Henry Woolf
How To Read A Poem
Reading and Workshop with the Purple Poets
October 4th at 11:30 - 1 in The Crypt
Munster Square, London NW1 3PL
Free. Child-friendly. Wheel-chair accessible.
HENRY WOOLF
BIOGRAPHY:
On National Poetry Day, 2007, Henry has very generously
given up his time mid-morning to do a reading and workshop with the London
Time Bank Poets; in the evening he will be appearing in Pinter's The
Hothouse at the National Theatre. His first book of poetry is
In The MousetrapThe Mouse is King. As well as writing poetry, he has
also written plays and comic sketches and is an acclaimed actor, director
and producer. In 1957, he directed the first production of Harold Pinter's
first play The Room at the University of Bristol. In a long and
accomplished career, Henry has worked with, amongst others, Harold Pinter,
Peter Brooks, and Orsen Welles and performed in the first production
of Brecht's Man is Man.
He was called a "living icon of the theatrical avant-garde" by Richard Eyre
and Nicholas Wright in the BBC TV series and companion book A View of
British Theatre in the Twentieth Century. He has toured extensively
with his award-winning production of Hancock's Last Half Hour and
is also much loved for his role as the lecherous guru "Arthur Sultan"
in Eric Idle's spoof of The Beatles, The Rutles.
Henry Woolf became the Head of the Drama Department at the University of
Saskatchewan in 1983. He was a founding member of the Shakespeare on the
Saskatchewan Festival in 1984. He is married to actor/director
Susan Williamson and they currently reside in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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For Susan
St. Valentine's Day, 2005
Henry Woolf, 2005
In his particular desert
The lakes are plastic.
The rocks cardboard,
And people vanish when you
Turn them sideways.
In the glass trees a thin wind
Moans for what might have been.
But where you, just once,
With a smile perhaps,
Filter the dead border
Moss and small grasses happen,
Grey becomes green.
Nowhere Somewhere,
Spies whisper promises.
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2007 (ON-GOING) appearing at the 2007 National Theatre production
of Pinter's "The Hothouse"
Productions at the National Theatre: The Hothouse, Monologue
For the RSC: many productions, including Peter Brooks' The
Marat|Sade
Other notable theatre, in venues across the world: AC/DC, Man is Man,
Rhinoceros, The Room, The Weir, The Birthday Party, Hancock's Last
Half-Hour
TV :
Amongst others: Pinter's Monologue (1973), Words & Pictures, the
Narnia series (Doctor Cornelius in the BBC adaptation of Prince
Caspian), Steptoe and Son (1973) , Rutland Weekend Television
(1975), The Sweeney (1975), and the Doctor Who serial The Sun Makers
(in the role of "The Collector"). He was also the much loved host
of the pre-school educational series Words and Pictures.
Films:
Amongst others: Gorky Park, The Lion in Winter, The Rocky Horror Picture
Show, The Rutles, Steptoe and Son Ride Again, Steptoe and Son, Gorky Park
(1983), Superman III.
As director :
Amongst others: The first production of Harold Pinter's first play The
Room
As dramaturge/actor:
Amongst others: 1986. The first public reading of Kim Morrissey's play Dora:
A Case of Hysteria to celebrate International Women's Day (directing/playing
"Freud").
Website Links (and interviews):
THE RUTLES
http://www.neilinnes.org/articles/henry/henry.htm
interview Bonnie and Laurie on their Neil Innes Website, May 26, 2005
(includes archival photgraphs of Henry as "The Collector" (Doctor Who) as
well as other photographs from his career).
WIKIPEDIA ENTRY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Woolf
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
website:Cosmo's Factory
http://www.cosmosfactory.org/actor_henry_woolf.shtml
DOCTOR WHO
Classic Series Episode Guide - Cast and crewHenry Woolf - Credits. Cast.
The Sun Makers. :. Collector. This episode guide is made up of the text of
The Discontinuity Guide by Paul Cornell,...
www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/people/henry_woolf.shtml
My 60 years in Harold's Gang | Theatre story | Guardian Unlimited
Arts
Henry Woolf, who is appearing in a revival of The Hothouse, relives
his lifelong friendship ... Harold Pinter and Henry Woolf. Photograph: Eamonn
McCabe ...
arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/story/0,,2124351,00.html
Original Review of The Room (Pinter) 1957, Bristol
- Plays I'm so glad I didn't miss this production, Henry Woolf,
whose work as a character actor has caught our eye before, here introduces
himself as an intelligent and sensitive producer. He introduces too, an old
school friend of his, Harold Pinter, who as a writer, should go on
writing....
www.haroldpinter.org/plays/plays_room.shtml
People have
very kindly offered to bring food and drink for this potluck affair,
so
many thanks for your contribution.
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