Actor who reigned supreme as Lear and Prospero, and was spellbinding in Stoppard and PinterJohn Wood, who has died aged 81, was one of the greatest stage actors of the past century, especially associated with his roles in the plays of Tom Stoppard. But a combination of his enigmatic privacy and low profile on film " he cropped up a lot without dominating a movie " meant that he remained largely unknown to the wider p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AM on August 10, 2011