The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers.

Brian May has declared himself to be great admirer of Berkoff and his wife Anita Dobson has appeared in several of Berkoffs plays. Critical assessment
According to Annette Pankratz in her 2005 Modern Drama review of Steven Berkoff and the Theatre of Self-Performance by Robert Cross:
Pankratz further asserts that Cross:


Allusions in popular culture
In the 1989 romantic comedy The Tall Guy struggling actor Dexter King (Jeff Goldblum) auditions unsuccessfully for an imaginary 'Berkoff play' called England My England. In Stanley Kubrick's films A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Barry Lyndon (1975) Berkoff plays a police officer and a gambler nobleman (Lord Ludd) respectively.

Steven Berkoff (born 3 August 1937) is an English actor playwright author and director best known for his performances in villainous roles such as Lt.