Derek Jacobi as Professor Yana – aka the Master – in Utopia.
In August 1957, East London’s Leyton County High School was enterprising enough to send a production of Hamlet to the Edinburgh Festival. In the News Chronicle, the distinguished critic Alan Dent drew attention to “a quite astonishing young actor” called Derek Jacobi, attributing his success in the title role to “youthful fervour, a good voice, and a right sort of earnest good looks.”