Sentences with phrase «celebrated stage roles»

The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons shows large paintings of actresses in their celebrated stage roles, intimate and sensual off - stage portraits and mass - produced caricatures and prints, and explores how they contributed to the growing reputation and professional status of leading female performers.

The actor's most celebrated stage role was as Dr. Frederick Treves in the original Broadway production of The Elephant Man, a role he re-created for television in 1982.

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Celebrated as a fine stage actor, he recently had a triumphant return to Canada's renowned Stratford Shakespeare Festival where he played two lead roles, Cyrano de Bergerac, directed by his wife, Donna Feore, and MacBeth.

The Contenders: Though most celebrated for her TV work — she is a seven - time Emmy winner, after all — Allison Janney (I, Tonya) absolutely devours the scenery as Tonya Harding's abusive stage mother, LaVona Golden, a role guaranteed to catch the Academy's eye.

A Vogue profile celebrating William's performance in «My Week With Marilyn» last fall mentioned that «one of her idols, an actress turned director whose memoir Williams had been carrying around with her wherever she went, offered her a role in an upcoming film adaptation of a nineteenth - century stage classic.»

The Showroom was established in 1983 and in 2013 celebrated thirty years of supporting artists to stage their first solo shows in London and its role as a pivotal force in the development of contemporary art practice.