Warren Mitchell for best comedy in London's West End. In 1982, he received an Australian Film Institute Award for best supporting actor in the film "Norman Loves Rose". He received two Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards—for playing Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" (National Theatre, 1979) and as best supporting actor in a 2003 performance of "The Price", also by Miller. His role in "Death of a Salesman" also won him an "Evening Standard" Theatre Award and was highly praised by Peter Hall. Miller reportedly described Mitchell's performance as "one of the best interpretations of the part he had ever
The Misfortunes of Arthur The Misfortunes of Arthur The Misfortunes of Arthur, Uther Pendragon's son reduced into tragical notes is a play by the 16th-century English dramatist Thomas Hughes. Written in 1587, it was performed at Greenwich before Queen Elizabeth I on February 28, 1588. The play is based on the Arthurian legend, specifically the story of Mordred's treachery and King Arthur's death as told in Geoffrey of Monmouth's "Historia Regum Britanniae". Several of Hughes' fellow members at Gray's Inn participated in "The Misfortunes of Arthur"’s writing and production. Nicholas Trotte provided the introduction, Francis Flower the choruses of Acts I and II, William