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Peter Brook, influential theatre visionary, dies aged 97

The director’s landmark achievements include a nine-hour Mahabharata, putting Shakespeare on trapezes and directing Olivier, Gielgud and Scofield at the RSC

The Guardian - UK

‘I wish she could have seen the change happening right now’: trailblazing theatre star Pearl Prescod

The actor and campaigner came to Britain from Trinidad and Tobago in 1954 and rose to join Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre company. Clint Dyer and others explain why we should remember her

The Guardian - UK

To buy or not to buy: Sir Laurence Olivier’s childhood home is for sale in Dorking

The legendary English actor spent the first three years of his life in the four-bedroom house.

Evening Standard

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Jennifer Piercey obituary

Other lives: Actor who worked with Alan Ayckbourn and appeared on TV in The Two of Us

The Guardian - UK

National Theatre to stage The Odyssey in ‘epic’ retelling around England

Parts to be staged in Stoke, Doncaster, Trowbridge and Sunderland using local writers and amateur casts before finale in London

The Guardian - UK

‘I was in front of an audience but all I could think was, I could be dying’: Robert Lindsay on acting, ageing – and surviving cancer

The actor, who has starred in everything from sitcoms to Shakespeare, talks about his family rows over Brexit, having his phone hacked – and why he did not want to be like Laurence Olivier

The Guardian - UK

Truly Madly review – the deadly desire of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier

Biographer Stephen Galloway’s purple prose does its best to give a romantic sheen to a famously troubled relationship

The Guardian - UK

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Restaurateur Jeremy King ousted from fine dining group Corbin & King

King helped launch many of London’s top restaurants including the Ivy and Wolseley

The Guardian - UK

Oscars 2022: Who could reach EGOT status and other fun facts

It's Oscar time Sunday, and for those of us afflicted with the seasonal disorder known as OOT (Obsession with Oscar Trivia), here are some fun facts and figures about this year's nominees.

Tribune News Service

You need to watch the most iconic ‘70s thriller before it leaves HBO Max this month

In 1976, 'Marathon Man' left a lasting impression on moviegoers. Over 45 years later. its numbing effect is still palpable.

Inverse

Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier were 'torn apart by infidelity and mental illness'

Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier were once the most glamorous couple in Hollywood, but their relationship is said to have been torn apart by infidelities and mental illness

Daily Mirror

Kit Harington says Henry V was the part he always wanted to play

He takes the title role previously played by the likes of Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Branagh

Evening Standard

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