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Barry Murphy returns once more to trawl the TV and radio guides , finding anything worth tuning into this week.

The world premiere of John Logan's Red begins performances Dec. 3, prior to an official opening on Dec.

Now, just when she's threatening to retire yet again, the 24-year-old is beginning to get her act together Lily Allen Bruce Dessau Hang on to your hats, La Clique is back and ready to leave audiences gasping again La Clique There are times when one feels as if one's watching a hastily devised school play Nation Alan J, London When he's finished ...

Covent Garden's Donmar Warehouse continues its new In Discussion series of interviews with leading actors from the casts of its productions Nov.

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LITTLE Britain star Matt Lucas has pulled out of a London play following the suicide death of his former husband, Kevin McGee.

Matt Lucas plays the lover - and eventual murderer- of playwright Joe Orton in Simon Bent's 'Prick Up Your Ears.' A Sonia Friedman Prods., Kim Poster for Stanhope Prods., Lee Menzies presentation in association with Sean Sweeney of a play in two acts by Simon Bent, inspired by John Lahr's biography and the diaries of Joe Orton.

THE illustrious career of Vanessa Redgrave could have ended almost before it began because of an ill-fated relationship with a wealthy divorc who wanted her as a stay-at-home wife.

Son of legendary independent Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn and a respected independent producer-distributor in his own right, Goldwyn began his career in England with the J. Arthur Rank Organization as a writer and.... Son of legendary independent Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn and a respected independent producer-distributor in his own ...

As a new play portrays the friendship between the playwright Joe Orton and Ken Halliwell, his sister and its director discuss some of the myths that have arisen about the playwright's life.

ACCLAIMED actors Frances Barber and Niall Buggy will perform Brian Friel's Afterplay at this year's Edinburgh International Festival.

Actor Simon Callow has helped commemorate an influential theatrical agent by unveiling a blue plaque.

By Kelly Jane Torrance Originally published 04:45 a.m., June 26, 2009, updated 10:29 p.m., June 25, 2009 Article ) No filmmaker wants to be thought of as a one-trick pony, but few can claim to be as versatile as Stephen Frears.

Armed with a keen visual awareness and compelling ability to tell a story, Stephen Frears became established as a leading director in British cinema and TV in the 1980s.

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"Little Britain" star Matt Lucas will likely play Kenneth Halliwell in a new play about Joe Orton, Prick Up Your Ears , written by Simon Bent and inspired by John Lahr's biography of the same name and Orton's diaries, also edited by Lahr.

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