This radio interview is so cool. Apparently when they met, Gabriel Byrne and Teri Hayden were both at the beginning of their careers, so they learned the ropes together and they’ve been agent and client–and friends–ever since. Learn more about Mr. Byrne and his agent, Teri Hayden, in this interview […]
We reported not long ago that Andrew Davies was developing the Quirke stories by Benjamin Black for television. Mr. Davies mentioned this in passing in another interview. And, as we know, projects like this can be fickle things, stopping and starting and progressing in spurts or dying quietly while no […]
The Irish Film and Television Network (IFTN) reports that warriors, maidens, farmers, and others with long hair and sturdy armor are needed immediately to report to Dublin and County Wicklow for a special assignment. Yes, the new History Channel series Vikings is on the look-out for extras–thousands of them, apparently! […]
UPDATED June 19: RTÉ TEN gets it right: “…Sé Merry Doyle’s Gabriel Byrne-narrated documentary…” Feeling better now. [Please note: this review no longer exists at the RTÉ website] This is a wonderful review by Harry Guerin with the bonus of his video interview with the director, Sé Merry Doyle–a must […]
While discussing the lack of humor in the latest television version of Great Expectations, Andrew Davies, renowned screenwriter and adapter (Bleak House and House of Cards for television, among many others) dropped a Byrne bomb! Davies’s latest job for the BBC is set during a very different period. He is […]
Wherein Stella muses on the peripatetic, soon-to-be Ex Ambassador. [Under the menu heading “Gabriel” at the top of this page is the subheading “Cultural Ambassador.” Click it and the list of postings about his work as Cultural Ambassador for Ireland will pop up. Then you will see just how darned […]