Branagh, Kenneth

Branagh, Kenneth
   b. 1960, Belfast
   Actor and director
   Branagh graduated from RADA with the gold medal, garnering work immediately in the West End and with the RSC. In 1985 he decided to create a smaller scale company which could be truer to the principle of repertory, dividing roles fairly and allowing actors more influence. His Renaissance Theatre Company also gave established actors the opportunity to direct, amongst them Dame Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi and Geraldine McEwan. Following the success of the film version of Shakespeare’s Henry V (1989), starring, adapted and directed by himself, Branagh shifted the main thrust of Renaissance towards cinema, releasing in quick succession between 1991 and 1995 Dead Again, Peter’s Friends, Much Ado About Nothing, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and In the Bleak Midwinter, followed by an acclaimed version of Hamlet (1997).
   See also: Thompson, Emma
   ALISON BOMBER

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