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First stint at the RSC in
Antony and Cleopatra
, with Glenda Jackson and a girlish Juliet Stevenson, 1978
Alan Rickman, who also designed the poster, as Antonio in 1979
Looking decidedly menacing as Achilles in
Troilus and Cressida
, 1985
The cast of
Lucky Chance
, with Alan Rickman as the quaintly named Gayman, starring with long-time friend Harriet Walter, 1984
Gayman evolves into the dissolute aristocrat Vicomte de Valmont in
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
, 1985
“I'm too old but what the hell.” The ultimate challenge: as Hamlet at the Nottingham Playhouse, 1992
Alan Rickman's first cinematic lead role in Dennis Potter's
Mesmer
, 1993
Alan Rickman, as Colonel Brandon, finally awakens the love of Marianne (Kate Winslet) in
Sense and Sensibility
, 1995
CHRONOLOGY OF ALAN RICKMAN'S THEATRE, TELEVISION, RADIO AND FILM

THEATRE: Seasons in rep (from 1974–78) at Library Theatre Manchester (1974); Haymarket and Phoenix Theatre Leicester (1975); Crucible Theatre Sheffield (1976–77); Birmingham Rep Theatre and Bristol Old Vic (1976–78).
   As actor:
The Devil Is An Ass
and
Measure For Measure
(Birmingham, touring to Edinburgh Festival and National Theatre), 1976–77;
The Tempest, Captain Swing, Love's Labours Lost
and
Antony And Cleopatra
(RSC), 1978–79;
Antonio
(Nottingham Playhouse), 1979;
Fears And Miseries Of The Third Reich
(Glasgow Citizens' Theatre), 1979–80;
The Summer Party
(Crucible Sheffield), 1980;
The Devil Himself
(Lyric Studio Hammersmith), 1980;
Commitments
(Bush Theatre), 1980;
Philadelphia Story
(Oxford Playhouse), 1981;
The Seagull
(Royal Court), 1981;
Brothers Karamazov
(Edinburgh Festival and USSR), 1981;
The Last Elephant
(Bush Theatre), 1981;
Bad Language
(Hampstead Theatre Club), 1983;
The Grass Widow
(Royal Court), 1983;
The Lucky Chance
(Royal Court), 1984;
As You Like It, Troilus And Cressida, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Mephisto
(RSC), 1985–86;
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
(West End and Broadway), 1986–87;
Tango At The End Of Winter
(Edinburgh and West End), 1991;
Hamlet
(Riverside Studios and British tour), 1992.
   As director:
Desperately Yours
(New York), 1980;
Other Worlds
(assistant director, Royal Court), 1983;
Live Wax
(Edinburgh Festival), 1986;
Wax Acts
(West End and tour), 1992;
The Winter Guest
(West Yorkshire Playhouse and Almeida Theatre), 1995;
Antony And Cleopatra
(Royal National Theatre), 1998;
Private Lives
(West End and Broadway), 2001 and 2002.

 

TELEVISION:
Romeo And Juliet
(BBC), 1978;
Thérèse Raquin
(BBC), 1979;
Barchester Chronicles
(BBC), 1982;
Busted
(BBC), 1982;
Pity In History
(BBC), 1984;
Benefactors
(BBC), 1989;
Revolutionary Witness
(BBC), 1989;
Spirit Of Man
(BBC), 1989;
Fallen
Angels
, 1993;
Rasputin
(HBO), 1995;
Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings
(BBC), 2000;
Play
(Channel 4), 2000.

RADIO:
The Dutch Courtesan, Actors, Polly, Rope, Manchester Enthusiasts, Gridlock, A Trick To Catch The Old One, Billy and Me, A Good Man In Africa, That Man Bracken, Blood Wedding, The Seagull, The Magic Of My Youth
.

FILMS:
Die Hard
, 1988;
The January Man
, 1989;
Quigley Down Under
, 1990;
Truly Madly Deeply
, 1991;
Closetland
, 1991;
Close My Eyes
, 1991;
Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves
, 1991;
Bob Roberts
, 1992;
Fallen Angels
, 1993;
Mesmer
, 1993;
An Awfully Big Adventure
, 1994;
Sense And Sensibility
, 1995;
Michael Collins
, 1995;
Rasputin
, 1995,
The Winter Guest
(as director), 1997;
Lumière And Company
, 1995;
Dark Harbor
, 1997;
Judas Kiss
, 1997;
Dogma
, 1998;
Galaxy Quest
, 1999;
Blow Dry
, 1999;
The Search For John Gissing
, 2000;
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone
, 2001;
Standing Room Only
, 2002;
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
, 2002.

INDEX

The page references in this index correspond to the printed edition from which this ebook was created. To find a specific word or phrase from the index, please use the search feature of your ebook reader.

A Little Like Drowning
144

Abbott, Jacqueline 180

Absolutely Fabulous
93

Academy Awards (Oscars) 224–5

Ackroyd, Peter 25

Acton Business and Professional Women's Club 20

Actors
(Barnes) 15, 91–2

Adams, David 49

Adams, Gerry 231, 235

Aladdin
1, 137

Albery, Donald 180

Albery Theatre, London 261

Alchemist, The
(Jonson) 38, 40

Ali Baba and the Seven Dwarfs
40

Allen, Tim 248, 249

Allen, Woody 99, 150

Almeida Theatre, London 57, 109, 177, 190, 221, 224

Almodóvar, Pedro 246

Ambassadors Theatre, London 110

Amblin 233

Amnesty International 149

An Awfully Big Adventure
6, 197, 199, 216–21, 235, 248

Aniston, Jennifer 260

Antonio
(Barnes) 59, 74

Antonio and Mellida
(Marston) 74

Antonio's Revenge
(Marston) 74

Antony and Cleopatra
(Shakespeare) 4, 87, 234, 249–52, 253, 260

Arditti, Michael 163, 166

Armstrong, Alun 220

Art of Love, The
107

Art
(Reza) 265

Arts Council 170, 184

As
You Like It
(Shakespeare) 73, 104–6, 113, 162, 223, 279

Ashcroft, Peggy 254

Asquith, Ros 102, 105

Astaire, Fred 14, 54, 240, 279

Atkinson, Robert 163

Atkinson, Rowan 269

Aung San Suu Kyi 254

Austen, Jane 70, 122, 224, 227

Avengers, The
233

 

Babelsberg studio 201

Babes in the Wood
55

Bacall, Lauren 102

Bacon, Francis 11

Bad Language
(Hughes) 79, 97, 98

BAFTA awards 280

Bailey, Catherine 54, 174, 176, 177–8, 179, 180, 181–6, 193, 204

Bainbridge, Beryl 216, 219

Barber, John 61, 68, 101–2, 115

Barbican Theatre, London 176

Barchester Chronicles, The
6, 7, 53, 72, 80–6, 90, 107, 267

Barchester Towers
(Trollope) 81

Bardsley, Barney 53, 117

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