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| Biography |
| ANTONY SHER was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1949. A shy, artistic and gifted child, he found acting and elocution lessons "liberating". After doing his National Service, he came to England in 1968 hoping to study drama, but was rejected by both RADA and the Central! He won a place at the Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, and then spent a post-graduate year at the Stables Theatre in Manchester. After gaining his Equity card doing summer theatre at Frinton-on-Sea, he went to the Liverpool Everyman. |
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| In 1982, Antony Sher joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he is now an Associate Actor, and has established himself as one of the UK's most acclaimed and exciting actors, as well as being a highly successful writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and artist. |
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| In 2000, he became Sir Antony Sher, KBE, after receiving a knighthood for his services to the arts, as an actor and writer. In 2003 he made his playwriting debut with the world premiere of I.D. in London, and in 2005 he made his debut as a Director, for the Royal Shakespeare Company. |
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| Sir Antony Sher's partner is Gregory Doran, Chief Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. CONGRATULATIONS to them both on the occasion of their Civil Partnership Ceremony! |
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