Ferociously intelligent actor who reigned supreme in Stoppard and Shakespeare Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AMImposing, hands-on publicity director of the Edinburgh festivalIain Crawford, who has died aged 88 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, was the first publicity director of the Edinburgh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:21PMA striking stage presence for more than 60 years and a familiar face on TVSheila Burrell, who has died aged 89 after a long illness, was a cousin of Laurence Olivier, and a similarly di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:41PMActor best known as a valiant Dr Watson in Granada's Sherlock Holmes seriesFor eight years from 1986, Edward Hardwicke, who has died aged 78, was the face of Dr Watson on televisio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMA familiar face on TV and a stage actor at the cutting edgeNicholas Selby, who has died aged 85, was, in many ways, the archetypal supporting actor: dependable, grave and imposing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:16PMRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: The new theatre in Stratford is now truly up and running, with RSC artistic director Michael Boyd delivering its first purpose-built productio…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AMActor known for her role as Dora, the wife of Inspector Wexford in the popular TV seriesLouie Ramsay, who has died aged 81, was a dynamic musical comedy actor who became a dramatic linchpin …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PMTheatre director who made his name and built his reputation at the two StratfordsMichael Langham, who has died aged 91, was a rigorous and scholarly theatre director who made his n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMVersatile Irish stage actor who became a familiar face across British dramaBefore he became a familiar face on television and cinema screens, the outstanding Irish actor TP McKenna…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:05PMEnergetic founder of the pioneering experimental theatre club La MaMaThe major impetus and example for much of our first fringe and alternative theatre 50 years ago came from New Y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMColourful theatre director at the Royal Court and NationalThe theatre director Desmond O'Donovan, who has died aged 77, played an important role in the early history of the English Stage Com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMDance and theatre photographer with a gift for capturing the essence of a performerZoë Dominic, who has died aged 90, was one of the outstanding group of dance and theatre photo- graphers �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:28PMIn an age of predictably over-hyped musicals, Pedro Almod ó var’s 1987 post-Franco Madrid movie jumps to the stage with an unexpected bounce.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 02:00AMIn an age of predictably over-hyped musicals, Pedro Almod ó var’s 1987 post-Franco Madrid movie jumps to the stage with an unexpected bound.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 03:00AMPopular northern dramatist for TV, theatre and radio, his works guaranteed humour, heart and humanityAlan Plater, who has died of cancer aged 75, was one of a handful of writers, including J…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:29AMGifted actor with a flair for comedy from a celebrated British theatrical dynasty Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:40PMExperimental writer, theatre director and improviser, he was one of the strangest people in Britain Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15AMAs actor, entertainer, playwright and iconoclast, Ken Campbell has been renowned as the madcap genius of British drama. He talks to Michael Coveney about life on and beyond the fringe Contin…
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