Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Veteran stage and screen actor who played Harry Grout in Porridge and Maester Aemon Targaryen in Game of ThronesPeter Vaughan, who has died aged 93, was one of the most distinctive and menac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMFriday, December 2, 2016
Stage and screen actor admired for his many classical theatrical roles who played the obsessed father in the 1970s TV drama Bouquet of Barbed WireAs an actor, there was something sinister an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02AMThursday, December 1, 2016
Although there were always ‘fringe’ events at the Edinburgh International Festival from the off in 1947, the real fringe began exactly 50
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMWednesday, November 30, 2016
Playwright who explored the themes of race and identity in his stage and television work, most notably in the BBC drama series Empire RoadThe legacy of the colonial experience in the Caribbe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMSunday, November 27, 2016
Versatile British actor known for his stage roles in Shakespeare and the RSC’s Nicholas Nickleby who found fame on US TV in Cheers and The West WingRoger Rees, who has died aged 71 after s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48PMSaturday, November 26, 2016
Character actor with a distinguished stage, TV and film career that included a Harry Potter cameoDavid Ryall, who has died aged 79, was one of the most distinguished character actors at the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMSaturday, October 22, 2016
Theatrical impresario and film producer behind The Rocky Horror Show, Oh! Calcutta! and Monty Python and the Holy GrailWhen he was awarded a lifetime achievement gong at the Olivier theatre …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:41PMFriday, October 14, 2016
Outstanding actor of stage and screen who made his name as Bri in A Day in the Death of Joe EggThe British theatre changed for ever when Joe Melia, as the sardonic teacher Bri, pushed a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33PMThursday, October 13, 2016
In its earliest years, the Belgrade International Theatre Festival – Bitef – was a Cold War buffer state, rather like Tito’s Yugoslavia
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMSunday, August 28, 2016
Yorkshire-born actor admired for his many leading Shakespearean roles and his fine interpretations of classical comedy on Broadway and at Stratford, OntarioBrian Bedford, who has died aged 8…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32AMThursday, August 11, 2016
Theatre and TV director who oversaw a brilliant five-year period at the Liverpool Everyman in the 70sThe theatre and television director Alan Dossor, who has died of cancer aged 74, supervis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25AMWednesday, July 13, 2016
One of the leading heroic actors of his generation, whose clarion voice would reverberate to the RSC’s raftersWhen the great Shakespearean actor Alan Howard, who has died aged 77, returned…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04AMSunday, July 10, 2016
Vivacious actor who was a favourite of the Dublin stageSpeeches were made from every stage in Dublin on the night Anita Reeves died of cancer, aged 68, a mark of the popular affection in whi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AMWednesday, June 29, 2016
Stage and screen actor known for his roles in The Lion in Winter, Excalibur and CaravaggioEvery now and then, a strange and mystical being wanders through the British theatre, and Nigel Terr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34PMMonday, June 13, 2016
Gifted actor with a flair for comedy from a celebrated British theatrical dynastyEven by the colourful standards of her own family's public profile and professional achievements, Lynn Redgra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:39AMTuesday, June 7, 2016
Stage director who was a champion of new talent in the British theatreThe stage director Annie Castledine, who has died aged 77, was described by the critic Lyn Gardner as one of the arts wo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:21PMMonday, May 23, 2016
Theatre scholar and cultural commentatorThe suspicion of intellectuals in the British performing arts runs deep, so it is hard to appreciate exactly the status and reputation throughout the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AMMonday, May 16, 2016
Playwright and television screenwriter best known for The Anniversary, which was turned into a 1968 film starring Bette DavisThe playwright and television screenwriter Bill MacIlwraith, who …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMWednesday, May 11, 2016
Deft, poised supporting actor on stage and in popular television seriesThe actor Tom Beard, who has died aged 50 from cancer, was a handsome, robust supporting player generallyadmired for hi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMMonday, April 18, 2016
Actor known for his roles as clergymen, favourite uncles and tragic-comic charactersThere is a great tradition in the rotundity of actors, and Roger Hammond, who has died aged 76 of cancer, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33PMWednesday, April 6, 2016
Set designer responsible for the look of many memorable theatre and opera productionsJohn Gunter, who has died aged 77, nine years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, was respo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:29PMWednesday, March 9, 2016
Theatrical impresario and film producer behind The Rocky Horror Show, Oh! Calcutta! and Monty Python and the Holy GrailWhen he was awarded a lifetime achievement gong at the Olivier theatre …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMSunday, March 6, 2016
Elegant and meticulous actor whose work ranged from Shakespeare to EastEndersPaul Bhattacharjee, who has been found dead aged 53, was one of the country's leading British Asian actors, a key…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:55AMThursday, February 18, 2016
Director who worked with Tom Stoppard and was associate to Peter Hall at the National TheatreIn a long and illustrious career, the stage director Peter Wood, who has died aged 90, etched his…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:20PMSunday, January 31, 2016
Stage and screen actor admired for his many classical theatrical roles who played the obsessed father in the 1970s TV drama Bouquet of Barbed WireAs an actor, there was something sinister an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:40PMMonday, January 25, 2016
Yorkshire-born actor admired for his many leading Shakespearean roles and his fine interpretations of classical comedy on Broadway and at Stratford, OntarioBrian Bedford, who has died aged 8…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMThursday, January 14, 2016
Versatile stage and screen actor hailed for his roles in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Harry Potter and Love Actually Related: Alan Rickman: the most loyal, playful and generous of friends …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:58AMTuesday, January 5, 2016
Stage designer whose work graced Opera Holland Park, the Royal Ballet, the Royal Opera House and many West End theatresEven in his last West End production, the stage designer Peter Rice, wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:51PMSaturday, January 2, 2016
Versatile and familiar character actor of stage and screenTrained in tap and ballet, neat and compact in appearance, John Cater, who has died aged 77, was a masterful character act…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:16PMThursday, November 12, 2015
Theatre and television director who nurtured stars and dazzled audiencesThere are few stage directors whose work, at the highest level, encompasses the plays of Joe Orton and William Douglas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMThursday, October 29, 2015
Prolific and talented writer of dialogue for television dramas and sitcomsJulia Jones, who has died aged 92, was a prominent and versatile television writer for more than 40 years, contribut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:01PM 
