| Paul Scofield | |
|---|---|
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| Born | David Paul Scofield 21 January 1922 Sussex, England |
| Died | 19 March 2008 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1940-1996 |
| Spouse(s) | Joy Parker (1943-2008) |
David Paul Scofield, CH, CBE (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English award-winning actor of stage and screen. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Order of the Companions of Honour is a British and Commonwealth Order. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Noted for his distinctive voice and delivery, Scofield received an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons, a reprise of the role he played in the stage version at the West End and on Broadway for which he received a Tony Award. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535 from 1935 Saint Thomas More, was an English Lawyer, author and statesman who in his lifetime gained The year 1966 in film involved some significant events Events Walt Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse died on A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolt 's play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. A Man for All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt. An early form of the play had been written for BBC Radio in 1954 but after Bolt's success with West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented
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Biography
Early life
Scofield was born in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex,[1] and began attending the Varndean School for Boys in Brighton at the age of 12[2] where he took various roles in school plays. Hurstpierpoint is a village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove. [3]
He went up to Oxford in 1939, where he famously shared digs with Kingsley Amis and Philip Larkin[4] before leaving university to pursue his acting career. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE ( April 16, 1922 &ndash October 22, 1995) was an English Novelist, Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985 was an English Poet, Novelist and Jazz Scofield began his stage career in 1940 with a debut performance in Desire Under the Elms at the Westminster Theatre, and was soon being compared with Laurence Olivier. Desire Under the Elms is a play by Eugene O'Neill, published in 1924 and is now considered an American classic The Westminster Theatre was a London Theatre, on Palace Street in Westminster. Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron In 1947, he starred in Walter Nugent Monck's revival of Pericles, Prince of Tyre at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford. Walter Nugent Monck (1877-1958 was an English Theatre director and founder of Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich. Pericles Prince of Tyre is a play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions "Shakespeare Theatre" redirects here For the theatre of that name in Newcastle see Shakespeare Theatre (Newcastle; for Shakespeare's original theatre see [1]
Career
An actor of extraordinary intelligence, Scofield was noteworthy for his striking presence and distinctive voice, and for the clarity and unmannered intensity of his delivery. His versatility at the height of his career is exemplified by his starring roles in theatrical productions as diverse as the musical Expresso Bongo (1958) and Peter Brook's celebrated production of King Lear (1962). Expresso Bongo is a musical first produced on the stage at the Saville Theatre, London on 23 April 1958 Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH, CBE (born 21 March 1925) is a British theatre and Film director and innovator King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606 and is considered one of his greatest works In a career mainly devoted to the classical theatre, he starred in many Shakespeare plays and played the title role in Ben Jonson's Volpone in Peter Hall's production for the Royal National Theatre (1977). William Shakespeare ( baptised Benjamin Jonson ( c 11 June 1572 &ndash 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance Dramatist Volpone, or The Fox (in Italian: "Big Fox" is a Comedy by Ben Jonson first produced in 1606 drawing on elements The Royal National Theatre, located on the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. Highlights of his career in modern theatre include the roles of Sir Thomas More in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons (1960), Charles Dyer in Dyer's play Staircase, staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966, the definitive Laurie in John Osborne's A Hotel in Amsterdam (1968), and Antonio Salieri in the original stage production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus (1979). Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535 from 1935 Saint Thomas More, was an English Lawyer, author and statesman who in his lifetime gained Robert Oxton Bolt, CBE (August 15 1924 – February 21 1995 was an English playwright and a two-time Oscar winning screenwriter A Man for All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt. An early form of the play had been written for BBC Radio in 1954 but after Bolt's success with Staircase is a two-character play by Charles Dyer about an aging gay couple who own a barber shop in the East End of London. The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC is a British Theatre company John James Osborne ( December 12, 1929 &ndash December 24, 1994) was an English Playwright, Screenwriter, Antonio Salieri ( 18 August 1750 &ndash 7 May 1825) was an Italian Composer and conductor. Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (born May 15, 1926) is an English Dramatist, author of numerous award-winning plays several of which have been filmed Amadeus is a Stage play written in 1979 by Peter Shaffer, loosely based on the lives of the Composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart He was subsequently the voice of the Dragon in another play by Robert Bolt, a children's drama The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew. Robert Oxton Bolt, CBE (August 15 1924 – February 21 1995 was an English playwright and a two-time Oscar winning screenwriter Expresso Bongo, Staircase and Amadeus were filmed with other actors, but Scofield starred in the screen versions of A Man for All Seasons (1966) and King Lear (1971). A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolt 's play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. Other major screen roles include Strether in a 1977 TV adaptation of Henry James's novel The Ambassadors, Tobias in A Delicate Balance (1973), Professor Moroi in the film of János Nyíri's If Winter Comes (1980), for BBC Television, Mark Van Doren in Robert Redford's film Quiz Show (1994), and Thomas Danforth in Nicholas Hytner's film adaptation (1996) of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Henry James, OM ( –) son of theologian Henry James Sr, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James The Ambassadors is a 1903 novel by A Delicate Balance is a 1973 film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield and Kate Reid Janos Nyiri Director who took French and English drama across borders and then wrote a highly praised novel about the Holocaust THE Hungarian Revolutionary, Playwright Mark Van Doren ( June 13, 1894 &ndash December 10, 1972) was an American Pulitzer Prize -winning poet and critic Charles Robert Redford Jr (born August 18 1936) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, Actor, Quiz Show is a 1994 film which tells the true story of the Twenty One Quiz show scandal of the 1950s Thomas Danforth ( 1622 - November 5, 1699) was a judge for the 1692 Salem witch trials in early Colonial America. Nicholas Hytner (born 7 May 1956) is an English producer and director Arthur Asher Miller (October 17 1915 &ndash February 10 2005 was an American Playwright and Essayist. The Crucible is a 1996 film, written by Arthur Miller and based on his play of the same name.
Scofield was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1956 New Year Honours. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery achievement or service to the United Kingdom. [5] He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for A Man for All Seasons and was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for Quiz Show. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts Theatrical accolades include a 1962 Tony Award for A Man for All Seasons. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented In 1969, Scofield became the sixth performer to win the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Male of the Species. This is a list of persons who have won Grammy, Academy, Tony, and Emmy Awards, "GATE", the four major entertainment awards This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. He was also one of only eight actors to win both the Tony and the Oscar for the same role on stage and film. This is a list of persons who have won Grammy, Academy, Tony, and Emmy Awards, "GATE", the four major entertainment awards He was appointed a Companion of Honour (CH) in the 2001 New Year Honours. The Order of the Companions of Honour is a British and Commonwealth Order. [6] In 2002 he was awarded the honorary degree of D. Litt by the University of Oxford. An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa ( Latin: 'for the sake of the honour' is an Academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding Doctor of Letters ( Latin: Litterarum doctor; DLitt; or Litt D The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the [7] In 2004 a poll of actors of the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Ian McKellen, Donald Sinden, Janet Suzman, Ian Richardson, Antony Sher and Corin Redgrave, acclaimed his Lear as the greatest Shakespearean performance ever. Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939 is an English stage and screen actor the Sir Donald Sinden CBE DLitt is an English stage film and television actor who has remained hugely popular since his days as a Rank Organisation Janet Suzman (born 9 February 1939) is a South African actress and director Ian William Richardson CBE ( 7 April 1934 &ndash 9 February 2007) was a Scottish Actor best known for playing Sir Antony Sher KBE (born 14 June 1949) is a British actor writer theatre director and painter Corin William Redgrave (born 16 July 1939) is an English Actor. [8] Scofield appeared in many radio dramas for BBC Radio 4, including in later years plays by Peter Tinniswood: On the Train to Chemnitz (2001) and Anton in Eastbourne (2002). Peter Tinniswood ( December 21, 1936 – January 9, 2003) was an English Radio and TV Comedy scriptwriter The latter was Tinniswood's last work and was written especially for Scofield, an admirer of Anton Chekhov. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( –) (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) was a Russian short-story writer and Playwright, considered to be one He was awarded the 2002 Sam Wanamaker Prize. The Sam Wanamaker Award or Sam Wanamaker Prize is an award for pioneering work in Shakespearean theatre
Personal life
Scofield married actress Joy Parker in 1943. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1] The couple had two children; Martin (born 1944), a lecturer in 19th-century English literature at the University of Kent,[2] and Sarah (born 1951). The University of Kent is a plate glass campus University in Kent, England.
He declined the honour of a knighthood on three occasions,[2][9] but was appointed CBE in 1956 and became a Companion of Honour in 2001. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order of the Companions of Honour is a British and Commonwealth Order.
Scofield died on 19 March 2008 at the age of 86 at a hospital near his home in Sussex, England, from leukemia. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Leukemia or leukaemia (Greek leukos λευκός, "white" aima αίμα, "blood" is a Cancer of the Blood [10]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | That Lady | King Philip II of Spain | |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride | Tony Fraser | |
| 1964 | The Train | Col. The year 1955 in film involved some significant events Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls For the hit song by the Isley Brothers, see That Lady Pt 1 & 2 That Lady is a 1955 film directed by Terence Young Philip II (Felipe II de España Filipe I ( May 21, 1527 &ndash September 13 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598 The year 1958 in film involved some significant events Events February 16- " In the Money " by William Carve Her Name with Pride is a 1958 British Drama film based on the book of the same name by R The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr The Train is a 1964 War movie written by Franklin Coen and Frank Davis and directed by John Frankenheimer. von Waldheim | |
| 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | Sir Thomas More | Academy Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1970 | Bartleby | The Accountant | |
| 1971 | King Lear | King Lear | |
| 1973 | A Delicate Balance | Tobias | |
| Scorpio | Zharkov | ||
| 1983 | Ill Fares the Land | voice | |
| 1984 | Summer Lightning | Old Robert Clarke | |
| 1985 | Anna Karenina | Karenin | TV role |
| 1919 | Alexander Scherbatov | ||
| 1989 | Henry V | Charles VI of France | |
| 1990 | Hamlet | The Ghost | |
| 1992 | Utz | Doctor Vaclav Orlik | |
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Mark Van Doren | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination |
| 1996 | The Crucible | Judge Thomas Danforth | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
| 1997 | Robinson in Space | Narrator | |
| 1999 | Animal Farm | Boxer | voice |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Male of the Species | Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | |
| 1980 | If Winter Comes | Professor Moroi | |
| 1981 | The Potting Shed | James Callifer | |
| 1985 | Anna Karenina | Karenin | |
| 1987 | Mister Corbett's Ghost | Mr. The year 1966 in film involved some significant events Events Walt Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse died on A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolt 's play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535 from 1935 Saint Thomas More, was an English Lawyer, author and statesman who in his lifetime gained Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role has been presented to its winners since 1952 and actors of all nationalities are The year 1970 in film involved some significant events Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street " is a Novella by American author Herman Melville (1819-1891 The year 1971 in film involved some significant events Events February 8 - Bob Dylan 's hour long documentary King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606 and is considered one of his greatest works The year 1973 in film involved some significant events Events The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx divorces his second A Delicate Balance is a 1973 film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield and Kate Reid Scorpio is a 1973 spy film directed by Michael Winner. It is about a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA agent agent Cross ( Burt Lancaster) who Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name Summer Lightning is a Novel by P G Wodehouse, first published in the U Events 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films Anna Karenina ( Анна Каренина) also Anglicised as Anna Karenin, is a Novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million Henry V is a 1989 film directed by Kenneth Branagh, and based upon the Shakespeare play about the famous English King Charles VI (3 December 1368 &ndash 21 October 1422 called the Well-loved (le Bien-Aimé and the Mad (French le Fol or le Fou) was the The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for Hamlet is a 1990 Film based on the Shakespearean play of the same name. King Hamlet is a character from William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet, also known as The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. The year 1992 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U Quiz Show is a 1994 film which tells the true story of the Twenty One Quiz show scandal of the 1950s Mark Van Doren ( June 13, 1894 &ndash December 10, 1972) was an American Pulitzer Prize -winning poet and critic Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient The Crucible is a 1996 film, written by Arthur Miller and based on his play of the same name. The following is a complete list of the winners and nominees for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s Animal Farm is a made for TV film version of the 1945 George Orwell novel of the same name. Boxer is a Fictional Horse from George Orwell 's Animal Farm, he is the farm's most hard-working and loyal worker The year 1969 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1969. This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. The year 1980 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1980. The year 1981 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1981. The Potting Shed is a play by Graham Greene. The psychological Drama centers on a secret held by the Callifer family for nearly thirty years The year 1985 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1985. Anna Karenina ( Анна Каренина) also Anglicised as Anna Karenin, is a Novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy The year 1987 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1987. Corbett | |
| 1988 | The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank | Otto Frank | |
| 1989 | When the Whales Came | The Birdman | |
| 1994 | Genesis: The Creation and the Flood | ||
| Martin Chuzzlewit | Old Martin Chuzzlewit/Anthony Chuzzlewit | BAFTA TV Award Best Actor nomination | |
| 1999 | The Disabled Century |
Discography
Paul Scofield led the cast in the Shakespeare Recording Society versions of King Lear, Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and in other dramas issued by Caedmon Records:
- King Lear, directed by Howard Sackler (Text edited by G. The year 1988 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1988. The Attic The Hiding of Anne Frank is a 1988 TV film directed by John Erman, based on Miep Gies ' book Anne Frank Remembered. Otto Heinrich Frank ( May 12, 1889 &ndash August 19, 1980) was the father of Anne Frank and Margot Frank. The year 1989 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1989. When the Whales Came is a 1989 British Film, based on the 1985 children's book Why the Whales Came written by Michael The year 1994 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1994. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (serialized 1843-1844 is a novel by Charles Dickens, considered the last of his Picaresque novels The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs &mdash or to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards The year 1999 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1999. Caedmon Audio is a recording label specializing in audio books and other literary content Howard Oliver Sackler ( December 19, 1929 – October 12, 1982) was an American Screenwriter and Playwright who is best B. Harrison), with Pamela Brown (Goneril), Rachel Roberts (Regan), Ann Bell (Cordelia); Wallace Eaton (France), John Rogers (Burgundy), Trevor Martin (Cornwall), Michael Aldridge (Albany), Andrew Keir (Kent), Cyril Cusack (Gloucester), Robert Stephens (Edgar), John Stride (Edmund), Ronnie Stevens (Fool); Arthur Hewlett (Curan, Doctor), Ronald Ibbs (Gentleman, Knight), Willoughby Goddard (Oswald). Eight sides, SRS 233 (first published 1965).
- Hamlet, directed by Howard Sackler, (Unabridged), with Diana Wynyard (Queen), Roland Culver (Claudius), Donald Houston (Laertes), Zena Walker (Ophelia), Wilfrid Lawson. Eight sides, SRS 232 (first published 1963).
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Howard Sackler, with Barbara Jefford, Joy Walker, John Stride, etc. Six sides, SRS 208 (first published 1964).
- T. S. Eliot, The Family Reunion, with Flora Robson, Sybil Thorndike, Alan Webb. The Family Reunion is a play by Nobel Prize winning poet T S Eliot. Six sides, TRS 308.
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, with Ralph Richardson. A Christmas Carol in Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (commonly known as A Christmas Carol) is a Novella by Charles Dickens (Caedmon)
Also:
- King Lear, with Harriet Walter (Goneril), Sara Kestelman (Regan), Emilia Fox (Cordelia), Alec McCowen (Gloucester), Kenneth Branagh (Fool), David Burke, Richard A. McCabe, Toby Stephens, etc. Released 2002 to concide with Scofield's 80th birthday. (Naxos Audiobooks, 3CD set).
- Virgil, The Aeneid, Paul Scofield (narrator), Jill Balcon and Toby Stephens (readers). For the group of nine Ancient Egyptian deities see Ennead. The Aeneid (əˈniːɪd in (Naxos Audiobook CD).
- T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land and Four Quartets (BBC Radiobooks CD). The Waste Land ( 1922) is a highly influential 434-line modernist poem by T Four Quartets is the name given to four related poems by T S Eliot, collected and republished in book form in 1943
- Sandor Marai, Embers (Penguin Audiobooks) - Narrator
- With David Suchet and Ron Moody, Scofield led the cast of a radio dramatization of the Narnia books by C.S. Lewis, which are available as CD issues. Embers is a radio play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in English in 1957 and first broadcast on BBC Radio Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963 (Tynedale Entertainment)
- Scofield recorded abridged readings of Dickens's A Christmas Carol and Bleak House (Blackstone Audiobooks). Bleak House is the ninth Novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853
- Façade (Sitwell-Walton), performed by Paul Scofield and Peggy Ashcroft, with London Sinfonietta conducted by William Walton. Façade is a series of poems by Edith Sitwell. Sitwell began to publish some of the Façade poems in 1918 in the literary magazine 'Wheels' Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE ( 7 September, 1887 &ndash 9 December, 1964) was a British Poet and critic Sir William Turner Walton, OM ( March 29, 1902 &ndash March 8, 1983) was a British Composer and (Argo Records, 1972)
References
- ^ a b c Film Reference biography. Access date: 16 November 2007. Argo Records was started in December of 1956 as primarily a jazz subsidiary of Chess Records. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ a b c O'Connor, Garry. Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons. Applause Theatre Book Publishers. February 2002. ISBN 1-55738-499-7.
- ^ Paul Scofield biography. Access date: 16 November 2007. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ Leader, Zachary The Life of Kingsley Amis Pantheon Books 2007
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 40669, page 12, 30 December 1955. The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the UK in which certain Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Retrieved on 2008-03-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 56070, page 4, 30 December 2000. The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the UK in which certain Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2008-03-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
- ^ Oxford University Gazette Encaenia 2002 (PDF). Retrieved on 2008-03-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6.
- ^ Scofield's Lear voted the greatest Shakespeare performance. Telegraph. co. uk. 22 August 2004. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
- ^ Paul Scofield biography. Barnes & Noble. Access date: 16 November 2007. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ "Oscar-winning actor Scofield dies", BBC News Online, 2008-03-20. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-03-20. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.
External links
- Paul Scofield at the Internet Movie Database
- Paul Scofield Websites at Filmbug
- BBC News Interview-Paul Scofield, A Man For All Seasons
- Obituaries:
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Richard Burton for The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1967 for A Man for All Seasons | Succeeded by Spencer Tracy for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| Preceded by Oskar Werner for Ship of Fools | NYFCC Award for Best Actor 1966 for A Man for All Seasons | Succeeded by Rod Steiger for In the Heat of the Night |
| Preceded by Tim Roth for Rob Roy | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1997 for The Crucible | Succeeded by Tom Wilkinson for The Full Monty |
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