Edward Bond, British playwright who battled royal censors, dies at 89
Across more than 50 plays and additional libretti for operas and ballets, Bond explored the rage and brutality that he saw as an essential part of the human condition.
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Across more than 50 plays and additional libretti for operas and ballets, Bond explored the rage and brutality that he saw as an essential part of the human condition.
Richard Pilbrow, who has died aged 90, was the doyen of British theatrical lighting designers, and one of the last survivors of the team assembled by Sir Laurence Olivier in the 1960s to design the new National Theatre on the South Bank. He was also the author of the lighting designer’s bible, Stage Lighting (1970), nicknamed “the Old Testament”, and its revised 1997 edition, “the New Testament”.
She will start work at the National Theatre in the spring of 2025
London: British director Indhu Rubasingham has been appointed to lead the prestigious National Theatre, the charity said Wednesday, the first woman to...
The Olivier award-winning actor, whose major film roles included Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series, has died