Ferchi

Although he clearly believes that all the worlds a stage even when telling a television producer "I loathe the theatre" he is busy offering him sugar for his tea, like a scene from The Importance of Being Earnest it is never clear whether he sees himself as a leading man or more like T S Eliots ageing Prufrock: "one that will do/To swell a progress, start a scene or two,/.. at times, indeed, almost ridiculous;/Almost, at times, the Fool". There are moments, such as deciding to accompany a hobbling Madonna to the launch of Tina Browns Talk magazine, when he appears to be both.