William Russell
The following is a selection of pictures from various Circle events including awards, retirement lunches and the annual lunch to present our Award for Services to the Arts. They are of varying quality, but the intention is to build up a record of our events, our guests and our members over the years. One of the problems with our archives, which are currently held at the Theatre Museum in Bristol, is that nobody identified who is who in the pictures we own. While it is possible to identify celebrities, critics – with a very few exceptions – are not celebrities and it has proved very difficult to identify who they are.
Helen Mirren with Circle President Marianne Gray and David Gritten, chairman of the Film Section, at the annual Services to the Arts Award lunch, 2006. © Critics’ Circle
Jane Edwardes, Drama Section, and a Past President, Tom Sutcliffe, Music Section and Peter Cargin, Hon Treasurer. © Critics’ Circle
Mark Shenton, chairman of the Drama Section, Nicholas de Jongh, President Charles Spencer. © Critics’ Circle.
Charles Spencer, Andy Burnham, Marianne Gray. © Critics’ Circle
Mark Shenton, chairman of the Drama Section, with Janie Dee. © Critics’ Circle.