Blake Ritson, Class of 1991, was a mainstay of many dramatic productions at Dolphin, probably most notably in the role of Puck in Midsummer Night’s Dream and the lead in Moliere’s Hypochondriac. He wrote a play for a competition organised by South Hill Park. He was a runner up and performed his piece there–we only then realised it was an adult’s competition! While still at Dolphin he played the juvenile lead in Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia in the West End. He was still in this role when he went to St. Paul’s on an academic scholarship and while at school and Cambridge he continued to act in the London theatre and Edinburgh Festival. Interestingly his brother Dylan, also at Cambridge, was extremely successful writing plays both for Footlights and the Festival which received excellent reviews in the national press. After graduation Blake continued to appear in West End plays and television dramatisations such as Mansfield Park which was shown on ITV in March. Blake has recently appeared as the poet Shelley in Peter Blake’s The Romans in London.