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Miller, Jonathan Wolfe was born on July 21, 1934 in London. Son of Emanuel Miller.
(Jonathan Miller (Beyond the Fringe) hosted this 13-part s...)
Jonathan Miller (Beyond the Fringe) hosted this 13-part series on the human body. Besides his comedy career, Miller was also a trained medical doctor. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Miller for more info on the author.
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(Jonathan Miller (Beyond the Fringe) hosted this 13-part s...)
Jonathan Miller (Beyond the Fringe) hosted this 13-part series on the human body. Besides his comedy career, Miller was also a trained medical doctor. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Miller for more info on the author.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LBOQ12/?tag=2022091-20
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Experience Othello as a powerful full-cast drama with entertaining and enlightening commentary that explains what's what and who's who as the plot unfolds. To help you get the most out of Shakespeare, the narrator offers historical insights and background information, so you can enjoy the jokes, appreciate the references, and get a real sense of Shakespeare's world. The unabridged drama is also presented without commentary. If school turned you off Shakespeare, find out what you've been missing all these years with this beautifully crafted audio presentation. From the creators of SmartPass audio education study guides, voted third in a national poll to find the UK's favourite audibook (2008). Winners of 3 Spoken Word Awards for Best Drama (2004), Best Original Audio and Best Publishing Initiative (2005).
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Nobody I know is funnier, smarter, or has a wider breadth of references than my friend Jonathan Shapiro. This book is a bit of a miracle: informative, insightful, poetic, and funny. —Paul Reiser, comedian, actor, and bestselling author Using famous real-life court transcripts, television scripts, and story after story, Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling shows the reader how to get their message across and the result they want using the time-tested elements and basic structure of great stories. Part how-to manual, part memoir, always entertaining and never lecture, this book provides storytelling lessons gleaned from years of trial practice and television writing, wrapped in—what else?—great stories.
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Miller, Jonathan Wolfe was born on July 21, 1934 in London. Son of Emanuel Miller.
Educated, St. John's College, Cambridge University. Bachelor of Medicine Ch, University College Hospital Medical School, London, 1959. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Leicester, 1981.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Cambridge University, 1996. Doctor (honorary), Open University, 1983.
for National Theatre, London: The Merchant of Venice 1970, Danton’s Death The School for Scandal 1972, The Marriage of Figaro 1974, The Wind in the Willows 1990; other productions The Tempest, London 1970, Prometheus Bound, London 1971, The Taming of the Shrew, Chichester The Seagull, Chichester 1973, The Malcontent, Nottingham 1973, The Family in Love, Greenwich Season 1974, Arden Must Die (opera) The Importance of Being Earnest 1975, The Cunning Little Vixen All’s Well That Ends Well, Measure For Measure, Greenwich Season 1975, Three Sisters 1977, The Marriage of Figaro (English National Opera) 1978, Arabella (opera) 1980, Falstaff (opera) 1980, 1981, Otello (opera) 1982, Rigoletto (opera) 1982, 1984; Fidelio (opera) 1982, 1983, Don Giovanni (opera) 1985, The Mikado (opera) 1986, Tosca (opera) 1986, Long Day’s Journey into Night 1986, Taming of the Shrew 1987, The Tempest 1988, Turn of the Screw 1989, King Lear 1989, The Liar 1989; films: Take a Girl Like You 1969 and several films for television including Whistle and I’ll Come to You 1967, Alice in Wonderland 1967, The Body in Question (series) 1978, Henry the Sixth, part one 1983, States of Mind (series) 1983, Subsequent Performances 1986, The Emperor 1987. Director John Osborne’s Under Plain Cover, Royal Court Theatre 1962, Robert Lowell’s The Old Glory, New York 1964 and Prometheus Bound, Yale Drama School 1967. Director at Nottingham Playhouse 1968-1969. Director Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company production of Twelfth Night on tour in United States of America 1969.
Research Fellow in the History of Medicine, University College, London 1970-1973. Association Director National Theatre 1973-1975. Executive Producer Shakespeare TV series 1979-1981.
Artistic Director Old Vic 1988-1990. Research Fellow in Neuropsychology, University of Sussex. Director of the Year, Society of West End Theatre.
Fellow, University College London since 1981, Honorary Fellow, St. John's College Cambridge. Honorary degree (Open University) 1983. Honorary Doctor of Letters (Leicester) 1981, (Kent) 1985.
(Mozart's famous opera is the starting point, though not a...)
(Experience Othello as a powerful full-cast drama with ent...)
( Nobody I know is funnier, smarter, or has a wider bread...)
(Jonathan Miller (Beyond the Fringe) hosted this 13-part s...)
(Jonathan Miller (Beyond the Fringe) hosted this 13-part s...)
Co-author, actor in Beyond the Fringe, 1961-1964. Director Under Plain Cover Royal Court Theatre, 1962, The Old Glory, New York City, 1964, Prometheus Bound, Yale Drama School, 1967, Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company produced of Twelfth Night, on tour in U.s., 1969.Director for National Theatre, London: The Merchant of Venice, 1970, Danton's Death, 1971, The School for Scandal, 1972, The Marriage of Figaro, 1974. Other productions include: The Tempest, London, 1970, Prometheus Bound, London, 1971, The Taming of the Shrew, Chichester, England, 1972, The Seagull, Chichester, 1973, The Malcontent, Nottingham, England, 1973, The Family in Love, 1974, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1975, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure For Measure, Greenwich Season, 1975, Three Sisters, 1977. Director operas Arden Must Die, 1973, Sadler's Well Theatre, 1974, The Cunning Little Vixen, Glyndebourne, 1975, 77, Marriage of Figaro, Vienna State Opera, 1991, Robert Devereux, Monte Carlo, 1992, Die Gezeichnete, Zurich, 1992, Maria Stuarda, Monte Carlo, 1993, the Secret Marriage, Opera North, 1993.Director for English National Opera: The Marriage of Figaro, 1978, The Turn of the Screw, 1979, 91, Arabella, 1980, Othello, 1981, Rigoletto, 1982, 85 (alwo at Metropolitan Opera, New York City), Fidelio, 1982, 83, Don Giovanni, 1985, The Magic Flute, 1986, Tosca, 1986, The Mikado, 1986, 88, The Barber of Seville, 1987, Cosi fan Tutte, 1995, Carmen, 1995. Director for Kent Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte, 1975, Rigoletto, 1975, Orfeo, 1976, Eugene Onegin, 1977, La Traviata, 1979, 96, Falstaff, 1980, 81, Fiedlio, 1982, 83, 88. Director for La Scala Milan: La Fanciulla del West, 1991, Manon Lescaut, 1992.Director for Maggio Musicale, Florence: Don Giovanni, 1990, Cosí fan Tutte, 1991, 94, Marriage of Figaro, 1992, La Bohéme, 1994, La Bohéme, which transfered to La Bastille, 1995, director, Strass Ariadne auf Naxos, 1997. Director Metropolitan Opera, New York: Katya Kabanova, 1991, Pelléas et Mélisande, 1995. Dir in co-production with Los Angeles Music Center and Houston Grand Opera House Der Rosenkavalier, 1994, King Lear at Lincoln Centre, New York, 2004.Director Broadway play Long Day's Journey Into Night, 1986, The Taming of the Shrew at Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford, 1987, Andromache, One Way Pendulum, Bussy D'Ambois, all at Vic, 1988, The Tempest, 1988, Turn of the Screw, 1989, Kimg Lear, 1989, The Liar, 1989, Cosi Fan Tutte at Lincoln Centre, New York, 2004. Films include: Take a Girl Like You, 1969. Television films include: Whistle and I'll Come to You, 1967, Alice in Wonderland, 1967, The Body in Question Series, 1978, Henry the Sixth, part I, 1983, States of Mind Series, 1983, A Braief History of Disbelief Series, 2005.Executive producer Shakespeare television series, 1979-1981. Author (television) McLuhan, 1971, The Body in Question, 1978, States of Mind, The Facts of Life, Subsequent Performances, 1986, Who Cares, Born Talking, Museums of Madness, Anthropology, Opera Works. Editor: Freud: The Man, His World, His Influence, 1972, The Don Giovanni Book, 1990.Actor (television) Jonathan Miller on Reflection, 1998, (television mini-series) The Talk Show Story, 2000.
Fellow Royal College Physicians (London and Edinburgh). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (foreign member).
Married Helen Rachel Collet, 1956. 3 children.