Уже радует. Может, когда и отклик будет, пусть даже и окольными путями.

http://kultura.dziennik.pl/telewizja-i- … zdjec.html

Статья о спектакле о военных журналистах Blue on Blue с участием Майкла

Blue on Blue
Published Thursday 12 October 2006 at 15:10 by Julie Watterston
As this review is written, the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is meeting to decide the future of the Haymarket Theatre - a political, financial and commercial consideration. The decision, if taken, will mean that Basingstoke no longer operates as a regional producing house.
It is apt and ironic that this discussion coincides with director John Adams’ successful premiere of a thought-provoking new play by Derek Lister, a television and radio writer who has not previously produced for the stage. If Blue on Blue is Adams’ swansong then it is a good example of his innovative work at the Haymarket and its theme of manipulation is all the more poignant due to the theatre’s current crisis.
The plot follows a group of journalists based at a media camp in the Iraqi desert and gives a whole new insight into the daily struggle of war correspondents to get the scoop, yet remain human in the face of adversity. The life of these embedded journalists living like squaddies in camps away from the frontline is fraught with the desperation to do a good job, owing their lives to the military personnel who protect them yet who control the news stories on which they report.
Once again, resident designer Elroy Ashmore has crafted an excellent set for the Haymarket, a camouflaged camp in the sandy desert, complete with TV broadcasting vehicle and one-man tents. Although stereotyped, the characters represent a broad spectrum of modern day journalism from Kathryn Pogson’s portrayal of frontline reporter Jude, Michael Praed as stalwart Neil, Michael Coglan as ‘fresher’ Greg and Alexandra Staden as the superficial Poitrine. Andrew Frame and Nicholas Bailey represent the military personifying the tenuous relationship between the media and the army.
The skilled cast performs the play with sincerity and realism, two values of which the Haymarket can be justly proud.
http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/revie … ue-on-blue

О спектакле "Прекрасные и проклятые"

Beautiful and Damned
Published Tuesday 18 May 2004 at 10:20
Lyric, Shaftesbury Avenue
Opened May 10
Authors: Kit Hesketh Harvey (book), Les Reed and Roger Cook (music and lyrics)
Director: Craig Revel Horwood
Producer: Laurence Myers in association with Charles, Mary and Julian Dobson
Cast includes: Michael Praed, Helen Anker, David Burt, Susannah Fellows
Running time: 2hrs 30mins
There are a few things in this musicalisation of the stormy marriage of F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald that are absolutely right. There is an air of high professionalism. Christopher Woods’ designs and costumes are smart and colourful. The songs, while not memorable, are apt, varied and, towards the end, reasonably moving.
Why, then, is Beautiful and Damned so close to living up to its unfortunate title? Mainly, I would guess, because in these days it is completely unbelievable. Fifty years ago it might have passed muster. Now, alas, it is impossible to take seriously a portrayal of F Scott Fitzgerald in which this talented but ravaged man, a victim of drink and drugs, appears youthful, suave and unruffled throughout. Or in a Zelda who appears to be only slightly askew when confined to a mental institution.
Neither of these drawbacks is entirely due to Michael Praed and Helen Anker, who are confronted with a book of exceptional blandness, which is rather surprising considering that it is by the rather wicked cabaret satirist Kit Hesketh Harvey. Helen Anker, in particular, is the epitome of all-round ability, attractive in appearance, a competent actress, a singer of some versatility and a good dancer.
The other roles are even more sketchy. David Burt is rather better as Zelda’s authoritarian father than he is as Ernest Hemingway. Susannah Fellows struggles to make any impression as Zelda’s mother. And it is difficult to distinguish any of the supporting roles, though the director and choreographer, Craig Revel Horwood, has ensured they are all played with maximum energy.
Peter Hepple
http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/feat … and-damned

Отрывок о Майкле из статьи про спектакль "Трое на кушетке"
Michael Praed’s tweed and dicky bow wearing shrink is a nervous widower who finds himself unwittingly caught in the crossfire of a crumbling marriage. His excellent performance is the catalyst for all that is best in this production. Some cleverly handled improvisation at one point, as a prop lost its balance, gives evidence of his comic ability.
http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/revie … nt-friends

Alga спасибо за переводы про Майкла

Если верить Википедии, театр и сегодня успешно работает. Кстати, в августе обещают поставить "Бурю" Шекспира - вероятно, это тот же спектакль, в котором Майкл впервые появился на сцене, еще студентом
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_Theatre

Отредактировано Lada (2011-05-18 10:43:55)

Alga вот что пишут в его фильмографии:
The Tempest (fall of 1980) Play .... Fairy – Nuffield Theatre, University of Southhampton

Про "Бурю" - я имела ввиду профессиональную сцену. А до этого играл, конечно же, и крошку Тима в Иране, и гоголевского Землянику в интернате, и другие роли, о многих из которых мы, вероятно, даже не знаем.

Люди, гляньте: или я- трамвай, или господа оформители обложек добрались и до Майкла. Вчера в каталоге рассылки почтой нашла маааааленькую картинку-обложку. Но глаз-то наметанный))) Сегодня выцепила ее в сети. Не, разве не Майк?

Судя по имиджу))) мамзели рядом с ним, это использовано фото времен "Династии", нет?

Ольга
так. Это что же, я им продажи подняла?! Тогда пусть Майку идут отчисления)))

Midinvaerne
Глаз-алмаз, воистину!

Midinvaerne ух ты, здорово! Майкл снова в имидже романтического героя