(1) My own top five, in no special order, would be Howard Davies's breathtaking 2010 production of Bulgakov's The White Guard, David Hare's investigative Iraq play Stuff Happens , Lee Hall's much-loved The Pitmen Painters, and Hytner's own productions of Alan Bennett's The History Boys and Richard Bean's One Man, Two Guvnors.
(2) At the moment, the NT has a record four productions running in the West End – One Man, Two Guvnors, War Horse, Untold Stories and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – which have created an invaluable income stream against funding cuts and the credit crunch.
(3) The National theatre's Broadway version of One Man, Two Guvnors, starring James Corden as a gluttonous buffoon, has received seven nominations at this year's Tony Awards – but was trumped by the largely British creative team behind Once , which picked up 11 to lead the pack.
(4) His performance in Sir Nicholas Hytner’s production of One Man, Two Guvnors for the National Theatre, a role conceived especially for Corden, won ecstatic reviews in London and Broadway and won him, stunningly, the Tony award for best actor, beating a shortlist that included Philip Seymour Hoffman, Frank Langella and James Earl Jones.
(5) It was, though, thanks to its designers that UK theatre fared well: Mark Thompson's set and costume design for One Man, Two Guvnors were included in their respective categories, while Bob Crowley (Once) and Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll (Ghost the Musical) were recognised for their set designs.
(6) Corden won a Bafta for Gavin and Stacey and a Tony for his role as Francis Henshall in the Broadway production of One Man, Two Guvnors.
(7) This spring, said Hytner, there would be a record four National productions running in the West End: War Horse; One Man, Two Guvnors; Alan Bennett's Untold Stories; and the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, adapted from Mark Haddon's novel.
(8) Brian Reader, 77, who was known by his fellow gang members as the Guvnor or Master, was “an extremely ill man” who was blind in one eye and hard of hearing, his defence barrister, James Scobie QC, told Woolwich crown court at the start of a three-day sentencing hearing.
(9) And that’s probably a lovely thing for him to think about.” The all-rounder Born 22 August 1978 Career Achieved enormous TV success in 2007 as co-writer and star of Gavin & Stacey, leading to acclaimed performances at the National Theatre and on Broadway in One Man, Two Guvnors.
(10) James Corden performs in a scene from One Man, Two Guvnors at the 66th annual Tony Awards in New York.
(11) Hytner, for example, has even refused to take royalties from commercial transfers of his shows (including One Man, Two Guvnors and The History Boys), as part of a public-service discipline that is unlikely to be repeated by his replacement.
(12) Meanwhile, Howard Shapiro of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes "One Man, Two Guvnors is the hoot of the season" .
(13) He remade himself with One Man, Two Guvnors, which transferred to Broadway and won him a Tony award.
(14) Cumberbatch and Miller will be up against Jude Law ( Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse), Douglas Hodge ( Inadmissible Evidence , also at the Donmar), David Haig ( The Madness of George III ) and James Corden, who has reprised his starring role in One Man, Two Guvnors on Broadway.
(15) There were also nominations for Matilda in choreography, lighting, set design, costumes and sound, and one for its director, Matthew Warchus, who will compete with Sean Foley for The Ladykillers, Nicholas Hytner for One Man, Two Guvnors and Rufus Norris for London Road.
(16) Renamed One Man, Two Guvnors, it will be set in 1960s Brighton rather than 18th-century Venice.
(17) The gang’s oldest member, Brian Reader, 77, who was known by his fellow raiders as “the Guvnor” or “Master”, will be sentenced at a later date after suffering a stroke at the high-security Belmarsh prison.
(18) Here's Paul Taylor : "Corden makes a triumphant comic return to the National ... One Man, Two Guvnors, one massive hit."
(19) The Wall Street Journal's Terry Teachout sought to dampen the delirium, describing One Man, Two Guvnors as "a very long show with one brilliant scene that doesn't compensate for the acres of tedium that surround it" .
(20) But the gang’s oldest member, ringleader Brian Reader, who was known by his fellow raiders as “the Guvnor” or “Master”, was absent and will be sentenced at a later date after suffering a stroke in high-security Belmarsh prison.
John
Definition:
(n.) A proper name of a man.
Example Sentences:
(1) The judge, Mr Justice John Royce, told George she was "cold" and "calculating", as further disturbing details of her relationship with the co-accused, Colin Blanchard and Angela Allen, emerged.
(2) Names, and the absence of them, could be important Facebook Twitter Pinterest Don’t look back … Daisy Ridley’s Rey and John Boyega’s stormtrooper Finn.
(3) A new propaganda video by Islamic State featuring the British photojournalist John Cantlie, in which he says it is the “last film in this series”, has appeared online.
(4) The company, part of the John Lewis Partnership, now sources all its beef from the UK, including in its ready meals, sandwiches and fresh mince.
(5) It is a moment to be grateful for what remains of Labour's hard left: an amendment to scrap the cap was at least tabled by John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn but stood no chance.
(6) John Lewis’s marketing, advertising and reputation are all built on their promises of good customer services, and it is a large part of what still drives people to their stores despite cheaper online outlets.
(7) "In my era, we'd get a phone call from John [Galliano] before the show: this is what the show's about, what do you think?
(8) Two lunches are recoded with John Yates and Andy Hayman, the former assistant commissioners.
(9) The others were two Britons, Mark Cox and John Barrett (now both BBC commentators) and the US player Jim McManus.
(10) John Large, a leading nuclear consultant, said: "The HSE as an independent agency will come under tremendous pressure to push through these designs.
(11) The committee is chaired by John Thompson, the board's lead independent director, and includes Microsoft founder and chairman, Bill Gates, as well as other board members Chuck Noski and Steve Luczo.
(12) It is the biggest privatisation since John Major sold the railways in the 1990s.
(13) John Carver witnessed signs of much-needed improvement from the visitors in a purposeful spell either side of the interval but it was not enough to prevent a fifth successive Premier League defeat.
(14) An untiring advocate of the joys and merits of his adopted home county, Bradbury figured Norfolk as a place of writing parsons, farmer-writers and sensitive poets: John Skelton, Rider Haggard, John Middleton Murry, William Cowper, George MacBeth, George Szirtes.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whether Sia, Jason Derulo, Coldplay’s Chris Martin or Sir Elton John is in the passenger seat, Corden plays the part of a real fan with a deep knowledge of their discography.
(16) The police investigating the 1991 murder of the Oxford student Rachel McLean had a strong hunch that the killer was her boyfriend, John Tanner, another student.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Imogen and her father, John Hull, before he lost his sight.
(18) It also devalues the courage of real whistleblowers who have used proper channels to hold our government accountable.” McCain added: “It is a sad, yet perhaps fitting commentary on President Obama’s failed national security policies that he would commute the sentence of an individual that endangered the lives of American troops, diplomats, and intelligence sources by leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks, a virulently anti-American organisation that was a tool of Russia’s recent interference in our elections.” WikiLeaks last year published emails hacked from the accounts of the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s election campaign.
(19) The day it opened in the US, three senators – senate select committee on intelligence chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, Carl Levin and John McCain – released a letter of protest to Sony Pictures's CEO, citing their committee's 6,000-page classified report on interrogation tactics and calling on him "to state that the role of torture in the hunt for Osama bin Laden is not based on the facts, but rather part of the film's fictional narrative".
(20) Delabole residents Susan and John Theobald said: “We’ve always enjoyed being around the turbines and have often walked right up to them with our dogs.