Narrators
Sophie Max
Susan Rutherford
Susan Rutherford
Sophie Max (she/they) is an actor and writer who trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Screen includes: We Were The Lucky Ones (Hulu/Disney+), Silent Witness (BBC) and The Whole Truth (Amazon Prime). Stage includes: Jessica in The Merchant of Venice, Phoebe in As You Like It (New York) and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream (off-Broadway). As a writer, Sophie is developing a variety of original television and film projects; and her debut play, Til It Stops, was Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Playwriting and Shortlisted for Bold Playwrights. Sophie is represented as an actor by Cooper Searle Personal Management and as a screenwriter by Casarotto Ramsay & Associates.
Susan Rutherford
Susan Rutherford
Susan Rutherford
Susan Rutherford studied voice with Frederic Cox at the Royal Northern College of Music. Her initial performance career led to scholarly interest in intersections between music and drama. She is now Honorary Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge, Honorary Fellow of Jesus College and Emerita Professor of Music at the University of Manchester. Beyond various academic publications, she contributes public talks and programme notes on opera for companies including Glyndebourne, Royal Opera House, Scottish Opera, English National Opera, BBC Proms, and Edinburgh International Festival, and has presented two documentaries for BBC Radio 3. Her current project (funded by the Leverhulme Trust) is entitled A History of Voices: Singing in Britain 1588 to the Present.
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Harry Meacher
Since leaving RADA, Harry has played leading classical roles on stage in most of the leading repertory theatres, including the Royal Court, Royal National, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, and many others. His leaning has been towards the plays of Shakespeare, Chekhov and Ibsen, although he has been successful in more modern dramatic productions and as a playwright as well. Having done TV and commercial work, Harry is equally at home on screen, and is currently enthusiastic about playing character roles in film. He has won many awards, including a major award to RADA, a Principal's Award, a Ronson Award, an Honorary Diploma and a Stage Fighting Award.