California
Sept. 16, 2014
Movies
Paul Scofield, one of the giants of the British stage who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film “A Man for All Seasons,” has died.
March 21, 2008
Americans like their English actors to be grand, maybe even flamboyant.
April 15, 1988
Archives
“Charles Dickens’ ‘David Copperfield.”’ Read By Paul Scofield. Dove.
April 22, 1986
Monicas, 4 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.
Feb. 11, 1988
Books
“Our Mutual Friend” by Charles Dickens. Read by Paul Scofield. Dove.
Dec. 8, 1987
British film director Ken Russell (“Tommy,” “Aria”) was once asked by a magazine writer to name a truly “bad” actor.
July 14, 2003
“The Crucible,” Arthur Miller’s play about fear of the devil on the loose in colonial Massachusetts, comes to the screen with powerful credentials: high-profile stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder, the impressive Paul Scofield and Joan Allen in supporting roles, Miller himself doing the screenplay and director Nicholas Hytner in his first film since “The Madness of King George.”
Dec. 13, 1996
“The Mystery of Edwin Drood” by Charles Dickens.
Feb. 17, 1988
“When the Whales Came” (at the AMC Century 14 and Beverly Center Cineplex) takes us to Britain’s idyllic Isles of Scilly, where life seems unchanged through the centuries.
Oct. 20, 1989