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Matthew Tennyson is an English actor of stage and screen. He won the Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Newcomer in 2012.

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Early life

Tennyson was born in Stoke Newington, London, the son of Jonathan Tennyson, a physics professor, and a nurse. He is a great-great-great-grandson of poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Education

Tennyson was educated at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), from which he graduated in 2011. [1]

Career

Tennyson made his professional stage debut in 2011 under the direction of Trevor Nunn in the role of Percy in Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, [2] [3] followed by Jamie in Beautiful Thing at The Royal Exchange [4] for which he received the Best Newcomer award at the 2011 Manchester Theatre Awards. [5] The following year he was the recipient of the 2012 Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Awards [6] for his performance as Eric in Making Noise Quietly at the Donmar Warehouse. [7] In 2013 he played Puck in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream , [8] at Shakespeare's Globe.

His television roles [9] include Clarence in The Hollow Crown (Henry IV Parts I and II), Ottaviano Riario in Borgia . Lysander in the Russell T Davies television adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream . He has also appeared in the ITV detective dramas Midsomer Murders and Grantchester , and the BBC period drama Father Brown .

On radio, Tennyson played "Jonesy" in Radio 4 play "Jonesy" by Tom Wells broadcast in February 2014. He featured in the film Pride , directed by Matthew Warchus.

In 2017 Tennyson played the title role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's gender-fluid 2017 production of Oscar Wilde's Salomé . [10] [11]

He is a frequent collaborator with the playwright Robert Holman since appearing in the Donmar Warehouse production of his play Making Noise Quietly. Holman went on to write A Breakfast of Eels and The Lodger with parts written specifically for Tennyson.

He was the lead in the Olivier Award winning A Monster Calls at The Old Vic, for which he received critical acclaim.

Tennyson played the war poet Wilfred Owen in Terence Davies film biopic of Siegfried Sassoon, Benediction .

In 2023, it was announced that Tennyson would be joining the cast of The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh at The Duke of York's Theatre from June 2023.

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References

  1. ↑ Curtis, Nick, 'Bright Young Things', London Evening Standard, 20 November 2012
  2. ↑ Vale, Paul, 'Flare Path review at Theatre Royal Haymarket London', The Stage, https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2011/flare-path-review-at-theatre-royal-haymarket-london/ published 14 March 2011 accessed 11 February 2018
  3. ↑ "Flare Path, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Beautiful Thing, Royal Exchange, Manchester". theartsdesk.com. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Gaming bill storm boosts Blackpool's Vegas hopes". The Stage. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "London Evening Standard Theatre Awards – the winners". Harper's BAZAAR. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  7. ↑ Hitchings, Henry, 'Making Noise Quietly - Donmar Warehouse review', London Evening Standard, 24 April 2012
  8. ↑ Spencer, Charles, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's Globe, Review', The Telegraph, 31 May 2013
  9. ↑ "Matthew Tennyson | Actor". IMDb. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Male actor to play Salomé in RSC's upcoming production | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "Matthew Tennyson: 'I hope gender fluid casting is the future of theatre' | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
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