Jonathan Maitland

Why great speeches are made for stage and screen

The stakes are always high, and what actor doesn’t salivate at the prospect of hogging the stage or screen with that final, rousing call to action?

James Wilby as Geoffrey Howe in the original production of Jonathan Maitland's Dead Sheep. Photo: Darren Bell 
issue 10 October 2020
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