Background
Born in Cambridge, England, in 1966, Kelly is the second son of Professor Donald Kelly and Patricia Ann Kelly.
(In 1776 Foote's was the most talked-of name in the Englis...)
In 1776 Foote's was the most talked-of name in the English-speaking world. By 1777 it was almost unmentionable. Samuel Foote, friend of David Garrick and Dr Johnson, is the greatest lost figure of the eighteenth century; his story defies belief and has only been forgotten for reasons both laughable and shocking. Foote wrote the first true-crime bestseller, was the first celebrity impressionist and lost his leg after a bet with the Duke of York when a practical joke went disastrously wrong. Out of this was born the most singular career in stage history. In this unique biography not only does award-winning historian Ian Kelly uncover the tragicomic tale of this Oscar Wilde of the eighteenth century, but he tells the story of the first media storm and the first victim of celebrity culture, and offers a joyous hop around the mad theatre of London life - high and low. Ian Kelly's Mr Foote's Other Leg has also been adapted into a play by the author.
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( Benedict Cumberbatch reads Ian Kelly’s biography of one...)
Benedict Cumberbatch reads Ian Kelly’s biography of one of the most beguiling and controversial individuals of any age. In this fascinating biography of the notorious libertine, Ian Kelly draws on documents by Casanova and his friends, and his lovers (male and female) in order to bring fresh insights to the man’s life and world. The sights and smells of 18th Century Europe are brought keenly to life, as are the colorful incidents of Casanova’s life. As the young cleric he embarked upon a scandalous affair with a married woman, fleeing eventually to Constantinople. He created a stir at the French court of King Louis XV, began intrigues in London that led him to a soaking in the Thames, and sought to meet Catherine the Great at a ball in St Petersburg. His own memoirs ensured his lasting fame, and changed the way we think and write about ourselves and about sex. Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock; The Imitation Game; Star Trek Into Darkness) is the reader of this abridged edition, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
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Born in Cambridge, England, in 1966, Kelly is the second son of Professor Donald Kelly and Patricia Ann Kelly.
Kelly studied at Cambridge University and University of California, Los Angeles Film School.
He was brought up in Philadelphia, Bristol, and the Wirral. He played Hermione Granger"s father in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Participant 1. He has appeared in The Pitmen Painters at the National Theatre on Broadway and in the West End and A Busy Day in London"s West End and in New York in his own one-man plays and also in the United States premiere of Ron Hutchinson"s Beau Brummell in the title role.
He was nominated for Best Actor for his work in Tom Stoppard"s Arcadia (Manchester Drama Awards), and for Alexei Balabanov"s Voyna (War), shot in Chechnya and the Caucasus, he was nominated for Best Actor at the Montreal International Film Festival.
Kelly has published biographies of Antonin Careme, Beau Brummell and Casanova, and Samuel Foote (Mr Foote"s Other Legal, 2012) and written for most of the British broadsheets and the New York Times. He is a contributing editor of Food Arts Magazine.
His biography of Vivienne Westwood, written with Dame Vivienne, came out in October 2014. The British Broadcasting Corporation Television drama Beau Brummell: This Charming Manitoba was based on his biography.
Other television work includes Dennis Potter"s Cold Lazarus, Drop the Dead Donkey, Silent Witness, Just William, Catherine Cookson"s The Moth, Sensitive Skin, and Time Trumpet.
Kelly"s film work includes Closed, Creation, Merchant-Ivory"s Howards End, Richard Attenborough"s In Love and War, and the Russian film Admiral. His biography of Giacomo Casanova was the Sunday Times Biography of the Year 2008-2009. lieutenant was read by Benedict Cumberbatch on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 in 2008 as a Book of the Week abridged by Amber Barnfather, repeated on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 Extra, then published by British Broadcasting Corporation Worldwide as an audio book in May 2015.
His biography of Samuel Foote, Mr.
Foote"s Other Legal, was named Best Theatre Book by the Society for Theatre Research in May 2013. He adapted it as a play under the same title in 2015 and appeared in the premiere production himself as George III.
( Benedict Cumberbatch reads Ian Kelly’s biography of one...)
(In 1776 Foote's was the most talked-of name in the Englis...)