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The Winslow Boy – review | Stage | The Guardian
8 weeks ago by tabardroad
Christopher Ravenscroft movingly suggests Mr Winslow's advancing frailty as his reserves of strength and money are devoured by the case; while his wife (Susan Sylvester) vacillates between distress at the ruinous cost and delight at the opportunity to update her wardrobe
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The Stage / Reviews / The Winslow Boy
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There are outstanding performances from Christopher Ravenscroft as Arthur Winslow, the father determined to clear his son’s name; Georgina Strawson, as Winslow’s suffragette sister Catherine; and Christopher Villiers, as Sir Robert Morton, the barrister defending him.
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Review: The Winslow Boy, Octagon Theatre, Bolton (From The Bolton News)
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Christopher Ravenscroft’s depiction of Arthur inslow’s slow and painful physical breakdown over the course of the case is heartbreaking yet he also nails the older man’s sharp wit and keen brain...
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The Winslow Boy Reviews at Octagon Theatre - Bolton - Whatsonstage.com
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Christopher Ravenscroft (the sidekick detective in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries) plays Arthur Winslow as a chronic arthritic with a caustic wit and fatherly sternness mixed with an absolute determination to see the cause through to the end, no matter how difficult that may be.
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Theatre review: The Winslow Boy at Octagon Theatre, Bolton
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In the lead part of Arthur Winslow, Christopher Ravenscroft gives a remarkable performance of a man crippled by arthritis, obsessed with his cause but painfully aware of what it is doing to his family—but there are so many layers and subtle notes to his portrayal that it is impossible not to warm to this fully-rounded character.
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The Winslow Boy
12 weeks ago by tabardroad
Christopher Ravenscroft will be taking on the role of Arthur Winslow in a new production of Rattigan's 'The Winslow Boy' at the Octagon Theatre Bolton. From 29 March – 21 April 2012.
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The Conspirators – Orange Tree Theatre - The Good Review
september 2011 by tabardroad
The play is driven by an engine of older actors, all of whom have wonderful moments to shine. Christopher Ravenscroft’s, reasonable and ideologically superior Prosecutor is perhaps the highlight, he embodies a weariness and dissatisfaction which was wonderfully engaging.
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The Conspirators, Orange Tree Rheatre, Richmond, Surrey - FT.com
september 2011 by tabardroad
Christopher Ravenscroft amusingly suggests the contortions of conscience through which Dykl puts himself and Paul Gilmore is funny as the vain and ineffectual Major Ofir.
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THE CONSPIRATORS To 1 October. :: ReviewsGate.com :: The Theatre Reviews site that covers the UK.
september 2011 by tabardroad
Ultimately, Havel’s warning/message seems to be, as with the pre-Hitler Weimar Republic, democracy’s extreme vulnerability - be it due to personal agendas, misanthropic malevolence or even cool legal calculation as embodied in Christopher Ravenscroft’s superb State Prosecutor, himself not adverse to a spot of spanking. Would you trust democracy in these hands? Hardly.
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The Stage / Reviews / The Conspirators
september 2011 by tabardroad
David Rintoul gives a particularly strong performance here as a menacing Colonel Moher - the playful, psychopathic chief of police. Ritoul’s strident delivery and dominating stage-presence is perfectly counterpointed by Christopher Ravenscroft as the cerebral but ultimately weak Dykl
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Orange Tree announces 40th anniversary season
august 2011 by tabardroad
Richmond’s Orange Tree Theatre is celebrating its 40th birthday with an anniversary season including the British premiere of a 1971 play by Czech writer and politician Vaclav Havel.
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Orange Tree Theatre: The Conspirators
july 2011 by tabardroad
Christopher Ravenscroft will be appearing in Vaclav Havel's 'The Conspirators' at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond from August 31st - October 1st 2011.
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Britons help US actors shed their respect for Shakespeare
january 2011 by tabardroad
"We've just had more practice doing it," said Ravenscroft, "That's all. You could do it just as well or better. We have no advantage being British."
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The Talented Mr Ripley
september 2010 by tabardroad
Christopher Ravenscroft is currently appearing in 'The Talented Mr Ripley' at Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton.
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The Comedy of Errors « The Dooley Review
august 2010 by tabardroad
The only time that I actually felt really moved was when the father of the twins (played very well by Christopher Ravenscroft) was reunited with his wife. However, this beautiful moment was ruined a little by the American tourist behind me who exclaimed ‘Old people are, like, so cute!’.
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The Comedy of Errors; Salome; Lift: Life Streaming | Theatre review | Stage | The Observer
july 2010 by tabardroad
Egeon, a merchant of Syracuse, is its sober strand. Christopher Ravenscroft keeps his performance straight and, velvet-voiced, makes admirable sense of his complicated family history.
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42nd Street, Festival Theatre, Chichester, The Comedy of Errors, Regent's Park, London - Reviews, Theatre & Dance - The Independent
july 2010 by tabardroad
Moments of tenderness are trampled in the rush, despite the heroic efforts of Christopher Ravenscroft as dignified Egeon. And while the moochy dance band music is pleasing, with a couple of sassy numbers from Anna-Jane Casey thrown into the mix, it strips away the pace of this breathless farce. For a lesson in how music can propel the action rather than hold it up, see Women Beware Women at the National, and gulp in awe.
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The Comedy of Errors, Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London - Reviews, Theatre & Dance - The Independent
july 2010 by tabardroad
...Thus the old Syracusan merchant Egeon has been arrested and arraigned by a tall, white-suited Duke in a gendarme's hat that makes him look like General de Gaulle. Ragged and manacled, Christopher Ravenscroft makes Egeon's long, usually boring speech of explanation, one of riveting interest...
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The Comedy of Errors: It's Carry on Casablanca! | Mail Online
july 2010 by tabardroad
...There is also some dramatic balance in that the long opening account of misery from Egeon, the imprisoned merchant of Syracuse, is delivered with gravity (and clarity) by Christopher Ravenscroft.
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The Comedy of Errors | Theatre review | Culture | The Guardian
june 2010 by tabardroad
RT @guardianculture: The Comedy of Errors | Theatre review
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The Stage / Reviews / The Comedy of Errors
june 2010 by tabardroad
...Egeon goes through his ten minute ‘plot thus far’ speech, here gets an heroic, heart-wrenching delivery by Christopher Ravenscroft, like some latter-day Henry Irving.
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Love From A Stranger
april 2010 by tabardroad
Agatha Christie mystery gets 21st century debut
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Christopher Ravenscroft in The Comedy of Errors this summer
april 2010 by tabardroad
Christopher Ravenscroft will be appearing in a new production of The Comedy of Errors at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre this summer.
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Orange Tree Theatre: The Promise
january 2010 by tabardroad
Christopher Ravenscroft will be appearing in Ben Brown’s new play at the Orange Tree Theatre from 17 February to 20 March 2010.
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The Stage / Reviews / Bedroom Farce
june 2009 by tabardroad
A revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s hit from 1975 to celebrate the Scarborough knight’s 70th birthday and his 50th year as a playwright. Three bedrooms, three couples and all are linked by a further couple, Trevor and Susannah, whose relationship is falling apart.
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Review: Bedroom Farce ** - Yorkshire Post
june 2009 by tabardroad
Yorkshire theatre critics and committed Yorkshire theatre audiences were able to wallow in an "Alan Ayckbourn Fest" this week.
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A revival of Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce raises questions about colour-blind casting
may 2009 by tabardroad
A revival of Bedroom Farce at the West Yorkshire Playhouse raises questions about colour-blind casting, while Northampton prepares a birthday bonanza for the playwright.
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West Yorkshire Playhouse: Bedroom Farce 6 June 2009 to 4 July 2009.
may 2009 by tabardroad
Christopher Ravenscroft to appear in Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce.
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The Stage / Listings / Bedroom Farce
may 2009 by tabardroad
6 June 2009 to 4 July 2009.
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Primavera | productions | A Place Calling Itself Rome
october 2008 by tabardroad
Christopher Ravenscroft (The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Henry V) plays the master politician Menenius. Reading the part of Volumnia, Coriolanus’s mother, will be Susan Penhaligon, best known for her roles in A Bouquet of Barbed Wire and A Fine Romance. Joining her to play Coriolanus’s nemesis, Tullus Aufidius, is Anthony Howell (Foyle’s War), who previously appeared in Primavera’s production of Jingo: A Farce of War.
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Stars head for the hills
august 2008 by tabardroad
MORE than 20 world-class actors and actresses will be on stage when The Portrait of Lady opens in the county later this month.
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The Portrait of a Lady/A Doll's House, Theatre Royal, Bath
july 2008 by tabardroad
The best work, in fact, comes from Christopher Ravenscroft as a death-haunted Dr Rank and from Susie Trayling as a Mrs Linde, who reminded me of Henry James's description of the character as "so quietly tragic, so tremulously real".
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The Stage / Reviews / A Doll's House
july 2008 by tabardroad
The theme of the fifth Peter Hall Company season at Bath is women’s role in society, so it is wholly appropriate that its hallmark is the outstanding quality of its leading actresses.
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Christopher Ravenscroft At Theatre Royal Bath
july 2008 by tabardroad
July 2008 interview with Christopher Ravenscroft.
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A Doll’s House
july 2008 by tabardroad
A new version of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, translated by Stephen Mulrine and directed by Peter Hall, opens at the Theatre Royal Bath next week as part of the Peter Hall 2008 season.
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Cambridge Arts Theatre:THE PORTAIT OF A LADY
july 2008 by tabardroad
11-16 August 2008
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The Peter Hall Season
june 2008 by tabardroad
July 3 until August 30, Theatre Royal Bath. The Peter Hall Company presents an exclusive season of drama at the Theatre Royal Bath for summer 2008.
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