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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:39PM on November 21, 2011