The Sea

by Edward Bond
Warwick University Drama Society, March 1979
Director: Rowland Cotterill

Ah, those student haircuts. My first venture into student drama was in the minor role of Carter in Edward Bond’s wonderful period comedy The Sea; this company photo was taken on the steps of the University of Warwick Arts Centre. That’s me, top right, with lank hair covering the ears and some particularly nasty NHS specs.

Several people in this photo have gone on to successful stage and screen careers. The guy with the moustache in the centre of the back row is Jonathan Linsley, who played Ivy’s nephew Milburn (aka Crusher) in Last of the Summer Wine for several years in the 1980s, and has recently appeared in the Pirates of the Caribbean films; and lower left is Di Botcher, whose stage work includes appearances at the National Theatre and the Royal Court and who now appears regularly on sketch shows like Little Britain and Tittybangbang.