'An amazing force': Ralph Fiennes on Barbara Jefford's power and passion
In plays by Pirandello and Shakespeare, Jefford " who has died aged 90 " displayed incredible precision, says her co-star Barbara Jefford was an amazing force as an actor and left a profound impression on me. We worked together twice: on Six Characters in Search of an Author at the National Theatre in 1987 and on Coriolanus at the Gainsborough Studios in 2000. Barbara was quite a shy person; she had a quiet presence …