Alex Jennings: My Fair Lady felt the same as when I did Hamlet
At the end of the Drury Lane run, I didn't want to let go of the role. Henry Higgins had become a part of my lifeMy Fair Lady came out of the blue. I'd been working with Trevor Nunn at the National, and he asked me if I'd be up for taking over from Jonathan Pryce as Henry Higgins. I jumped at the chance because it was a musical I'd grown up with. It was hugely challenging I'd never done a musical before, let alone p…