Firth, Colin

Japanese: ファース(英語表記)Firth, Colin
Firth, Colin
Born: September 10, 1960. Grayshott. British actor. Full name: Colin Andrew Firth. Entered the London Drama Centre in 1980. Debuted in the stage production of Another Country in 1983. Appeared in a different role in the film adaptation of the same work in 1984. After that, he steadily gained experience, and in 1988, he received high praise for his role in the TV drama Tumbledown. His breakthrough role was the TV drama Pride and Prejudice (1995), based on a Jane Austen novel. He also appeared in The English Patient (1996) and Shakespeare in Love (1998), both of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2001, he gave a great performance in the comedy Bridget Jones's Diary. He has also demonstrated his artistic range through a variety of productions, including Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), in which he played the 17th century painter Jan Vermeer, the family film Nanny McPhee (2005), and the musical film Mamma Mia! (2008). In The King's Speech (2010), he gave a moving performance as King George VI, a man who had overcome his stuttering, and won numerous awards, including the Academy Award, the BAFTA, and others, for his performance as King George VI.

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Firth, Sir Raymond William

Born: March 25, 1901, Auckland
[Died]22 February 2002, London. British social anthropologist born in New Zealand. After teaching at the University of Sydney, he became a professor at the University of London (1944-68). He conducted research in Tikopia in the Solomon Islands (1928-29), West Africa, Malaysia, and New Guinea, and is known for his research on the indigenous peoples of Oceania, particularly the Maori. Influenced by BK Malinowski, he attempted to analyze economy, religion, and value systems from a functionalist perspective. He was knighted in 1973. His major works include We, the Tikopia (1936), Elements of Social Organization (1951), and Symbols-Public and Private (1973).

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Firth, John Rupert

Born 17 June 1890 in Keighley, Yorkshire
[Died] December 14, 1960. Sally Lindfield British linguist. Professor at the University of London. Founder of the London School. Particularly known for his semantic-centered linguistic theory and his phonological theory known as prosodic analysis. He was friends with anthropologist B. Malinowski, and developed his theory of "context of situation" into an important tool for linguistic analysis. His main works include Speech (1930) and Papers in Linguistics 1934-1951 (57). (→Context)

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Furse, Charles Wellington

Born: January 13, 1868. Steins
[Died] October 16, 1904, London. British painter. Entered the Slade School in 1884, and the following year won a scholarship to study at the Académie Julian in Paris. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1888, and thereafter regularly exhibited at New English Art Club exhibitions. Became an associate member of the Royal Academy in 1904, but died at a young age. His style was romantic, and his major works include "Diana on the Heights" and "The Return from the Horseback Riding."

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Firth, Sir Charles Harding

Born: March 16, 1857, Sheffield
[Died] February 19, 1936. British historian and critic. Professor of Modern History, Oxford University. Fellow of the British Academy. Author of Oliver Cromwell (1900) and many other works.

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[生]1960.9.10. グレイショット
イギリスの俳優。フルネーム Colin Andrew Firth。1980年にロンドン・ドラマセンターに入学。1983年,舞台版『アナザー・カントリー』Another Countryでデビュー。翌 1984年に同作品の映画版に別の役柄で出演した。その後は着実に実績を積み,1988年,テレビドラマ『タンブルダウン』Tumbledownで高い評価を受ける。ジェーン・オースティン原作のテレビドラマ『高慢と偏見』Pride and Prejudice(1995。→自負と偏見)は出世作となった。『イングリッシュ・ペイシェント』The English Patient(1996),『恋におちたシェイクスピア』Shakespeare in Love(1998)などのアカデミー賞作品賞を受賞した秀作にも出演。2001年にはコメディ『ブリジット・ジョーンズの日記』Bridget Jones's Diaryで好演。さらに 17世紀の画家ヤン・フェルメールを演じた『真珠の耳飾りの少女』Girl with a Pearl Earring(2003)や家族向け作品『ナニー・マクフィーの魔法のステッキ』Nanny McPhee(2005),あるいはミュージカル映画『マンマ・ミーア!』Mamma Mia!(2008)など,多様な作品で芸域の広さを証明している。『英国王のスピーチ』The King's Speech(2010)では,吃音を克服したのちのイギリス国王ジョージ6世を感動的に演じ,アカデミー賞,イギリス・アカデミー賞 BAFTAをはじめ数々の賞で主演男優賞に輝いた。

ファース
Firth, Sir Raymond William

[生]1901.3.25. オークランド
[没]2002.2.22. ロンドン
ニュージーランド生まれのイギリスの社会人類学者。シドニー大学で教えたのち,ロンドン大学教授 (1944~68) 。ソロモン諸島のティコピア (1928~29) ,西アフリカ,マレーシア,ニューギニアの調査を行ない,特にマオリ族などオセアニア先住民の研究で知られる。 B.K.マリノフスキーの影響を受け,機能主義の立場から経済,宗教,価値体系の分析を試みた。 1973年ナイトの称号を与えられた。主著『われらティコピア人』 We,the Tikopia (1936) ,『社会組織の要素』 Elements of Social Organization (1951) ,『公的および私的象徴』 Symbols-Public and Private (1973) 。

ファース
Firth, John Rupert

[生]1890.6.17. ヨークシャー,キースリー
[没]1960.12.14. サリー,リンドフィールド
イギリスの言語学者。ロンドン大学教授。ロンドン学派の創始者。意味を中心に据えた言語理論と,プロソディー分析 prosodic analysisの名で呼ばれる音韻論とで特によく知られる。人類学者 B.マリノフスキーと交友があり,その「場面の脈絡」 context of situationの理論を発展させて言語分析の重要な手段とした。主著『ことば』 Speech (1930) ,『言語学論集 1934-1951』 Papers in Linguistics1934-1951 (57) 。 (→文脈 )

ファース
Furse, Charles Wellington

[生]1868.1.13. スタインズ
[没]1904.10.16. ロンドン
イギリスの画家。 1884年にスレード校に入学,翌年奨学金を得てパリのアカデミー・ジュリアンに留学。 88年にロイヤル・アカデミーに出品し,その後はニュー・イングリッシュ・アート・クラブ展に定期的に出品。 1904年にロイヤル・アカデミーの準会員となったが,若くして没した。ロマンティックな作風で,主要作品は『高地に立つダイアナ』『乗馬の帰途』。

ファース
Firth, Sir Charles Harding

[生]1857.3.16. シェフィールド
[没]1936.2.19. オックスフォード
イギリスの歴史家,批評家。オックスフォード大学欽定近代史講座担当教授。イギリス学士院会員。『クロムウェル伝』 Oliver Cromwell (1900) ほか多くの著作がある。

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