Tag: Roy Kinnear

Coming Soon: STAGE DIRECTION getting ready for release

Posted on by Richard Edwards in Blog, Our Films

It’s getting very exciting. Post-production for our latest documentary, STAGE DIRECTION is now drawing to a close and the final version is looking and sounding great.

We’ve been very lucky to have such wonderful contributions, not only our archive recordings with Anthony Quayle and Roy Kinnear from way back in 1984, but also the great interviews we did with National Youth Theatre alumni, Lauren Lyle and Luke Pierre, Anthony’s daughter, Jenny Quayle, Cameron Mackintosh’s chief archivist, Rosy Runciman and Head of Drama and Head of Casting at Lime Pictures, Rebecca Hodgson and Peter Hunt. We’re really looking forward to announcing our final release date. Coming soon!

Sparrows Can’t Sing, first English language film to be released in US with subtitles

Posted on by Richard Edwards in Blog, Our Films

sparrers-cant-sing-cover-01Roy Kinnear’s stage career took a significant step forward when he appeared in Joan Littlewoood’s acclaimed production of Sparrers Can’t Sing, written by Stephen Lewis.

The story features cockney sailor Charlie who comes home from a long voyage to find his house has been raised and his wife Maggie has gone missing. It turns out that she’s living with bus driver Bert and has a new baby, whose parentage is somewhat in doubt. Charlie’s friends won’t tell him where Maggie is because he’s well-known to have a foul temper. But he finally finds her and, after a fierce row with Bert, they’re reconciled. Continue reading “Sparrows Can’t Sing, first English language film to be released in US with subtitles” →

Roy Kinnear, the ever popular comic actor who lit up every production he was in

Posted on by Richard Edwards in Blog, Our Films

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Between the 1950s and the end of the 1980s the lovable comic actor, Roy Kinnear was barely off our screens. Whether appearing in the BBC’s The Dick Emery Show or the ITV sitcom, Cowboys, Roy was a regular on British television. His outstanding popularity also led to a wealth of supporting actor roles on stage and in countless international feature films. Tragically, Roy was taken from us at an early age following an accident while filming The Return of the Musketeers in Spain in 1989. Continue reading “Roy Kinnear, the ever popular comic actor who lit up every production he was in” →