The year 1966 saw a new bright star light up the London stage. The play was Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and the playwright was Tom Stoppard who, at 29, was the youngest person ever to have a

Comedy historian Robert Ross pays tribute to some of the finest and funniest, but often overlooked, names in showbiz

HENRY JAYNES FONDA was born on May 16, 1905, in Grand Island, Nebraska, and moved to Omaha the following year. Henry was one of three children – he had two sisters – and was raised in a close-knit, re

Leigh Lawson has embraced acting and poetry with the same determination that sustained Marie Lloyd, the music-hall queen whose memorabilia he collects, as Carla Passino discovers

This month sees the tenth anniversary of David Bowie’s death. One of the most influential and pioneering musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries. This intelligent, articulate, witty, endearingly ecce

Dolly Parton didn’t start acting until well into adulthood, but she took right to it. From comedies to tearjerkers to campy musicals, these are the films she’ll always be remembered for.