![]() ![]() I don’t think he ever quite recognised how very alike they were. His comments about Maggie are often extremely funny, though sometimes with an undertow of misogyny and deep disapproval. I’ve much enjoyed discovering, too, how amusing he was. So that’s where I have begun in inhabiting the fascinating, and as I learnt, complex character of Edward Heath. As we withdrew to park ourselves near the door he turned to us and, with immense charm and his familiar widening smile, announced: ‘Thank you so much. ![]() With the help of the manageress, Ros and I relinquished ours. He hadn’t booked and he and his eight young musician companions needed a table. He suddenly arrived at a wine-bar/restaurant where my wife and I were dining. I once had the pleasure of actually meeting him. So if, as ‘Ted’ I ever wanted to question a line or speech in the drama, ie ‘Would Heath ever say this? Michael is likely to reply ‘Well he did, I was there!’ Haha! He has based so much of his play on personal recollections. The author Michael McManus was Ted’s Private Secretary. Very funny! Surprisingly moving at times. Has playing Ted changed your understanding of Sir Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher? And do you think Ted was entitled to his “Incredible Sulk”? “Yes, it’s an extraordinary play. ![]()
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