Miller, Jonathan (Wolfe)

Miller, Jonathan (Wolfe)
born July 21, 1934, London, Eng.

British director, writer, and actor.

After earning a medical degree at Cambridge University, he made his professional stage debut at the Edinburgh Festival in the hit satirical revue Beyond the Fringe (1960). As a director of plays, he gained notoriety for his controversial interpretations of classic works. His innovative opera productions, such as Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, for the English National Opera and other groups have become internationally celebrated. He wrote the BBC medical series The Body in Question (1977) and States of Mind (1982).

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  • Miller, Jonathan (Wolfe) — (n. 21 jul. 1934, Londres, Inglaterra). Director, escritor y actor británico. Después de obtener el título de médico en la Universidad de Cambridge, debutó como actor profesional en el festival de Edimburgo con la exitosa revista satírica Beyond… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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  • Wolfe — /woolf/, n. 1. Charles, 1791 1823, Irish poet. 2. James, 1727 59, English general. 3. Thomas (Clayton) /klayt n/, 1900 38, U.S. novelist. 4. Tom (Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr.), born …   Universalium

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  • Miller — /mil euhr/, n. 1. Arthur, born 1915, U.S. playwright and novelist. 2. Glenn, 1904 44, U.S. dance bandleader and trombonist. 3. Henry, 1891 1980, U.S. novelist. 4. Joaquin /wah keen /, (Cincinnatus Heine Miller), 1841 1913, U.S. poet. 5 …   Universalium

  • miller — /mil euhr/, n. 1. a person who owns or operates a mill, esp. a mill that grinds grain into flour. 2. See milling machine. 3. any moth, esp. of the family Noctuidae, having wings that appear powdery. [1325 75; ME millere, assimilated var. of… …   Universalium

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  • Jonathan Miller — en 1986, Miami Book Fair International. Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller (Londres, 21 de julio de 1934) es un director de teatro y ópera, escritor, ensayista, presentador, escultor, humorista, médico y psiquiatra inglés. Uno de los intelectuales y… …   Wikipedia Español

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