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Drawlight

Played by Vincent Franklin

Christopher Drawlight is a somewhat odious fop of a certain age, whose knowledge of other people’s business, and whose propensity for gossip and ability to steal shoes when their owners aren’t looking, has made him a permanent, if undesirable, fixture in London society.

Seeing his chance to hop aboard the most fashionable new thing, he allies himself with , appointing himself social secretary and lickspittle-in-ordinary to the Greatest Magician in the Land. For a while, this new position suits Drawlight and his companion Lascelles very well - until their place in Mr Norrell’s affections is usurped by the remarkable . However, as Mr Strange learns, one should never come between a lickspittle and his master, and Drawlight sets about undermining Strange in any way possible, with the ultimate intention of being able to afford a new pair of lorgnettes.

About Vincent Franklin

With a wide variety of roles under his experienced belt, Vincent recently appeared as Henry, the conflicted, complex lead character in Russell T Davies' critically acclaimed drama Cucumber, and in Victoria Wood's television adapatation of her musical That Day We Sang for 麻豆官网首页入口 Two.

Vincent has worked on lots of those comedies where it looks like the cast are making it up as they go along; he was Rowan in The Office, Archie in the film Confetti, Nick Jowett in Twenty Twelve and Tory spin doctor Stewart Pearson in The Thick Of It. Other television work includes Five Days, Oliver Twist and The Virgin Queen.

Vincent’s film works includes three films with Mike Leigh; Topsy Turvy, Vera Drake and Mr Turner, as well as Bright Star, The Bourne Identity, From Hell and Posh.

On stage Vincent has played Higgins in Pygmalion, Deflores in The Changeling, Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro, Pinchwife in The Country Wife, Mike in Afters, Tubby in That Day We Sang, Charles Laughton in Laughton and Michael Cocks in the National Theatre’s production of This House.

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