Wednesday, April 30, 2008

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.

Monday, April 28, 2008

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.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

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 ...

Thursday, April 24, 2008

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.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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

Sunday, April 20, 2008

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.

Friday, April 18, 2008

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

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Antony Sher Brings London Hit 'Primo' to Broadway

Robert Simonson Playbill On-Line The National Theatre of Great Britain's production of Primo, which is based on Primo Levi's memoir, "If This Is a Man," begins performances at Broadway's Music Box Theatre July 8 with an ...

Monday, April 14, 2008

Sir Antony Sher in "Kean"

One of my favorite actors is currently touring in Jean Paul Sartre's play Kean. I really wish I could see it. He has been a great inspiration to me for quite some time after reading his books Year of the King, Woza Shakespeare, ...

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Measuring the World Humboldt

A short film starring Sir Antony Sher as the naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Inspired by the new novel 'Measuring the World', by Daniel Kehlmann.

Friday, April 11, 2008

JASON FLEMYNG - ANTONY SHER Alive and Kicking

En esta película inglesa, un bailarín seropositivo que ha visto como morían muchos de sus compañeros afectados por el virus, conocce en una discoteca a un hombre totalmente diferente a él, moreno, bajito, medio calvo..., ...

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Labour Party Celebrity Broadcast (1992)

The Labour Party political broadcast from '91/92 including appeals by several in-demand celebrities at the time such as Stephen Fry and Alan Rickman.Video credit goes to britbitsandclips.com .

Monday, April 7, 2008

Indian Summer (Alive & Kicking) - Ice Cream scene

A very cute and sexy scene from gay themed movie Indian Summer aka Alive & Kicking. Two opposite characters met and found comfort in each other's presence, despite their differences and effort of

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Saturday, April 5, 2008

Grab bag o'links: --Antony Sher, actor and author...

Grab bag o'links: --Antony Sher, actor and author of the outstanding account of his portrayal of Richard III, Year of the King, plays Italian writer Primo Levi in a one man show. --Golden Rule Jones on English poet Philip Larkin. ...

Thursday, April 3, 2008

And now for the good news ... (Guardian Unlimited)

Lucian Msamati cut his teeth doing political theatre in Zimbabwe. Now he has a lead role in Alexander McCall Smith's rose-tinted vision of Africa. He tells Aida Edemariam about the filming of The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Richard James in The Wind in the Willows

This scene from the film, 'The Wind in the Willows', features Antony Sher as the Chief Weasel with Richard James as Geoffrey and Keith Lee Castle as Clarence.