Gwen Taylor

Gwen Taylor

Nacimiento : 1939-02-19, Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK

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National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
Lucille
Alan Bennett’s sharp and hilarious new play is ‘just what the doctor ordered’ (Daily Telegraph). Filmed live at London’s Bridge Theatre during its limited run, don’t miss this acclaimed production full of ‘singalongs and stinging wit’ (Guardian). The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town in Yorkshire, is threatened with closure as part of an efficiency drive. A documentary crew, eager to capture its fight for survival, follows the daily struggle to find beds on the Dusty Springfield Geriatric Ward, and the triumphs of the old people’s choir. One of Britain’s most celebrated writers, Alan Bennett’s plays include The History Boys, The Lady in the Van and The Madness of George III, all of which were also seen on film. Allelujah! is his tenth collaboration with award-winning director Nicholas Hytner.
Pylon
Matty's Mum
A political thriller directed by Jono Smith.
Hijo de otra madre
Lily Vibert
Basada en hechos reales, cuenta la historia de Louisa Gould en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, durante la ocupación nazi de la isla de Jersey. Louisa (Jenny Seagrove) acoge a un soldado ruso (Julian Kostov) que era prisionero de guerra y ha escapado; lo esconde y lo protege. Louisa tendrá que luchar para preservar la humanidad de su familia y cuidará del soldado ruso como si fuera su hijo.
Small Town Killers
Miss Nippleworthy
En Jutlandia, dos artesanos y amigos, Ib y Edward, están hartos de sus anodinos matrimonios, y sueñan con una vida en solitario en la que poder gastar el dinero negro que tienen ahorrado. Pero los divorcios son caros. Un día, estando borrachos, contratan a un asesino ruso para que acabe con sus esposas; sin embargo, los dos amigos han subestimado a sus esposas, y de pronto son sus cabezas las que tienen una recompensa.
The Lady in the Van
Mam
Un buen día, la señorita Shepherd, una mujer de orígenes inciertos, aparca su furgoneta en una acera de Londres, en el acceso a la casa del escritor Alan Bennett. Lo que al principio iba a ser algo temporal, un favor a regañadientes, se acaba convirtiendo en una relación que cambiará las vidas de ambos. Y es que la señorita Shepherd se quedó a vivir allí durante 15 años.
Coma Girl
Bernie
An upbeat 30 minute single camera comedy which follows a group of female friends united by a shared history but divided by almost everything else. Most friends meet for dinner, or at the pub, but for these four old school friends their monthly get together is in the unsettling surroundings of an intensive care unit. Siobhan is a failing TV presenter, Sarah is a rather reluctant mother of three, Pip is a pseudo bohemian and Lucy, well Lucy is in a coma. After the initial shock, the three old school friends soon realise that Lucy is in dire need of help, if only they could provide it. As Lucy becomes more aware of what is going on around her, we delve into unexpected and funny moments from her subconscious.
The North London Book of the Dead
Mother
Grown man, W, struggles to come to terms with the death of his domineering mother, only to discover that she's spending her dead existence very happily in a suburb of London.
Trials and Tribulations
(archive footage)
A retrospective of Colin Baker's turbulent three-years as the Sixth Doctor in Doctor Who (1963), covering his casting, the 1985 hiatus, and his sacking on the orders of BBC One controller Michael Grade.
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Herself
Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.
Some Kind of Life
Sandra
Young housewife Alison tries to care for both her husband, who became brain-damaged after a motorbike accident, and their young child. Her husband's mother and best friend make things even more difficult.
Came Out, It Rained, Went Back In Again
Mother
A short film in which an innocent northern girl discovers her sexual identity on a trip to London, where she goes into a lesbian bar/club, and considers revealing her gayness to her mother.
Keeping Tom Nice
Winnie
Doug and Winnie have tried hard to keep their disabled son Tom 'nice', but when Stephen, a young social worker, takes a professional interest it has tragic consequences.
Happy Christmas, I Love You
Renee Naylor
It is Christmas Eve. Bruce and Renee speak to us from the appropriate corners of their home and we discover that, after 23 years of marriage, they know absolutely nothing about each other.
Lorna
Mavis Martin
In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left to care for their Uncle Andy. Lorna feels trapped, but Andy wishes to give her the freedom she desires.
Theban Plays: Antigone
Ismene
In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial.
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
Ismene
Oedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the gods. But his brother-in-law and his son each try to take him away.
A Coming to Terms for Billy
Mavis Martin
Belfast, 1980: July, the marching season ... Norman Martin, away for two years, returns with his 'English woman', Mavis. How will the family - particularly Billy - react? And has she achieved the impossible in mellowing the man?
Richard's Things
Margaret
Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain, love, envy and jealousy bring them together in an unexpected emotional and physical relationship.
La vida de Brian
Mrs. Big Nose
Delirante y divertidísima comedia que relata, a golpe de carcajada, la vida de un desastre de hombre, contemporáneo de Jesucristo, que es confundido por el pueblo con un mesías. Que nadie se confunda: "Life of Brian" no es una amalgama de escenas absurdas que hacen reír, es una brillante sátira que desborda con un humor maravillosamente inteligente. Obra capital de los geniales Monty Python, su gozosa visión está llena de memorables gags que la encumbran como una de las mejores parodias de la historia del cine.
The Light Princess
Queen
Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Mrs. Iris Mountbatten / Chastity
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
Do You Dig It?
The Woman
If you ought to finish that bathroom, but NATO goes on Nuclear Alert, and curious people appear at the bottom of your garden - you dig a hole to hide in, don't you?
Land of Green Ginger
Sally Brown
Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow. Will she decide to take the job abroad or return to live with Mike in Hull?