Joe Penhall on Roger Michell: 'His work blazed with a black wit and buoyant humanity'
The playwright pays tribute to the director's complex mind, sophistication and clairvoyant sense of what would work Michael Billington: 'Michell brought the unexpected out of actors' The colossal heart of Roger Michell stopped beating last week, long before he was done with it. It was one tragic loss too many and his friends and collaborators are inconsolable. In a treacherous business, Rog was one of the very few yo…