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The myth maker
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Marcus Tanner reveals how he uncovered the gripping subject of
his new biography: the warrior, book-worm and friend of Dracula
known as the Raven King
In his last days, his conquests behind him, his glory assured,
Matthias Corvinus ("the Raven King"), the 15th-century ruler of
Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Transylvania, eastern Austria, Slovakia
and Ruthenia, decided to build a library. Perhaps this great devotee
of astrology was showing some prescience: perhaps he knew his
greatest legacy would not be his conquests or his castles. His
library, said to rival even the Vatican's, was a wonder. ...
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Last of the male beauties; Female impersonator bereft when women are allowed on stage
Newspaper article from: Pacific Sun
; ...she isn't a very good actress. Charles, pushed by Nell, issues an edict...insulted Maria's wealthy protector, Sir Charles Sedley, Ned is beaten up and left for...Everett makes a splendidly randy Charles, with newcomer Zoe Tapper as his...
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Gender Roles
Newspaper article from: Seven Days
; ...continued to perform all the roles. Charles II soon issued an edict upending...both sexes, including the odious Sir Charles Sedley, who mistakes Kynaston - still...freespirited relationship between Charles and his buxom teenaged mistress...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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SEX PROVIDES IMPETUS FOR 2 NEW FILMS.(CNY)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; ...allegedly broke up his marriage. Charles Shyer's direction makes Manhattan...public. Of course, the king (King Charles, he who gave his name to that...course, including stage devote Sir Charles Sedley (portly character actor Richard...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Films: Lovely taste as Gwyn's a tonic; Mike Davies reviews the latest releases.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...groupies, he's propositioned by Sir Charles Sedley (Richard Griffiths) who mistakes...finds under the skirt. Rebuffing Sedley earns Kynaston a vindictive enemy...until, Kynaston having slighted Charles' wannabe thesp mistress Nell Gwyn...
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His beauty is her curse Cinema
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...befallen this pretty man after Charles II's edict that henceforth only...wonderfully shocking figure of Sir Charles Sedley (played by Richard Griffiths...an Iranian who was stranded in Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris - which...
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'Stage Beauty' in love a successful diversion
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze
; ...comedy set in the bawdy London of Charles II, will inevitably have to bear...Margaret Hughes, was the protege of Sir Charles Sedley. From these few facts, Jeffrey...She gets her chance when King Charles (Rupert Everett, overacting...
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The filth and the fury What was it about the 17th century that made it so mucky? What in heaven's name gave rise to the Earl of Rochester and his hellish rhymes? And what were the consequences of such unbridled obscenity? As Johnny Depp dons Rochester's peruke in Hollywood, A C Grayling reveals the world of the original libertines
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...Rochester satirises the court of Charles II under stinging pseudonyms...of Buckingham, Lord Buckhurst, Sir Charles Sedley and Sir Henry Savile, all already...to the royal bed, would be to Charles's taste. Charles II was a consiste
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Birthdays
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Archbishop of Canterbury, 90; Sir Colin Corness, former...Wellcome, 68; General Sir Samuel Cowan, Chief of...sculptor, 52; Professor Sir Herbert Duthie, former...Royce, 47; Sir Stephen Sedley, a Lord Justice of Appeal...UK Skills, 71; Mr Charles Dance, actor, 53; Miss...
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Gender-bending 'Stage Beauty' a royal treat
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...Crudup Maria Claire Danes King Charles II Rupert Everett Thomas Betterton...Chaplin Samuel Pepys Hugh Bonneville Sir Charles Sedley Richard Griffiths Sir Edward Hyde...monarchy has been restored, and Charles II is a fun-loving king whose...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Cornelis, murdered by the mob 1672; Sir Charles Sedley, playwright, 1701; William Miller...physicist and meteorologist, 1815; Charles Gerhardt, chemist, 1816; Otto...poet and journalist, 1842; Charles Joseph Kickham, novelist and poet...
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