As the female lead, Daphne Alexander does a good job in her portrayal of Stella. She is given the tough task of conveying numerous emotions with very little dialogue. There is a silent moment between her and Afsin near the end of the film that...
Daphne Alexander stars as Stella in ‘The Palace’, this wonderful film is being considered for a possible Academy Award nomination for 2012. We were able to catch her for a moment to find out how she identified with the character in this emotional role and...
http://anutshellreview.blogspot.com/2011/12/short-palace-2011.html Written, directed and produced by Anthony Maras, The Palace is a short film inspired by true events, set against the backdrop of Cyprus in 1974 with the Turkish invasion, and a family's desperate flight for survival, taking refuge in an abandoned Ottoman empire era palace....
One thing that has not changed in the two millennia since Euripides wrote his Greek tragedies is the destructive power of passion. Then the havoc it wrought took the form of appalling curses and extreme revenge that still have emotional truth, even if to a modern...
http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/hippolytusWB-rev By Euripides in a new version by David Crook - Tough Theatre Company - White Bear Theatre ...