Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Shakespearean actor Antony Sher dies aged 72

Antony Sher

The award-winning theatre and film actor Antony Sher has died aged 72 after suffering from cancer, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) announced on Friday. South Africa-born Sher was widely considered to be one of Britain’s finest contemporary actors, playing almost all the great Shakespearean roles from King Lear to Shylock. In 1985, he won an … Read more