Robert has had a life-long fascination with drama and particularly Shakepeare, a love that started at Bradfield, with Robert performing both in Oedipus in 1955 and Julius Caesar in 1956. An alumnus of St Catherine’s College, Cambridge where he read English and a scholar of Shakespeare. Following university his career took him into the commercial sector, working in oil and gas for BP.

Taking early retirement he returned to his ‘first love’ of theatrical production. His successes include 'The genius of Christopher Marlowe' which had an all-star cast/creative team inc Derek Jacobi, Alan Rickman, Judi Dench which he directed.

More recently he has taken up writing and his latest book is titled ‘Red Letter Words’.

The red letter words highlighted are those which resonate with Robert from the writings of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Beckett and ‘A Gentleman of Cambridge’.

He starts with a quote from Hamlet;

‘What do you read my Lord?
Words words words…
The satirical rogue says here that old men have grey beards… and that they have a plentiful lack of wit.’

Robert’s book is available to purchase from Waterstones Red Letter Words by Robert Pennant Jones | Waterstones