Ian Richardson won a Best Actor BAFTA in 1991 for his role as Urquhart, and Andrew Davies won an Emmy for outstanding writing in a miniseries. [12], The drama introduced and popularised[4] the phrase: "You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment". House of Cards starts a couple of months on from where events in Heart of Stone ended. Retrieved 22 July 2015, Lila Acheson Wallace Juilliard Playwriting Fellowship, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, "The Post-Hope Politics of 'House of Cards, "Look kids, this is where I was born - Alexandria, VA...on the banks of the Potomac, a stone's throw from D.C.", "Oscar nominee Beau Willimon grew up in St. Louis", "House of Cards Creator Beau Willimon Talks Season 2 and His Surprising Influences", "A political drama with powerful ambitions", "Was just at a JBS reunion event. He also did an internship with New Dramatists. Dobbs wrote two following books, To Play the King and The Final Cut, which were televised in 1993 and 1995, respectively. Urquhart is secretly contemptuous of the well-meaning but weak Collingridge, but expects a promotion to a senior position in the Cabinet. [30] However, three House of Cards crew members have disputed that assertion, commenting anonymously in a Buzzfeed News article that Willimon was aware of Spacey's behavior, including an incident during the show's first season in which Spacey allegedly sexually assaulted a production assistant, and took no action against the actor. Urquhart's wife is called Miranda and is a minor character, not sharing in his schemes. Everyone seems to want a piece of Margrit, for both good and bad. Urquhart's wife Miranda is changed to Mortima. [4], Urquhart frequently talks through the camera to the audience, breaking the fourth wall.[5]. Intro song from the Netflix series House of Cards. In 2018, Willimon created the drama series The First for Hulu, about the first manned mission to Mars. [16], Other plays include Lower Ninth, produced in 2007 by the SPF and The Flea Theater in 2008;[17] Zusammenbruch, produced in 2008 at the American Airlines Theater and directed by Thomas Kail;[18] Spirit Control, produced in 2010 by the Manhattan Theatre Club;[19] The Parisian Woman, produced in 2013 by South Coast Repertory;[20] and Breathing Time, produced in 2014 by Fault Line Theater. Another unwitting pawn is Roger O'Neill (Miles Anderson), the party's cocaine-addicted public relations consultant. It is produced by David Fincher and Spacey's Trigger Street Productions, with the initial episodes directed by Fincher. Michael Dobbs did not envisage writing the second and third books, as Urquhart dies at the end of the first novel. [6][9][11], Willimon subsequently enrolled at the Juilliard School's Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program, receiving both the Lila Acheson Wallace Juilliard Playwriting Fellowship and the Lincoln Center Le Compte du Nuoy Award. [4] His father was a captain[4] in the United States Navy and the family moved frequently. House of Cards‘ theme song is sans lyrics, but manages to set the mood for the evil political machinations by President Frank Underwood.If … Watch the video for Deck of Cards from Wink Martindale's K-tel Presents Country Jukebox - The 50's for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. [21], Willimon's work has also been developed and performed at MCC Theater, Ars Nova, HERE Arts Center, the Phoenix Theatre, the Actors Theater of Chicago, Battersea Arts Centre in London, Cherry Lane Theatre, and the South Coast Repertory.[13]. It premiered on Netflix on February 1, 2013. 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