The adventure behind not doing something …

… Bryan Appleyard — Edward Petherbridge: So Lear and Yet So Far. (Ht tip, Dave Lull.)

The career that ensued was full of greatness, but he was never quite the star he deserved to be. “Some get a golden touch,” he says with a shrug. “That’s why I am so astonished to be ­sitting here with you. For some actors, this is staple, this kind of interview. This hasn’t happened to me for decades.”