David Soul wins libel battle with Mirror - Graham Atkins
An article, written under Wright's byline, described the play - in which Soul starred with his wife, Alexa Hamilton - as the worst West End show the author had ever seen. It alleged only 45 people attended a Monday evening performance and said the audience laughed derisively at Soul. Soul's lawyer, Graham Atkins , told the high court judge, Sir Charles Gray, that Wright had not attended the play but had sent a freelance journalist on his behalf. The freelance journalist, Henrietta Knight, attended the play on Thursday but, crucially, Wright referred to a Monday staging of the play. The play did not run on Mondays and when Knight saw the play on the Thursday, the theatre had been more than half full. Wright's lawyer, Mark Bateman, said his client apologised for the inaccuracies in the article. Reference Post: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/dec/11/pressandpublishing