Earlylife　　BlakeattendedtheDolphinSchoolinReading,Berkshireuntil1993,beforegoingtoStPaul'sSchool,anindependentschoolforboysinBarnesinWestLondononanacademicscholarship.HethenattendedtheUniversityofCambridge,[1]wherehestudiedEnglishandMedievalItalian,Danteprimarily.[2]Whileastudentheactedonbothstageandscreen,[3]playingPaulEtheridgeinWhiteChameleon,FleanceinMacbeth,andAugus...(展开全部)　　Earlylife　　BlakeattendedtheDolphinSchoolinReading,Berkshireuntil1993,beforegoingtoStPaul'sSchool,anindependentschoolforboysinBarnesinWestLondononanacademicscholarship.HethenattendedtheUniversityofCambridge,[1]wherehestudiedEnglishandMedievalItalian,Danteprimarily.[2]Whileastudentheactedonbothstageandscreen,[3]playingPaulEtheridgeinWhiteChameleon,FleanceinMacbeth,andAugustusinTomStoppard’sArcadia(1996)attheNationalTheatreinproductionsdirectedbyRichardEyreandTrevorNunn.[2]　　[edit]Career　　BlakeisbestknowninrecentyearsforportrayingMrEltonintheBBC2009adaptationofEmmaandEdmundBertraminthe2007ITVadaptationofMansfieldPark,[4]GilesVicaryintheBBCseriesRedCapandforplayingsidekickRobertPresleyinATouchofFrost.[5]HealsoplayedthepartofJustininTheLeagueofGentlemen,IdekinGodonTrial,andtheDukeofKentinUpstairsDownstairs.　　Blakewritesanddirectswithhisolderbrother,DylanRitson.[6]TheRitsonbrothers'latestshortfilm,LoveHate,starringBenWhishawandHayleyAtwellwascompletedinMay2009andwasselectedfortheEdinburghInternationalFilmFestival,PalmSpringsFilmFestival,LondonBFIFilmFestival,EdinburghInternationalFilmFestival,Foyle,Omaha,Encounters,BerkshireInternationalFilmFestival,SofiaFilmFest(Bulgaria),TofifestInternationalFilmFestival(Poland),WestHollywoodInternational,LAShortsFest,ShortShortsFilmFestival(Japan).ItwasthewinneroftheJuryAwardatPalmSpringsInternationalShortsfestandwontheBestInternationalShortawardatCinemaSt.LouisFilmFestival."Crisplyshotandsuperblyacted,it'salsoaslycommentonrepressionandeverydayinsanity.ItwillbegreattoseewhattheRitsonsdonext."(Empire)　　ThebrothersfirstdirectedtheshortfilmOutofTime.StarringMarkHeapandRaquelCassidy,thefilmwontheGlobalAudienceAwardatthefirstCON-CANMovieFestival[7]andwasrunnerupatMinimalenandtheBerlinFilmFestival.ItalsoscreenedattheLondon,SanPauloandDresdenfilmfestivals.Theirsecondshortfilm,MoreMoreMore,starringTheLeagueofGentlemen'sMarkGatiss,wasarunner-upintheTurnerClassicMoviesCompetition.Theirthirdfilm,shotin2009withHayleyAtwellasHate,wasentitledLoveHate.[8]TheRitsonbrothershavealsoshotafourthshortfilm,GoodBoy,starringJessicaHynes(néeStevenson),ReeceShearsmith,NicholasBurns,JoannaPageandBlake'sfianceeHattieMorahan.[9]　　TheRitsonBrotherswereselectedforthefrontcoverofScreenInternational's"StarsOfTomorrow2009".　　BlakeplayedthebanjoleleonDougHodge's2006albumCowleyRoadSongs,[10]whichwasrecordedinfourdaysattheBlueMoonStudiosinBanbury.[11]Hedescribesthebanjoleleas“ahybridinstrumentbetweenaukuleleandabanjo;teamedupwiththegazooit’sawinningcombination.”[2]　　[edit]Personallife　　BlakeisthebrotherofDylanRitson,withwhomhedirectsandwrites.DylanalsoattendedCambridge,wherehewroteanddirectedplaysforFootlightsandtheEdinburghFestivalwhichreceivednumerousawardsandexcellentreviewsinthenationalpress.[3]　　Blake'sfianceeisthestageandscreenactressHattieMorahan,whowasalsothecostumedesignerandscriptsupervisorononeofthemoviesheandhisbrotherdirected.[12