Absurd Person Singular
A movie in three acts following three couples who, over three years, each host a Christmas party. The camera stays in the kitchen and we are treated to Ayckbourn's beautifully detailed look at middle class life.
Main Cast
Cheryl Campbell
Cheryl Campbell (born 22 May 1949, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England) is an English actor of stage, film and television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cheryl Campbell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Michael Gambon
Sir Michael John Gambon (October 19, 1940 – September 27, 2023) was an Irish-English actor. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre. Over his six-decade-long career, he received three Olivier Awards and four BAFTA TV Awards. In 1998, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama. Gambon appeared in many productions of works by William Shakespeare such as Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth and Coriolanus. Gambon was nominated for thirteen Olivier Awards, winning three times for A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), A View from the Bridge (1987), and Man of the Moment (1990). In 1997, Gambon made his Broadway debut in David Hare's Skylight, earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination. Gambon made his film debut in Othello (1965). His other notable films include The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), The Wings of the Dove (1997), The Insider (1999), Gosford Park (2001), Amazing Grace (2006), The King's Speech (2010), Quartet (2012), and Victoria & Abdul (2017). Gambon also appeared in the Wes Anderson films The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). Gambon gained wider recognition through his role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series from 2004 to 2011, replacing Richard Harris following his death in 2002. For his work on television, he received four BAFTA Awards for The Singing Detective (1986), Wives and Daughters (1999), Longitude (2000), and Perfect Strangers (2001). He also received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Path to War (2002) and Emma (2009). Gambon's other notable projects include Cranford (2007) and The Casual Vacancy (2015). In 2017, he received the Irish Film & Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020, he was listed at No. 27 on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
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Nicky Henson
Nicky Henson was born on May 12, 1945 in London, England as Nicholas Victor Leslie Henson. He was an actor of stage, film and TV.
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Maureen Lipman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Maureen Diane Lipman CBE (born 10 May 1946) is a British film, theatre and television actress, columnist, and comedienne. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maureen Lipman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, OBE (4 June 1927 - 5 November 2020) was an English actor known for his roles in British television sitcoms playing Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79), Ben Parkinson in Butterflies (1978–1983) and Lionel Hardcastle in As Time Goes By (1992–2005). His film appearances include A Fish Called Wanda (1988), The Madness of King George (1994), Mrs. Brown (1997), and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Geoffrey Palmer , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Prunella Scales
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; born 22 June 1932) is an English former actor, best known for playing Sybil Fawlty, wife of Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers; for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution (Screen One, BBC 1991) by Alan Bennett (for which she was nominated for a BAFTA award); and for the documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2021), in which she travels on canal barges and narrowboats with her husband, fellow actor Timothy West. Description above from the Wikipedia article Prunella Scales, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Lesley Joseph
Lesley Joseph was born on October 14, 1945 in Finsbury Park, London, England as Lesley Diana Joseph. She is an actress, known for Birds of a Feather (1989), Night & Day (2001) and Celebrity Juice (2008). She was a guest call taker for the phone lines of the donations to The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday: Live. Joseph's mother (Rebecca Mundy, née Maccoby) was born in May 1912 and died in March 2016 aged 103. Appeared in TV adverts for the now-defunct British supermarket chain comprising of Gateway and Somerfield in the 1990s. She has 2 children, a son and a daughter
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Movie Details
Production Info
- Director:
- Michael A. Simpson
- Writer:
- Alan Ayckbourn
- Production:
- BBC
Key Crew
- Producer:
- Shaun Sutton
Locations and Languages
- Country:
- GB
- Filming:
- GB
- Languages:
- en