By Robert Nye, dramatised by Jonathan Broadbent. As a boy actor, Pickleherring played Viola, Juliet and Cleopatra; he was Shakespeare's favourite. Now, in his eighties, he finally discovers what it means to fall in love. Pickleherring ...... Jim Broadbent Boy ...... George Longworth Polly ...... Jill Cardo Pompey Bum ...... Dan Starkey Directed by Jeremy Mortimer.