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Kenneth Branagh Set for May 7 TimesTalk

Kenneth Branagh in Ivanov
(© Johan Persson)
Kenneth Branagh in Ivanov
(© Johan Persson)

Award-winning actor and director Kenneth Branagh will participate in a TimesTalk with New York Times at TheTimesCenter (242 West 41th Street) at 6:30pm on Thursday, May 7.

Branagh’s many stage credits include Another Country, Twelth Night, As You Like It, Look Back in Anger, Richard III, Edmond, and Ivanov. His film work includes adaptations of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, Love’s Labours Lost,, and Othello. He will soon direct Thor, based on the famed comic book.

In addition, this month, PBS will show his award-winning television adaptations of the Wallander novels by author Henning Mankell. His television work also includes Conviction, for which he won the Emmy Award, Ghosts, and Warm Springs,

Tickets are $30 and are available by calling 888-NYT-1870.