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Letter: Michael Pennington obituary

Joe Unsworth writes: It felt a great privilege to watch Michael Pennington on his touring theatre shows to Newcastle

✍ Joe Unsworth

🕒 14 May 2026 21:34

Letter: Michael Pennington obituary

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I was lucky enough to catch Michael Pennington’s performances in RSC productions visiting Newcastle in the last decades of the 20th century. I still recall his lacerating self-disgust at the close of Seán O’Casey’s The Shadow of a Gunman: “O Donal Davoren, poet and poltroon, poltroon and poet!”

In complete contrast, there was a moment in his portrayal of Shakespeare’s Richard II, where he conveys the king’s irresponsibility with a smirking grin from a mouth that appears to be chewing gum.I felt a great sense of privilege when watching and listening to him.

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