhich she tells about the fire. Even though I had read the book before I hadn't realized what her real problem was: That everyone expected her to be sad about the death of...
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Yes; at first I thought the dolls were symbolic of the children, but I think you're right, they were real dolls and a legacy of the happy childhood she had lost (Stephen might say: Ah, that might be...
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I have to ask as I can't consider going over 33 pages on this thread...but is The Master Builder a series on stage? I am obviously completely perplexed or in the dark ;-)perhaps just a mushroom in the...
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Hello Cindy! The Master Builder was a play which ran in London from November last year to January, starring Stephen Dillane and Gemma Arterton, and the newly Olivier-nominated Anastasia Hille. It had...
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cyncat8 wrote: is The Master Builder a series on stage? I wish!
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Anastasia Hille didn't win unfortunately (see the Oliviers thread on the main forum) - Michelle Terry did, for Tribes. Well, she was very good too.
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