T.S. Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 26, 1888. He was educated at Harvard, the Sorbonne in Paris and Merton College, Oxford. He settled in England in 1915 and taught briefly at two schools before joining Lloyds Bank in the city of London. His first volume of poems, "Prufrock and Other Observations," was published in 1917. The Waste Land, his most famous work, was first published in 1922. In 1925, he left the bank to become a director of the publishing house of Faber. There have been several individual and collected editions of his poetry, as well ... read more
Ralph Fiennes most recent work in the theatre includes Macbeth by William Shakespeare with Shakespeare Theatre Company, Straight Line Crazy by David Hare at The Bridge Theatre and The Shed in New York. Prior to this he toured the country with his own production of T.S. Eliot’s The Four Quartets before transferring to the Harold Pinter Theatre. During the pandemic he also appeared in David Hare’s Beat The Devil at The Bridge Theatre directed by Nicholas Hytner. Both productions were performed under social distancing regulations.
In 2018 he appeared in Antony and Cleopatra at National Theatre for which he received the ... read more
West End credits include: Fiddler On The Roof (Playhouse Theatre); Chimerica (Harold Pinter Theatre); Elf – The Musical (Dominion Theatre); Quiz (Noël Coward Theatre); The Girls – A Musical Comedy (Phoenix Theatre); The Go-Between - Staring Michael Crawford (Apollo Theatre); Close To You - Bacharach Reimagined (Criterion Theatre); Impossible (Noël Coward Theatre); Strangers On A Train (Gielgud Theatre); The Full Monty (Noël Coward Theatre & National Tours); Alan Cumming - I Bought A Blue Car Today (Vaudeville Theatre) and Megan Mullally & Supreme Music Program (Vaudeville Theatre)
RSC credits include: Timon of Athens, The Rover, Candide (Swan Theatre) and All’s Well ... read more