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1983 ANOTHER COUNTRY GUY BENNETT
(Queen's Theatre, London)
Writer: Julian Mitchell; Director: Stuart Burge
Co-stars: Rupert Everett (Guy Bennett), Michael Jenn (Barclay), Robert Addie (Delahay), Cary Elwes (Harcourt) Adrian Ross-Magenty (Wharton), Anna Massey (Imogen Bennett)
Writer: Julian Mitchell (adapted from his play); Director: Marek Kanievska
Writer: George Bernard Shaw
Co-stars: Greta Scacchi, John Gielgud, Billie Whitelaw, Denholm Elliot, Ben Kingsley, Patrick Ryecart
(adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas); Director: Rosemond Davis
Co-stars: Timothy Spall (Lyndon Baines Jellicoe), Bill Paterson (Mr Mole), James Wilby (Dundine), Adrian Lukis (Murray), Gusta Gerrtisen (Romelia), Silvia Millecam (Greetje), Anne Wil Blankers (Mrs Van Der Merwe), Erik Plooyer (Mr Van Der Merwe), Richard Torn (Kees Van Der Merwe), Stephanie Verwijmeren (Anna Van Der Merwe)
Writer: William Boyd; Director: Giles Foster
Co-stars: Paul Scofield (Alexander), Maria Schell
Writers: Hugh Brody & Michael Ignatieff; Director: Hugh Brody
Co-stars: Anthony Hopkins (Julian Fichtner),Samantha Eggar (Irene Herms), Alan Dobie (Stephan von Sala); Rupert Frazer (Dr Franz Reumann)
Writer: Arthur Schnitzler (translated by Ronald Adam & Christopher Fettes); Director: Christopher Fettes
Co-stars: Laurence Olivier (Harry Burrard), John Castle (Nick "Ganga Dun" Ollerton), Beatie Edney (Nancy Ellis), Carmen du Sautoy (Julie Blane), Brian Glover (Tommy Beamish), Gillian Bevan (Cissie Mapes), Jim Carter (Inspector Crabbe), Pamela Stephenson (Lily Farris), Alfred Marks
Writer: Ian Curteis (adapted from the novel by J.B. Priestley); Director: Alan Grint
Director: Anthony Minghella
Co-stars: Gennie James (Mary Lennox), Barret Oliver (Colin Craven), Jadrien Steele, Michael Hordern (Ben Weatherstaff), Billie Whitelaw, Derek Jacobi (Archibald Craven), Lucy Gutteridge, Julian Glover, Irina Brook (Adult Mary Lennox), Cassie Stewart (Martha), Carmel McSharry (Mrs Gordy), Edward Tudor-Pole (John the Footman)
Writer: Blanche Hanalis (adapted from the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett; Director: Alan Grint
Co-stars: Carmen du Sautoy (Abbie Cabot), Tom Hickey (Ephraim Cabot), Sam Douglas (Simeon Cabot), Richard Cordery (Peter Cabot)
Writer; Eugene O'Neill; Director: Patrick Mason
Documentary on the work of choreographer David Bintley
Director: Katya Krausova
Co-stars: Kenneth Branagh (Moon), Natasha Richardson (Mrs Alice Keach), Patrick Malahide (Reverend Keach), Mr Ellerbeck (Jim Carter)
Writer: Simon Gray (adapted from the novel by J.L. Carr); Director: Pat O'Connor
Co-stars: Emma Piper (Ka Cox)
Director: Cherry Cookson
Co-stars: Hart Bochner (Jack Carney), Dora Bryan (Margaret McKinnery) Liz Smith (Mary Louise McKinnery), Fabrizio Bentivoglio (Carlos Sanchez-Verne), James Telfer (Vanessa), Mirella D'Angelo (Laura Werpachowsky), Juan Vitali (Alberto Werpachowsy), Francesca D'Aloja (Claudia), Elvia Andreoli (Adrian's Mother)
Writers: Martin Donovan & David Koepp; Director: Martin Donovan
AWARDS: Best Actor Seattle Film Festival; Best Actor Washington DC Film Festival
Co-stars: Paul Rhys (Hugh Mackessac), David Calder (John Lawrence), Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Jean Lawrence), Sophie Martin-Wells (Emma Harbour), Rupert Baker (Nick Lawrence), Jack Fortune (Chrsitopher Lawrence), Roddy Maude-Roxby (George Stubbs), Ann Bell (Helen Stubbs), Sophie Thompson (Louise Stubbs), Dan Hildebrand (Prothero), Tam Dean Burn (Sergeant Brodick), Mark Williams (Lumpy), Ian Michie (Fraser), Paul Higgins (Saltemarsh), Mark Wing-Davey (Adjutant Stewart-Inglis),
Writer: Charles Wood (based on the Falklands War experiences of Robert Lawrence); Director: Richard Eyre
AWARDS: Best Actor, Royal Society Television Awards; nominated for BAFTA as best actor (Ray McAnally won for A Very British Coup); Tumbledown won the BAFTA for Best Single Drama
Co-stars: Peter O'Toole (Cesar Valentin), Marie Trintignant (Bianca), Andrea Ferreol, Walter Gotell
Director: Otakar Votocek
Co-stars: Annette Bening (Madame de Merteuil), Meg Tilly (Madame de Tourvel), Henry Thomas (Danceny), Fairuza Balk (Cecile Volanges), Sian Philips (Madame de Volanges), Jeffrey Jones (Gercourt), Fabia Drake (Madame de Rosemonde)
Writer: Jean-Claude Carriere (adapted from the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos); Director: Milos Forman
Co-stars: Lisa Zane (Cynthia etc) Billy Zane (Elijah), Scott Wilson (Dr Beaumont), Lisa Blount (Jenny)
Writers: Michael Ferris & John D. Brancato; Director: Andre Guttfreund
Co-stars: Donald Pleasance (Davies), Peter Jowitt (Mick)
Writer/director: Harold Pinter
Co-stars: Cathy Tyson (Julie), John Lynch (Rudy), Catherine Zeta Jones (Chirsty), Dexter Fletcher (Anthony), Dominique Atkins (Angelique), Wendy Morgan (Liz)
Director: Nick Hamm
An Audio Book adaptation of the novel by Dick Francis
Co-stars: Jemma Redgrave (Sophie), Minnie Driver (Liza), Dinsdale Landen (Famusov), David O'Hara (Repetilov), Jonathan Cullen (Molchalin)
Writer: Alexander Griboyedov; translated by Anthony Burgess; Director: Jonathan Kent
aka THE ADVOCATE
Co-stars: Donald Pleasance (Prosecutor Pincheon), Michael Gough (Magistrate), Nicol Williamson (The Seigneur) Ian Holm (Father Albertus), Amina Annabi (Samira), Lysette Anthony (Fillette), Harriet Walter (Jeanine), Jim Carter (Matthieu), Sophie Dix (Maria), Elizabeth Spriggs (Madame)
Writer/ Director: Leslie Megahey
Co-stars: Ciaran Hinds (Brian Keenan), Kathy Bates (Peggy Say), Natasha Richardson (Jill Morrell), Josef Sommer (Tom Sutherland), Harry Dean Stanton (Frank Reed), Jay O. Sanders (Terry Anderson), Stephen Dillane (Chris Pearson), Juliano Merr (Ali), Sami Samir (Ahmad), Dan Turgeman (Mahmoud)
Writer: Bernard MacLaverty; Director: David Wheatley
Co-stars: Jennifer Rubin (Jamie), John Getz (Eddie the bartender)
Writer/Director: Yuri Zeltser
Co-stars: Minnie Driver (Benny), Chris O'Donnell (Jack Foley), Alan Cumming (Sean), Saffron Burrows (Nan), Geraldine O'Rawe (Eve)
Writer: Andrew Davies (adapted from the novel by Maeve Binchy); Director: Pat O'Connor
Co-stars: Robert Urquhart (Dadda Whalby), George Costigan (Det. Insp. Manciple), Emma Croft (Lyn Whalby), John Michie (Nick)
Writer: Trevor Preston (adapted from the novel by Ruth Rendall); Director: Marc Evans
Co-stars: Penelope Wilton (Hester Collyer), Ian Holm (Sir William Collyer), Wojtek Pszoniak (Mr Miller), Stephen Tompkinson (Philip Welch), Edward Tudor-Pole (Jackie Jackson), Carmel McSharry (Mrs Elton)
Writer: Terence Rattigan; Director: Karel Reisz
Co-stars: Jennifer Ehle (Elizabeth Bennet), Susannah Harker (Jane Bennet), Alison Steadman (Mrs Bennet), Crispin Bonham-Carter (Mr Bingley), Benjamin Whitrow (Mr Bennet), Adrian Lukis (Wickham), Anna Chancellor (Miss Bingley), Julia Sawalha (Lydia Bennet), Davis Bamber (Mr Collins), Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Lady Catherine De Bourgh)
Writer: Andrew Davies, adapted from Jane Austen's novel; director: Simon Langton
AWARDS: Nominated for best actor BAFTA (lost to Robbie Coltrane for Cracker); BBC TV Best/favourite actor award at 60th Anniversary celebrations
Co-stars: Zoe Wanamaker (Mrs Holroyd), Stephen Dillane (Blackmore), Brenda Bruce (Grandmother), Wayne Foskett (Rigby)
Writer: D.H. Lawrence; Director: Katie Mitchell
Co -stars: Ralph Fiennes (Count Laslo Almasy), Kristin Scott-Thomas (Katharine Clifton), Juliet Binoche (Hana), Willem Dafoe (Caravaggio), Naveen Andrews (Kip), Julian Wadham (Madox)
Writer/Director: Anthony Minghella (adapted from the novel by Michael Ondaatje)
Co-stars: Serena Scott-Thomas (Emilia Gould), Albert Finney (Dr Monyghan), Claudio Amendola (Nostromo), Claudia Cardinale, Brian Dennehy (Joshua Holroyd), Lothaire Bluteau (Martin Decoud)
Writer: John Hale (adapted from the novel by Joseph Conrad); Director: Alastair Reid
Co-stars: Ruth Gemmell (Sarah), Mark Strong (Steve), Holly Aird (Jo), Neil Pearson (Paul's Dad),Stephen Rea (Ray the Governor)
Writer: Nick Hornby (adapted from his book); Director David Evans
Co-stars: Jessica Lange (Ginny), Michelle Pfeiffer (Rose), Jason Robards (Larry Cook), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Caroline Cook), Keith Carradine, Kevin Anderson
Writer: Laura Jones (adapted from the novel by Jane Smiley); Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Co-stars: Malcolm McDowell, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Irene Jacob (?)
Writer: Simon Donald (adapted from the autobiography Son of Adam by Sir Denis Forman);
Director: Hugh Hudson