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Only male artistic directors have run the National Theatre. It’s time to address that, says the Guardian’s chief theatre critic Arifa Akbar

Vivien Leigh’s achievements in cinema were extraordinary. Known for her glamour and beauty, the actress rose from a bit-part player to become one of the most famous women in Hollywood, playing Scarlet O’Hara in Gone with the Wind in 1939. And November 5 marks the 110th anniversary of the birth…

As he returns to the stage to play Bach in crisis, the actor sounds off about the mess Britain’s in, explains why he turned down Game of Thrones – and reveals the price he has paid for Succession

The NT has a civic duty to revive woefully neglected plays from the world repertory. Doing so will make modern drama stronger

Richard Eyre’s production of the father-and-son drama has some strong performances but is too light to really probe the play’s plaintive depths

Versatile actor with a magnificent presence who starred in The Singing Detective and the Harry Potter films

Gambon was best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in most of the Harry Potter movies. The Irish-born actor got his start on stage and worked under Laurence Olivier.

A star with incredible presence, Gambon brought heft and delicacy, mischief and feeling, to the stage and screen

The Olivier award-winning actor, whose major film roles included Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series, has died

The actor talks about his new movie Dance First, in which he plays the Irish dramatist, the time he shared a drink with Richard Burton and why he had to leave Los Angeles

In an essay on Kenneth Branagh, screenwriter Scott Frank recalls meeting the future star and director of his screenplay Dead Again (1991) and wondering “why the guy would want to direct a loopy, film noir thriller like mine?”