Other works

His memoir "The Year of the King" chronicle his time playing Richard III for the Shakespeare Company (1985, Methuen).

His National Theatre credits include: the title character in "Primo", which he adapted from the novel "If This Is A Man" by Primo Levi (2004, also Cape Town & NYC), the title role in "Stanley" by Pam Gems (1996), the title role in William Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus" (1995, also West Yorkshire Playhouse), "Astrov" in Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" (1992), the title role in "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" by Bertolt Brecht (1991), and "Austin" in "True West" by Sam Shepard (1981).

He has appeared on stage in numerous plays, including: "The Glad Hand", "Prayer for My Daughter", "The Trial".

(1975) Stage play: Teeth n Smiles by David Hare - playing Anson, at the Royal Court Theatre, London, UK.

(1985) Played Arnold in "Torch Song Trilogy" by Harvey Fierstein - Albery Theatre, London. Rupert Graves, Rupert Frazer, Belinda Sinclair, and Miriam Karlin were also in the cast. Robert Allan Ackerman was director.

Played in "Goose-pimples" by Mike Leigh - Hampstead Theatre / Theatre, London (1981).

His Royal Shakespeare Company credits include: the title role in "Molière" by Mikhail A. Bulgakov, the fool in "King Lear" (1982), title role in Moliere's "Tartuffe", Martin Glass in "Maydays" by David Edgar (1983), the title role in "Richard III" (1984), Flote in "Red Noses" by Peter Barnes (1985), Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice", Malvolio in "Twelfth Night", Vindice in Middleton's "The Revenger's Tragedy" (1987), Johnnie in "Hello and Goodbye" by Athol Fugard (1988), the title role in "Singer" by Peter Flannery (1989), the title role in "Tamburlaine the Great" (1992), Henry Carr in "Travesties" by Tom Stoppard (1993), the title role in Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1997), Leontes in "The Winter's Tale" (1998), the title role in "Macbeth" (1999); Domitian in Massinger's "The Roman Actor", Malvole in Marston's "The Malcontent" (2002), and Iago in "Othello" (2004).

Played the title role in "Kean" by Jean-Paul Sartre - Apollo Theatre, London (2007).

(1982) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "King Lear," in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Michael Gambon, Sara Kestelmann, Jenny Agutter, Alice Krige, Pete Postlethwaite, David Waller, and Jonathan Hyde in the cast. Adrian Noble was director.

(1982) He acted in Mikhail A. Bulgakov's play, "Moliere", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at The Other Place Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Derek Godfrey in the cast. Bill Alexander was the director.

(1982) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "King Lear", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with Michael Gambon and David Waller in the cast. Adrian Noble was the director.

(1983) He acted in Molière's play, "Tartuffe", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at The Pit Theatre in London, England with Nigel Hawthorne in the cast. Bill Alexander was the director.

(1983) He acted in Mikhail A. Bulgakov's play, "Moliere", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at The Pit Theatre in London, England with John Carlisle in the cast. Bill Alexander was the director.

(1983) He acted in David Edgar's play, "Maydays", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with John Shrapnel, Bob Peck and Alison Steadman in the cast. Ron Daniels was the director.

(1984) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Richard III," in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Roger Allam, Brian Blessed, Penny Downie, Frances Tomelty, Malcolm Storry, Patricia Routledge, Harold Innocent and Christopher Ravenscroft in the cast. Bill Alexander was director.

(1987) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Twelfth Night," in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Harriet Walter, Donald Sumpter, Deborah Findlay, Roger Allam, David Bradley, and Bruce Alexander in the cast. Bill Alexander was director.

(1988) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "The Merchant of Venice", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with Deborah Findlay, Pippa Guard, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, John Carlisle, Gregory Doran, Nicholas Farrell and Phil Daniels in the cast. Bill Alexander was the director.

(1988) He acted in 'Michele Tourneur''s play, "The Revenger's Tragedy", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at The Pit Theatre in London, England with Sean Baker, Stella Gonet, Nicholas Farrell and Phil Daniels in the cast. Di Trevis was the director.

(1993) He acted Tom Stoppard's play, "Travesties," in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with David Westhead, Lloyd Hutchinson, Geoffrey Freshwater, Amanda Harris, Rebecca Saire and Trevor Martin in the cast. Adrian Noble was director.

(1993) He acted Christopher Marlowe's play, "Tamburlaine the Great," in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with Claire Benedict, Malcolm Storry, Trevor Martin, Jasper Britton, and Jonathan Cake in the cast. Terry Hands was director.

(1999) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "The Winter's Tale," in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at Barbican Theatre in London, England with Alexandra Gilbreath, Ken Bones, Geoffrey Freshwater, Ryan McCluskey, Emily Bruni, Jeffry Wickham, Estelle Kohler, Ian Hughes, and James Hayes in the cast. Gregory Doran was director.

(1999) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Macbeth," in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at The Swan Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Harriet Walter, Ken Bones, Nigel Cooke, and Joseph O'Conor in the cast. Gregory Doran was director.

(2002) He acted in Philip Massinger's play, "The Roman Actor", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at The Swan Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Joe Dixon, Geoffrey Freshwater, 'Sian Howard', Amanda Drew, Michael Matus, Keith Osborn and Anna Madeley in the cast. Sean Holmes was the director.

(2004) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Othello," in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Trafalgar Studios Theatre in London, England with Sello Maake Ka-Ncube, Lisa Dillon, Mark Lockyer, and Clifford Rose in the cast. Gregory Doran was director.

(1974) He played Ringo Starr in Willy Russell's play, "John, Paul, George Ringo,...and Bert," at the Lyric Theatre in London, England with Bernard Hill (played John Lennon), Trevor Eve (played Paul McCartney), Phillip Joseph (played George Harrison), George Costigan (played Bert), Robin Hooper (played Brian Epstein), Elizabeth Estensen, and Barbara Dickson in the cast. Alan Dossor was director.

(1981) He acted in Mike Leigh's play, "Goose-Pimples," at the Garrick Theatre in London, England with Marion Bailey, Jill Baker, Jim Broadbent, and Paul Jesson in the cast.

(1992) He acted in Anton Chekhov's play, "Uncle Vanya," in a Royal National Theatre production at the Cottesloe Theatre in London, England with Ian McKellen, Eric Porter, and Janet McTeer in the cast. Sean Mathias was director.

(2001) He played the title role in Ronald Harwood's play Mahler's Conversion at the Aldwych Theatre in London, England with Nickolas Grace, Alexandra Mathie, Gary Waldhorn, and Fiona Glascott in the cast. Gregory Doran was director.

(1979) He played Clive and Cathy in Caryl Churchill's play, "Cloud 9," in a Joint Stock Theatre Group production which toured the UK. Jim Hooper (Betty/Edward in Act II); Tony Rohr (Joshua/Gerry); Julie Covington (Edward in Act I; Betty in Act II); Miriam Margolyes (Maud/Victoria); Carole Hayman (Ellen/Mrs. S/Lin); and William Hoyland (Harry Bagley/Martin) were in the cast. Max Stafford was director. Les Waters was assistant director and co-director. Peter Hartwell was designer. Andy Roberts was musical director. Robin Myerscough-Walker was lighting designer.

(1995) Novel: Cheap Lives. Little, Brown. ISBN: 0316914509

(2001) Autobiography: Beside Myself. Hutchinson. ISBN: 9780091794286

(2005) Book: Primo Time (2005). The book is about his work on Primo (2005) (2005).

(1989) Novel: Middlepost. Chatto and Windus. London. ISBN: 9780701133016

(2005) Directed the stage play Breakfast with Mugabe, at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. The show transferred to the Soho Theatre and the Duchess Theatre, London, UK.

(2008) Wrote the stage play The Giant, Hampstead Theatre, London, UK.

(2015) Stage play: Death of a Salesman - playing Willy, at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon and Noel Coward Theatre, London, UK.

(2016) Stage play: Kine Lear - playing Lear, at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. The production was broadcast as _Royal Shakespeare Company: King Lear (2016)_.

(1992) Novel: The Indoor Boy. Viking Books. ISBN 978-0-670-84456-2

(1996) Book: Woza Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus in South Africa (with Gregory Doran). Methuen Drama. London. ISBN 10: 0413702707

(1998) Novel: The Feast. Little, Brown & Company. ISBN : 0316647640

(2003) Stage play: Adapted and performed in I.D. - playing Demetrios Tsafendas, Almeida Theatre, London, UK.

(2015) Book: Year of the Fat Knight. The book is about his work on _Royal Shakespeare Company: Henry IV Part I _ (2014) and _Royal Shakespeare Company: Henry IV Part II _ (2014).

(2004) Stage play: Adapted and performed in Primo - playing Primo Levi, National Theatre, London, UK. The production was filmed as Primo (2005)

(1989) Book: Characters Paintings Drawings and Sketches. Nick Hern Books. ISBN-10: 1854590316

(2009) Radio series: Number 10 - playing Adam, BBC Radio 4.

(2010) Stage play: Enemy of the People - playing Stockmann, at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, UK.

(2012) Radio play: The Inimitable - playing Inimitable, BBC Radio 4.

(2012) Stage play: Hysteria - playing Sigmund Freud, UK tour.

(2010) Stage play: Broken Glass - playing Phillip, at the Tricycle Theatre and Vaudeville Theatre, London, UK.

(2008) Stage play: The Tempest - playing Prospero, at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa and on UK tour.