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LINKS
To learn more about Paul Scofield's life and career,
visit these links:
• Youtube: search for Paul Scofield Documentary
• Youtube:
Director
Michael
Langham describes Scofield as a "spiritual
actor." Discussion of his performance as the Ghost in Mel Gibson's Hamlet.
• Wikipedia: "Paul
Scofield,"
• Simon
Callow: Simon Callow relives the thrill of
performing with the sweet, courteous man who once called
him a monster
• Ian
McKellan Web Site
• TIME Magazine Web Site, Introverted
Englishman
• British Library
Theatre Archive
Project
• Times
Online, The
beauty of a voice like Paul Scofield's by
Paul Donovan, March 29, 2009
• Azary
Messerer: Gifts Exchanged with Paul Scofield. (A
Russian actor tells of Scofield's tours behind the
Iron Curtain and the impact they had on Russian artists).
Obituaries:
• The Guardian, Paul Scofield, The Oscar-winning star of A Man For
All
Seasons
was one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of all time by
Lyn Gardner
• The Boston
Globe, 'A
Man for All Seasons' was an actor for all roles by
Mark Feeney
• The
Independent, Paul Scofield: Oscar-winning
actor whose phenomenal range was unmatched in his
generation by
Alan Strachan
• World Socialist Web Site, I’m an actor because I’m
good at it, By
Paul Bond
• New
York Times, Paul Scofield, British Actor, Dies
at 86
Books:
Lillian and Helen C. Ross. The Player: Profile of an Art. (1961)
O'Connor, Garry. Paul Scofield: An Actor For All Seasons. (2002)
The webmeister recommends:
A Man for All Seasons: film; widely available
Hamlet: CD available at www.bookdepository.co.uk
Henry IV, part 1: Download available at emusic.com
(listed under Marlowe Society)
The Train: film; widely available
Expresso Bongo: CD, Original Cast Recording. Available
from must-close-saturday-records [http://www.must-close-saturday-records.co.uk/html/home.html]
The webmeister would love to recommend these radio
plays but cannot because they cannot be had legally.
Please send a request for broadcast to BBC Radio 7
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/].
Amadeus
Swan Song
Troy
Vivat Rex
TV programs
The Ambassadors
Male of the Species
1919
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