Robert Gorelangton

I’m disappointed this director didn’t plunge the knife into Dustin Hoffman

A review of ‘I Joke Too Much: The Theatre Director’s Tale’, by Michael Rudman. Despite the dearth of score-settling, there’s a good laugh on almost every page

A figure of envy for much of male Middle England: Michael Rudman, with Felicity Kendal [Getty Images]
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  • I Joke Too Much: The Theatre Director’s Tale

    Michael Rudman

    Capercaille Books, pp. 272

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