Comments on: Happy about Birthday awards?

By: execelsior

execelsior — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:57:11 +0000

In response to Nonplussed ……………………… for some of us, the theatre IS everything. Films/Movies are fine, so is television BUT theatre, as I said, is everything. Playing a role on the stage for some two plus hours is INDEED something special. However, in defense of Christopher Lee …. I welcome his knighthood as he is a good movie actor and regardless of purists, I still think that he was the perfect Dracula (especially in the first film).

By: Nonplussed

Nonplussed — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:06:31 +0000

You are naughtily provocative sometimes. Lee is an internationally famous film star (a glance at his IMDB listing might be worthwhile), known by a public of millions and not only for Dracula. He may not rank amongst those who have “done their bit” in plays seen by the locally massed hundreds, but the stage isn’t everything. Behave.

By: Peter Morris

Peter Morris — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:21:27 +0000

If one accepts that actors should receive `gongs’ simply for being good actors ( as opposed to, say, raising funds for charities ) then I feel strongly that actors who have spent long years doing sterling work in the subsidised sector on low salaries should be the ones who get rewarded rather than TV stars. The names of David Calder, Anna Carteret, Oliver Ford Davies, Edward Petherbridge and Ronald Pickup spring to mind. I’m sure there are plenty of others.

By: michael sharpe

michael sharpe — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:51:40 +0000

Sorry.Cut myself off! I was about to say that the critic’s circle would be the appropriate body to propose such a well deserved honour.

By: michael sharpe

michael sharpe — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:48:55 +0000

A DBE is long overdue for the great Penelope Wilton. Ant The C

By: Edward Schilling

Edward Schilling — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:51:49 +0000

I can’t believe your pompous dismissal of Christopher Lee….A hugely significant figure in British cinema…and yes he’s best known for Dracula….something which has made him iconic…..how many people acheive that in a life time….certainly not a once noted critic reduced to writing snivilling and barbed blogs on the web.