Our series on theatrical discoveries continues with Trevor Griffiths’ incandescent examination of laughter and prejudice, remembered by the director who first put it on

The directors of The Full Monty, In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton pay tribute to the actor, who died on Saturday, along with David Hare, Richard Eyre, John Madden, Jonathan Pryce, Jay Roach, Justin Theroux, Harriet Walter, Cathy Tyson, Christopher Eccleston, Peter Webber and Marion Bailey

De Niro agreed because he was a Python fan, Gilliam cast his daughter but she cut her hair off in protest – and Pryce needed a wig as he’d just been playing a friar with a tonsure

Pine and Newton play former lovers in this watchable Le Carré-esque tale of personal and patriotic betrayals

The veteran actor on the need to take artistic risks, surviving Covid and his admiration for the pope

This long-delayed sidelong look at Cervantes gets lost in its own metatextual jokes

Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce excel

Exclusive: Data on this year’s awards contenders reveals three youngest best actor hopefuls have never made a film with a female director

A gender-switch Company got Sondheim’s blessing, Sam Mendes probed the doomed Lehman dynasty and Austen had a sparkling rewrite. But the year belonged to Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins facing the anguish of dementia

A musical Twelfth Night flies, while David Hare’s party games never take off. Plus, a masterclass from Eileen Atkins and Jonathan Pryce