Stage and screen actor who enjoyed a variety of roles over a six-decade career

Stage and company manager who worked on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s pioneering schools touring project Theatregoround and then with repertoire company Platforms

Versatile stage and screen actor whose long and varied career included roles in The Millionairess, Hay Fever, The Importance of Being Earnest and classic 1970s television sitcoms The Good Life and To the Manor Born

Actor and talented gymnast whose theatre credits included Mamma Mia! in the West End and Twin Peaks: The Return on TV

Actor who performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre as well as regularly for radio

Actor who cut his teeth on the London stage and was best known for his role in US TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer

It was the expensive tech that was rumoured to be faulty – until designer William Dudley proved them wrong. The Stage looks back at the debut of the NT’s drum revolve

Stalwart actor for the National Theatre who also found fame as Dr Watson in the TV adaptation of Sherlock Holmes

English opera star whose soprano graced the biggest stages across the planet

Actor who performed extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company before co-founding the English Shakespeare Company

Stage and screen actor, whose extensive career also included directing and writing

Stage and screen actor who starred in the plays of long-time friend Billy Roche and was known internationally for his role in The Banshees of Inisherin

Actor and co-founder of Glasgow’s Raindog Theatre Company, best known for his role in the long-running BBC Scotland TV hit Monarch of the Glen

Stage and screen actor best known for her musical theatre and comedy roles

Stage and screen actor who worked at the National Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre