The New Old Age: Nothing New Under the Sun
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Venerable New York Times reporter Edith Evans Asbury wrote in 1955 of the trials of the aged, a prescient reminder of how little has changed.
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Veteran Newswoman had Heights Connection
Brooklyn Heights Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
The New York Times published a very nice obituary on Friday for Edith Evans Asbury, who died last week at her Greenwich Village home. Asbury’s career spanned six decades, and brought her face-to-face with some of the most influential people of the 20th century. It is as a relative footnote, then, that we mention a [...]
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Edith Evans Asbury, 98, Veteran Times Reporter, Is Dead
New York Times (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Ms. Asbury covered hard news in an era when most of her female colleagues were consigned to writing about white-gloved society luncheons.
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Be earnest twice, or even 3 times
montreal city weblog (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
It must be the zeitgeist: if you're missing the current National Theatre School production of The Importance of Being Earnest you can catch the McGill production of the same play next month instead. (Failing which, just screen the old Michael Redgrave-Edith Evans version from 1952 , a perfect camp confection.)
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There is Nothing Like a Dame
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
"My street cred is gone." -Dame Helen Mirren on receiving the honor. Dame Maggie Smith. Dame Judi Dench. Dame Agatha Christie. Dame Helen Mirren. Dame Peggy Ashcroft. Dame Eileen Atkins. Dame May Whitty. Dame Edna. Dame Shirley Bassey. Dame Julie Andrews. Dame Gladys Cooper. Dame Edith Evans. Dame Vivienne Westwood. Or Dame Elizabeth Taylor? It's your choice. Just make one.
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The Slipper And The Rose (1976)
FLiXER: Entertainment Industry News (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
The Slipper And The Rose: The Story Of Cinderella is a 1976 British musical film starring Gemma Craven as Cinderella, Richard Chamberlain as Prince Edward, Michael Hordern as the King, Margaret Lockwood as the Stepmother, Annette Crosbie as the Fairy Godmother, and Edith Evans as the Dowager Queen. The film was produced by Stuart Lyons and David Frost, directed by Bryan Forbes, with music written...
