Deaths
Paul Scofield, one of Britain's greatest Shakespearean actors, died from leukaemia at the age of 86. He is best remembered as Sir Thomas More in the play A Man for All Seasons, which opened in London in 1960, and in which Scofield made a triumphant debut on Broadway the following year. He also won an Oscar for the film version in 1967. In 1962 he played what is generally regarded to have been his greatest role, King Lear in Peter Brook’s production, first at Stratford, then in London, Paris, Moscow and New York. In 2004, his portrayal was voted the greatest performance in a Shakespeare play by a panel of Royal Shakespeare Company actors, including Sir Ian McKellen, Ian Richardson and Sir Antony Sher