Henry II (1133–1189) Henry of Anjou, Henry Plantagenet Henry FitzEmpress, Henry Curtmantle King of England (1154–1189) Richard I (1157–1199) Richard the Lionheart, Richard Coeur de Lion King of England (1189–1199) John (1166–1216) John Lackland, Jean sans Terre King of England (1199–1216) Lord of Ireland (1177–1216)…
(1491–1547) King of England (1509–1547) Lord of Ireland (1509–1542) King of Ireland (1542–1547) Henry VIII in Literature: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): Henry VIII (1613) • Twain, Mark (1835-1910): The Prince and the Pauper (1881) Henry VIII in Art: Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Henry VIII of England c.1537…
(1907–1989) Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM Filmography as Actor: Rebecca 1940 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine That Hamilton Woman 1941 Director: Alexander Korda Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier Spartacus 1960 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Kirk…
(1564–1616) Works: • A Lover’s Complaint (1609) • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595-1596) • All’s Well That Ends Well (1604-1605) • Antony and Cleopatra (1606) • As You Like It (1599-1600) • Cardenio (lost) • Coriolanus (1608) • Cymbeline (1610) • Hamlet (1599-1601) • Henry IV, Part 1 (1596-1597) • Henry IV, Part…
(1849–1917) The artist’s works: Sleep and his Half-brother Death 1874 Private collection A Grecian Flower Market 1880 Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne The Lady of Shalott 1888 Tate Britain, London Ophelia 1889 Private collection Ulysses and the Sirens 1891 National…
(1890–1976) Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, née Miller, Lady Mallowan, DBE born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller Works: • The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) • The Secret Adversary (1922) Agatha Christie in Film: Agatha 1979 Director: Michael Apted Starring: Vanessa Redgrave,…
(1923–2014) Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE Filmography as Actor: Elizabeth 1998 Director: Shekhar Kapur Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush Born August 29 1923 Cambridge (England) Died August 24 2014 London (England) Occupation Actor Entrepreneur Occupation Film director Politician…
(1927–2003) Denis Clifford Quilley, OBE Filmography as Actor: Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold Murder on the Orient Express 1974 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall …
(1913–1989) Sir John Anthony Quayle, CBE Filmography as Actor: Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold Great Expectations 1974 Director: Joseph Hardy Starring: Michael York, Sarah Miles Born September 7 1913 Ainsdale, Southport…
(1927–2011) Filmography as Director: Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson Born June 16 1927 London (England) Died March 4 2011…