Tag Archives: Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi as King Lear, Richmond Theatre, April 2011

Posted on 3 April 2011

From the first moments of irascible folly to the final moments of grief as he cradles the body of his dearest Cordelia, Derek Jacobi’s Lear came alive on stage in a way that made this relatively long play seem to race past in no time. The production by Michael Grandage, touring from the Donmar, uses …

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The King’s Speech, Movie in Cinemas in the UK and USA, January 2011

Posted on 9 January 2011

On 6th February 1952, King George VI died in his sleep, aged 56. His daughter Elizabeth flew back to the UK from Kenya to become Queen Elizabeth II. Though I was a child at the time, I remember dreaming one night that my Dad and I went to the palace to help the king. Surely …

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