The Progress Road

About the author

After studying Modern History at Oxford University, Geoffrey trained as an actor at LAMDA, and has worked at the RSC, the National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, in the West End, and has made countless radio, film and TV appearances including The Jewel in the Crown, Victor/Victoria, Miss Potter and A Very British Coup. His appearance in Doctor Who led to many spin-offs as the Master.

He also writes and directs. His writing work includes over a dozen plays produced in the theatre and on radio. His stage adaptation of “Adam Bede” won a Time Out Award. His most recent work was “Unintelligent Design”, an original play on audio CD for Big Finish (2011), and also an adaptation- “The Middlemarch Trilogy”(2013) for the Orange Tree theatre, Richmond.

He was married to actor Caroline John.