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Paul Scofield
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Paul Scofield, who played the foremost location in the West End phase premiere, played More again in the first of two skin versions (1966), successful an Oscar in the process. The skin ... stars Robert Shaw as Henry VIII, Orson Welles as Wolsey, a children John Hurt as More’s adversary Richard Rich, and an grown-up Wendy Hiller as More’s second wife. It was bound for by Fred Zinnemann. In additive to the Best Actor Oscar won by Scofield, the skin won Academy Awards for screenplay, cinematography, dress design, Best Director, and Best Picture.
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Visually, Jack MacGowran and Patrick Magee, notable Beckett actors, make strong impressions, like Scofield, even if their parts are smaller. Susan Engel and Irene Worth are excellent and look just right as Regan and Goneril respectively, whereas a particularly downplayed Cordelia doesn't make much impression - the Christ-like element is absolutely not dwelt upon here, predictably, for what is a nihilistic interpretation.
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By 1967 Paul Scofield was already a highly regarded actor and his Macbeth was always going to cause great interest. Under Hall's direction Scofield gave a performance of villainy tinged with a cool nobility. It was an important performance as noted by Ronald Bryden of The Observer, 'And once more there's a central performance of challenging singularity, which may not be everyone's idea of Macbeth, but will make it difficult to accept again traditional readings of the part' (20/08/1967).
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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). The latter was Tinniswood's last work and was written especially for Scofield - an admirer of Anton Chekhov.
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Scofield was trained as an actor at the Croydon Repertory Theatre School (1939) and at the Mask Theatre School (1940) in London. After touring with companies entertaining the troops during World War II, he joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and in 1946 moved to Stratford-upon-Avon, where he had his first great success—playing the title role in Henry V, Cloten in Cymbeline, Don Adriano de Armado in Love's Labour's Lost, Lucio in Measure for Measure, and Hamlet, among other Shakespearean roles. He had his first starring role in commercial theatre in 1949, playing Alexander the Great in Terence Rattigan's ill-fated Adventure Story.
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