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
Paul Englishby include "Death Of A Salesman" (starring Anthony Sher and Harriet Walter), "Twelfth Night" (starring Richard Wilson), "Hamlet" (starring David Tennant), "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (starring Judi Dench), "Love's Labour's Lost" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In 2013, Englishby scored Peter Morgan's "The Audience", starring Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. "The Audience", with Mirren, transferred to Broadway in 2015, with Kristin Scott Thomas taking up the role in the West End. In 2014, Englishby wrote the music for David Hare's "Skylight", starring Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan, which also transferred to Broadway from the West End in 2015. Other