Friday, February 3, 2023
Writer, broadcaster, and half of the renowned cabaret act Kit and the Widow
You could easily assume that Kit Hesketh-Harvey, who has died unexpectedly aged 65, was an old-fashioned throwbac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:47AMFriday, December 30, 2022
British playwright best known for Master Class, as well as for comic novels inspired by his time in Zambia
David Pownall, who has died aged 84, was a playwright and novelist who, while never…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMFriday, November 4, 2022
Founder director of the Hampstead theatre club who brought landmark productions to the London stageJames Roose-Evans, the founding director of the Hampstead theatre club, who has died aged 9…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMWednesday, October 26, 2022
Stage designer who worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company, at the National Theatre in London and numerous opera housesThe stage designer Timothy O’Brien, who has died of prostate cancer …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:07AMWednesday, October 12, 2022
Versatile actor with a long career on stage and screen, best known as the TV sleuth Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She WroteAlthough she was born in London, and retained a classic English poise…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:49AMTuesday, October 4, 2022
Italian actor and co-founder of the theatre company Complicité who was admired for the physicality of his performancesThe Italian actor Marcello Magni, who has died aged 63 of prostate canc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AMSunday, June 26, 2022
American actor, playwright and lyricist who co-wrote the 1960s hippy rock musical HairFor all its hippy-drippy dawning of the Age of Aquarius aspect, Hair (1967), the first theatrical rock m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMTuesday, March 29, 2022
Actor and comedian who invested her many stage and screen roles with incomparable zest and cheekThere have been few genuine clowns in theatre and television as good as Denise Coffey, who has…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48PMSunday, March 13, 2022
Actor whose collection of stage and screen establishment figures included three TV foreign secretariesFor someone who succeeded to a baronetcy in 1971, the actor Jeremy Child, who has died a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:07PMSaturday, January 8, 2022
Theatre director who brought fizz and glamour to the Royal Court and built an unrivalled ensemble at the NationalDavid Mamet sent his script of Glengarry Glen Ross to Harold Pinter and asked…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMWednesday, December 15, 2021
Enigmatic playwright best known for Making Noise Quietly and German Skerries whose natural habitat was the studio theatreAlthough his plays were performed regularly at the Royal Court and th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMMonday, November 15, 2021
Founder member of the Royal Shakespeare Company with roles in stage and screen productions from King Lear to Doctor WhoWell graced, well spoken and (usually) well dressed on the stage, Cliff…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42PMWednesday, October 20, 2021
Oscar-winning composer and lyricist known for his hugely successful songs for Willy Wonka and Doctor DolittleThe songwriter Leslie Bricusse, who has died aged 90, was a quiet man with an uns…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMWednesday, September 29, 2021
Stage and screen actor admired for her versatility and comic timingIn the middle of her long association with the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester, one critic opined that “any producti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54PMThursday, August 12, 2021
Sparkling actor whose long, eclectic career ranged from Shakespeare to Sherlock
Una Stubbs, actor in Sherlock and Till Death Us Do Part, dies aged 84
Una Stubbs: a life in pictures
Brigh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32PMSunday, May 16, 2021
Stage and screen actor who enjoyed success with the RSC and in many TV and film roles, including Empire Road and Notting Hill
Tony Armatrading, who has died aged 59 of cancer, was a big, war…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMTuesday, April 27, 2021
Versatile actor, flamenco dancer and biographer of his friend and fellow Australian Peter FinchWhen he first came to London in 1950, the Australian actor Trader Faulkner, who has died aged 9…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMMonday, April 12, 2021
Playwright who shot to fame in the 1960s and had his biggest success with the Broadway musical NineIt was the fate of Arthur Kopit, who has died aged 83 from progressive dementia, to be labe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMMonday, March 29, 2021
West End theatre producer behind a string of hits including Evita and Blood BrothersThe theatre producer Bob Swash, who has died aged 91, took his experience of operating in the West End of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PMTuesday, March 9, 2021
Actor and songwriter best known for playing Jim Trott in the BBC’s comedy series The Vicar of DibleyTrevor Peacock, the actor and songwriter, who has died aged 89 after suffering from deme…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMThursday, March 4, 2021
Stage and screen actor best known for playing Elizabeth Bellamy in the 1970s TV series Upstairs, Downstairs
Nicola Pagett, who has died suddenly of a brain tumour aged 75, will not easily be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMTuesday, December 22, 2020
Veteran stage and screen actor who found new audiences with her roles in TV’s Gimme Gimme Gimme and Friday Night DinnerIn a career stretching over seven decades, the distinctive, cut-glass…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMSunday, December 20, 2020
Broadway dance star who was one of the greatest exponents of Bob Fosse’s choreographyBroadway show girls call it a layback: balancing on one foot, the other leg shoots up through 180 degre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PMMonday, November 30, 2020
Playwright, screenwriter and director who found success off-Broadway in the 1960s
Although he came to prominence in the off-Broadway counterculture melting pot of Greenwich Village in the l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32PMFriday, November 20, 2020
Compelling actor whose versatile career encompassed Doctor Who, James Bond and the RSC
The commanding actor Philip Voss, who has died of cancer and complications from Covid-19 aged 84, was r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMWednesday, September 9, 2020
Playwright and screenwriter whose hit play, The Dresser, drew on his experiences of working with the actor-manager Donald WolfitRonald Harwood, who has died aged 85, was an indefatigably har…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMSunday, August 16, 2020
Brilliant stage designer hailed for her work with the RSC and the Royal Opera HouseIn a career ranging from Peter Brook’s greatest productions at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Marat/S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48PMSunday, August 9, 2020
Canadian actor whose shattering performance in Kiss of the Spiderwoman was one of the great turns of musical theatreThe Canadian actor Brent Carver, who has died aged 68, played only once in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMFriday, August 7, 2020
Award-winning actor who brought intensity to roles ranging from Shakespeare to feminist comedyThere was nothing hidden or mysterious about Alison Fiske, who has died of cancer aged 76; as an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18PMTuesday, August 4, 2020
Theatre producer and chief executive of the Really Useful group who enjoyed great success with the musical MatildaEach new generation of actors and writers is buoyed, if they are lucky, thro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMThursday, June 4, 2020
Prolific playwright acclaimed for her work at the Royal Court and the RSCThe varied and prolific career of the playwright Louise Page, who has died of cancer aged 65, was a rarity in the Bri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM 
