Helen Mirren actors to achieve the “Triple Crown of Acting”, joining the ranks of legends including Ingrid Bergman‚ Dame Maggie Smith, and Al Pacino. In 1998, Mirren played Cleopatra to Alan Rickman's Antony in "Antony and Cleopatra" at the National Theatre. The production received poor reviews; "The Guardian" called it "plodding spectacle rarely informed by powerful passion", while "The Daily Telegraph" said "the crucial sexual chemistry on which any great production ultimately depends is fatally absent". In 2000 Nicholas Hytner, who had worked with Mirren on the film version of "The Madness of King George", cast her as Lady Torrance in his
Poetry Archive children's poetry, with a separate website being developed www.childrenspoetryarchive.org dedicated solely to presenting children's poetry, with work by poets such as Roald Dahl, Spike Milligan and Michael Rosen. The website also now features collections of classic poetry being read by contemporary poets and some famous voices, including Helen Mirren, Stephen Fry, Judi Dench and Alan Rickman. The archive also includes extensive material for teachers and students, including glossaries, biographies and lesson plans that integrated as a school resource. In 2012, independent activist Phantom Bill Stickers pasted poems up in public spaces in New Zealand cities, featuring bar codes that could