Archive for July, 2007
Dame Judi Dench: From M To Matty
THE story of how Oscar nominee Dame Judi Dench is to star in an £8m costume drama set in Cheshire could probably make a series all of its own. It was confirmed around this time yesterday that Dame Judi is to play the lead role of Miss Matty Jenkyns in five part BBC1 serial Cranford [...]
“We looked into the darkness of futurity as a child gazes after a rocket up in the cloudy sky, full of wondering expectation of the rattle, the discharge, and the brilliant shower of sparks and light.”
The prime of Miss Imelda Staunton
As everyone’s favourite supporting actress, Imelda Staunton has had a long and decorated career. But at last she has taken centre stage, first as an Oscar-nominated Vera Drake, now as a child-hating Hogwarts schoolmistress. She tells Tim Auld of telegraph.co.uk why she’s glad her moment has come. When I think of Imelda Staunton I imagine [...]
“I saw, I imitated, I survived!”
BBC One Autumn Schedule announces Cranford Chronicles
Dame Judy Dench, Francesca Annis, Dame Eileen Atkins, Sir Michael Gambon, Philip Glenister, Lesley Manville, Julia McKenzie, Imelda Staunton and Greg Wise star in Cranford Chronicles, a new landmark period drama created by Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin, and written by Heidi Thomas. Based on three Elizabeth Gaskell novels, this witty and tender story follows [...]
” . . . it seemed to me that where others had prayed before to their God, in their joy or in their agony, was of itself a sacred place.”