From Lucy Sheen:

... I attended the debate yesterday at the V&A and spoke with you briefly at the end about the production of Julius Caesar that was produced by the Bristol Old Vic in 1987.

This was the inaugural production for

Company 3.

Its remit was to encourage more black (St. Paul's area in Bristol, predominately black) to come to the theatre in King's Street. It was a bold initiative which ultimately failed in my personal opinion because of its success! The delicate balance relating to what and how Shakespeare should be done was not in our favour. We sold out at the New Vic and seats were added to the auditorium to accommodate as many people as possible.

I attach two photographs. We did have a photographer assigned to the production, Laurence Burns: he I am sure has more, as photographs were taken during rehearsals and, obviously, the run.

Andrew Blair

Kammy Darweish

Dhirendra

Michael Fenner

Leo Wringer: Brutus

Ram John Holder: Caesar

Shope Shodeinde: Calpurnia

Peter Straker: Cassius

David Yip: Mark Antony

Lucy Sheen: Portia

Peter Salem: Composer

Fotini Dimou: Designer

Roger Rees: Director....