Thursday, February 19, 2015
One of the leading heroic actors of his generation, he played every Shakespearean king in 16 years with the RSC Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMThursday, February 12, 2015
Ubiquitous actor versed in Shakespeare, musical theatre, television and movies Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:58AMTuesday, February 3, 2015
Actor who brought integrity and superb timing to her roles Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:13PMSunday, February 1, 2015
Saturday, January 31, 2015
An ingenious and fascinating exponent of theatrical high comedyGeraldine McEwan, who has died aged 82, could purr like a kitten, snap like a viper and, like Shakespeare’s Bottom, roar you …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PMSunday, December 28, 2014
Character actor with a distinguished stage, TV and film career that included a Harry Potter cameo Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:21PMSunday, December 21, 2014
Actor whose compelling presence inspired new works by Samuel Beckett and made her a chilling nanny in The Omen Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05PMMonday, December 1, 2014
Stage and screen actor who played Mary Magdalene in the 1965 film The Greatest Story Ever Told and appeared in several popular TV dramas of the 1970s Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:35PMMonday, November 24, 2014
Theatre producer and writer who co-founded the Belgrade international theatre festival Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMTuesday, November 4, 2014
Versatile actor who combined grace with gravity in her many roles over 65 years Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMThursday, October 16, 2014
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: In the Royal Shakepeare Company's repertory pairing of these two plays, the idea is that the Great War separates the Edwardian idyll of L…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AMWednesday, October 15, 2014
Irish actor with stage, film and television credits ranging from Ibsen to Holby City Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:46PMTuesday, October 14, 2014
Renowned Broadway star associated with the work of Edward Albee Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:28AMFriday, October 10, 2014
Donmar Warehouse, London: Denmark's a prison in Hamlet, and so is England's body politic in this brutal two-hour, all-female compression of both parts of Henry IV. The audience ass…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMSunday, October 5, 2014
One of Russia's great radical directors and founder of the Taganka theatre in Moscow, he was stripped of his Soviet citizenship after visiting Britain in 1983 Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:14AMFriday, September 26, 2014
Theres a rich and relevant political dynamic to this years Bitef programme, which explores the roots of radicalism Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:35AMFriday, September 12, 2014
Formidable actor who embraced equally tragedy and farce, stage and screen Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMSunday, August 31, 2014
Writer, producer and ICA head in the late 60s, he had an instinct for the cutting edge Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMWriter, producer and ICA head in the late 60s, he had an instinct for the cutting edgeNot many people in the arts over the past half-century in Britain had as big an influence behind the sce…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMWednesday, August 27, 2014
Composer and lyricist best known for The Boy Friend, a fresh and revolutionary musical that took the West End by storm Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01AMMonday, August 18, 2014
Dashing stage and screen actor who worked with the RSC and appeared in several American daytime television shows Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:35PMWednesday, August 13, 2014
Choosing your valedictory acting role is a tricky business. From Laurence Olivier to Sid James, here are some of the most memorable final stage appearances Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:58PMMonday, July 21, 2014
Chichester Festival Theatre: Rupert Everett's baroque and droll, dark night of the soul in Peter Shaffer's classic relaunches the Chichester Festival Theatre. Built for a mere &…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:54AMThursday, July 10, 2014
Playwright best known for The Herbal Bed and his RSC collaborations with the director Bill AlexanderThe playwright Peter Whelan, who has died aged 82, lived a full life before turning to the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMTrafalgar Studios, London: Martin Freeman takes a sidekick's revenge on his television boss Sherlock Holmes in pipping Benedict Cumberbatch to the post as Richard Crookback; Bendy goes …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:41AMThursday, July 3, 2014
Shakespeare's Globe, London: The volatility of the Roman mob and the intensity of public debate define this swift and impassioned revival by Dominic Dromgoole: it's a perfect match of p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMSunday, June 29, 2014
Composer of the musical Once Upon a Mattress who went on to write the bestseller Freaky FridayMary Rodgers, who has died aged 83, was a composer and songwriter whose 1959 musical Once Upon a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:53AMSunday, June 15, 2014
Actor, writer and producer at the heart of Scottish theatre who co-founded the 7:84 touring companyDavid MacLennan, who has died aged 65 after suffering from motor neurone disease, was at th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:59AMMonday, June 9, 2014
Television scriptwriter and playwright who made his name with the smash hit tragicomedy My Night With RegThe playwright Kevin Elyot, who has died aged 62 after a long illness, is best rememb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:19PMFriday, May 30, 2014
Shakespeare's Globe, London: You collect a small brown envelope with your ticket, and inside is a handful of golden confetti to be thrown on the wind when the two lovers celebrate their reun…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMMonday, May 12, 2014
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice created the 20th century's first (and last) great rock opera with flashes of Prokofiev and Stravinsky amid its hosannas even Shostakovich was a fanUntil qui…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM 
