Actor with great stage presence who found his metier in comic and satirical roles
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMNew York theatre is in crisis - with word of mouth so bad that shows are closing even before opening night.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:58PMEnergetic 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 York, speci…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMThere’s no way we can’t work,” said Rufus Norris and Tessa Ross back in January – except together, it now transpires, after
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AMStage and screen actor known for his roles in The Lion in Winter, Excalibur and Caravaggio Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:28PMIn his recent round of interviews marking his retirement from the National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner told Michael Billington, when challenged on why
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMAt the end of the third week of rehearsals for the Arthur Miller centenary production of Death of a Salesman for the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMInspirational casting director at the heart of British theatre for more than half a century who believed in the ideals of an ensemble company Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMStalwart actor known for playing dependable British characters Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46PMRadical director who co-founded the Dubbeljoint theatre company in Belfast Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PMOne 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 09:55AMUbiquitous actor versed in Shakespeare, musical theatre, television and movies Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:58AMActor who brought integrity and superb timing to her roles Continue reading...
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:19PMAn 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 02:32PMCharacter actor with a distinguished stage, TV and film career that included a Harry Potter cameo Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:21PMActor whose compelling presence inspired new works by Samuel Beckett and made her a chilling nanny in The Omen Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05PMStage 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 01:35PMTheatre producer and writer who co-founded the Belgrade international theatre festival Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMVersatile actor who combined grace with gravity in her many roles over 65 years Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMRoyal 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 07:21AMIrish actor with stage, film and television credits ranging from Ibsen to Holby City Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:46PMRenowned Broadway star associated with the work of Edward Albee Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:28AMDonmar 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 06:36AMOne 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 11:14AMTheres a rich and relevant political dynamic to this years Bitef programme, which explores the roots of radicalism Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:35AMFormidable actor who embraced equally tragedy and farce, stage and screen Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMWriter, 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 01:30PMComposer 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 11:01AMDashing stage and screen actor who worked with the RSC and appeared in several American daytime television shows Continue reading...
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