Tag Archives: The Tempest

Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Arthur – not the 1st Gielgud-role gender-switch for Mirren

Posted on 12 June 2012 by Beth Williams

The 2011 comedy remake of the 1981 Dudley Moore film Arthur marks the second occasion that Helen Mirren has re-played a role formerly played by John Gielgud and reinterpreted it as a woman. In the 2011 Russell Brand movie, Mirren … Continue reading →

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Film review | Hunky Dory – Minnie Driver puts on a show to gladden Shakespeare & Bowie

Posted on 4 March 2012 by Jason Best

Shakespeare meets David Bowie in Hunky Dory, a joyful, uplifting musical drama set in a Swansea secondary school during the long hot summer of 1976. Minnie Driver stars as the school’s idealistic, mildly bohemian drama teacher, Vivienne, who decides to … Continue reading →

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