Peggy Ashcroft
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Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft (22 December 1907 â 14 June 1991), known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was an English actress whose career spanned more than 60 years. Born to a comfortable middle-class family, Ashcroft was determined from an early age to become an actress, despite parental opposition. She was working in smaller theatres even before graduating from drama school, and within two years she was starring in the West End. Ashcroft maintained her leading place in British theatre for the next 50 years. Always attracted by the ideals of permanent theatrical ensembles, she did much of her work for the Old Vic in the early 1930s, John Gielgud's companies in the 1930s and 1940s, the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre and its successor the Royal Shakespeare Company from the 1950s, and the National Theatre from the 1970s. While well regarded in Shakespeare, Ashcroft was also known for her commitment to modern drama, appearing in plays by Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter. Her career was almost wholly spent in the live theatre until the 1980s. She then turned to television and cinema with considerable success, winning two BAFTAs and an Academy Award.
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- Façade 1 for Reciter(s) and Chamber Ensemble: Valse; Jodelling song; Scotch Rhapsody featuring Jeremy Irons
- Walton: Façade 2 for 2 Speakers and Chamber Ensemble - 1. Flourish; Came the great popinjay featuring Riccardo Chailly
- Walton: Façade 1 for Reciter(s) and Chamber Ensemble - Popular Song; Fox-trot "Old Sir Faulk" ; Sir Beelzebub featuring London Sinfonietta
- Façade 1 for Reciter(s) and Chamber Ensemble: Long steel grass; Through gilded trellises; Tango featuring Jeremy Irons
- Façade 1 for Reciter(s) and Chamber Ensemble: Fanfare; Hornpipe; En famille; Mariner man featuring Jeremy Irons
- Façade 1 for Reciter(s) and Chamber Ensemble: A man from a far countree; By the lake; Country Dance featuring Jeremy Irons
- Walton: Façade 1 for Reciter(s) and Chamber Ensemble - Lullaby for Jumbo; Black Mrs.Behemoth; Tarantella featuring London Sinfonietta
- Walton: Façade 2 for 2 Speakers and Chamber Ensemble - 7. Water Party featuring Riccardo Chailly
- Walton: Façade 2 for 2 Speakers and Chamber Ensemble - 5. The Octogenarian featuring Riccardo Chailly
- Façade 2 for 2 Speakers and Chamber Ensemble: 4. Madame Mouse trots featuring London Sinfonietta
- Walton: Façade - 12. Country Dance featuring London Sinfonietta
- Walton: Façade - 16. Valse featuring London Sinfonietta
- Walton: Façade - 17. Jodelling Song featuring London Sinfonietta
- Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal (from "The Princess" - Alfred Tennyson)
- Walton: Façade - 19. Popular Song featuring London Sinfonietta
- Walton: Façade - 21. Sir Beelzebub featuring London Sinfonietta
- His Letaine, to the Holy Spirit, from 'Noble Numbers' (by Robert Herrick)
- The Brown Girl
- Nurse's Song (from "Songs Of Innocence" - William Blake)
- How Pleasant To Know Mr. Lear
- The Extasie (by John Donne)
- Katherine's Advice To Women
- Corinna's Going A-Maying (from "Hesperides" - Robert Herrick)
- Walton: Façade - 1. Fanfare; Hornpipe featuring London Sinfonietta
