#harper pitt

[deatwithdignity]

angels in america

millennium approaches: the messenger

director: mike nichols

cinematographer: stephen goldblatt

#angels in america #angels in america hbo #prior walter #harper pitt #louis ironson #joe pitt #belize #ethel rosenberg #roy cohn #justin kirk #mary louise parker #ben shenkman #patrick wilson #jeffrey wright #meryl streep #al pacino #emma thompson

[laufire]

HARPER: I want your credit card. That's all. You can keep track of me from where the charges come from. If you want to keep track. I don't care.

JOE: I have some things to tell you.

HARPER: Oh we shouldn't talk. I don't want to do that anymore. Credit card.

JOE: I don't know what will happen to me without you. Only you. Only you love me. Out of everyone in the world. I have done things, I'm ashamed. But I have changed. I don't know how yet, but __ Please, please, don't leave me now. Harper. You're my good heart.

(She looks at him, she walks up to him and slaps him, hard.)

HARPER (Quietly): Did that hurt?

(Joe nods "yes.")

HARPER: Yes. Remember that. Please. If I can get a job, or something, I'll cut the card to pieces. And there won't be charges anymore. Credit card.

(Joe takes out his wallet, gives her his card.)

JOE (Small voice, not looking at her): Call or.... Call. You have to.

HARPER: NO. Probably never again. That's how bad. Sometimes, maybe lost is best. Get lost. Joe. Go exploring.

(Harper digs in the sofa. She removes her Valium stash. She shakes out two pills, goes to Joe, takes his hand and puts the Valium in his open palm.)

HARPER: With a big glass of water. (She leaves)

[...]

LOUIS: I want to come back to you. You could... respond, you could say something, throw me out or say it's fine, or it's not fine but sure what the hell or... I really failed you. But... this is hard. Failing in love isn't the same as not loving. It doesn't let you off the hook, it doesn't mean... you're free to not love.

PRIOR: I love you Louis.

LOUIS: Good. I love you.

PRIOR: I really do. But you can't come back. Not ever. I'm sorry. But you can't.

Angels in America, Tony Kusher.

#i love breakups. i love divorce. #talking to the void #books #bookblr #quotes #angels in america #tony kusher #prior walter #louis ironson #harper pitt #joe pitt

[ninewheels]

Angels in America Chapter Two: “In Vitro”

#Angels in America #Joe Pitt #Harper Pitt #Patrick Wilson #Tony Kushner #Mike Nichols #Mary Louise Parker

[clo-thespin]

okay, so ive started this thing, i walk into my school's theatre everyday and suggest a new play for senior year lmao

me to my friends: all right, time to convince (insert theatre teachers name) to do angels in america senior year theatre teacher: *overhears me* theatre teacher: WhATt?!?!?! DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THAT PLAY IS??? me and my friends: *giggling*

and then later in the day...

theatre teacher: *walks past me and my s/o while we're studying for our geom test* me: *turns to s/o* me, extremely excited: should we do the angels in america thing for him? my s/o: *says yes with their eyes* theatre teacher: *chuckles* me and my s/o, in unison: 'i'm a mormon' me and my s/o, in unison: 'im a homosexual' me and my s/o, in unison: 'in my church we don't believe in homosexuals' me and my s/o, in unison: *dramatic gasp* me and my s/o, in unison: 'in my church, we don't believe in mormons!' me and my s/o: *giggling* theatre teacher: *walks tf away, probably horrified*

im actually obsessed with angels in america rn its insane

#school life #theatre kids #theatre #theater #angels in america #a gay mormon REPUBLICAN lawyer #prior walter #andrew garfield #harper pitt #denise gough #shenanigans #ive had too much fun today #acting #high school

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

I've only ever seen Denise Gough play fucked-up 1980s Mormon housewives but damn if she doesn't do it well.

#And with Andrew Garfield in both too! #denise gough #under the banner of heaven #Angels in America #Harper pitt #post o' mine #clearing out the drafts #Can't wait to see her in something else bc she's great!

[representativecharacters]

Character(s): The cast of Angels in America (Belize, Louis Ironson, Hannah Pitt, Harper Pitt, Joe Pitt, and Prior Walter)

From: Angels in America

Representation: Belize (Black, Gay), Louis (Jewish, Gay), Hannah (Religion: Mormon), Harper (Religion: Mormon, Disorder: Agoraphobia, Addiction: Pills), Joe (Religion: Mormon, Gay), Prior (Gay, HIV+/AIDS)

Their Importance: One of the first major dramatic works to address the ongoing AIDS crisis, the play was notable for it's sympathetic portrayal of gay men and people living with AIDS at a time when legal discrimination against both groups was actively harming people and halting progress on dealing with the AIDS epidemic. 

The cast of characters are all well-developed to ensure that they are not defined solely by their representation. Everyone is shown to be realistically flawed which also helps to keep the story grounded when more fantastical elements enter the picture. 

 The play goes to great lengths to show the diversity of gay men's lived experiences and how complex factors such as race and religion intersect with those experiences. For instance, Prior and Belize are openly gay, Louis is openly gay except to his Jewish family, and Joe comes out as gay over the course of the play while constantly struggling to reconcile his homosexuality with his Mormon religion. Every way of living is shown to have it's own set of hardships and the play never states what is the right path, only that it's important to do what's best for each individual.

Issues: The play does include racial slurs said by bigoted characters directed at Black and Jewish people in addition to depictions and discussions of homophobia. 

There is also a fairly important lead character, Roy Cohn, who is a Jewish man who has sex with other men (he specifically rejects the label "gay") and is living with AIDS. I did not include him in the representation as a) the vast majority of the bigoted remarks come from him and b) he is based on a real life person of the same name who held similar opinions. The play does not endorse his actions and he is ultimately the closest person to an actual villain in the story.

Thanks to @silver-stargazing for the write-up!

#angels in america #belize #louis ironson #hannah pitt #harper pitt #joe pitt #prior walter #representation: racial #representation: black #representation: lgbtqia+ #representation: gay #representation: religious #representation: jewish #representation: mormon #representation: disorder #representation: agoraphobia #representation: addiction #representation: hiv/aids #representation: disease #issues: slurs #issues: racism #submitted

[theodoredeckergf]

looking at an emotionally disturbed woman who doesn't leave the house all day like "is anyone gonna kin her, or is it up to me?"

#harper pitt #chat chat

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

controversial opinions insomnia hours with isabel: i think the internet was way too harsh on andrew garfield for saying he watched drag race to prepare for angels in america, given that he was playing a character who used to do drag and has a particularly memorable scene that takes place in a liminal dreamspace anchored by his make-up mirror. like, it would be weird and probably homophobic to prepare for playing louis by watching drag race... but he was playing prior! having seen his performance, also, i didn't think it was perfect but i thought he was very good and more pertinently I did think it was very clear that insofar as he did infuse it with a degree of what i will call for a lack of a better word flamboyance, it was not because andrew garfield thinks this is what gay people are like, but a deliberate choice for this specific character (a former drag performer!!!) rooted in the idea that performance is itself a coping mechanism, something which is IMO integral to any reading of the famously language-heavy play (louis's monologues about america are his version of the same thing) and which was also a concept obviously (arguably too obviously, but i thought it worked) at the center of this production as a whole - once perestroika commenced and especially as it stretched into its endgame, garfield dropped the exaggeration, bit by bit, until at the epilogue he was speaking to the audience quite plainly, a performance arc that mirrored the way the realistic and textured period set of millennium approaches came apart and gave way to black box style minimalism across part two as the characters get closer to being stripped of their various illusions, and was echoed as well in the extraordinary work nathan lane did with roy cohn's weakening voice as illness took from him his power.

#other controversial opinion is that lee pace as joe pitt was... fine #he was good. he played the part well enough to serve the story #but it wasn't a performance that stayed with me #now. unfamous theater actor who played louis on the other hand.... THAT was a PERFORMANCE #holy shit. that was one of the best feats of acting i've ever seen #can't remember his name but still remember visceraly sitting in the theater during his belize monologues scene thinking like #'holy shit he is for real saying this in a way that makes it sound like it is just coming out of his brain right now on the spot' #which. if you are familiar with those monologues. is no mean feat!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #who else was in that. belize was good. i missed beth malone as the angel which mad eme sad but the angel was fine. #harper was ok #in the off broadway revival from like 2012 or whatever zoe kazan was ATROCIOUS #like HATEFULLY bad #this lady was an improvement #but i think harper is maybe the hardest character in the play #and also the character where all future actors are least served by my memory of the HBO adaptation #i think the cast in that is gnrealy quite good #emma thompson & meryl streep are delights ofc #(oh. hannah. hannah was fine i guess i don't remember her) #but mary-louise parker's harper is......................... #unspeakably untouchably gorgeously wildly beyond perfect to me #she gives such a strange performance and she makes it look so fucking easy #actually. weird comparison incoming. you know what it's like #it's like... heath ledger's joker #like that performance is iconic because he is playing this derangeed larger than life character #and it's not what you'd call a subte performanc but it's also not at all a show-off performance #it's not understated but i would allso say it is not a performancee that draws attention to itself #it's a performance that trusts itself enough to believe if it just does its job the attention will come when it's supposed to #that's parker's harper. she doesn't need to show you she's good. she doesn't need to make it clear that she's Acting

[whatsnewtonetflix]

It's the last episode of What's New to Netflix Instant!? ever! But don't worry, we'll be back next month with a new name for our podcast (hint: it's more or less the same name), and in the meantime, we got this fresh episode for you detailing all of the new titles coming to Netflix in September 2023.

Then we watch Matthew Broderick invent a highly addictive new pharmaceutical that destroys lives and makes his business billions of dollars in the miniseries, Painkiller from 2023. Next, Gal Gadot is a double agent who gets double-crossed while trying to locate an AI software called The Heart before it falls into the wrong hands in Heart of Stone from 2023. And finally, a disparate group of people decide to capitalize on the inevitable collapse of the housing market in The Big Short from 2015.

All of this plus teenage party movies, dating shows that don't feature werewolves, the growing number of small towns with secrets, Spy Ops, Spy Kids, Power Rangers, and Netflix acquires numerous shows that you can throw on in the background while you do other stuff.

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#netflix #netflix instant #podcast #painkiller #matthew broderick #uzo aduba #west duchovny #taylor kitsch #peter berg #heart of stone #gal gadot #jamie dornan #alia bhatt #matthias schweighöfer #tom harper #the big short #christian bale #steve carrell #ryan gosling #brad pitt #adam mckay #what's new to netflix instant

[iwtv]

i’m like if a housewife who takes pills recreationally was a faggot with a mood disorder

#rickyisms #i’m on lithium i can reclaim harper pitt

[jtownraindancer]

The Burn Collection

Hello friends! I've been hunting down Burn Gorman's works (film, screen, and radio) over the past few months, and since sharing is caring~

Audiobooks

Arkham County- From within the walls of Arkham’s asylum, reclusive writer Randolph Carter tells the story of orphan Violet Flintock, who arrives in Arkham County in search of her own history only to be instantly greeted by the bloody realities of this small town, whose foundations are built from the lore and mythology of HP Lovecraft. Horror; mature themes. 2020. Ensemble cast. Wilbur. [complete]

Torchwood: Everyone Says Hello- Across Cardiff, ordinary people are behaving in odd ways: saying hello to complete strangers, and going out of their way to greet one another. Torchwood discovers that an alien communications field is gathering strength in the area. The team must find the device responsible and shut it off - before civil unrest engulfs the whole city. 2008. Narrator. Owen Harper. [complete]

Torchwood: Slow Decay- A friend of Gwen's has recently done an impressive bit of slimming, thanks to a new Cardiff weight-loss clinic with an incredibly simple system, and now Rhys wants to give it a try. Elsewhere in the city, an ordinary woman with superhuman strength and a extraordinary hunger is attacking people and eating her victims. 2007. Narrator. Owen Harper. [complete]

Films

Agatha Christie's Marple: Ordeal By Innocence- Old wounds are reopened for the Argyle family when a man suddenly turns up after being abroad and claims that the black sheep of the family could not have murdered its tyrannical matriarch. 2007. Ensemble cast. Antagonist. Jacko Argyle. [complete]

Cemetery Junction- In early 1970s England, three friends spend their days in banter, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to escape their working class world but cheeky chappy Bruce and kind-hearted slacker Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a job as a door-to-door insurance salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives forever. 2010. Ensemble cast. PC Renwick. [complete]

Color Me Kubrick- The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut (1999), despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him. 2005. Period typical -isms. Ensemble cast. Willie. [complete]

Crimson Peak- An aspiring young author travels to a remote Gothic mansion in Cumberland, England with her new husband and his sister. There, she must decipher the mystery behind the ghostly visions that haunt her new home. 2015. Ensemble cast. Mr. Holly. [complete]

Dalziel and Pascoe: A Death in The Family- When a transit depot is robbed of £600,000 in used banknotes, the thieves left one thing behind: a dead security guard. The victim is revealed to be the inside man and telephone records lead to Steve Pitt, found dead in his restaurant. 2006. Ensemble cast. Jerry Hart. [complete]

Enola Holmes- Enola is the youngest sibling in the famous Holmes family. She is extremely intelligent, observant, and insightful, defying the social norms for women of the time. Her mother Eudoria has taught her everything she needs to know to be strong-willed and independent. But on her sixteenth birthday, Enola wakes to find that her mother has disappeared. 2020. Ensemble cast. Linthorn. [complete]

Fred Claus- Santa's bitter older brother, Fred, is forced to move to the North Pole to help Santa and the elves prepare for their big night in exchange for cash. But what started out as an easy way to make money soon turns into a desperate attempt to save Christmas. 2007. Cameo. Elf. [complete]

Guernica- "Listen, George. Here's your damn war story. Twenty-six April, 1937. Gernika. Don't give a damn if you use my name or you have someone else sign it. But it's the story I want printed. Ready? A very small town in the north of Spain is about to become very famous, but for all the wrong reasons." 2016. Ensemble cast. Soviet Consul. [complete]

Imperium- A young FBI agent, eager to prove himself in the field, goes undercover as a white supremacist. 2016. Mature content. Ensemble cast. Morgan. [complete]

In A Valley of Violence- A mysterious stranger and a random act of violence drag a town of misfits and nitwits into the bloody crosshairs of revenge. 2016. Ensemble cast. Priest. [complete]

Jimi: All Is By My Side- [coming soon!]

Johnny English Reborn- Johnny English is retired in Tibet and in disgrace in MI7 after a washed-up mission in Mozambique. Summoned unexpectedly by MI7 to stop assassins from killing Chinese Premier Xiang Ping. 2011. Ensemble cast. Agent Slater. [complete]

Love is Not Enough- DV Indie filmmaker due to shoot promo for unsigned Welsh pop group takes the money and uses it to finish the film he's been working on for 5 years. 2001. Mature content. Period typical -isms. Slurs. Ensemble cast. Al Weisberger. [complete]

Pacific Rim- As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse. 2013. Ensemble cast. Dr. Hermann Gottlieb. [complete]

Pacific Rim Uprising- Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots against a new Kaiju threat. But this time, the threat comes from somewhere much closer to home. 2018. Ensemble cast. Dr. Hermann Gottlieb. [complete]

Penelope- Penelope Wilhern was born with the snout of a pig due to a curse that was placed on her family by a vengeful witch. The only way to break the curse is for "one of her own kind" to love her. 2006. Ensemble cast. Larry Bunter. [complete]

Ransomed- A young diplomat is assigned the task of carrying the ransom money to rescue an abducted diplomat in Lebanon, and a local taxi driver accidently gets involved in the mission. 2023. Ensemble cast. Richard Carter. [complete]

Red Lights- Psychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant study paranormal activity, which leads them to investigate a world-renowned psychic who has resurfaced years after his toughest critic mysteriously passed away. 2012. Ensemble cast. Benedict Cohen. [complete]

Sex, The City and Me- Jess, a high-flying banker, is sidelined in her job by her Machiavellian boss when she returns to work after having a baby. She decides to sue the bank and ends up risking everything, including her marriage. The drama is inspired by in-depth interviews with women who have fought major cases in the City. 2007. Ensemble cast. Lawrence. [complete]

The Curse of Steptoe- Aspiring stage actor Harry H. Corbett jumps at the chance to star in a television comedy show 'Steptoe and Son'. The show's success proves to be a poisoned chalice, thwarting his stage ambitions. Wilfrid Brambell, the actor playing his father, is a gay man in an England where homosexuality is still illegal. Both, in their own way, feel that they have invoked the curse of Steptoe. Ray Galton. [complete]

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: In Divine Proportion- While investigating the murder of an interior decorator, Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Havers quickly learn there is a connection between the victim's murder, and the death of her sister 15 years earlier. Mature themes; references to rape & suicide. 2005. Ensemble cast. Billy Verger. [complete]

The Oxford Murders- At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try to stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols. 2008. Ensemble cast. Yuri Podorov. [complete]

Undergods- A dystopian anthology set in a post-apocalyptic landscape. The breakout film of director Chino Moya, "Undergods" offers a prophetic warning that we will be the instruments of our own undoing if we refuse to address rising authoritarianism alongside growing inequality and scarcity of resources. 2020. Ensemble cast. Tim. [complete]

Up There- Martin (deceased) is stuck in a dead-end job, welcoming the newly departed into the afterlife. All he dreams of is going 'Up There'. But his plans are thrown into disarray when he has to team up with the relentlessly chirpy Rash, and together they lose a new arrival. 2011. Ensemble cast; protagonist. Martin. [complete]

Walking With The Enemy- A young man, separated from his family in World War II, disguises himself as a Nazi S.S. Officer and uncovers more than just his family whereabouts. 2013. Ensemble cast. Lt. Colonel Otto Skorzeny. [complete]

Watcher- As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia -- a young actress who just moved to town with her boyfriend -- notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street. 2022. Ensemble cast; antagonist. Watcher; Weber. [complete]

Guest Appearances

A Lark Rise in Candleford: Season 4, Episode 3- Thomas is euphoric when he lands the job of organising the church bazaar. But his joy soon evaporates when the vicar falls ill, and the controversial and free-thinking curate Reverend Marley takes charge. Thomas is convinced that Marley is evil incarnate, and when he comes across a snake on his postal rounds, he sees it as a sign that the devil is indeed amongst them. 2011. Ensemble cast; guest star. Reverend Benedict Marley. [complete]

Coronation Street- 1998. Ensemble cast; guest star. Ben Andrews. [coming soon!]

Forever- Dr. Henry Morgan is a New York City medical examiner who studies the dead for criminal cases, and to solve the mystery of his own immortality. 2014. Ensemble cast; guest star. Lewis Farber/Adam. (Appears only in episodes 11, 14, 18, 21 & 22, but all episodes are here!) [complete]

Game of Thrones- [coming soon]

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia: Flowers For Charlie- Charlie being used as a test subject for a new intelligence pill that makes him smarter and more aware of his messed-up life, causing him to quit his janitor job. Meanwhile, Dee, Dennis, and Mac try to do Charlie's work but get sidetracked and high on gasoline; and Frank tries to bring Charlie back to his dimwitted self. 2013. Ensemble cast; guest star. The Scientist/Science Bitch. [complete]

Lucky Man- From the mind of comic book legend Stan Lee comes a bold new action crime series about a brilliant but flawed police officer with the power to control luck. 2016. Ensemble cast; guest appearance. Doug. (Featuring only the three episodes in which he starred.) [complete]

Merseybeat: Coming of Age- Sgt. Gentle decides it's time for a change and decides to go out on the beat with PC Traynor, and the pair investigate a burglary at the home of an antiques dealer. Meanwhile, Ch. Insp. Oulton tries to help out an old friend who has found himself on the wrong side of the law. 2001. Ensemble cast; guest appearance. Sean Finnigan. [complete]

The Man in The High Castle- In a dystopian America dominated by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, a young woman discovers a mysterious film that may hold the key to toppling the totalitarian regimes. 2015. The Marshal. (Featuring only the two episodes in which he starred.) [complete]

Miniseries

And Then There Were None- Ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast in southern England. Cut off from the mainland, with their generous hosts mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime. As members of the party start to die one by one, the survivors realize that one of them is a killer and start to turn on each other. Mature themes. 2015. Ensemble cast. Sergeant Detective William "Bill" Blore. [complete]

Bleak House- Jarndyce and Jarndyce is an interminable law case in the Court of Chancery, concerning two or more wills and their beneficiaries. Eventually, after several decades, a verdict is finally reached, but not without a surprising number of twists along the way. 2005. Ensemble cast. William Guppy. (Video formatting issues in a couple episodes- i.e. fuzzy and/or black borders on sides in several sections. Full picture still visible, just with weird borders.) [complete]

Cheat- What starts out as what appears to be an open-and-shut case of academic dishonesty, soon spirals out of everyone’s control, proving there’s far more to the story than just a plagiarised essay. What lies behind the shocking events and tragedies that unfurl? Mature themes. 2019. Ensemble cast. Ben Jarvis. [complete]

Spies of Warsaw- A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw. 2013. Ensemble cast. Jourdain. [complete {with Portuguese subtitles}]

The Hour- 2011. Ensemble cast. Thomas Kish. [coming soon!]

The Offer- A series based on Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's extraordinary, never-revealed experiences of making "The Godfather." 2022. Ensemble cast. Charles Bluhdorn. [complete]

The Runaway- Cathy Connor and Eamonn Docherty are childhood sweethearts who are desperate to escape their East End roots. When Cathy murders her Mum's pimp in self-defense it changes their lives forever. Mature themes. 2011. Ensemble cast. Richard Gates. [complete]

Wuthering Heights- Based on the classic novel by Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights is a story of love, obsession, hate and revenge. The protagonists, Cathy and Heathcliff, form a love that is dark and destructive and affects the lives of everyone around them. 2009. Ensemble cast. Hindley Earnshaw. [complete]

Podcasts & Radio Dramas

Curl Up & D.I.- Gemma and Andy are two feckless coppers patrolling the mean streets of Slatby, a faded North Yorkshire seaside town with an unsolved murder problem. With conventional leads exhausted, local hairstylists, gossipmongers and armchair crime-solvers Yacky and Reuben are enlisted, and their salon unwittingly becomes the beating heart of all ongoing detective operations. Welcome to the murky hinterlands of soft perms and slaughter. Mature content. 2022. Chief Steve "Wendy" Concern. [complete]

Doctor Who: Timelord Victorious: Echoes of Extinction- Trapped, a haunted monster waits to consume new victims. It needs help. It needs a doctor. Unfortunately, it also needs to kill whoever it meets. Thrust into immediate danger, and on the back-foot, it will take all of the Doctor’s ingenuity to triumph. Two interlinked adventures. Two Doctors. One foe. 2021. Ensemble cast. The Network. [complete]

Glad To Be Back- Opera-loving Lezzo is on home leave for the weekend. His prison term is due to end in four weeks' time, and he is looking for a little innocent enjoyment. His friends have other plans in mind however, and his mother has some worrying news. 1999. Ensemble cast. Norman; Various. [complete]

He Died With His Eyes Open- A detective in 1980s London investigates a brutal murder, but has little to go on except for the victim's cassette diaries. 2013. Ensemble cast; narrator. The Detective. [complete]

King Trash- Mike Hodges adapts King Lear in a gritty retelling following KT, an 80-year-old criminal despot who owns a landfill site in the outskirts of London, and his daughter Honey, who is anything but sweet. Mature themes. 2007. Ensemble cast. Clint. [complete]

The Babington Plot- During the reign of Elizabeth I, a group of Catholic gentlemen conceived a plan to assassinate the Queen. The story of the failed conspiracy, told in documentary fashion on its one-year anniversary, is revealed via the different perspectives of several participants in the events. 2008. Ensemble cast. Robert Poley. [complete]

The Battersea Poltergeist- A paranormal cold case, re-investigated through a thrilling blend of drama and documentary. The true story of one of Britain's strangest hauntings. 2021. Ensemble cast. Wally Hitchings. (includes original adverts.) [complete]

The Mayor of Casterbridge- Michael Henchard spends his life trying to atone for the terrible action that led to the loss of his wife and child. But his past refuses to be buried, no matter how hard he tries to conceal it. Dark themes. 2008. Ensemble cast. Abel Whittle. [complete]

The Reckoning: The Death of Christopher Marlowe- In London, 1593, playwright Christopher Marlowe, a young writer, is stabbed in a disagreement over the bill, and the authorities find that Marlowe was killed in self-defence. History says it was just a drunken quarrel, nothing more. But Charles Nicholl thinks it was murder, and an unsolved murder never grows old. 2022. Ensemble cast. Robert Poley. [complete]

The Spy- Henry Wharton, a young British soldier, sneaks into No-Man's Land in civilian clothing in order to visit the family he hasn't seen in over a year. But the happy reunion is cut short when he is captured by American soldiers and must stand trial as a spy. 2012. Ensemble cast. Harvey Birch. [complete]

The Taming of The Shrew- Petruchio, after collecting money from both her younger sister's suitors and a dowry from her father, is ready to marry Katherine, even against her will. Have Katherine and Petruchio learned to love each other? Or is the marriage based on terror and deception? 1998. Ensemble cast. Grumio. [complete]

The War Master: Escape From Reality: The Adventure of The Deceased Doctor- When Dr John Watson is informed of his own murder, only the world’s greatest consulting detective can assist. He just happens to come from a different world. 2022. Ensemble cast. Lestrade/Moriarty. [complete] (included the other three parts of Escape From Reality saga; will have Parts 1-4 indicated in titles)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz- When a tornado strikes her farmhouse in Kansas, young Dorothy is lifted to the magical world of Oz where she embarks upon a perilous journey to find her way back home. 2009. Ensemble cast. Tin Man. [complete]

Unauthorised History: The Killing- Four men have rented an upstairs room in a tavern to have a "meeting". Sometime later, a violent commotion is heard, and only three of the four men come out alive. The coroner rules that Christopher Marlowe, contemporary of William Shakespeare, was killed in self-defense. One man is not so certain, and he's determined to uncover the truth, no matter where the trail leads. 2010. Ensemble cast. Robert Poley. [complete]

Television Series

Halo- Aliens threaten human existence in an epic 26th-century showdown. 2022. Ensemble cast; antagonist. Vishner Grath. [complete]

Jamestown- 1619. Alice, Verity, and Jocelyn are among several women arrived from England, duty-bound to marry the men who have paid for their passage to Jamestown. Also arriving from England are Governor Yeardley and his wife Temperance, who will quickly discover the difficulties in both running the settlement and preventing a Company Secretary from undermining his position. 2017-19. Ensemble cast. Virginia Company Secretary Nicholas Farlow. [complete]

Torchwood- [coming soon!]

TURN: Washington's Spies- Long Island farmer Abe Woodhull bands together with a group of childhood friends to form an unlikely group of spies, The Culper Ring, who turn the tide in America's fight for independence. 2014-18. Ensemble cast. Major Edmund Hewlett. [complete]

Torchwood Audios

Corpse Day- PC Andy Davidson is very excited. It’s Corpse Day – the day when the local constabulary get help on dead cases from Torchwood. This year, he’s volunteered to act as liaison, and he knows he’s going to have a brilliant time. For Dr. Owen Harper, today’s just like any other. There’ll be bloodshed, screaming and murder. At the end of it all, he doesn’t care. After all, life’s just for the living, and he’s long dead. 2017. Ensemble cast. Owen Harper. [complete]

Gooseberry- Andy has a girlfriend. She's called Caite, and she's utterly lovely. And then she meets Owen. Owen finds out that Caite has a secret. One that he's desperate to understand. But the more he discovers, the more dangerously close to Caite he becomes. What's going to happen when Andy finds out? 2021. Ensemble cast. Owen Harper. [complete]

Iceberg- Dr. Owen Harper gets a call from an old friend in the middle of the night. She's got a ward full of coma patients, all of them checking in with a dead relative as their imaginary friend. Is it mere coincidence, or have they discovered a bridge between the living and the dead? 2020. Ensemble cast. Owen Harper. [complete]

Lease of Life- 3 bed, 1 bath, shared house in a vibrant area with easy access to Cardiff city centre. Has a real lived-in feel. Note to interested parties: There is a small spreading mould issue, and an investigation is being undertaken on site. Those worried are advised to contact the Council's Mould Expert, Dr. Owen Harper. 2021. Ensemble cast. Owen Harper. [complete]

The Hope- Megwyn Jones is one of the most hated women in Britain. She used to run a home for troubled children in an isolated part of Snowdonia called The Hope. For a long time there were rumours about what was happening there, and then one day it was realised that the children had gone missing. The years have been long and hard, but now Megwyn’s dying, and she’s agreed to go back to The Hope, to reveal the horrible secret she’s kept all these years. 2019. Ensemble cast. Owen Harper. [complete]

The Last Beacon- A signal in a Welsh mountain is calling an ancient battlefleet to Earth. Owen Harper and Ianto Jones head up into the Brecons to stop it. The problem is - Ianto really loves camping. Owen? Owen does not. 2018. Ensemble cast. Owen Harper. [complete]

The Three Monkeys- Andy Davidson's been ordered to watch over a local businessman, and he's suprised when Owen decides to tag along on the stakeout. Andy knows it can't just be coincidence- Owen knows something- the businessman's attracted Torchwood’s attention. Tonight, the two of them are going to take him down. But will luck be on their side? 2020. Ensemble cast. Owen Harper. [complete]

Torchwood Special: Believe- The Church of the Outsiders believe that mankind is about to evolve, to reach out into the stars. Owen Harper believes that Torchwood has to do whatever it takes to stop them. Mature content. 2018. Main cast! Ensemble cast. Owen Harper. [complete]

*This post will be updated as I find more content. **Quality may not always be the best due to age and/or limited availability. Will do my best to clean audio/video up, and will hopefully be able to find better quality replacements in time.

#burn gorman #masterpost #man i need a tag for burn now fuck #torchwood #up there #itv cheat #bleak house #and then there were none #spies of warsaw #jamestown #pacific rim #the burn collection #watcher 2022 #iasip #color me kubrick #turn amc #the offer #halo #abc forever #ransomed 2023 #doctor who #the master #sherlock holmes

[deatwithdignity]

angels in america

millennium approaches: bad news

#angels in america #prior walter #harper pitt #justin kirk #mary louise parker #louis ironson #joe pitt #angels in america hbo

[straightplayshowdown]

Angels in America: In the first part, we meet Louis and Prior and Harper and Joe, two couples whose relationships are on the rocks: the former because of Prior’s AIDS diagnosis and Louis’s inability to cope with illness, the latter because of Joe’s closeted homosexuality and Harper’s incessant fears and hallucinations, as well as her addiction to pain-killers. The second part focuses on the story of Prior Walter, a gay man living with AIDS who has recently been left by his partner, Louis, after he could not cope with the physical and personal impact of the disease.

The Importance of Being Earnest: Two bachelors, John ‘Jack’ Worthing and Algernon ‘Algy’ Moncrieff, create alter egos named Ernest to escape their tiresome lives. They attempt to win the hearts of two women who, conveniently, claim to only love men called Ernest. The pair struggle to keep up with their own stories and become tangled in a tale of deception, disguise and misadventure.

Propaganda under the cut!

Angels in America:

painful funny surreal and down to earth all at the same time somehow, even without being a landmark piece for me personally w/ regard to queer literature

The Great American Play. The definitive exploration of how AIDS affected an entire generation of queer Americans in the '80s, and what it left behind in its wake. Those more eloquent than I am will be better at doing this play justice, but my sincerest hope is that the sheer significance of this work is clear enough to carry it all the way through to the highest end of this showdown.

honestly the peak of modern theater 2 me. everything i write and create is in the hopes that i might someday make something that lives up to the bar that angels set. it treats every one of its characters with such depth and compassion and the world it creates is so vivid and fantastic. and the context in which it was created will always be beyond important to me like i don't know how to describe how important it is that a play widely considered an american classic is about the aids crisis. she's the blueprint she's perfect she's everything

genuinely changed my life when i first read it. andrew garfield played prior walter in the 2018 national theatre version and he fucking kills it. it's 6 whole hours of joy and heartbreak and, most of all, hope. stan harper pitt!!!

This epic stageplay has become more accessible since its HBO miniseries adaptation in 2003. It is epic, intersectional, commemorative of a collective trauma that had been silenced for too long at the time of writing. (also Harper deserves to be as much a Tumblr Sad Girl icon as Lana del Rey or Sylvia Plath.) 

The Importance of Being Earnest: 

Queercoded love interest and Victorian dandies, what’s not to love? 

Quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever read.

It's very funny.

there is a HANDBAG and it is a MAJOR PLOT POINT. jack pretends to be ernest because he's been doing it for ages and why not am i right? algernon pretends to be ernest to get a girl and also so screw stuff up. as one does. gwendolen and cecily have a REALLY passive aggressive tea party. this play slaps. it is so good. go read it and/or see it

“Nothing will induce me to part with Bunbury, and if you ever get married, which seems to me extremely problematic, you will be very glad to know Bunbury. A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it.” 

Lady Bracknell: “I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.”

Lady Bracknell: “My nephew, you seem to be displaying signs of triviality.”

Jack: “On the contrary, Aunt Augusta, I’ve now realized for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.”

#angels in america #the importance of being earnest #round 3 #polls #the straight play showdown

[ponyoisms]

muppets in america gonzo is prior walter. kermit and miss piggy joe and harper pitt of course. louis hannah and belize are human (common misconception that there is only one human in muppet adaptations, there are usually a few). sam thee eagle is the angel. rizzo the rat is roy cohn.

#Guys I can’t stop thinking about this #gonzo prior walter is so real to me #kermit literally is kind of giving joe pitt always anyway #mine

[susiehunsecker]

90% percent sure i've posted this before but roman would be such a good housewife addicted to valium we need to get her on some harper pitt type shenanigans

#Including the gay husband cheating on her!

[girl-kendallroy]

EE THIS WAS SO FUN… (and let me procrastinate on my art history hw)

tagged by @theclowncowboy to post 9 characters i relate to! this is going to be insane lmao

(left-right: james wilson house md, harper pitt angels in america, padme amidala star wars, todd anderson dead poets society, kendall roy succession, alyosha karamazov the brothers karamazov, elaine benes seinfeld, ricky trailer park boys, and thea dykes to watch out for <3)

idk who to tag so whoever wants to do it can!!

#lord there is so much wrong w me. <3