Photography of Sir Donald Sinden

I spent an afternoon at the Garrick Club in London’s west end photographing Sir Donald Sinden. He was making a short film for the Garrick talking about all the amazing portraits of the members that adorn the walls. One hilarious anecdote after another tripped off his tongue. His career spans such a long golden age of theatre that his knowledge and stories give the impression of stretching back over 100 years. He is in rude health and is as sharp as a pin with perfect comedic timing all still intact.

My job was to photograph him and also the students from Central School of Speech and Drama who made up the audience for the film. Some of the American students present had very little idea who some of the older actors being discussed were and Sir Donald rubbed it in by encouraging them to keep up with their English lessons!