Stephen Fewell

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Stephen Fewell is a British actor [1] who portrays Jason Kane in the audio adventures of Bernice Summerfield. He has also appeared in classical theatre, in various Doctor Who audio productions, an episode of the 2005 Channel 4 drama The Courtroom , Headlong Theatre's production of Paradise Lost [2] at the Hackney Empire and in the musical play ENRON [3] at the Royal Court and in the West End.

He has written short stories: three for Doctor Who and one for Bernice Summerfield anthologies. [4]

He originated the role of Charrington [5] in the original Headlong Theatre production of George Orwell's 1984 [6]

In September and October 2012 he played Alan Turing at The English Theatre Frankfurt in Hugh Whitemore's biographical play Breaking the Code .

In 2019 he played the Scofield/McKellen role of Pierre in Venice Preserv'd for the RSC. [7]

In 2019 he appears as Pope Clement V in the History Channel Knight's Templar drama Knightfall .

In 2019 appears as Lord Grey in Netflix production of The King.

He is also known as founder and chair of the James Menzies-Kitchin Trust, which has launched the careers of many leading UK theatre directors, including; Thea Sharrock, Polly Findlay, Bijan Sheibani, Joe Hill-Gibbins, Roy Alexander Weisse, Natalie Abrahami, Kate Hewitt.

In 2022 he appeared in Patriots at the Almeida Theatre. [8]

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