Regarded as one of the nation's most acclaimed and fiercely intelligent directors, Sir Jonathan made his name with Peter Cooke, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett in Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s.

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The captain was a short, stocky man, with a greasy fringe of pale hair that jutted out beyond his hat.

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