a Doctor Honoris Causa from the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (Sofia, Bulgaria) in 2007, made an Honorary Fellow of the Central School of Speech and Drama (London, England) in 2007, and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Chichester in 2009. Harwood was knighted in the 2010 Birthday Honours. National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C1173/02) with Harwood in 2005–2007 for its An Oral History of Theatre Design collection held by the British Library. The British Library also acquired the papers of Ronald Harwood in 2004 consisting of manuscripts and papers, correspondence, and press cuttings. He was named chairman of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford in 2008. In June 2013, he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Aberdeen by the Duchess of Rothesay. He received the National Jewish Theatre Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. In May 2017 an authorized biography of Harwood, Speak Well of Me by W. Sydney Robinson, was published by Oberon Books. Personal life He attended the Seapoint Boys' High School in that area of Cape Town. He moved to England in 1951. In 1959, he married Natasha Riehle (1938–2013), a descendant of Russian nobility. They had three children: Antony (born 1960), Deborah (born 1963), and Alexandra (born 1966). The actor Sir Antony Sher was his first cousin, once removed. Harwood was the brother of South African dance critic Eve Borland. Harwood died from natural causes at his home in Sussex on 8 September 2020, at age 85. Bibliography Stage plays March Hares (Liverpool, 1964) Country Matters (69 Theatre Company, Manchester, 1969) The Good Companions (musical by André Previn and Johnny Mercer), libretto (Her Majesty's Theatre, 1974) The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and the Round House, London, 1977, A Family (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1978) The Dresser (The Royal Exchange, Manchester and Queen's Theatre, 1980; Duke of York's Theatre, 2005) After the Lions (The Royal Exchange, Manchester , 1982) Tramway Road (Lyric Hammersmith,1984) The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest (Almeida Theatre, 1985) Interpreters (Queen's Theatre, 1985) J J Farr (Theatre Royal, Bath and Phoenix Theatre, 1987) Ivanov, translation of Chekhov's play (Strand Theatre,1989) Another Time (Bath and Wyndham's Theatre,1989) Reflected Glory (Darlington and Vaudeville Theatre, 1992) Poison Pen, about the death of composer Peter Warlock (the Royal Exchange, Manchester, 1993))