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In 1972, the Hamburg-based Alfred Toepfer Foundation awarded Scofield its annual Shakespeare Prize. In 2002 he was awarded the honorary degree of D. Litt by the University of Oxford . [ 62 ]
Jun 7, 2011 · In 2004 The Daily Telegraph published a survey in which RSC actors voted for the greatest Shakespeare performance in history. It wasn’t exactly a scientific poll, but the result was clear, and not unexpected. The winner was Paul Scofield in King Lear.
Through the 1980s, Scofield did a mix of TV and film on both sides of the Atlantic. But he was drawn back to Shakespeare and filming efforts, though in humbler parts, first in the Henry V (1989) of ambitious Kenneth Branagh , as the French king, and, the next year, in the Franco Zeffirelli , Hamlet (1990) , as "The Ghost" - with the real buzz ...
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Through the 1980s, Scofield did a mix of TV and film on both sides of the Atlantic. But he was drawn back to Shakespeare and filming efforts, though in humbler parts, first in the Henry V (1989) of ambitious Kenneth Branagh , as the French king, and, the next year, in the Franco Zeffirelli , Hamlet (1990) , as "The Ghost" - with the real buzz ...
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Mar 20, 2008 · In 2004, Scofield's portrayal of King Lear in 1962 was voted the greatest performance in a Shakespeare play by a panel of Royal Shakespeare Company actors, including Sir Ian McKellen, Ian...
Mar 21, 2008 · Back at Stratford, now housing the Royal Shakespeare Company, King Lear (1962) was a summation of Brook's classical work and a distillation of Scofield's formidable Shakespearean experience.
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Mar 20, 2008 · In 1971, he won more awards for the film of King Lear. He also played Macbeth in Finland and Russia. He worked a lot with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
