You mean the ones in INTERVIEW? http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/4820/jen_mags.html Looks seaside, doesn't it? Or a balcony overlooking Central Park?I think that photographer Pablo Alfaro (Portuguese surname ?) is a real 'comer'.Best I've ever seen of her.All the US pics have been v. artistic ).I know people don't like the one in EW..but it's the kind of stuff one sees in photography shows...avant garde.The one in Parade which everyone liked...I dunno ..wee bit matronly...same ole',same ole'.IMO

(Evelyn) You mean the ones in INTERVIEW? Yes, that interview! If I didn't know better, I would have thought some place exotic, like Greece :-) But we know she's doing the play, so it has to be local. Great pics. Hmmm, that wouldn't be SD's dressing room, would it? :-)

Re: publicity, Brian Stokes Mitchell (the "3-initial KMK guy") got a James Brady "In Step With" piece like JE's a month or so ago (pre-Tonys). So guess it is possible to get some decent publicity on the strength of a good stage performance.

Is she crazy??? This from playbill regarding David Leveaux... Having canceled this season's scheduled run of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, the Roundabout Theatre Company is considering a run of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, Playbill On-Line has learned. If the project develops, it would be helmed by David Leveaux, the director originally attached to Desire. Director David Leveaux, who recently worked on the Broadway production of The Real Thing, was scheduled to helm the Roundabout production of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms at the American Airlines Theatre. It would have been the third time Leveaux has directed an O'Neill play on Broadway. The venture fell apart, however, after Mary-Louise Parker left the show, opting to remain with the Broadway-bound Proof.

Yeah...can't the woman read? The guy has directed a bunch of Tony winners. Also I read that David Leveaux will direct "Therese Raquin" with Kate Winslett.His first screen directorial debut.Produced by KW and hubby's new production company.

Hi, from sunny and hot NY. Have seen TRT twice, and have spoken to both Jennifer & Stephen. Still love the play and could see it again. BTW Paul Newman was in the audience on Tuesday and Tuesday was a full house. Will tell more when I get back to the UK.

A bearded Stephen, taken in late 1997 during his first Charlie Rose interview. I'm not sure if the beard was for a particular project. At first I thought perhaps for Widowing, but that was made earlier. Then, I thought maybe Uncle Vanya, which was reviewed in April 1998. Other pics at http://fp.enter.net/~purrfect/dillane3.htm

Had no idea he had been on Charlie Rose before...and he came back??? ;-)

Thanks Donna...he looks biblical in a beard. I like it...makes him look v. distinguished. Which is probably the antithesis of what he wishes to be...;-) ~~~~ ann...pl. tell us your Stephen/Jennifer post- play story....

Hold on to your knickers ladies, tee hee. The unbelievable has just happened. I actually found a pic of Stephen at the Tonys without Kathie Lee hanging all over him. If curious, click on the link. If you look really close, you can actually see a hand print on his jacket :-) http://fp.enter.net/~purrfect/dillane.htm

He even looks "reckless"...like in Act 1, Scene 1. Thanks Donna. The Dillanenews list is fun...nice to have new folks.

Ha!! Surprised you haven't taken to airbrushing Kathie Lee out of there.

(Karen) Ha!! Surprised you haven't taken to airbrushing Kathie Lee out of there. I tried, believe me! :-)

Just had another TRT fix today. SD is now sporting a Deja Vu 'do :-) I noticed that Brodie experiments a lot with his small part. He trys different things. Good for him. But when it was over, the lady beside me said she couldn't understand him at all. I had to give her a synopsis of the last act :-)

buzz cut?

(Karen) buzz cut? LOL, just about!

what's a Deja Vu'do, Donna? (If its a haircut perhaps it is for a new role!!)

(Ann) Deja Vu 'do Yes, a new hairdo :-) It's the short model that he wore in both Deja Vu and Welcome to Sarajevo.

I liked the longer hair...not shoulder length though. TRT website has been updated. New front page featuring all the awards..,and press page has blurbs from the reviews. They kindly reinstated the JE website URL under her bio...but nothing under Stephen's... http://www.therealthingbroadway.com/ Donna check your email...I'll be glad to be your liaison;-)

Speaking of buzz cuts :-) Check out this 'do from Ordinary Decent Criminal. Much shorter than the Deja Vu 'do. Thanks K and E for the leads :-) What's that song? You do that Vu 'do that you do so well...

Agggggg....I want Henry back!

Boy, oh boy! That's about as buzz as they come, although in boot camp, they do get closer to the scalp.

What's the story of this film....I know Kevin Spacey is the lead....does SD play the role of a Brit or American? Inquiring minds...you know...

short version - for longer one from production notes, go to Native American website ;-) Dublin. An enigmatic, leather-clad figure weaves its way through traffic on a powerful motorbike. This is Michael Lynch (KEVIN SPACEY): family man, liar, criminal mastermind and our hero. ORDINARY DECENT CRIMINAL is a classic gangster movie set in modern day Dublin. It follows the extraordinary adventures of an ordinary decent criminal - a man who robs from the rich but lives with the poor. He loves his two wives, sisters Christine (LINDA FIORENTINO) and Lisa (HELEN BAXENDALE), his children, his gang and, above all, his unique way of life. Michael is a suave, sardonic and sexy man: a charismatic criminal who strides the Dublin streets like a colossus. He dreams up robberies with hallmark panache which rarely fail to endear him to the public. He challenges authority at every turn, culminating in the ultimate art theft from Dublin's most prestigious gallery, outwitting and dumbfounding the police, Interpol and the rest of the criminal fraternity. Michael is driven by two fundamental beliefs: be loyal to your own and to hell with everyone else. He succeeds so well that what starts as a laugh evolves into something far more dangerous. He begins to enjoy the sting more than the cash, and the notoriety most of all. As his ego drives him on, the police, in particular Noel Quigley (STEPHEN DILLANE), determine to break him. As the law closes in, increasing pressure on the whole gang, Michael makes a mistake that could destroy him, threatening both his popularity with the public and his reliability as a bread winner. But he recovers his equilibrium in time to dream up one last, dazzling score - and evade the trap that has been set for him? ~~~~~~ Ed. note: Sounds remarkably like The General.

Thanks....sounds like a must-see. Will it be art-house (ug)? Anybody know yet when does it come to US?

Wheeee! I solved a technical problem. My video clips on the SD site have been moved to 2 different servers, and now they play on the first try. The network congestion problem has been solved! So for people who haven't seen the play, or haven't been able to see clips of the TRT on A&E, or Charlie Rose, etc., or the awards broadcasts, I've got 3 TRT scenes on Dateline:Dillane and scenes from the Variety Club, Olivier, and Drama Desk awards shows on Awards I've been stewing over this for a while, so pardon my enthusiasm. I need a drink! Besides, I need a break from this PC. (She says as she was grabbing those MP3 files!)

Thanks, Donna. Will try out the new implementation. Had just gotten the hang of the old one and was so excited when I got it to work on one of the TRT clips. ;-)

Had an RH sighting. Glad she's still in the city and can enjoy her daughter. Had I been 2 seconds faster, we would have collided. She still looks fab, was walking west on 44th, carrying a bouquet of flowers. I was going south heading into Shubert Alley. FYI, SD's hair grows fast :-)

Thanks Donna...I hope RH has gotten to see TRT by now. In an interview with the Portland Oregonian RH has this to say: ""I hate my family coming opening night; I won't let them," says Harris, who was nominated for a Tony Award this year for her acclaimed Broadway performance in Noel Coward's Waiting in the Wings. Even an actress with more than 40 years of experience still gets butterflies. "I tell my family, 'Don't come. Let me do my job and get on with it. We'll party afterward,' " says Harris. Harris' case of opening-night jitters is mild compared to her daughter Jennifer Ehle's family phobias. Ehle also was up for a Tony this year for her galvanizing Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing. (On Sunday, she won the Tony for best performance by a leading actress in a play.) She and Harris were in competition, but Ehle's mom says she hasn't seen her daughter's performance--and might never see it. "She won't let me," Harris says. "She's at that stage in her development when she does not want people she knows out front." Harris understands. "I can't act in front of my sister," she says. "I know I'm throwing a performance out the window if she's there because she knows me too well. There you are, trying to be a grand lady in front of someone who's known you since you've been an impossible brat. It's difficult."

For Moon I was rewatching the Tony tape. The cast must really like each other. JE was sitting with Max (Nigel Lindsay). Charlotte (Sarah Woodward) was sitting with Debbie (Charlotte Parry). Max's wife and Sarah's hubby must have been in the cheap seats, maybe near us :-) Don't know who was sitting with David. Did anyone else notice, but I believe the announcer called the Donmar Warehouse the "Monmar" Warehouse twice, during 2 of the awards. And speaking of the Donmar, just thinking out loud, but wondering what kind of stage experience Dougray has...

What a good-looking guy....thanks Donna...Is he married? *always looking for a beau for Jennifer*

Come on in girls, the water's fine... For more of this: Hot Tub and Other Fantasies As for DL's stats... don't know, but am on the lookout :-)

Oh my!! Look how young he looks. Look at his hair (head and legs) Three bathtub shots! Donna, you certainly do know what to Snappy.

Lotta hair too...big feet like Colin...as Anna said in NH "you know what that means...;-)

Last two performances for TRT.Engagement ends tomorrow. August 13th came far too soon. I hope Donna will post all the last performance details here. We have AK to look forward to...this fall? I hear Wives and Daughters (Andrew Davies)starts tonight on the BBC America channel.A&E in September.

Oh yes, I will report through my tears. We've birthed this baby, watched it grow, and now have to let it go on its way... I am so nervous for the cast, similar to how we felt when the play came over to NY and we were waiting for the reviews. I want them to receive a rousing standing-o for one last time. I must say, the last few times that I have seen the play (sold out), they have had major grins on their faces during the curtain call. They must be so pleased with being here. Actually it is the supporting cast that have grins ear to ear. JE and SD try to stay a bit more calm and reserved.

(Donna)...the last few times that I have seen the play (sold out), they have had major grins on their faces during the curtain call. They must be so pleased with being here. I'd be grinning like an idiot too....they're taking home a suitcase full of awards. Esp. the prestigious "Tony". Too bad the UK doesn't capitalize on these awards in their advertisements as we do...I noticed the Sunshine ad in our newspaper has "Jennifer Ehle, Tony winner". As do the new Sunshine posters. I tell ya...Paramount really moves out.The reviews mentioned it too. I guess it's the British self-deprecating manner...but it plays against them. What good does it do to have those awards listed in your obituary?

I'm so bummed:( Not able to see it;( However, did anyone see Firelight with Dillane and Sophie Marceau? Is it a worthwhile rental? I do plan on going back to NYC (with adult companionship!!) to see a future Tony winner;) *sigh*

Run, don't walk, and rent Firelight. He is quite appealing in it. I just rewatched it the other night. Not a trace of "Henry" from TRT. He really is so different in each role.

Laura...Karen got Firelight for me in the sale bin at Blockbuster's...check it out. Trust me...you'll want to own it. *Sigh* Wonderful story. SD and Sophie make it riveting.

The Final Curtain. The performance was magnificent, as was the audience reaction! It could not have been a better evening! :-) During scene 1, the audience response was good. Lots of laughter in the right places. I breathed a sigh of relief and was even more thrilled when the audience applauded at the end of the first scene. They rarely did that at other performances. Scene 2. Same thing, great audience reaction. JE and SD were at their flirtatious best. And on and on. Truly, one of the best performances I have ever seen. The cast was "on," and the audience was willing and able to respond. At curtain call, the audience stood on their feet and there was thunderous applause. I looked up at the mezzanine, they were on their feet too. This was the largest standing-o I have ever seen for this play. The audience and the cast were "embracing" each other, so to speak. Clearly this audience knew it was the last performance and they were showing respect to the cast. And the cast sweetly waved a little goodbye to the audience as they left the stage. They will have wonderful memories of NY. :-)

Oh Donna. What an experience. Thank you for sharing so many of your impressions. *sigh* What I would've given to be there. Brava!!

Yes, thanks so much Donna for your wonderful report, I too wish I culd have been there.Was the theatre full for the last performance and did you see the cast as they came out, or perhaps they were having a final performance party! Were there many people waiting for them outside the theatre after the play? I am sure the Box Office will have been excellent for this final week. What a wonderful experience for them and us.

Yes, the theater was very full. It might have been sold out, I forgot to look for the "sold out" sign. But it was a very, very satisfying evening. Literally, it couldn't have been a better performance or a better audience. The connection between the cast and audience at the end was very touching. There was a large group waiting by the stage door. In fact, we saw Rosemary Harris even waiting. But she eventually gave up and walked on. She was there with what appeared to be her sister (maybe not, but certainly a resemblance) and perhaps brother-in-law, and another person. The cast took a long time to come out, certainly there must have been a lot of hugs going on inside. We saw some of the crew leaving with memorabilia, like big posters, not the kind that is sold. Hey, I wanted those! :-) Finally, the cast came out. They were gracious and signed all the autographs. Stephen looked cute in his black baseball cap, orange jacket, red backpack and long slacks. Jenn had her green leather coat on. They were all carrying huge shopping bags, carrying out their stuff. Jenn, Stephen, and Charlotte Parry (Debby) left together in a cab. Stephen made sure he signed all autographs for people who wanted one (sort of like Colin, bless him), though he still was not talkative. One of the ladies told him this was the fourth time she saw the play. He replied, "oh really?" LOL, he is very uncomfortable with the crowd. She described him as a "gentle soul", and I think that is a lovely way to think of him.

Donna, to live vicariously through you is wonderful. I really am so upset I didn't get to see it. But I'm happy that I did get to go to New York with my daughter and walk by the theater! :) (took migraine meds, so might sound loopy!) I'm glad the audience and cast had a wonderful time. I bet there were a lot of tears come curtain call!

Wonderful report on the final evening, Donna. Don't worry, I have a feeling that SD will be back before too long.;-) New York really embraced these folks and this show, and it's been such fun here the past months to share in some of the excitement. Moreover, it's a joy to see people like JE and SD recognized, as they are so deserving. Sometimes, substance wins.:-)

Thank you dear Donna...you have been our faithful reporter all these months. By sharing those precious moments you made us feel we were there with you. I thought of you and them yesterday afternoon.What a wonderful welcome Broadway debut for all of them.Knowing those guys they were rehearsing til the last week. Actors who take their craft seriously and work like hell to please their audience. I'm so glad the audience reciprocated...sounds like the last performance was a real love-fest;-)She'll be back in a few months.And I know he'll be too. Hey gang...hasn't this been fun? Thanks Karen for setting up this topic. "Anna Karenina" will be coming this fall.Can we keep it?

Can we keep what? The topic? It's not going anywhere.

I forgot to mention... I believe Stephen was wearing our favorite green shirt when he left the theater :-)

A question for anyone who saw TRT at the Albery - did the audiences there give any standing ovations? I remember reading old posts about numerous curtain calls, but I'm not sure whether standing-o's were ever given or discussed.

(Donna)A question for anyone who saw TRT at the Albery - did the audiences there give any standing ovations? The British audiences never give standing ovations....except for naked women. Kathleen Turner got one in The Graduate recently. Sadly, Jerry Hall did not...they didn't like her droopy boobs ;-)

(Evelyn) The British audiences never give standing ovations Then it makes Sunday night's standing-o that much more special. I am so glad that they can return to England with such wonderful memories of their time in NY. I'm still soaring on cloud 9, so please excuse any gushing and drivel :-)

More great news, according to Variety, TRT has re-couped its original investment, and in it' s last week grossed $372.794, its best ever. So not only a critical success but now a financial success. Well done to everyone.

TRT has re-couped its original investment, and in it' s last week grossed $372.794, its best ever. So not only a critical success but now a financial success. And this....Friends, Romans and Countrymen...is entirely due to the Tony awards. Without which it would have closed months ago when the house was running close to 62%. Like Amadeus and other Brit dramas it would have closed. (Evelyn) The British audiences never give standing ovations To give credit where it is due.... They might not support movies or give effusive ovations...but.... The British public does support their theatre... The Albery (850 seats)run was sold out for the entire run...with long queues at the box office waiting for returns/standing room.That is a great accolade to the actors too.

Another testimonial here: http://austen.com/babble/bindex.cgi?read=23538 Called Jennifer's hair blonde???

Called Jennifer's hair blonde??? Apparently, that's what it was on Sunday night....wasn't it Donna? It was flaming red when I saw her in May...At the Tony's she was a strawberry blonde... Today...who knows? I'm convinced changing hair color is her hobby;-) I like her best as a blonde . Goes with her coloring which is peaches'n cream.

Yes, her hair looks natural blonde now. For the Tony's I believe she had most of the red stripped out. Ever since, it seems as though she's been going back to her natural coloring.

Just some odds and ends... I was reading an interview today with Roger Rees. The reporter asked him about TRT, since he had originated the role in London. He called the play one of the best written in the last 50 years. Sydney Pollack called it one of the best written in the 20th century, when he was interviewed in June. We have been so lucky to see this masterpiece and with the definitive Henry. We have also been lucky to see the definitive Darcy and Lizzie on stage this year. Ain't life grand? :-)

I felt that way when I in London in November and again when we were all there in January....and saw Lizzie one night and the following evening saw Mr. Darcy. With SLOW thrown in for good measure... Pure decadence:-))

Sorry....

This was reported today in Theatre.com NEW YORK -- David Leveaux, director of the 2000 Tony-winning Best Revival The Real Thing, will revive one of Harold Pinter's saddest, funniest plays, Betrayal, on Broadway for Roundabout Theatre Company in fall 2000. Previews begin Oct. 20 and the production opens Nov. 14 at the American Airlines Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street. No cast or crew have yet been put together. Hmm, think of the possibilities :-) With only three characters and a bare-bones plot, Pinter's Betrayal continues to astonish since it was first produced in 1979 because of its unconventional structure. The story of the ruined relationships of three people, their torn loyalties, hidden lies, and the harsh reality of deception, it escapes the fate of a melodramatic love triangle because the play is structured as a trip back in time. Audiences witness the major events during the seven-year relationship between Emma and Jerry. The play begins with their meeting in a London pub two years after ending their illicit love affair. Though Jerry is convinced that their affair had been a secret all the years, he is stunned to find out that Emma's husband and Jerry's best friend, Robert, had known about them for four years. The play begins in 1977 and moves back to 1968. Betrayal replaces Leveaux's original fall 2000 project, Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, which fell apart when Mary-Louise Parker, currently the star of Manhattan Theatre Club's Proof, backed out of Elms. silly gal Manhattan Theatre Club is working on plans to move Proof to Broadway is the same time frame, possibly to the Walter Kerr Theatre. Leveaux, who previously directed Zoe Wanamaker in Electra on Broadway, will stage Betrayal, following the limited run of The Man Who Came to Dinner at the American Airlines Theatre, Roundabout�s flagship stage on 42nd Street. Leveaux also directed the 1993 Broadway Anna Christie that brought Leam Neeson and Natasha Richardson together. That O�Neill drama was also produced by Roundabout.

Finally have some pics from Stephen's movie, "The Darkest Light." He plays farmer Tom Holroyd! It was filmed in Yorkshire and the scenery looked like Master from the Moor (don't know if it's the same area). He speaks with an accent and is very, very different from any role we've seen him in. Not the stud-muffin from Firelight, or the intellectual from TRT. Here's pics of him as a farmer, with and without hair! The Darkest Light

Oops, one more try... Here's the link to the page with more photos: http://fp.enter.net/~purrfect/darkest.htm

He's got a fetching smile...hair or no hair....:-) Thanks Donna...any idea if it will get to the US? On Starz maybe;-)

Is this the movie we saw advertised in the tube? And according to Aishling and her impeccable sources, MOTM was filmed in either Dartmoor or Exmoor (West Country), not Yorkshire.

(Evelyn) any idea if it will get to the US? I wish I knew! But it's written/directed by the same guy who wrote The Full Monty, so hopefully it will make its way here. Definitely not a comedy though. (Karen) Is this the movie we saw advertised in the tube? Yes, it opened in January when we were there. It's a type of role that had he done it earlier in his career, he could have been permanently type-cast as a working-class stiff. No traces of the elegant gentleman. (Sort of what happened to Karen Gorney from Saturday Night Fever.)

(Donna) Sort of what happened to Karen Gorney from Saturday Night Fever. Pffft! My eyes immediately caught this name. Thought, is she in this too? Did she move to England? Would explain her absence from the screen. Am now disappointed. ;-D (it must be the night fever...)

Because Ev's having such a fun time with voice-response systems... From The Sunday Telegraph (September 3, 2000) LUMLEY FINDS PRODUCING ROLE FOR BBC `ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS' JOANNA Lumley is to step behind the camera for the first time to produce a pounds 3 million television series for the BBC. The actress is to make Elizabeth Jane Howard's The Cazalet Chronicle, a four-volume saga of a family living between 1937 and 1947. Lumley said of her production debut: "It is utterly thrilling. It is a power thing I have got now. I just say `Call me MGM'. I have been joking that shortly I shall have films written by me, starring me, with the music by me. But I'd better start somewhere more humble." Filming starts this month on the five-part series which covers the first two books and will be screened by BBC1 next year. The final books will be filmed later for two future six-part series. Howard spent seven years writing The Cazalet Chronicle, which traces the way a family and Britain was changed by the Second World War. She began the books after the collapse of her 15-year marriage to the author Sir Kingsley Amis. Lumley tried to buy the film rights after reading the books last year but discovered that they were already owned by Verity Lambert, the producer of Rumpole of the Bailey and the originator of the soap Eldorado. Lumley had worked with the Cinema Verity production company, which was founded by Lambert, on the series Class Act. When Howard's agent told Lambert that the 54-year-old actress was interested in making the series it was suggested they work on it together. Lumley said: "She is the senior prefect and I just walk around behind her carrying a cloth to shine her shoes and listening and watching how she does things. I have been allowed to bunk off on the financial side. I had no idea producers needed to know things such as how many ladders the crew would need in a specific place. So I would say my input, if any, has been purely artistic." This has included detailed discussion on the script, which was adapted for the series by Douglas Livingstone, and selecting the cast. Although Lumley was asked also to act in the production she refused, preferring to concentrate on her new behind-the-scenes role. She said that she had been inspired to produce by women such as Jennifer Saunders, with whom she worked on the comedy series Absolutely Fabulous, and Ruby Wax, the American comedienne. "Having been bought up in a slightly different generation where at dances you would sit modestly with your hands clasped in your lap, with your eyes lowered, waiting for someone to pick you, I saw these people who would get up and ask someone to dance," she said. "Rather than sit around waiting for the telephone to ring - which it does quite a lot - it is so much nicer to get the bit between your own teeth and drive something along." Next she hopes to bring to the screen her first film script, a drama called Brightest and Best, about a school reunion she has written with the novelist Angela Lambert. "If it is well received and taken up by someone like BBC or Channel 4, and they go, `Here is a budget', then I could certainly play one of the parts in it or maybe even have a crack at directing," she said. "I love acting but the thrilling part of putting together something like The Cazalet Chronicle is that you make the pages come alive." Stephen Dillane, who won a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway play The Real Thing, plays Edward Cazalet and Lesley Manville, who played a lesbian teacher in the BBC's Real Women, his wife Millie. The actor Paul Rhys, who recently appeared in the much acclaimed ITV drama I Saw You, and Joanna Page, who was in the National Theatre's recent version of The Mysteries, will also star in the series. Meanwhile, a casting agency for the series, Casting Network, in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, has been accused of racism after advertising for a white baby. A BBC spokesman said that it was aware of the complaint from Kingston Racial Equality Council but added that it would be "ludicrous" to cast a black baby as the child of white parents.

Here's a link to the Telegraph (grumble grumble) http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000576481449931&rtmo=a2xw8XaL&atmo=gggggg3K&pg=/et/00/9/3/nlum03.html

Oh thank you for the news Karen! Of course now I'll have to read this book too!

Gulp, all 4 books Part I Part II Part III Part IV

Meanwhile, a casting agency for the series, Casting Network, in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, has been accused of racism after advertising for a white baby. A BBC spokesman said that it was aware of the complaint from Kingston Racial Equality Council but added that it would be "ludicrous" to cast a black baby as the child of white parents. ROTFLOL! Thanks, Karen. I will wait to hear what you think of the books, Donna. (I have Armadillo waiting for me still).

Meanwhile, a casting agency for the series, Casting Network, in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, has been accused of racism after advertising for a white baby. A BBC spokesman said that it was aware of the complaint from Kingston Racial Equality Council but added that it would be "ludicrous" to cast a black baby as the child of white parents. ROTFLOL! Thanks, Karen. I will wait to hear what you think of the books, Donna. (I have Armadillo waiting for me).

Sorry for the double post.

Filming starts this month on the five-part series which covers the first two books and will be screened by BBC1 next year. The final books will be filmed later for two future six-part series. Oh dear....a 5 part BBC series...and two future 6 part series..... (He'll be collecting his social-security check at the end of all of this!) The folks on #134 will be jealous;-)

Have been meaning to ask (and did check your site first): do you know when we will be seeing AK, if at all? I rented the Sophie Marceau-Sean Bean version not too long ago and it was terrible IMO.

(Karen) do you know when we will be seeing AK, if at all? I wish I knew the definitive answer to that. I've searched the sites for PBS and Channel 4, and no info. But I can't imagine that it will sit on the shelf. It was already shown in Australia after it aired in the UK, so I have to think that it will make its way to North America soon. By the way, I had heard that Sophie dissed Sean in an interview.

Found a description of the first book of TCC (The Cazalet Chronicle). I believe the correct spelling is singular, despite the following... Stephen plays Edward. In this, the first book of THE CAZALET CHRONCILES, it is 1937 and the WW II is only a distant cloud on the horizon As the various Cazalet households prepare for their summer pilgrimage to the family estate in Sussex, we meet the entire cast. There's bluff, hearty Edward, in love with but by no means faithful to his wife, Villy; Hugh, wounded in the Great War, but devoted to pregnant Sybil; Rupert, who worships the body if not the mind of his child-bride, Zoe; and Rachel, the spinster sister, conducting a desperate clandestine love affair under the family roof. With her instinctive sense of the British social order, Elizabeth Jane Howard has created a new masterpiece in the tradition of THE FORSYTE SAGA, UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS, and THE SHELL SEEKERS.

*tsk tsk* ;-D

I think Stephen is unto something big...will make him an overnight star!

Sounds vvg!

Just saw this over at VV. Apparently Anna Karenina is being shown in Canada: "It is 2 parts, 3 hours last night and 2 hours tonight; CBC or Canadian TV."

Is that the same one? Said Amanda Root was in it, but she didn't play AK, did she?

Yes, the same one. I think Amanda Root played Dolly, Stiva's wife and Anna's sister-in-law. So the UK, Australia, Canada, knock on wood, USA next. FYI, I did send an inquiry to the PBS, but it said it could take 5-6 weeks for me to get a reply.

5-6 weeks? Public television works in mysterious ways. Go read the letters to the Times I posted on 134. It could be worse. *hee hee*

Mark Strong plays Stiva. Paloma (Far From the Madding Crowd) plays Kitty. I'm surprised her post didn't list the principals, McCrory, McKidd, Dillane, and Henshall. Do you remember reading the early reports about how they added "sex" to the film to attract the audience? Not a big deal, not much to see. The opening shot we see Henshall's bum through a window. But, hee hee, we've seen his better side in Angels and Insects. :-)

I know, that's what threw me. She didn't name any of the leads, although Mark Strong did ring a bell. :-) The opening shot we see Henshall's bum through a window. Is he mooning someone? Love when they are true to the original material and time period. ;-D

Pistol packin', gun totin' Stephen in Ordinary Decent Criminal. Tee hee, don't mess with him, mistah! FYI, rumor has it that he will also star in the upcoming film The Parole Officer with that cutie Lena Headey.

I cannot believe I just glossed over that Parole Officer info without making the connection. Have vacant real estate between ears for sale.

Tee hee, you had Martin Lawrence on the brain!

Let's have a pic of Lena Headey, Donna. I lika' da' pistol -packin' Stephen!

Hmmm, a good looking couple. I feel the heat already :-)

oh poo! That site wouldn't allow me to link to her pic. :-(

I made a boo-boo :-)

(Evelyn) I lika' da' pistol -packin' Stephen! Tee hee, so do I. Never knew he had such a swagger :-)

I have always been partial to a man in uniform. And one that slings a big weapon :-) First it was pistol packin', now it's commando cutie... Stephen in the British series Soldier Soldier from 1993. This episode was a tough one to find!

and look at that solid head of hair. Oh my ;-D

Heehee, that subject always seems to pop up. ;-)

**FLASH** This just in from the Peter Latham British Theatre Newsletter: From Peter Latham THE BRITISH THEATRE WEBSITE AWARDS 2000 All the nominations have been received and now is the time to vote in these Awards. http://britishtheatre.about.com/library/weekly/blawards2000-nominations.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And guess who is one of the nominees!!! Bring on the Bubbly!!Congrats Donna....

Congratulations, Donna!! You done good.