922 stories by "Michael Quinn"
David Collings came to acting without any formal training having begun his working life as a font designer. He went on to
Although she will forever be remembered as two glamorous 1960s icons " the leather-clad, judo-savvy Catherine Gale in The Avengers (1962-64) and
During his 18-year tenure as general director of the Royal Opera House from 1970, John Tooley guided the historic Covent Garden institution
Eddie Large, one half of the most successful British comedy partnership of the 1980s, has died from coronavirus while undergoing treatment for
The fiercely intelligent, emotionally concentrated John Shrapnel roamed freely across stage, screen and radio with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre,
Terrence McNally will be remembered best for his courage in placing the vicissitudes of homosexual life and experience on the mainstream stage,
Five-time Tony award-winner Terrence McNally has died from coronavirus-related complications at the age of 81. The playwright's death, on March 24, was
The leading Irish theatre designer of her generation, Monica Frawley's sets often seemed infused with an elemental quality that imbued the poetic,
Frances Cuka came to early and sensational attention as Jo, the errant schoolgirl caught on the cusp of adulthood, in Shelagh Delaney's
Zoe Caldwell was already a star in her native Australia when she arrived in Britain in 1958 to join the Shakespeare Memorial
John Travis occupied many roles in a long and distinguished career, but it was his pioneering work as an archivist with London
In the 1970s, Julia Breck regularly found herself as a glamorous, often scantily clad, participant in television comedies that revelled in near-the-knuckle
As the founder of the New End Theatre in Hampstead and Camden's Offstage Downstairs, Buddy Dalton was a leading figure in London's
Paying tribute in the Guardian, the playwright Christopher Hampton described Tom Erhardt as being "in his heyday perhaps the most knowledgeable theatre
After training at RADA and making her stage debut in 1940 in her native Glasgow's Alhambra Theatre, later becoming a member of
A pioneering figure who transformed the teaching of spoken English, Jocelyn Bell paved the way for a less mannered, more colloquial approach
For more than 25 years, Marjorie Bates Murphy served as The Stage's North West correspondent, contributing always insightful reviews from her first
One of the finest and most admired Shakespeare directors of the last half-century, Terry Hands co-founded the Liverpool Everyman, led the Royal
Terry Jones was first among equals in the era-defining ensemble that launched Monty Python's Flying Circus on unsuspecting television viewers used to
By the time he shot to fame as the footman Edward in Upstairs Downstairs in 1971, Christopher Beeny had been performing for
East 15 graduate Reg Stewart was a jobbing actor who lent reliability and a guarantee of a well-turned performance to a career
As artistic director of the Everyman Cheltenham for 12 years from 1971, Malcolm Farquhar transformed the fortunes of the Frank Matcham-designed venue.
For the generation who grew up watching television in the early 1970s, Derek Fowlds will be best remembered as Basil Brush's long-suffering
Ciaran McIntyre was a consummate ensemble player who worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, in the West End and in regional theatres
When The Stage noted in 1986 that "at the moment the West End owes more to the engineering skills of Mike Barnett
