Through his work as a director, and above all as a teacher, John Barton, who has died aged 89, changed the way we play and hear Shakespeare.
80 months ago

The Hogarth Press published several series intended to bring significant ideas in literature, art, politics, and criticism to a broad public.
197 months ago

The tremendous merit of Mr. John Gielgud's long-awaited "Hamlet" (produced last night at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket) is its fidelity.
179 months ago

Letters: Sir Peter Hall's later years at Kingston University saw him still producing vivid and challenging theatre, says Richard Wilson.
84 months ago

Toby Robertson, who has died aged 83, was the artistic director of the Prospect Theatre Company from 1964 to 1978, and re-established the good name and...
147 months ago

Richard Dreyfuss began acting as a teen at his synagogue in Beverly Hills before landing his first professional job in a TV production of the Norman Weiner...
24 months ago

Sir Cecil Beaton was a British fashion, portrait, and war photographer whose distinct style of photography caught the attention of eminent fashion publications...
49 months ago

In 1964 the world will celebrate provided it is celebrating anything at all — the four-hundredth anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare.
28 months ago

The exhibition will be on display at the National Portrait Gallery from the 12th March 2020. Baba Beaton as Heloise in Great Lovers Pageant,...
64 months ago

Actor known for his roles as clergymen, favourite uncles and tragic-comic characters.
142 months ago