During that time I returned to mainstrem theatre and spent three years between 1979 and 1982 with The Young Vic, principally playing Rosencrantz in “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” which toured to, among other places, Hong Kong.

The theatre is now refurbished and in very good nick. In those days it was a super place to work but it had a leaky roof. There were times when I was giving a deathless performance and straining every fibre of my being to entertain my audience when it became clear that they were mesmerised by drops of water dripping rhythmically from the ceiling and splashing centre-stage.

On some occasions I could be seen floundering around on the roof in full costume and make-up re-arranging the plastic sheeting covering the holes. It was acting at the coal-face.