Henry V

by William Shakespeare
Criterion Theatre Company, May 1989
Director: Peter Bagley

Quite often, playing the lead in a production with a large supporting company can be quite lonely. When you’re on stage for most of the play’s running time, you miss out on all the backstage bonding. This one was an exception though. The social life was second to none, and everyone was very supportive of me as the new boy playing this terrific role.

This suitably posey shot, taken to accompany a newspaper article, features me wearing a pair of trousers previously worn by Kenneth Branagh when he played Henry at the RSC. I’d like to think a little bit of Ken rubbed off on me.