325 stories by "Michael Coveney"
Experimental writer, theatre director and improviser, he was one of the strangest people in BritainKen Campbell, who has died suddenly aged 66, was one of the most original and unclassifiabl…
Daisy Campbell's version of Robert Anton Wilson's cult book harks back to the counterculture era of conspiracies, hallucinogenic drugs and sinister ritualsThe counterculture strikes back at …
Theatre director and founder of the English Shakespeare Company whose 1980 production of The Romans in Britain led to an obscenity trialThere was nothing timid or compromised about the work…
Stage and screen actor best known for his role in the TV series The Jewel in the CrownThe only unexpected thing about the wonderful actor Tim Pigott-Smith, who has died aged 70, was that he …
Author of This Sporting Life whose raw, realistic plays and novels reflected on family, atonement and the north-south divideDavid Storey, who has died aged 83, was an unusual literary figure…
Actor who made her name with Joan Littlewood and went on to play the nosy neighbour in the 1980s sitcom Fresh FieldsNot many performers have appeared in The Archers on radio, starred opposit…
Declan Donnellan is sitting on a sofa in the north London apartment he shares with his Cheek by Jowl designer and life
Distinctive supporting actor on television, stage and filmTony Haygarth, who has died aged 72, was a salt-of-the-earth Liverpudlian actor who became a familiar face on television in series s…
Actor whose unpredictability never undermined his electrifying talentNicol Williamson, whose death of oesophageal cancer at the age of 73 has been announced, was arguably the most elect…
Dancer and actor of exceptional versatility, grace and vivacityNot many performers can claim to have danced the Queen of the Wilis in Giselle at Sadler's Wells, raised her eyebrows at Benny …
Actor whose compelling presence inspired new works by Samuel Beckett and made her a chilling nanny in The Omen"I could have easily have become a nun, or a prostitute, or both," said Billie W…
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…
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…
Although there were always 'fringe' events at the Edinburgh International Festival from the off in 1947, the real fringe began exactly 50
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
In its earliest years, the Belgrade International Theatre Festival " Bitef " was a Cold War buffer state, rather like Tito's Yugoslavia
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…
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 t…
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…
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…
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…
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…
