Tag Archives: Playwright

May 14

May Literary Anniversaries at Lebrecht Authors

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Robert Browning, English poet and playwright, 200th birth anniversary on 7 May. The Pied Piper of Hamelin, is one of his most famous poems.

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Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator, 200 birth annviersary on 12 May. He is well known for his none sense poems and limericks, in particular The Owl and the Pussycat

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Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian playwright and novelist, 150th birth anniversary on 15 May. He was a major literary figure during 1920s Vienna, his novella Dream Story was adapted for Stanley Kubrick’s film Eyes Wide Shut.

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May 09

Arts birthdays today May 9th.

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Labour politician and former British actress Glenda Jackson is 76 today.

Glenda Jackson and Jack Shepherd in ‘The White Devil’ production directed by Micheal Lindsay Hogg at Old Vic Theatre. 1976.

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Also celebrating their birthday today:

 

Alan Bennett, British dramatist (78).

Alan Bennett British playwright and author photographed February 1995.

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Albert Finney, British actor (76).

Albert Finney performing in Alpha Beta at Royal Court Theatre, London 1972.

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Billy Joel, American singer (63).

Billy Joel closeup in leather jacket, July 1973.

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Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo soprano (57).

Anne Sofie von Otter photographed January 2008.

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Mar 13

Sir Arnold Wesker at 80 Season announced

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The King’s Head Theatre in Islington has announced a season of premieres in honour of playwright Sir Arnold Wesker’s 80th birthday which falls on 24th May.

The Wesker at 80 season will feature the London premiere of Denial, his 1997 play about false memory syndrome; the first London revival of his rarely staged opera Caritas, commissioned by Opera North for the Huddersfield Opera Festival in 1991; and the world premiere of The Wesker Trilogy: Revisited, a stage adaptation of an un-produced film script based on his trilogy of plays – Chicken Soup With Barley, Roots & I’m Talking About Jerusalem – adapted for the stage by Rachel Grunwald and King’s Head Theatre artistic director Adam Spreadbury-Maher.
Wesker said: “It is gratifying when anybody wants to do something of one’s work and I’m flattered that productions of little known works will be staged in London to mark my 80th birthday.”

The season starts on 15th May 2012.

Photograph by Horst Tappe

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