Robert Gore-Langton

‘I couldn’t afford loo roll’: Bruce Robinson on being skint, Zeffirelli’s advances and Withnail’s return

The director reveals why he finally came round to doing a play based on the cult film that made his name

Richard Griffiths and Bruce Robinson on the set of Withnail and I in 1986. Murray Close / Getty Images 
issue 27 April 2024
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