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Maggie Smith: the magisterial star of Harry Potter and Downton had the courage and talent to do absolutely everything

The real-life dame and on-screen dowager countess, who has died aged 89, earned fame in her 70s and 80s for blockbuster roles. But her early work at the National Theatre marked her out as a talent for the ages

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Dame Maggie Smith: Oscar-winning Harry Potter and Downton Abbey star dies, aged 89

Giant of stage and screen was one of Britain’s most successul stars

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Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 89

In a career that began in the 1950s, her roles ranged from Desdemona to Miss Jean Brodie, Virginia Woolf and Minerva McGonagall

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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

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Harry Hamlin: ‘Clash of the Titans was fraught – the producers didn’t speak to me again for 25 years’

The ‘L.A. Law’ star – and one-time reality TV husband – speaks to Tom Murray about bonding with Laurence Olivier, his former relationship with Ursula Andress, and why playing one of mainstream American cinema’s first gay leading roles put him in a 40-year exile from major movies

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How you can get (AI versions of) Judy Garland or Burt Reynolds to read to you

ElevenLabs licenses right to offer AI version of celebrity voices for its Reader App

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‘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

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Has it come to this? We must act now to save Birmingham’s culture from cuts

Austerity-hit Birmingham’s decision to stop funding the arts is a calamity for a city whose rich contribution to UK culture – from Tolkien to the Streets – is such a vital source of civic pride

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Billy Dee Williams Defends Actors Performing In Blackface Controversy

Actor Billy Dee Williams shares his views on actors in blackface, sparking a debate on artistic freedom and harmful stereotypes in the entertainment industry.

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Billy Dee Williams says actors ‘should’ be allowed to wear blackface

Star Wars actor says he believes actors should be free to ‘do anything you want to do’, in a discussion about Laurence Olivier’s performance in Othello

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Trevor Griffiths obituary

Politically committed dramatist and screenwriter admired for his radical stage and television work created over the last 50 years

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Trevor Griffiths: Mancunian Marxist whose political plays deserve revival

Griffiths, who has died aged 88, explored the conflict between reform and revolution in plays and scripts from the film Reds to dramas such as Occupations, The Party and Comedians

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Our guide to the best Shakespeare film adaptations of all time, from Hamlet to Macbeth

More than four centuries later and we still can’t get enough of Shakespeare’s thrilling, tortuous plots

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Eleanor Fazan obituary

Theatre director who took Beyond the Fringe to the West End and worked on hit productions throughout the 1960s and 70s

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32 of the Most Legendary Hollywood Rivalries

Whether they lasted a month or a decade, these feuds are legendary.

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Olivier’s Othello was always a racially offensive anachronism

Letters: Geoffrey Wheatcroft recalls watching the actor perform as Othello at the National Theatre in 1964, and finding it grotesque

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Richard Pilbrow obituary

Lighting designer who worked with Laurence Olivier on the construction and design of the National Theatre in London

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Indhu Rubasingham’s National Theatre in-tray: lure megastars, deal with crises and define an era

The incoming artistic director at the NT must lead the institution and the industry, while choosing plays new and old for three stages. The job is a test of nerve and integrity

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OPINION - Indhu Rubasingham: why she's the perfect choice for head of the National Theatre

The outgoing director of the Kiln inherits a strong artistic legacy but the finances are a lot less fun

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Michael Blakemore obituary

Acclaimed theatre director admired for his productions of Kiss Me Kate and Copenhagen

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From Joe Egg to Noises Off, Michael Blakemore was a superb craftsman of theatre

One of the great postwar theatre directors, Blakemore – who has died aged 95 – had a vast range and was a formidable writer

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Indhu Rubasingham chosen as National Theatre’s next director

Artistic director of the Kiln theatre will take over from Rufus Norris in spring 2025

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Shirley Anne Field obituary

British actor who starred in the 1960s film classics Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Entertainer

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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

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The Savoy hotel review: Expect to be treated like royalty at London’s iconic Grande Dame (for a price)

The capital’s first ever luxury hotel still offers unbeatable service for a once-in-lifetime stay, finds Joanna Whitehead

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