Oscar winner Paul Scofield dies aged 86 (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Paul Scofield, who won an Oscar for his role in "A Man For All Seasons" and was one of this country's greatest Shakespearean actors, has died at the age of 86, his agent said Thursday.

Probe launched against BJP legislator's son (Calcutta News)

Police began a probe Monday into an alleged extortion demand by Santosh Kumar, son of a Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Jawahar Prasad. Kumar is said to have threatened a construction firm engaged in a road project in Rohtas district 175 km from here.

How We Met: Jon Blair & Sir Antony Sher - Independent

Telegraph.co.uk. How We Met: Jon Blair & Sir Antony Sher Independent -12 hours ago By Simon Usborne Antony Sher, 58, was born in Cape Town and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 1982, winning his first of two Olivier Awards ...

Primo — with Antony Sher — to Air on PBS in April (Playbill)

Primo , the acclaimed one-man play written by and starring South African actor Sir Antony Sher, will be broadcast on PBS stations around the country in April.

Macbeth

"A harrowing and disturbingly funny parable for the dawn of the 21st century." - New York TimesThe Royal Shakespeare Company's Macbeth has been lauded as the finest production of Shakespeare's Scottis

Acting world mourns Paul Scofield (BBC News)

Paul Scofield, one of Britain's greatest Shakespearean actors and an Oscar winner, dies at the age of 86.

Home (The Enormous Space by JG Ballard)

Antony Sher is the suburbanite self-confined to his own home in this new adaptation of Ballard's short story "The Enormous Space". Home (2003)Adapted and directed by Richard Curson SmithCast: Antony S