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Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes is a noted Shakespearean actor who has appeared in a wide range of film, television and theatre productions.
Theatre includes: ‘Anthony and Cleopatra’ and ‘Oedipus’, National Theatre, ‘The Tempest’, Theatre Royal Haymarket, ‘Oedipus’, National Theatre, ‘First Love’, Lincoln Centre Festival New York.
Television Includes: ‘Rev’, ‘Prime Suspect’, ‘A Dangerous Man: Lawrence after Arabia’, ‘The Cormorant’.
Film credits include: ‘Skyfall’ (Bond 23), ‘Great Expectations’, ‘Coriolanus’, ‘Wrath of the Titans’, ‘Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows’ Part I &I I, ‘Schindler’s List’, for which he won an Academy Award, ‘Wuthering Heights’, ‘Great Expectations’ and ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’. Fiennes made his directorial debut in 2011, with his film adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’.

Readings

Who's Who read by Ralph Fiennes
W.H. Auden: 'The More Loving One' read by Ralph Fiennes
We're Late read by Ralph Fiennes
Leap Before You Look read by Ralph Fiennes
Deggerel by a Senior Citizen read by Ralph Fiennes
After Reading a Child's Guide to Modern Physics read by Ralph Fiennes
W.H. Auden: 'Lullaby' read by Ralph Fiennes
Miss Gee read by Ralph Fiennes
W.H. Auden: 'Funeral Blues' read by Ralph Fiennes
Musee des Beaux Arts read by Ralph Fiennes
Night Mail read by Ralph Fiennes
W.H. Auden: 'As I Walked Out One Evening' read by Ralph Fiennes
September 1, 1930 read by Ralph Fiennes
Song of the Devil read by Ralph Fiennes
O Tell Me the Truth about Love read by Ralph Fiennes
The Love Feast read by Ralph Fiennes
If I Could Tell You read by Ralph Fiennes
In Memory of W.B. Yeats read by Ralph Fiennes
Select reading
Who's Who read by Ralph Fiennes
W.H. Auden: 'The More Loving One' read by Ralph Fiennes
We're Late read by Ralph Fiennes
Leap Before You Look read by Ralph Fiennes
Deggerel by a Senior Citizen read by Ralph Fiennes
After Reading a Child's Guide to Modern Physics read by Ralph Fiennes
W.H. Auden: 'Lullaby' read by Ralph Fiennes
Miss Gee read by Ralph Fiennes
W.H. Auden: 'Funeral Blues' read by Ralph Fiennes
Musee des Beaux Arts read by Ralph Fiennes
Night Mail read by Ralph Fiennes
W.H. Auden: 'As I Walked Out One Evening' read by Ralph Fiennes
September 1, 1930 read by Ralph Fiennes
Song of the Devil read by Ralph Fiennes
O Tell Me the Truth about Love read by Ralph Fiennes
The Love Feast read by Ralph Fiennes
If I Could Tell You read by Ralph Fiennes
In Memory of W.B. Yeats read by Ralph Fiennes
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