Rumpole of the Bailey interest in nineteenth-century anarchists, especially the Russian Peter Kropotkin from whom the title of the play was drawn. The character's name was later changed to Horace Rumpole when it was discovered that there was a real barrister called Horace Rumbold. The title of the play was briefly changed to "Jolly Old Jean Jacques Rousseau" before settling on the less esoteric "Rumpole of the Bailey". Mortimer was keen on Michael Hordern for the role of Rumpole. When Hordern proved unavailable, the part went to Australian-born actor Leo McKern. Mortimer was initially unenthusiastic about McKern's casting but changed his opinion upon seeing
Melissa Leo Leo lives in Stone Ridge, New York. In 1987, she had a son, John Matthew "Jack" Heard, with actor and former boyfriend John Heard. She considers director Adam Davenport a "son of sorts". Leo publicly rejected the label of feminist in statements made during a 2012 interview with "Salon": "I don't think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others, that's going to shut down the world. I would never say that." She reiterated these sentiments in a 2017 interview. Melissa Leo Melissa Chessington Leo (born September 14, 1960) is