Tag: playwright

Peter Ustinov

(1921–2004) Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE, FRSA Filmography as Actor: Quo Vadis 1951 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr     Spartacus 1960 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier     Jesus of Nazareth 1977 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey    …

Mark Rylance

(1960) David Mark Rylance Waters Filmography as Actor: The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Director: Justin Chadwick Starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson   Born January 18 1960 Ashford (England) Occupation Actor Theatre director Occupation Playwright Writer Awards Academy Award BAFTA Awards…

Elzéar Bonnier-Ortolan

(1849–1916) called Pierre Elzéar Pierre Elzéar in Art: Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Coin de table 1872 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Occupation Playwright Poet Writer

Théophile Gautier

(1811–1872) Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier “Le bon Théo” Works: • Émaux et camées (1852) ◊ Enamels and Cameos (English) • La Comédie de la mort (1838) • Le Capitaine Fracasse (1863) ◊ Captain Fracasse (English) • Mademoiselle de Maupin (1835) • Ménagerie intime (1869) ◊ My Private Menagerie (English)…

Oscar Wilde

(1854–1900) Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde Works: • A Florentine Tragedy; La Sainte Courtisane (1894) • A House of Pomegranates (1891) • A Woman of No Importance (1893) • An Ideal Husband (1895) • De profundis (1897) • Essays and Lectures • For Love of the King,…

Agnolo Poliziano

(1454–1494) Poliziano in Art: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi c.1475 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze     See also: • Humanists | Playwrights | Poets | Scholars | Writers

Isidore Justin Séverin Taylor

(1789–1879) Isidore Taylor in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National Gallery, London   Born August 5 1789 Brussels (Belgium) Died September 6 1879 Paris (France) Buried Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) Occupation Philanthropist Playwright Occupation Senator Writer Award…

Stéphane Mallarmé

(1842–1898) Étienne Mallarmé Works: • Pages (1891) Translations: • Le Corbeau d’Edgar Poe (1875) Edgar Allan Poe‘s The Raven translated into French, illustrated by Édouard Manet. Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Illustration to The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe 1875 Metropolitan Museum of…

Marguerite de Navarre

(1492–1549) Marguerite d’Angoulême Marguerite d’Alençon Princess of France Queen of Navarre Duchess of Alençon and Berry See also: • Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise (France) Born April 11 1492 Angoulême (France) Died December 21 1549 Odos (France) Brother François I, King of…

Federico García Lorca

(1898–1936) Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca Works: • Bodas de sangre (1933) • Canciones (1921-1924) • Diván del Tamarit (1936) • Doña Rosita la soltera (1935) • El maleficio de la mariposa (1919) • Impresiones y paisajes (1918) • La casa de Bernarda Alba…