“I was really intimidated by Arcadia before we started, because it’s so huge, there’s so much language and science and maths are my worst subjects,” says Hainsworth, who is dyslexic. “I was also a bit nervous about playing a child, which could be really easy to slip into stereotypical child acting that I find excruciating.”
Isis Hainsworth on her Olivier-nominated role in Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia
