It’s a privilege to feel like the barriers are down.” It’s funny; these words may come from Anna Chancellor’s mouth, but I feel as though she’s plucked them directly from my brain.

In an array of fabulous costumes, Anna Chancellor's Mrs Betterton gives us camped-up ... In Tatler’s May cover story, she tells Catherine Ostler how fate played a hand... Imelda Staunton pays tribute ...

Chancellor fires at me with genuine curiosity ... “more bitch”, but I do feel we could all stand to be a bit more Anna. ‘Playhouse Creatures’ opens on 21 March and runs until 12 ...