Ivor Roberts @ The National Theatre

Undoubtably, one of the stage highlights of Ivor's career was his performances with the new National Theatre group working under the direction of Richard Eyre & David Hare. Ivor was cast in both Pravda & The Government Inspector, two landmark productions of the 1985 season.



In Pravda, written by Howard Brenton & David Hare and directed by David Hare, Ivor [Sir Stamford Foley] played along side Antony Hopkins [Lambert Le Roux] who stole the show with a bravura performance praised by all the critics.



Whilst in The Government Inspector, written by Gogol, translated by Adrian Mitchell and directed by Richard Eyre, Ivor [?] played along side Rik Mayall [Khlestakov] in one of Mayall's acclaimed transitional roles from TV to stage.



It is a little ironic, that Ivor was absent from the group photograph session and is not pictured in the official programmes.