Richard Eyre on John Neville: 'He was wild, larky and raffish as well as supremely skilful as an actor'
Peter Brook opened my eyes to the possibilities of the theatre as an art, but John Neville made me see the attractions of a life in the theatre. When I did my first production (at the Phoenix theatre, Leicester) he was there (with Judi Dench). The next day he offered me a job directing a schools' production at Nottingham Playhouse. It was there that I saw him play Richard II, and it still remains one of the best Shak…
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