The Painter (play)
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- For other uses, see The Painter (disambiguation)The Painter (disambiguation)The Painter may refer to:*The Painter, a 1981 album by KC and the Sunshine Band*The Painter , a 2011 play by Rebecca Lenkiewicz*"The Painter", a 1977 album by Paul Anka*"The Painter", a song by Deep Purple from their 1969 album Deep Purple...
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The Painter is a 2011 play by the British writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Rebecca Lenkiewicz is a British playwright. She attended Plymouth High School for Girls, then progressed to a BA in Film and English at the University of Kent from 1985 to 1989 and then to a BA Acting Course at the Central School of Speech and Drama from 1996 to 1999.-Career:As a writer, her plays...
on the life and relationships of JMW Turner. It premiered at the Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre is a studio theatre in Dalston, in the London Borough of Hackney. The theatre's ambition is to create and present high-quality theatre with a social and political relevance to its multicultural local community as well as a wider audience....
in January 2011 to mark its move to new premises. The premiere cast included Toby Jones
Toby Jones
Toby Edward Heslewood Jones is an English actor.-Early life:Jones was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of actors Jennifer and Freddie Jones...
as Turner, Denise Gough
Denise Gough
Denise Gough is an Irish actress. She was born in Ennis, County Clare and is the elder sister of the actress Kelly Gough. She graduated from the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in 2003. She is notable for her work in theatre and television, including the play The Painter and Messiah V: The...
as Turner's model Jenny Cole, Amanda Boxer
Amanda Boxer
Amanda Boxer is an English actress who is best known for her television work and her performance in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Almeida Theatre and The Painter by Rebecca Lenkiewicz at the Arcola Theatre....
as Turner's mother and Niamh Cusack
Niamh Cusack
Niamh Cusack is an Irish actress. The daughter of late Irish actor Cyril Cusack, she is the sister of Sinéad Cusack and Sorcha Cusack, and half sister of Catherine Cusack. Cusack played Dr Kate Rowan in the television drama series Heartbeat...
as his mistress Sarah Danby.