Derek Jacobi

kenneth branagh’s cinderella

Richard Cotter / 28 March 2015

wicked stepmother and stepsisters

With its core of kindness and compassion, a retelling of CINDERELLA was never more needed.

Determined to honour her mother’s dying words to “have courage and be kind.”, Ella, dubbed Cinderella by her ugly step sisters and their cruel and …

Literature

as luck would have it

Diana Newman / 7 February 2014

AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT

Derek Jacobi is a versatile British actor best known for his numerous classical performances and in particular, Claudius in “I Claudius”. He has acted in productions from the West End to Broadway.

In Jacobi’s autobiography he talks about being gay, …