Rebecca Hall is a successful critically acclaimed and award winning actress. She is British-American and got an early start on British television and in British theater before becoming an international film star. Rebecca Hall quickly gained critical acclaim for her roles in theater and film. She is married to American actor Morgan Spector. Here are 5 things you didn’t know about actress Rebecca Hall. Her dad is a director and her mom is an opera singer Rebecca Marie Hall was born in London, England on May 3, 1982. Her dad, Peter Hall, is a founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company
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- 12/4/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
"Do you feel the power of the Gladiators? Can you face the challenge of the champions? Do you have the courage of the heroes?
"Do you have the will or the skill? Do you have the strength, the speed the heart to be a winner? Deep down in your Soul?"
These were the fundamental questions posed by ITV's original Gladiators, to both the audience and brave contenders who dared to take part. While this particular writer longed to be Lightning (her backflips were to die for), all the seemingly superhuman powerhouses were forces to reckon with - only occasionally tamed by strict referee John Anderson.
Originally hosted by John Fashanu and Ulrika Jonsson, Gladiators was what Saturday nights in the '90s were made of.
So as Saracen (aka Mike Lewis) returns to our small screens to tackle the Ninja Warrior UK obstacle course, we pick out some of the...
"Do you have the will or the skill? Do you have the strength, the speed the heart to be a winner? Deep down in your Soul?"
These were the fundamental questions posed by ITV's original Gladiators, to both the audience and brave contenders who dared to take part. While this particular writer longed to be Lightning (her backflips were to die for), all the seemingly superhuman powerhouses were forces to reckon with - only occasionally tamed by strict referee John Anderson.
Originally hosted by John Fashanu and Ulrika Jonsson, Gladiators was what Saturday nights in the '90s were made of.
So as Saracen (aka Mike Lewis) returns to our small screens to tackle the Ninja Warrior UK obstacle course, we pick out some of the...
- 4/30/2015
- Digital Spy
The British actor stars on Broadway in Sophie Treadwell's 1928 expressionist drama following a woman to the electric chair
Rebecca Hall will make her Broadway debut tonight (16 January), in a new production of the expressionist drama Machinal, which follows a young woman to her execution by electric chair. Hall plays the unnamed lead in a role inspired by Ruth Snyder who, in 1928, became the first woman executed at Sing Sing prison, in New York, in almost 30 years. Sophie Treadwell's play opened to a rapturous critical reception eight months after Snyder's execution.
The current revival for Roundabout Theatre Company, staged by Chimerica director Lyndsey Turner, has been previewing at the American Airlines theatre since 20 December. It runs in a limited engagement until 2 March 2014.
Machinal aims to set out the story behind Snyder's case, which Treadwell, a journalist and playwright, felt was lost amid the sensationalism caused by a front-page photograph...
Rebecca Hall will make her Broadway debut tonight (16 January), in a new production of the expressionist drama Machinal, which follows a young woman to her execution by electric chair. Hall plays the unnamed lead in a role inspired by Ruth Snyder who, in 1928, became the first woman executed at Sing Sing prison, in New York, in almost 30 years. Sophie Treadwell's play opened to a rapturous critical reception eight months after Snyder's execution.
The current revival for Roundabout Theatre Company, staged by Chimerica director Lyndsey Turner, has been previewing at the American Airlines theatre since 20 December. It runs in a limited engagement until 2 March 2014.
Machinal aims to set out the story behind Snyder's case, which Treadwell, a journalist and playwright, felt was lost amid the sensationalism caused by a front-page photograph...
- 1/16/2014
- by Matt Trueman
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s always a delight, an honour and a privilege for this writer to interview some of the industry’s veteran actors- masterful performers with a wealth of experience and anecdotes to give. William Morgan Sheppard is one of those great character actors, whom you’d likely recognise from his work on various Star Trek films and series, his appearance on Doctor Who with his son Mark in 2011′s The Impossible Astronaut, and a whole back catalogue of other TV series and films. Sheppard is a man skilled on screen, on stage and in his prolific voiceover work, such as Biker Mice from Mars.
It was a pleasure to conduct the following interview with the classically trained actor and former member of the Merchant Navy. So whether you’re an actor established or aspiring, or just interested in great reminiscences and anecdotes from a humble and modest old pro who...
It was a pleasure to conduct the following interview with the classically trained actor and former member of the Merchant Navy. So whether you’re an actor established or aspiring, or just interested in great reminiscences and anecdotes from a humble and modest old pro who...
- 11/18/2013
- by Oscar Harding
- Obsessed with Film
Philip Ziegler's biography of Laurence Olivier captures the man in his contradictory essence
Laurence Olivier was the greatest British actor of his time, primus inter pares of the trio who dominated our theatre from the early 1930s to the 1980s. His superiority to his chief rivals, Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, resides in the role he played in the creation of the National Theatre and in the way he came to embody for the public at large a sense of national greatness. His most magnificent and emblematic performances were as Henry V and as Archie Rice in John Osborne's The Entertainer. The former was the warrior king in the patriotic second world war movie that captured the Churchillian spirit of Britain at her finest hour. The latter was the second-rate music hall comedian, full of imperial bluster and bad faith, who symbolised in the aftermath of the Suez debacle a nation that had,...
Laurence Olivier was the greatest British actor of his time, primus inter pares of the trio who dominated our theatre from the early 1930s to the 1980s. His superiority to his chief rivals, Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, resides in the role he played in the creation of the National Theatre and in the way he came to embody for the public at large a sense of national greatness. His most magnificent and emblematic performances were as Henry V and as Archie Rice in John Osborne's The Entertainer. The former was the warrior king in the patriotic second world war movie that captured the Churchillian spirit of Britain at her finest hour. The latter was the second-rate music hall comedian, full of imperial bluster and bad faith, who symbolised in the aftermath of the Suez debacle a nation that had,...
- 9/22/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
New York, May 30: Actress Rebecca Hall is stepping into the Broadway world through a play that was last staged here 85 years ago.
The actress, who is the daughter of theatre promoter Peter Hall, will lead the cast of "Machinal", reports dailystar.co.uk.
Sophie Treadwell's play, which was inspired by Ruth Snyder's 1927 murder trial, featured Clark Gable in his Broadway debut when it last appeared in New York.
The new production will begin previews Dec 20, and it will open Jan 16, 2014 at the American Airlines Theatre.
"Machinal" hasn't played in New York for over eight decades, but it has been staged a number.
The actress, who is the daughter of theatre promoter Peter Hall, will lead the cast of "Machinal", reports dailystar.co.uk.
Sophie Treadwell's play, which was inspired by Ruth Snyder's 1927 murder trial, featured Clark Gable in his Broadway debut when it last appeared in New York.
The new production will begin previews Dec 20, and it will open Jan 16, 2014 at the American Airlines Theatre.
"Machinal" hasn't played in New York for over eight decades, but it has been staged a number.
- 5/30/2013
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
Sold-out performance in King Richard II to be relayed live around the world and streamed into 1,000 British schools
It's too late to book tickets to see David Tennant tackle Shakespeare's flawed and doomed King Richard II: every bookable seat for both Stratford-upon-Avon and London has already been sold, even though it doesn't open until next autumn.
But the Royal Shakespeare Company is to announce on Tuesday that the production will be relayed live to cinemas around the world – and also streamed, free, into 1,000 British schools.
Tennant, who will be returning to the RSC for a fourth season, the first since his sold-out performance as Hamlet, said he found the prospect of tackling the play "daunting … but very exciting".
The RSC is coming late to live broadcasts, which have already proved major successes for opera, ballet and theatre companies internationally, and the British Museum is joining in next month, with...
It's too late to book tickets to see David Tennant tackle Shakespeare's flawed and doomed King Richard II: every bookable seat for both Stratford-upon-Avon and London has already been sold, even though it doesn't open until next autumn.
But the Royal Shakespeare Company is to announce on Tuesday that the production will be relayed live to cinemas around the world – and also streamed, free, into 1,000 British schools.
Tennant, who will be returning to the RSC for a fourth season, the first since his sold-out performance as Hamlet, said he found the prospect of tackling the play "daunting … but very exciting".
The RSC is coming late to live broadcasts, which have already proved major successes for opera, ballet and theatre companies internationally, and the British Museum is joining in next month, with...
- 5/28/2013
- by Maev Kennedy
- The Guardian - Film News
The director of Skyfall talks about the pleasures and pains of making Britain's highest-grossing film ever
Sam Mendes, director of Skyfall, hesitates. He is thinking about James Bond. It is, after all, partly thanks to him that Bond has recently acquired a psyche. But his case history is not easy to sum up. After a moment, he laughingly says that, were Bond on the couch, he would tell him: "You have many demons. If I were to put you into Freudian analysis, you would be there for the next 200 years. What I strongly advise is a change of career. Why not run a small shop?"
This is not advice anyone is about to give Mendes himself. His charmed career has reached new heights. He started out as a 24-year-old dynamo directing Judi Dench in the West End. He founded and ran the Donmar theatre for 10 years from 1990. He won five...
Sam Mendes, director of Skyfall, hesitates. He is thinking about James Bond. It is, after all, partly thanks to him that Bond has recently acquired a psyche. But his case history is not easy to sum up. After a moment, he laughingly says that, were Bond on the couch, he would tell him: "You have many demons. If I were to put you into Freudian analysis, you would be there for the next 200 years. What I strongly advise is a change of career. Why not run a small shop?"
This is not advice anyone is about to give Mendes himself. His charmed career has reached new heights. He started out as a 24-year-old dynamo directing Judi Dench in the West End. He founded and ran the Donmar theatre for 10 years from 1990. He won five...
- 12/9/2012
- by Kate Kellaway
- The Guardian - Film News
Without going into the specifics of Downton Abbey's third season — which has not aired in the United States, and is therefore still spoiler-protected — let us just say that Lady Edith Crawley continues to receive the short ends of various sticks. Turns out her real life ain't much easier: Poor Laura Carmichael debuted in a West End production of Uncle Vanya the other night, only to be heckled by famous director (and father to Rebecca) Peter Hall. "Stop, stop, stop," he apparently yelled during the final scene. "It doesn't work and you don't work. It is not good enough. I could be at home watching television." Aw. Even Lady Mary wouldn't do that (if only for propriety's sake). Leave Edith be.Update: Hall has apologized, saying he "was 'briefly disorientated' after waking from a brief doze." Yeah, and the Fake Patrick patient was "briefly disorientated" after having half his face...
- 11/5/2012
- by Amanda Dobbins
- Vulture
After a five-film 'apprenticeship' in America, the English director's first British movie is the 007 picture Skyfall. Here, stars including Daniel Craig and Naomie Harris reveal exclusively what it is like working with him
Sam Mendes has proper English credentials. He grew up amid the spires and meadows of Oxford, where cricket was his passion. Taking a first in English at Cambridge, he then spent time in the provincial city of Chichester, learning how to handle the theatrical types who strut across British stages.
Yet Mendes, who has been hailed since American Beauty in 1999 as a leading Hollywood film-maker, has taken a long time to come home. Now after five films, each fairly hardboiled takes on life across the Atlantic, he is trumpeting his return to British cinema by directing the latest instalment in the most quintessentially English franchise of them all: James Bond.
It is a twist that amuses his star and friend,...
Sam Mendes has proper English credentials. He grew up amid the spires and meadows of Oxford, where cricket was his passion. Taking a first in English at Cambridge, he then spent time in the provincial city of Chichester, learning how to handle the theatrical types who strut across British stages.
Yet Mendes, who has been hailed since American Beauty in 1999 as a leading Hollywood film-maker, has taken a long time to come home. Now after five films, each fairly hardboiled takes on life across the Atlantic, he is trumpeting his return to British cinema by directing the latest instalment in the most quintessentially English franchise of them all: James Bond.
It is a twist that amuses his star and friend,...
- 10/22/2012
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s a nightly celebration of all that is good and right in the world. Mostly movie and television related stuff. A lot of love for Doctor Who and Game of Thrones, but also some things that you won’t see coming. Like Omar. Because Omar comin’, yo. We begin tonight with a snipped version of the new Magic Mike poster. Since our last edition of News After Dark was headlined by a bikini-clad supermodel, here’s a little something for the equally undersexed female masses that read this column. Hello, all three of you. Welcome. It’s important to take a moment this evening to congratulate Peter Sciretta at /Film on the 450th edition of Page 2, his ridiculously long running column cut from the same link-mongering cloth as the one you’re reading right now. The practice of the two columns may vary greatly, but...
- 6/6/2012
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Monday, May 14 8 Great ... Board Games That Need Their Own Movies by Tara Bennett Movies Chat: Guests Eric D. Snider and Jeff Bayer, on Using Kickstarter to Fund Their Trip to the Cannes Film Festival by Erik Davis Dialogue: Alamo Drafthouse Honcho Tim League Talks the Summer of '82, Novelty Programming, Fears of Over-Expanding and More by Peter Hall 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Countdown: How Will Spidey Fare at the Box Office? by John Gholson Buy Me, Rent Me, Forget Me: The Best Wide Release of 2012 So Far Hits Home by Peter Hall Tuesday, May 15 Is 'Chronicle' the First Live-Action Super-Villain Film? by Chris Clow Criterion Corner Review: 'Being John Malkovich' Is Better Than Ever by David...
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- 5/19/2012
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Dan Stevens, who plays Matthew Crawley on the PBS series "Downton Abbey," will make his Broadway debut in a revival of "The Heiress," with Jessica Chastain and David Strathairn. Stevens has appeared on the stage in London in David Leveaux’s 2009 West End production of Tom Stoppard’s "Arcadia," André Previn’s "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" at the National Theatre in 2009 and Noel Coward's "Hay Fever" in 2006 at the Royal Haymarket Theatre. Also read: Zooey Deschanel Signs on for 'Coal Miner's Daughter' Musical He also played Orlando opposite Rebecca Hall in Peter Hall's...
- 5/14/2012
- by Lisa Fung
- The Wrap
What is Movie News After Dark? As of this evening, it’s a nightly movie news column that’s just happy to have a place to call home. It’s thankful for hard working code monkeys and developer-types who worked countless hours to put Humpty Dumpty (that’s actually what we call our server — coincidence, perhaps) back together again. Now it’s time to do the news. We begin tonight with the best pumpkin design I’ve seen thus far, a Dalek from Doctor Who. It was sent to me by our spooktacular Managing Editor Cole Abaius this afternoon in an email titled “Just in case we have a website ever again…” It’s been a stressful weekend. Speaking of this weekend. Some of you may have seen on Twitter that Mondo, the art purveying arm of the Alamo Drafthouse, put on a wicked secret screening of George Romero’s original Dawn of the Dead inside a...
- 11/1/2011
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
A bike fest on the Belfast Waterfront, the Turner Prize exhibition at the Baltic, a film festival on Jersey and hip-hop at Sadler's Wells – here's our pick of cultural events in the coming months
August
Comedy
Camden Fringe London
With an eye for the experimental and the strange, this festival spreads out over venues across the borough, with theatre, stand-up, improv and shadow puppets from the likes of comediennes Morris & Vyse and puppet company Pangolin's Teatime.
1-28 August, camdenfringe.com, tickets from £5
Theatre and dance
Five Truths at the V&A, London
Multi-screen installation brings together five interpretations of Ophelia's madness in Hamlet. Five Truths explores the differences in approach of five of the most influential European theatre directors, including Bertold Brecht and Peter Brook, and how they might have imagined the scene, in a film created by National Theatre associate director Katie Mitchell.
• Until 29 August, vam.ac.uk, admission free
Peter Hall Company,...
August
Comedy
Camden Fringe London
With an eye for the experimental and the strange, this festival spreads out over venues across the borough, with theatre, stand-up, improv and shadow puppets from the likes of comediennes Morris & Vyse and puppet company Pangolin's Teatime.
1-28 August, camdenfringe.com, tickets from £5
Theatre and dance
Five Truths at the V&A, London
Multi-screen installation brings together five interpretations of Ophelia's madness in Hamlet. Five Truths explores the differences in approach of five of the most influential European theatre directors, including Bertold Brecht and Peter Brook, and how they might have imagined the scene, in a film created by National Theatre associate director Katie Mitchell.
• Until 29 August, vam.ac.uk, admission free
Peter Hall Company,...
- 8/5/2011
- by Dale Berning
- The Guardian - Film News
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s the ever-changing late night addiction that you just can’t seem to quit, no matter how hard you try. Tonight it features pieces that will make you think, art that will blow your mind, and a minimum amount of talking about Transformers 3 and Doctor Who. That stuff will be back tomorrow, don’t you worry. In the very near future, Stargate Universe will go off the air. And for the first time in 15-years, there are no more planned Stargate projects in the works. It will create a big whole for the fans who have made the sci-fi property one of the most popular since Star Trek. With that in mind, io9 has dispatched a list of 10 lessons about life after cancellation that Stargate can learn from the likes of Trek and Firefly. Peter Hall over at Hollywood.com has launched a new column called ‘For Your Consideration,’ in...
- 4/22/2011
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The First Lady of British musical theatre, Elaine Paige will tour Australia and New Zealand in a new concert tour, beginning in October.
The famed performer will film a new concert DVD during one of the tour's Australian performances.
The legendary star of the West End and Broadway, Elaine Paige is an actress, recording artist and producer, who has made a major contribution to the modern musical which ensures her own chapter in the entertainment world and justifies the title "The First Lady of British Musical Theatre". She will be recreating many of her starring roles in the biggest musicals of the modern era in a celebration of a life on the Stage.
Performance Schedule:
Saturday 24th October
Hamer Hall, Melbourne
Bookings: Ticketmaster 136 100 or The Arts Centre 1300 182 183 or www.theartscentre.com.au
Sunday 25th October
Festival Theatre, Adelaide
Bookings: Bass 131 246 or www.bass.net.au
Tuesday 27th October
Brisbane Convection Centre
Bookings: Ticketek 132 849 or www.
The famed performer will film a new concert DVD during one of the tour's Australian performances.
The legendary star of the West End and Broadway, Elaine Paige is an actress, recording artist and producer, who has made a major contribution to the modern musical which ensures her own chapter in the entertainment world and justifies the title "The First Lady of British Musical Theatre". She will be recreating many of her starring roles in the biggest musicals of the modern era in a celebration of a life on the Stage.
Performance Schedule:
Saturday 24th October
Hamer Hall, Melbourne
Bookings: Ticketmaster 136 100 or The Arts Centre 1300 182 183 or www.theartscentre.com.au
Sunday 25th October
Festival Theatre, Adelaide
Bookings: Bass 131 246 or www.bass.net.au
Tuesday 27th October
Brisbane Convection Centre
Bookings: Ticketek 132 849 or www.
- 10/31/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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