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Theatre II: For real Neapolitan colour, try the ice-cream
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Filumena
Piccadilly, WC2
EDUARDO DE FILIPPO was Italy's most popular post-war playwright.
His work brims with energy and humour, the colour and culture of
urban Italy exuding from the rich, earthy Neapolitan dialect. Not
that you'd guess this from Peter Hall's production of Filumena, which
opens the autumn rep season at the Piccadilly. Timberlake
Wertenbaker's new translation sensibly eschews Italianese or a
British regional idiom. But the distinct sense of place has
disappeared....
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Benvenuto, Eduardo. (playwright Eduardo De Filippo)
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; A small but loyal contingent of theatre artists are working to make the Italian playwright Eduardo De Filippo (1900-1984) a household name - or at least a more familiar one. After having been produced only sporadically in the American repertoire - and, in recent years, largely absent from it - the
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See De Filippo and die
The Independent - London
; The phenomenal Eduardo de Filippo has no parallel in British theatre. Cross Olivier with Ayckbourn and you get a national institution who acted in and directed his own plays in his own theatre. As old as the century, it seems odd that he had to wait until 1977 for his first honorary doctorate,
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Judi, Judi, Judi - and all of them a star; Judi Dench - with a crack in her voice. By John Miller (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, pounds 20). Reviewed by Richard Edmonds.
The Birmingham Post (England)
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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'MRS. HENDERSON' PRESENTS AN OVEREXPOSED JUDI DENCH.(U)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: Glenn Whipp Film Critic AS OBVIOUS as the bare breasts of the tastefully topless dancers it frequently employs, ``Mrs. Henderson Presents'' is a show-must-go-on period piece that will appeal mainly to theater lovers, people who like to watch Judi Dench chew scenery and men who ordinarily
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 "Morning Edition (NPR)")
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Profile: Dame Judi Dench
Morning Edition (NPR)
; ... 2004 Profile: Dame Judi Dench Host: STEVE INSKEEP Time: 10:00-11:00 AM STEVE INSKEEP, host: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Renee Montagne is on vacation. I'm Steve Inskeep. Judi Dench has won all the big acting awards, the Oscar, the Tony, six Oliviers ...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Dame Judi Dench.(Features)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; I can distinctly remember my stage debut at junior school. I played a snail. No-one has ever asked me to play a snail again, so I'm not sure how successful it was Dame Judi Dench
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Dame Judi Dench.(receives Benjamin Franklin Medal)(Brief Article)
American Theatre
; Dame Judi Dench is the winner of the 2000 Benjamin Franklin Medal for furthering Anglo-American relations in the arts.
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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The Oscars 2001: An Epic Night : Kevin Spacey pays tribute to Judi Dench.(News)
The Mirror (London, England)
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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RSC unveils its new season; JUDI DENCH LEADS STARRY LINE-UP.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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A national treasure here, but Judi Dench is judged too old for American chat shows.(News)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: Jonathan Brown In Britain she is treated with the reverence accorded a national treasure. In America, it seems, Judi Dench is simply too old. The first lady of British film and theatre was snubbed by three of the leading network talk shows because she is regarded as over the hill, the film
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