Revivals of this history play usually reflect the politics of the moment. Now a fresh RSC retelling arrives in a world of instability and fractured alliances
I have long argued that Shakespeare’s hist…
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Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies aged 93 ⊕
Actor portrayed Sybil Fawlty and later charmed viewers with her canal boat journeys alongside husband Timothy West
Prunella Scales: a life in pictures
Michael Billington: Scales was a queen of comedy w…
7 months ago
King Lear is a masterpiece – as told by Akira Kurosawa rather than Shakespeare | Michael Billington ○
The tragedy’s mythic quality appeals to adapters the world over but the Japanese film-maker’s Ran, now rereleased, manages to solve the play’s problems
I have long had mixed feelings about King Lear. …
13 months ago
‘A nice little cameo that Judi Dench hasn’t got her paws on’: Joan Plowright’s screen career blossomed with age | Peter Bradshaw ○
Her film breakthrough in 1960’s The Entertainer was a harbinger of the calmness and strength she brought as a distinguished character actor – and as her lovable self in Nothing Like a Dame
- Joan Plowri…
Joan Plowright, celebrated star of stage and screen, dies aged 95 ○
Actor helped shape British postwar theatre through her performances at the Royal Court, National Theatre and in the West End
• Michael Billington: Plowright was a dynamic force
• Joan Plowright: a life…
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