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1. www.telegraph.co.uk › theatre › what-to-seeNicholas Hytner: ‘Maggie Smith was probably the wittiest ...

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   Sep 27, 2024 · Hytner’s most famous collaboration with the actress, who died at the age of 89 today, was The Lady in the Van. This 1999 masterpiece (staged in the West End) by Alan Bennett detailed the ...

2. www.inkl.com › news › she-found-life-hysterically‘She found life hysterically funny and unbearably… - inkl

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   Sep 27, 2024 · Her last performance on stage, at the Bridge theatre, when she was 85, was as the 102-year-old Brunhilde Pomsel in Christopher Hampton’s A German Life – a monologue in which one of Goebbels’ secretaries lied about her life for 100 minutes.

3. uk.news.yahoo.com › nicholas-hytner-maggie-smithNicholas Hytner: ‘Maggie Smith was probably the wittiest ...

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   Sep 27, 2024 · Hytner’s most famous collaboration with the actress, who died at the age of 89 today, was The Lady in the Van. This 1999 masterpiece (staged in the West End) by Alan Bennett detailed the...

4. www.westendtheatre.com › 255895 › newsDame Maggie Smith: Broadway to dim lights for Maggie Smith ...

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   Oct 9, 2024 · Director Nicholas Hytner, who directed Maggie Smith many times, including in Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van on stage and screen, and in Smith’s last major stage role at the Bridge Theatre in A German Life, told The Guardian that, “She found life hysterically funny and unbearably painful. Her company was exhilarating – she was even ...

5. www.thereviewshub.com › giant-royal-court-londonGiant – Royal Court, London - The Reviews Hub

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   Sep 27, 2024 · Writer: Mark Rosenblatt. Director: Nicholas Hytner. In 1983, journalist Tony Clifton’s book God Cried documented Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in harrowing words and with devastating pictures ...

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6. www.thejc.com › life-and-culture › why-i-tackled‘Why I tackled Roald Dahl’s antisemitism in my Royal Court ...

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   Sep 19, 2024 · Hytner was responding to Rosenblatt’s first draft of Giant, a play about the much-loved children’s author and self-confessed antisemite Roald Dahl which starts previewing today. Rosenblatt ...

7. www.vogue.co.uk › article › dame-maggie-smith-obituaryDame Maggie Smith Has Died At 89 | British Vogue

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   Sep 27, 2024 · “She can capture in a single moment more than many actors can convey in an entire film,” explained Nicholas Hytner, who directed Smith in Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van. “She can be vulnerable, fierce, bleak and hilarious simultaneously, and she brings to the set each day the energy and curiosity of a young actor who’s just ...