The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/scof-a03.shtml Actor Paul Scofield (January 21, 1922-March 19, 2008): “I’m an actor because I’m good at it” By Paul Bond 3 April 2008 Any consideration of an actor’s legacy must ask: What impact did he or she have on the art and craft? What can younger artists learn from his or her life? Paul Scofield, who has died aged 86, leaves a body of work uncorrupted...
Fresh Bilge (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
He was a quiet man, an admirable man, at home in his home, unlike so many of his vagabond, self-destructive peers in the acting profession. It is fitting that Scofield left the world quietly also. He has been gone ten days, and I did not know until today, when I chanced upon the news at [...]
Times Online (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
Paul ScofieldBob Friend writes: I sat next to Paul Scofield (obituary, Mar 21) at an awards ceremony and he'd heard that I'd appeared briefly in the Hollywood blockbuster Independence Day. “I only had to say God help us all”, I said to him meekly. He looked at me with something approaching pity and said in that lovely voice of his “Remember old boy it's not the words, it's the way you say them”. Jem...
Father Joe (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
Paul Scofield died from Leukemia on March 19, 2008 at the age of 86 at a hospital near his home in Sussex, England. Taken from an entertainment news show… MAY HE REST IN PEACE!
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008
You might want to think twice about seeing Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? at the Public Theatre. The radical politics of the distinguished feminist playwright aren’t giving me pause; it’s the $50 tickets that trouble me. I’m no mathematician, but by my reckoning, $50 for an evening lasting 45 minutes amounts to $3,852 a minute. If you ask me—and please do—that’s outrageous. It’s a lot . Facts don’t...
DallasNews Religion (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008
Scofield was my favorite of his generation of British actors. I'm particularly fond of a recording of "King Lear" in which he played the title role. He's best known for his role as Sir Thomas More in "A Man...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008
Anthony had asked me to play the role of a village priest who conducts the funeral of Mma Ramotswe’s father. Playing the role I perceived the Christian belief in the Resurrection anew. There before me was a coffin. It was empty — for this was acting, fiction. It dawned on me that fiction was casting a dazzling light on the Resurrection. The Resurrection is about empty coffins. The tomb of the Risen...
chris (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008
That's Kenneth Branagh directing Paul Scofield , not that Scofield needed a lot of direction. What, another dead white dude feted by Nat Turner? Should I take a measure of reprisal for the Fox News/Billary snow job re: Barack & Jeremiah Wright?! I'm not so nasty, fanboys & girls. See, I respect genius. Unlike the braying fools and prettyboys we have acting today, this dude was a master. Won the Oscar...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008
The obituaries for Paul Scofield paid lavish attention to "A Man for All Seasons," the 1966 film that brought him the Academy Award. It's a very dignified, earnest film. But if you want to see Scofield having fun, look at...
About Last Night (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
ABOUT TERRY'S BOOKS Terry recently wrote the introductions to and the paperback edition of Elaine Dundy's . His latest book is , published by Harcourt. ABOUT TERRY'S OPERA SEE TERRY TALK To view Terry's December videoblog, go .
Starpulse News (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
Judi Dench has led the tributes to late Oscar-winning actor Paul Scofield who died on Thursday. The English star of screen and stage - who won an Academy-Award in 1966 for his portrayal of Sir Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons - died after a long battle with leukemia. He was 86.[...] Read more!
PIDGEONBLOG (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
LA TIMES : Paul Scofield, 86; award-winning British actor By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer - March 21, 2008 Paul Scofield , one of the giants of the British stage who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film "A Man for All Seasons," has died. He was 86. Scofield, who had been suffering from leukemia, died Wednesday in a hospital near his home in...
Nothing (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
The English Canon has lost one of its true giants. Paul Scofield, one of the leading lights of the English stage, died Wednesday, March 19 at age 86 after a battle with leukemia. Hailed by numerous peers and critics as one of the greatest actors of our time, Scofield did not take the steps to [...]
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
Paul Scofield, one of the best Shakespearean actors of his generation and anintensely private man who shunned the limelight off the stage, has died. He was suffering from leukaemia.
OTB News (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
Mr. Scofield created the role of Sir Thomas More in Robert Bolt's “A Man for All Seasons” and brought freshness and power to Hamlet, King Lear and many other classic roles. Share This
