Laurence Olivier
When Laurence Olivier revealed the secrets behind his wax nose | Letter
Letter: Bill Gilmour relates André Morell’s tale of being advised by Olivier that mortician’s wax and a red lipstick made all the difference
01, Nov, 2024 @5:56 PM
Laurence Olivier’s Richard III prosthetic nose among hundreds of actor’s items to be auctioned
Exclusive: About 350 props, awards and personal items will be auctioned by his estate and his widow
Dalya Alberge
28, Oct, 2024 @5:00 AM
From Mick Jagger to Crossroads: the pioneering career of Cleo Sylvestre
The black British performer started out recording with the Rolling Stones, was on the West End stage by 19 and made breakthroughs in TV and theatre
Mark Lawson
21, Sep, 2024 @6:54 PM
‘It definitely got me a seat in therapy’: Diane Lane on child stardom, sleazy execs and thriving in her 50s
She was on the cover of Time magazine in her teens, and decades later the acclaimed actor is having another big moment. She discusses Feud, A Man in Full and the highs and lows of Hollywood
Emine Saner
03, Jun, 2024 @3:59 PM
Trevor Griffiths obituary
Politically committed dramatist and screenwriter admired for his radical stage and television work created over the last 50 years
Michael Coveney
02, Apr, 2024 @2:35 PM
Has the ice-cream van cometh too early? | Brief letters
Brief letters: Ice-creams in February | Valentine’s cards | Cutting hedgerows | Olivier as Othello
19, Feb, 2024 @4:54 PM
Olivier’s Othello was always racially offensive anachronism | Letters
Letters: Geoffrey Wheatcroft recalls watching the actor perform as Othello at the National Theatre in 1964, and finding it grotesque
15, Feb, 2024 @6:07 PM
Richard Pilbrow obituary
Lighting designer who worked with Laurence Olivier on the construction and design of the National Theatre in London
Richard Eyre
08, Jan, 2024 @5:04 PM
Michael Blakemore obituary
Acclaimed theatre director admired for his productions of Kiss Me Kate and Copenhagen
Michael Coveney
13, Dec, 2023 @5:36 PM
Shirley Anne Field: a smart and seductive key player in the British New Wave
Appearing in many of the landmark gritty dramas of the era, the actor, who has died aged 87, stood out for portraying vulnerability combined with a canny intelligence
Peter Bradshaw
12, Dec, 2023 @12:11 PM
After 60 years, when will the biggest job in UK theatre go to a woman? Why not now? | Arifa Akbar
Only male artistic directors have run the National Theatre. It’s time to address that, says the Guardian’s chief theatre critic Arifa Akbar
Arifa Akbar
26, Oct, 2023 @10:51 AM
Michael Gambon: an actor who let his heart and soul crack open
A star with incredible presence, Gambon brought heft and delicacy, mischief and feeling, to the stage and screen
David Jays
28, Sep, 2023 @12:26 PM
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