Sir Ronald Harwood, the playwright and screenwriter best known for The Dresser and his Oscar-winning script for The Pianist, has died aged 85. Harwood, who also wrote several books and other successful plays such as Quartet, died at his home in Sussex. His most celebrated work was The Dresser, a play about an ageing Shakespearean actor and his dresser based on his own experience as dresser to the actor Sir Donald Wolfit. Speaking four years ago, Harwood said: “I have no idea what its lasting appeal is, I really don’t. Adrien Brody and Roman Polanski in 2002 film The Pianist.

Source: The Guardian September 09, 2020 02:26 UTC