Christopher Plummer - On Acting, Shakespeare and the Theatre

Christopher Plummer (1929-2021) was a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1958's "Stage Struck", and notable film performances include "The Night of the Generals", "The Return of the Pink Panther", "The Man Who Would Be King". In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to film audiences as the autocratic widower Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp in the hit 1965 musical film "The Sound of Music" alongside Julie Andrews. Plummer has also ventured into various television projects, including the legendary miniseries "The Thorn Birds". Fyodor Komissarzhevsky (1882--1954) or Theodore Komisarjevsky, as he is better known in the West, was a Russian theatrical director and designer. He began his career in Moscow, but had his greatest influence in London. He was noted for groundbreaking productions of plays by Chekhov and Shakespeare.