John Wain
Measure For Measure 1944
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| At the end of the University summer term at Oxford, in 1944, John Wain at the age of 18, played the part of Claudio in Shakespeare's Measure For Measure in a production by Neville Coghill. In the same cast, although they did not share the stage, was the young Richard Burton, in the part that began his journey to being a superstar. John Wain wrote about this experience, and his friendship with Burton which lasted for years, in Dear Shadows (1986) which is a memoir of people the writer knew, now dead. The pen portrait of Burton can be found on the book's page on this site. |
The single-sheet programme for the play is reproduced to the right. See the front side here Will Wain |
| Below : Christ Church Cloister, Oxford, in 2011 |
