Old Vic, London: Strained, perverse, unfunny: in this geriatric wartime Much Ado, Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones (combined age, 158 years) unwisely extend the possibility of love'…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:02AMNoel Coward Theatre, London: The Michael Grandage Company's fourth play in a season of five is a straightforward, fast and furious revival of Shakespeare's most popular comedy. It&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AMStage and screen actor who started in satirical revue and went on to become a familiar figure on television and radioNot many actors encompass political satire on the radio, comedy at the Ro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AMVersatile actor who brought intelligence and grace to her many roles on the Irish stageIce cool on stage, with sharp good looks and a wit to match them, Susan FitzGerald, who has died aged 6…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30PMPassionate actor who commanded the stage at Glasgow's Citizens theatre and the RSCGerard Murphy, who has died of prostate cancer aged 64, was a rare sort of full-hearted actor, always on the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMOne of Poland's greatest playwrights whose most famous play, Tango, was a modern-day HamletAlthough he spent his final years in France, and has died aged 83 in Nice, Sławomir Mrozek was alw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: Nancy Meckler's revival of a "problem" play that always delights begins with a series of mimsy tableaux in silhouette. Read the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMMichael Coveney explores the work of Michael Grandage Company Futures, taking a look at the group’s response piece to The Cripple of Inishmaan
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:48AMElegant and meticulous actor whose roles ranged from Shakespeare to EastEndersPaul Bhattacharjee, who has been found dead aged 53, was one of the country's leading British Asian actors, a ke…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:53AMSt Peter's Church, Manchester: Kenneth Branagh hasn't played in Shakespeare for more than ten years, but his technical assurance and deceptive fluency and naturalness remain unaltered. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMPalace, Manchester: As a beautifully lit new work off the Robert Wilson derriere-garde assembly line, The Old Woman at the fourth biennial Manchester International Festival is a stunner - co…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMRoyal Shakespeare Company actor who later pursued a successful career in TV crime dramaDavid Lyon, who has died aged 72, was a popular and versatile actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25PMAmerican-born dramatist known for her affinity with French absurdist theatre and her many BBC radio adaptationsOlwen Wymark, who has died aged 81, was an American-born fringe theatre and BBC…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:40AMGraceful stage actor who stood out in Doctor Who on TV and the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate FactoryIn a long and distinguished career, the actor Aubrey Woods, who has died aged 85, cov…
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:17PMOlivier, National Theatre: Nicholas Hytner and Adrian Lester present a soldier's tragedy in a contemporary military compound that could be anywhere - Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan - where t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMRoyal and Derngate, Northampton: Shakespeare is a rarity in the cash-strapped reps, but Gary Sefton's brilliant Northampton Dream in the always delightful Theatre Royal with just eight …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:50AMDirector and writer celebrated for his work at Chichester Festival theatre and the BBCThe career of Patrick Garland, who has died aged 78, was as varied as it was productive. An actor, produ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:35AMWelsh-born actor and Richard Burton's first wife, she moved to the US after their split and co-founded a famous New York discoSybil Christopher, who has died aged 83, was the injured party i…
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:56PMTrafalgar Studios, London: What is the world of Macbeth? Medieval, Gothic, mythical? Jamie Lloyd's production in the opening volley of his Trafalgar Transformed season goes completely p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:06AMGenial star of the sitcom The Good Life who impressed in a range of roles on stageWhen he played Hamlet as a young man, Richard Briers, who has died aged 79 after suffering from a lung condi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31AMTheatre Royal, Norwich: The opening in the Theatre Royal, Norwich, of this year's Propeller tour signals the unusual step of reviving two successes of 2006/7. Running out of plays must …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: There's a striking take on the separate worlds of The Winter's Tale in Lucy Bailey's new RSC production, designed by William Du…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AMMusical theatre star known as 'the champagne soprano'Lizbeth Webb, one of the great forgotten stars of British musical theatre in the 1940s and 1950s, has died aged 86. Known as "the champag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:49AMMichael Coveney catches up with the Adelaide Festival's new artistic director David Sefton and finds there is a special UK connection to his first programme
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMVibrant actor who achieved success in Bollywood films, West End musicals and on Coronation StreetSophiya Haque's performance in Peter Nichols's Privates on Parade, which opened last month at…
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMActor who found her true calling as translator of the French dramatist Jean AnouilhLucienne Hill, who has died aged 89, was best known for her translations of the French dramatist Jean Anoui…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMUnion Theatre, London: The Shakespeare Apocrypha - which are all about attribution, not authorship - include relatively well known titles like Sir John Oldcastle, or the Yorkshire Tragedy; b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:37AMDonmar Warehouse: Rome under Caesar is Holloway Prison, and the inmates are putting on a protest show. It's a case of 22 jail birds, one guvnor, and the cages are rattling with the soun…
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