When the director Manoel de Oliveira wants to show that his elderly protagonist, Gilbert (Michel Piccoli), is an actor, he starts the film with fourteen minutes of a stage performance of a play by Ionesco (featuring Catherine Deneuve, in a cameo).
Nottingham must now win away at the Exeter Chiefs next weekend in order to stand any chance of progressing to the semi-final stage of the Championship play-offs, and Delaney recognises that most people will now write his side's hopes off.
Another highlight came when Marsalis, playing a muted trumpet, went to the front of the stage to play alongside Crosby and Nash on a tender, intimate trio version of Crosby's folk ballad "Guinnevere, " which trumpeter Miles Davis covered in a 1970 recording.
But Yzerman was not deterred from making him the league's youngest coach, saying the 38-year-old had adapted to the players, personalities and level of play he encountered at every stage of his career.
Everyone predicted the Spanish and Uruguayan teams would make it out of the group play stage, so every prediction paid a penalty for what turned out to be two of the more shocking results in the tournament.
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Following a crowd-pumping opening ceremony, day one of tournament action commenced with group stage play, throwing each competitor into a demanding run of best of three series.
There is an ideal scenario whereby they do not have to play any qualifying matches at that stage of the year - but, more likely, is that they will play one.
"It would be tough whoever we play at this stage of the competition, " said Jones.
Atkinson, who in 1999 starred in a Doctor Who special for Comic Relief, said it had been "a secret ambition" of his at one stage to play the Doctor.
But Mr Byers - who is also secretary of state for the regions - received a boost in the form of the backing of Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott who predicted his colleague would play a major part in the next stage of the government's plans for devolution into the English regions.
Spurs are desperate to avoid the fate suffered by Everton, who sneaked fourth spot ahead of Merseyside rivals Liverpool in 2005 but agonisingly missed out on a place in the group stage after losing their qualifying play-off against Villarreal of Spain.
"Joe is at a stage of his career where he need to play games, " added Back.
They will play the glamorous, volatile ex-lovers in a story of their ill-fated 1983 revival of Noel Coward's stage play, Private Lives.
It's easy to see why the material spoke to the director: With his painterly filmmaking style, his characteristic interest in the intersection between longing and restraint, and his ongoing fascination with the early postwar England of his own childhood, Davies has been able to shape the stage play to his strengths, telling the story from Hester's point of view.
The screen, like the stage, can barely contain this marvelous play of intelligence.
Founded in 2001, AONE is not even close to turning a profit at this stage of the game, so any long side play of AONE is based purely on the technical read of the charts, and nothing more.
The United States, obviously, has a special role to play on the international stage, regardless of who is President.
At Inter and Chelsea, he was working with players who hadn't won much on the global stage and so it was easier to play the role of prophet.
Colored lights play on the wall at the rear of the stage behind the chorus, reflecting the mood of the music.
Zamalek's victory avoided a North African derby in the next stage - by finishing top of the group, the Egyptian side will play Tout Puissant Mazembe in the semi-finals.
But the five sailors in "Target Practice, USS Peleliu, " honing their marksmanship on the deck of an assault ship, could be actors on stage in a macabre play.
Acts including The Kabeedies, Foreign Office and The Dirty Tricks will play at The Norfolk Spectacular following the addition of an alternative stage.
The classic sounds of Los Endos by Steve Hackett, formerly of Genesis, and Close to the Edge by Yes pound out from the stage as musicians who made their names selling millions of albums back in the 70s play in front of their adoring fans.
In just one audition, she won a career-making role: the title character of David Ives's provocative play Venus in Fur at the Classic Stage Company, off-Broadway.
In February last year, theatre producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh told Barks live on stage in Manchester that she had been chosen to play Eponine in the film version of Les Miserables.
One of the most popular figures on the golfing stage, the revered Watson tried to play down the gulf in age between his players and himself at the New York press conference.
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Despite the agony of narrowly missing out on promotion for the last three seasons - and being defeated by Bolton at the same stage last term - Burley remains confident about his side's chances of reaching a Wembley play-off final for the first time.
While saying he will continue to assist the development of Liberian football, Weah is keen to play a bigger role on the international stage.
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He made his Broadway debut in William Inge's 1953 play "Picnic, " opposite Kim Stanley, one of the most successful stage actresses of her time.
She tried to play it off by awkwardly dancing around the stage, but was the laughing stock of the entertainment world for a few days.
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