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Comment: Needs better (independent, secondary) references, not just passing mentions. (See WP:What Wikipedia is not) ArthurTheGardener (talk) 14:05, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
Mark Arends (Liverpool, 18 January 1982) is an English actor, writer and theatre director. He is best known for his portrayal of Richard Roll in the TV series Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024).[1]. On stage he played Winston Smith in the Almeida/Headlong/West End production of 1984[2], Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Royal Shakespeare Company[3] and Hamlet at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End[4].
In 2012 he founded Make Mend and Do Theatre Company[5] for whom he wrote, directed and composed the original score for the Off West End Award winning Something Very Far Away[6]
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edit- ↑ Port, Samuel. "Richard Roll's life and how Post Office scandal whistleblower became a hero". examinerlive.co.uk. Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ Billington, Michael (16 February 2014). "1984 – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ Billington, Michael (23 July 2014). "The Two Gentlemen of Verona review – delightful dip into the power of love". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ Al-Hassan, Aliya. "Review: HAMLET, Trafalgar Studios". Broadway World. Broadway World. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ Do, Make Mend and. "About". Make Mend and Do. Make Mend and Do. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ McMillan, Joyce. "Theatre review: Something Very Far Away, Edinburgh". The Scotsman. The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
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