In 2004, a poll of actors of the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Ian McKellen, Donald Sinden, Janet Suzman, Ian Richardson, Antony Sher and Corin Redgrave, acclaimed his Lear as the greatest Shakespearean performance ever.

She was portrayed by Vanessa Redgrave in the 1971 film version of Euripides ' The Trojan Women, and by Saffron Burrows in the 2004 film Troy.

Alan Strachan's 2004 biography of Redgrave discusses his affairs with both men and women.

Between December 2004 and April 2005, they presented Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear and a brand new production of Euripides ' Hecuba starring Vanessa Redgrave.

Donated to the University by British Rowing, named " Gold Fever " and signed by Matthew Pinsent on 26 June 2001, and signed by Sir Steve Redgrave on 23 May 2004

Mastering Rule 53: The Evolution and Impact of the New Federal Rule Governing Special Masters, 51 Federal Lawyer 34 ( Feb. 2004 ) ( with Jonathan M. Redgrave, Esq.

Revisions in Federal Rule 53 Provide New Options for Using Special Masters in Litigation, 76 Journal of the N. Y. State Bar Association 18 ( Jan. 2004 ) ( with Jonathan M. Redgrave, Esq.

Other Broadway credits include Moon Over Buffalo ( 1995 ) with Carol Burnett and Lynn Redgrave ( on Broadway ) and Frank Langella and Joan Collins at the Old Vic in London, the book for a musical adaptation of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( 2001 ), and a new adaptation of the classic Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur play, Twentieth Century ( 2004 ) starring Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche and the revival of Lend Me A Tenor ( 2010 ), starring Tony Shalhoub and Justin Bartha.

During the process of the enlargement of the European Union, the acquis was divided into 31 chapters for the purpose of negotiation between the EU and the candidate member states for the fifth enlargement ( the ten that joined in 2004 plus Romania and Bulgaria which joined in 2007 ).

Bulgaria joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 2004, and currently maintains a total 776 deployed troops in three countries.

Croatia's median equivalent household income tops average Purchasing Power Standard of the ten countries which joined the EU in 2004, while trailing the EU average.

EU accession negotiations started on 31 March 1998, and concluded when Cyprus joined the organization as a full member in 2004.

This goal was rapidly met with great success, as the nation joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004, and held the Presidency of the European Union during the first half of 2009.

Paul Hester joined The Finn Brothers on stage for three songs at their Palais Theatre show in Melbourne at the end of 2004.

Nick Seymour also joined them on stage in Dublin, where he was living, in 2004.

Recently, the overriding goal of Hungarian economic policy has been to prepare the country for entry into the European Union, which it joined in late 2004.

He is the Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry at the Florida State University, which he joined in 2004 ; prior to that he spent a large part of his career at the University of Sussex, where he holds an emeritus professorship.

In 2004, Voight joined Nicolas Cage, in National Treasure as Patrick Gates, the father of Cage's character.

Lithuania joined NATO on March 29, 2004 and joined the EU on May 1, 2004.

Since Malta joined the EU in 2004 expatriate communities emerged in a number of European countries particularly in Belgium and Luxembourg.

On 1 May 2004 Malta joined the EU and on 1 January 2008, the Eurozone with the euro as the national currency.

The island joined the EU in 2004.

Djermakoye joined the government as a Minister of State in November 2002, serving in that position until December 2004.

Poland joined the EU in May 2004.

Poland formally joined the European Union in May 2004, along with the other members of the Visegrád group.

Romania joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 2004, and the European Union, alongside Bulgaria, on January 1, 2007.

With his 2004 win, he joined Gaylord Perry, Randy Johnson and Pedro Martínez as the only pitchers to win it in both leagues and became the oldest pitcher to ever win the Cy Young.

Slovakia joined NATO on 29 March 2004 and the EU on 1 May 2004.

Though a losing season, this was a 26-game improvement over 2004, and sufficient for second place in a woefully weak NL West, five games behind the San Diego Padres.

* On 29 May 2010 Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Laws resigned from the Cabinet and was referred to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards after the Daily Telegraph newspaper published details of Laws claiming around £ 40, 000 in expenses on a second home owned by a secret gay partner between 2004 and 2009 whilst House of Commons rules have prevented MPs from claiming second home expenses on properties owned by a partner since 2006.

In 1994, the prayers announced " allowed " by the 1982 Bishops Council of the Anglican Church of Korea was published in a second version of the Book of Common Prayers In 2004, the National Anglican Council published the third and the current Book of Common Prayers known as " seoung-gong-hwe gi-do-seo " or the " Anglican Prayers ", including the Daily Masses, Special Masses, Baptism, Confirmation, Funeral Mass, Wedding Mass, Rite of Ordination Mass, and all of the other events the Anglican Church of Korea celebrates.

Chile hosted the second Summit of the Americas in 1998, was the chair of the Rio Group in 2001, hosted the Defense Ministerial of the Americas in 2002, and the APEC summit and related meetings in 2004.

A second edition, retitled The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, was published in 2004.

This has added excitement to several pennant races over the years, most recently in, and ; the first two times the division title was won by the Cubs, the third by the Cardinals, who went on to win the National League pennant as the Cubs faltered in the second half of the 2004 season.

The first economic census was taken in 2004 and the second 2008.

Tim Finn had resumed his solo career after leaving the group in 1992 and he also worked with Neil on a second Finn Brothers album, Everyone Is Here, which was released in 2004.

The emerald deposits of Zambia in the Kafubu River ( Kagem Mines ), about 45 km southwest of Kitwe, produced around 20 % of world production of gem quality emeralds in 2004, making the Kafubu area mines the second in world wide production after Colombia.

The club remained competitive, however they could progress no further than the second week of the finals each year for the years of 2002, 2003, and 2004.

* 2004: The Europe-Democracy-Esperanto party ( E ° D ° E °) contests the European Parliament elections in France, on a platform of making Esperanto the second language of all EU member states, taking 0. 15 % of the vote.

In a 2004 OECD comparison, high-technology manufacturing in Finland ranked second largest after Ireland.

A second game bearing the anime TV series title Stand Alone Complex was released in November 2004 on PlayStation 2, developed by Sony Computer Entertainment and Cavia and published by Bandai.

The second generation of the network, named GÉANT2, began in September 2004 and continued until 2009, focusing on the construction of an advanced, hybrid research network infrastructure.

In 2004, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won Indonesia's first direct Presidential election and in 2009 he was elected to a second term.

After a second round of negotiations in 2004, the TLDs < tt > eu </ tt >, < tt >

( September 20, 2004 to April 25, 2005 ), also fell short of a second season.

With revenue of $ 783 million worldwide, it was the second highest grossing film in 2004.

The domestic auto industry accounts directly and indirectly for one of every ten jobs in the U. S. Michigan ranked second nationally in new corporate facilities and expansions in 2004.

He has produced the Academy Awards ceremony twice, first in 1999 with the 72nd annual Academy Awards and second in 2004 with the 77th annual ceremony.

The series ' second season premiered at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 2004.

* 2008 – California becomes the second U. S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.

* organized a second multi-national research expedition ( known as Expedition Two ) in the Australian outback in 2004

2nd GIG ( 2004 ) by Kenji Kamiyama ( 26 25-minute episodes ; second season of GitS: SAC )