Letter: William Russell obituary
William Russell was an actor of considerable range, as brought out in the excellent obituary by Michael Coveney. As a young director it was my very good fortune to direct Bill in two contrasting leading roles in Shakespeare at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London. First, in 1968, came Master Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, in which he managed to be, in his jealous rages, both wildly funny and curiously pathetic…