search max stafford-clark, from johnson’s friend and biographer james boswell’s life of samuel johnson and journal of a tour to the hebrides in the play, styler appears as hester thrale, the society hostess who was johnson’s final, unrequited love. barr portrays a host of characters from boswell and the painter joshua reynolds to king george iii and bonnie prince charlie’s saviour flora macdonald. styler will perform at all edinburgh performances and most dates in london except for 9 to 11, and 21 to 24 september. the wife of rock star sting, styler trained at bristol old vic theatre school and, early in her career, worked at the royal shakespeare company, with credits including naked robots and accrington pals. her other west end credits include elegies for angels, punks and raging queen in 1993. on tv, styler has appeared in midsomer murders, love soup and friends. a dish of tea with dr johnson is designed by [tim shortall

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