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Father David Anderton is assigned to a crippled Scottish town on the Ayrshire coast, where sectarianism is rife. He is a cultivated - if naive and unworldly - man, ill-suited to his new parish. Drifting from his peers, he is drawn to Mark and Lisa, a feral teenage couple who attend the nearby school. Their untamed nights of booze and drugs are as exotic and entrancing to him as his solitary and cloistered life is to them. But, as events take a perilous direction, this combustible liaison will leave Father David's world in pieces. Adapted for the stage by Ian McDiarmid from the Booker Prize nominated novel by Andrew O'Hagan, "Be Near Me"premiered in a co-production between the National Theatre of Scotland and the Donmar Warehouse in January 2009. ... Read more

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Chapters: Ian Mcdiarmid, Macdonald Smith, Alex Smith, Kevin Mcdonald, Fred Martin, Don Pottinger, Willie Smith, John Slavin, Stephen Scobie, George Mckenzie Samson. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ian McDiarmid (pronounced ; born 11 August 1944) is a Tony Award-winning Scottish theatre actor and director, who has also made sporadic appearances on film and television. He has had a successful career in theatre; he has been cast in many plays, while occasionally directing others. Although McDiarmid has appeared mostly in theatrical productions, he has also accepted roles in theatrical films and TV movies. Worldwide, he is most famous for his role as Palpatine in both the original and prequel Star Wars trilogies. McDiarmid was born in Carnoustie. He became a theatre aficionado when he was five years old, when his father took him to see an act by the name of Tommy Morgan in a theatre located in Dundee. In 2004 he stated, "It sort of fascinated me, and it also scared me. All those lights, all that make-up. I said to myself, 'I don't know what this is, but I want it.'" However, fearing his father's disapproval, McDiarmid attended the University of St Andrews, where he received an M.A. in psychology. Soon after, he decided to pursue a career in the theatre instead, and took acting training courses at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. In 1968, McDiarmid received a gold medal for his work. This would later prove to be the first of many recognitions given to him for his work in the theatre. McDiarmid claimed he became its recipient "by doing all the boring jobs you have to do when you are young, to eke out an existence." McDiarmid is renowned for his work in British theatre, having won plaudits as an actor and director from a wid...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18581372 ... Read more

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MuseNews, the arts newswire, interviewed nine of today’s leading figures in the theatrical world, who discuss the current state of the theater, their own careers, and their own projects. The interviews are lively and interesting and put major developments in today’s theatrical scene into intelligent perspective. Everyone with an interest in theater will enjoy MuseNews’s conversations with these extremely articulate figures.

The people interviewed include Marcel Bozonnet (general manager of the Comedie Francaise), Christoph Marthaler (the offbeat Swiss director of Zurich’s prestigious Schausspielhaus), Ian McDiarmid (British actor, director, and producer), Max Raabe (cabaret singer and dance-band leader), Ian Rickson (stage director), Mark Rylance (actor and artistic director of The Globe Theater in London), Fiona Shaw (the Irish actress), Gunther von Hagens (the plastinator), and Penelope Wilton (actress of stage and screen). ... Read more

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Title: 'Faith Healer' is more blarney than magic; Brian Friel's play offers arresting performances and lots of talk.(THEATER/COLUMN)(Theater review)
Author: Retta Blaney
Publication: National Catholic Reporter (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 19, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 42Issue: 29Page: 18(1)

Article Type: Theater review

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