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Sitcom stars lead tributes to ‘wonderful’ Man About The House actor Brian Murphy

The actor was also known for George And Mildred.

Evening Standard

Brian Murphy: Man About the House actor dies, aged 92

Actor played landlord George Roper in 1973 sitcom about an unconventional flatshare

The Independent UK

Pip Simmons obituary

Experimental British theatre director whose confrontational style often featured loud rock music, nudity, blasphemy and free dance

The Guardian - UK

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Philip Hedley, former Theatre Royal Stratford East artistic director, dies aged 85

Clint Dyer leads tributes to director who ran the London venue for 25 years and was a ‘pioneer of diversity in British theatre’

The Guardian - UK

Murray Melvin, actor, director and theatre archivist, dies aged 90

Melvin’s roles included parts in Torchwood, The Phantom of the Opera and A Taste of Honey

The Guardian - UK

Torchwood star Murray Melvin dies as Russell T Davies leads tributes to iconic star

Actor Murray Melvin, known for starring in Phantom of the Opera and Torchwood has died aged 90.

Daily Mirror

Shirley Dynevor-White obituary

Other lives: Stage actor who went on to be a long-serving stage manager on the Coronation Street set

The Guardian - UK

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Re:Imagining Musicals at the V&A celebrates the fantastical, famous and forgotten

Costumes, props, posters and archive video footage all feature in an expansive exhibition that leaves you itching to see some shows again

The Guardian - UK

Monty Norman obituary

Composer of the James Bond theme who made a great contribution to British musicals in the 1950s and 60s

The Guardian - UK

Peter Brook’s Lord of the Flies screen test, egg adverts and TV wit

Letters: Simon Surtees on his memorable first meeting with the director, and Peter Rankin on his work on commercials and an appearance on Late Night Line-Up

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