A few years ago David Tennant pulled out of Hamlet due to back problems and I didn’t get a chance to have him sign my drawing. I saw him later in Much Ado about Nothing and got the signature.
Here are my drawings from Shakespeare’s Richard III and Twelfth Night at the Globe and Apollo Theatres. Loved both plays, the cast was amazing.
Stephen Fry
James Garnon
Peter Hamilton Dyer
Roger Lloyd-Pack and Colin Hurley
Samuel Barnett and Johnny Flynn
The all female cast of ‘Julius Caesar’ at the Donmar Warehouse Frances Barber, Jenny Jules, Cush Jumbo and Harriet Walter signed sketch. Haven’t seen the play yet, which looks interesting and has been well reviewed by the critics. The setting a women’s prison. They all loved the drawing.
Hugh was notoriously hard to get an autograph from. A few German collectors tore up their glossy 8×10″ photos in disgust when he didn’t sign for them.
He was going in to do a soundcheck at the London Union Chapel in 2011 when he signed for me. His PA was trying to drag him away, but he really liked my drawing!
I met Mark Rylance tonight who is performing Richard III and Twelfth Night in repertory. He leads an all male cast – both brilliant plays. My drawings of the rest of the cast are here.
He slipped down to the stage door to have a sneaky ciggie, so I got his siggy and had a great discussion with him about playwriting. He’s just finished writing “Nice Fish” which will premiere in Minneapolis in April this year.
Steven Spielberg signed my drawing at the War Horse premiere in London
When they were filming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides I left this drawing with Jerry Bruckheimer. He signed it, and even got Johnny Depp to sign before sending it back to me.
One of my friends know David Jason’s secretary, so he managed to get my drawing signed for me. As you can see by his writing all over it, he seemed to like it.
Haven’t watched the new TV series, but caught Henry Goodman and David Haig at the Gielgud Theatre in London’s Westend in 2010.
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