Beginners premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, where the Los Angeles Times heralded it as a `heady, heartfelt film` with a cast who has `a strong sense of responsibility to their real-world counterparts`. Plummer received numerous accolades, including the 2011 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance. ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beginners
[Raymond Carver] Beginners is the title given to the manuscript version of Raymond Carver`s 1981 short story collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, published by Carver`s widow Tess Gallagher in 2009. ==The Stories== ==Publications== ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beginners_(Raymond_Carver)
Those members of the cast who are on-stage when the curtain goes up. The call (qv) "Overture and beginners" is a signal to the orchestra to start the introductory music and to the cast to get into position on-stage. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21207
A call given by the stage manager to bring those actors who appear at the beginning of the play or act to the stage. Traditionally given five minutes before curtain time. Also Places Please (US). Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php