Letter: Charlotte Cornwell obituary by Paul Miller

I saw Charlotte Cornwell be wonderfully full of fire, depth and romance opposite Ian McKellen in Michael Frayn's Wild Honey, and then luminous in Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca, both at the National Theatre. Like many great actors, she could exist on two planes, at once both of the earth and of the spirit. Later I was fortunate to direct her in Alan Bennett's The History Boys in Los Angeles, where she played Mrs Li…

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