Sir Michael Gambon Retiring From The Stage

Sir Michael Gambon, who famously played Albus Dumbledore in the later Harry Potter movies, is retiring from stage roles due to memory loss. The BBC quotes Gambon as saying, "It's a horrible thing to admit, but I can't do it. When the script's in front of me it takes me forever to learn it. It's frightening." It appears that Gambon will still be able to perform on screen; he will next appear in the BBC's adaptation of the JK Rowling novel The Casual Vacancy.