All of UK’s a stage for theatrical Michael D

To be, or not to be theatrical, that was the question for President Michael D Higgins as he took to the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

With his eight-vehicle motorcade and numerous motorcycle outriders, the President certainly made a dramatic entrance into the quaint, sleepy town of Stratford-upon-Avon.

After being feted like a rock star by 5,000 cheering well-wishers at the Royal Albert Hall the previous evening, Michael D could be forgiven for letting all the attention and adulation of his four-day tour of England go to his head.