About Henry Shields
Born 1988. Henry Shields is an actor and playwright.
Henry James William Shields (born 21 August 1988) is an English playwright and actor. Shields grew up in Hastings and his family still lives there. He initially studied nursing at university but dropped out after a year and auditioned for drama school, gaining a place at LAMDA. It was while there that he met the collaborators with whom he would go on to form Mischief Theatre company. He is best known for starring in the plays The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery, which he also co-wrote along with Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer, as well as the TV adaptation The Goes Wrong Show. He has been nominated for three Olivier Awards for Best New Comedy, winning in 2015 for The Play That Goes Wrong.
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Who is Henry Shields?
English playwright, actor and co-founder of Mischief Theatre
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Henry Shields was born on 21 August 1988.
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Henry Shields is an actor and playwright.
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