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'Eat your gruel and be thankful for it': why the hero of I, Daniel Blake is taking it to the stage

by Simon Hattenstone

Seven years on, Ken Loach's angriest film still shocks with its portrayal of life on benefits. It made Dave Johns a star " but did nothing to mellow his righteous fury With his biblical white beard and bright woolly hat, Dave Johns is unrecognisable. He looks like an Arctic explorer. It's only when he takes off the hat and reveals the familiar shiny pate that you realise it is him after all " Daniel Blake. Before I,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:24am on May 24, 2023