The Sublime John Shrapnel

A tale of two Caesars. John Shrapnel as Julius Caesar for The Youth Theatre at the Queen's Theatre, London in August 1960 (Photo from The Guardian Journal, 10th August 1960) and again as Julius Caesar in 2005 at the Barbican Theatre, London (Photograph © Donald Cooper/Alamy).

John Shrapnel as Sir Percival Glyde in Episode Four of The Woman in White (1982) - Set Three

John Shrapnel as Sir Percival Glyde in Episode Four of The Woman in White (1982) - Set Two

John Shrapnel as Sir Percival Glyde in Episode Four of The Woman in White (1982) - Set One

John Shrapnel as Sir Percival Glyde in Episode Three of The Woman in White (1982) - Set Four

John Shrapnel as Sir Percival Glyde in Episode Three of The Woman in White (1982) - Set Three

John Shrapnel as Sir Percival Glyde in Episode Three of The Woman in White (1982) - Set Two

John Shrapnel as Sir Percival Glyde in Episode Three of The Woman in White (1982) - Set One

John Shrapnel as Sir Percival Glyde in Episode Two of The Woman in White (1982) - Set Two

John Shrapnel as Sir Percival Glyde in Episode Two of The Woman in White (1982) - Set One

Six years today since the wonderful John Shrapnel passed away. He continues to live on through the fantastic body of acting work that he left us with.

John Shrapnel as Creon and Clifford Rose as Tiresias in The Thebans (Antigone) for The RSC, 1991. Postcard from the RSC, photograph by Mark Douet

TV Times 20 November 1969 Image © Future Publishing Ltd. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

John Shrapnel as Vincent Craig in Episode Six of Armchair Thriller: The Victim (1980) - Set Five

John Shrapnel as Vincent Craig in Episode Six of Armchair Theatre: The Victim (1980) - Set Four

John Shrapnel as Vincent Craig in Episode Six of Armchair Thriller: The Victim (1980) - Set Three