actor, and i've run out of parts because he wrote three great parts for older actors, prospero, falstaffnd i've done the three of them now. i'm not quite sure where i go next. female roles perhaps? in the book you talk about approaching adrian noble who ran the rsc in the 905 about playing cleopatra. maybe this idea was ahead of its time. with the gender casting being something that is now up for discussion, yes, but unfortunately i'm a little too old for cleopatra now! i might stand a better chance of getting it now than i did at the time when adrian noble simply said, if i gave you cleopatra every leading actress in this country would lynch me. so things are a bit different now. exactly, how times have changed for top so if you are toying with giving up acting, would you ever give up writing? no, i mean, that's what... the writing and painting is what i would do if acting did come to an end. let's hope it doesn't. sir antony sher, it has been lovely to talk to you, many thanks. thank you. apart from eastern england, many places started easter sunday very promising. cold and frosty but