62 h. ago Whatever happened to Billy Bibbit? The extraordinary life of actor Brad Dourif

He was Oscar-nominated for his unforgettable work alongside Jack Nicholson, in one of the greatest films of all time. It was the start of his career as the ultimate character actor. He discusses David Lynch, Ian McKellen and the joy of playing a murderous dollBrad Dourif knew it was time to retire from acting when he stopped feeling well, anything about the parts he was being offered. “I got to a place where if somebody offered me something, all I felt was an empty: oh.” It had started in 2013, after a production of Tennessee Williams’s The Two-Character Play. That had been an extraordinary experience, with his co-star Amanda Plummer “by far the best actor I’ve ever worked with”, but left him wondering if there was anything he still wanted to do professionally. Acting no longer got him excited; it just left him tired. “It became clear to me after a while that I just really didn’t want to work any more.”We speak over video call from his home in upstate New York, where he lives with C...

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68 h. ago William Shakespeare may have nicked Hamlet idea from ‘terrible’ play, new theory claims

Great playwriter William Shakespeare may have nicked an idea for one of his most famous pieces of work after he watched a an awful play with the same name, the play was called Hamlet

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3 d. ago Molly Russell’s father urges PM to act over online harms as ‘app cap’ considered

Ian Russell told Sir Keir Starmer to ‘act decisively’ in toughening legislation to protect young people online.

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8 d. ago Outlander’s Sam Heughan to play Macbeth in Royal Shakespeare Company debut

The British theatre company has announced a new raft of programming.

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1 week ago Sir Ian McKellen to front adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night featuring only trans and non

The Lord of the Rings legend, 86, who is a longtime LGBTQ + advocate, will join the performance in London on July 25.

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2 w. ago Sir Ian McKellen to open 'joyful' Shakespeare play with all trans and non

The 86-year-old acting legend, who is a longtime LGBTQ+ advocate, will introduce the performance from the new company, Trans What You Will

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2 w. ago ‘A steamy wrestle’: Guardian article inspires play on Shakespeare and Marlowe collaboration

Exclusive: Born With Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams, coming to West End, imagines rival dramatists working togetherA Guardian report on William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe being literary rivals and collaborators has inspired a play that will be staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in London’s West End this summer.The RSC’s co-artistic director Daniel Evans will direct Born With Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams, an Irish-American playwright, who has imagined two of the greatest dramatists of all time working together, wrestling creatively, both envious and admiring of each other. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ian McKellen joins Scissor Sisters live on stage in surprise appearance at London O2 concert

Fans erupted in cheers at London’s O2 Arena on Friday, 24 May, as Sir Ian McKellen made a surprise appearance during the Scissor Sisters’ long-awaited reunion concert.

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3 w. ago Outlander star's gritty detective drama lands on Netflix with rare perfect score

Rebus is the second adaptation of Sir Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels. The collection began in 1987 and it is still going strong, with 25 tales in total.

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