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Antony Sher

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Born: June 13 1949

Died: 0101 12 20212021

Sir Antony Sher, born in Cape Town, South Africa on June 14th, 1949, was an actor, memoirist, playwright, painter, and novelist, best known for his performances of Shakespearean characters like Richard III, Macbeth, and Sir John Falstaff. He has performed in plays by such writers as Molière, Chekhov, Brecht, Arthur Miller, Mike Leigh, and Harvey Fierstein, and has portrayed historical figures as diverse as Primo Levi and Adolf Hitler, Benjamin Disraeli and Ringo Starr. In 1985 he received the Laurence Olivier Award for his work as Richard III, and again in 1997 for Stanley.

His writings include novels, plays, and memoirs, including Year of the King: An Actor's Diary and Sketchbook, his account of playing Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company, called by actor Simon Callow "the most wonderfully authentic account of the experience of creating a performance."

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.

In 2005, Sher and his partner – director Gregory Doran, with whom he frequently collaborates professionally – became one of the first gay couples to enter into a civil partnership in the UK.

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Antony Sher

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Year of the King: An Actor's Diary and Sketchbook

Middlepost

The Indoor Boy

Players of Shakespeare 2: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company

Cheap Lives

Primo Time

Classic FM Favourite Shakespeare

The Feast

King Lear

Year of the Fat Knight: The Falstaff Diaries

Woza Shakespeare!: Titus Andronicus in South Africa

The Giant

I.D.

Beside Myself