I made acquaintance with “Illyria’, a marvelous outdoor theatre company run by the mega-talented Oliver Gray. His template is to always use just five actors who play a variety of roles, often making lighting costume changes. His productions always have bags of pace and are never dull. I worked with them over a number of years, always performing in their Shakespeare productions. It was a vintage time for me. We worked incredibly hard doing everything, the driving, the setting up, the performing and the get-outs. We criss-crossed the entire nation usually playing National Trust-type properties. I can safely say that I have worked at a majority of the most beautiful places from Cornwall to the north of Scotland. On a few notable occasions we ventured further afield. One summer we played our usual castles and great houses in the UK but also toured to Vancouver and Orlando. The Canadians and Americans loved us. They had never seen Shakespeare done with such brio, irreverence, skill and love.