Coming this autumn:
Harvey Matusow and the Birth of Fake News
– an Archive on 4 documentary written and presented by Robert Cohen
Going out 1st October 2026 on BBC Radio 4
Harvey Matusow and the Birth of Fake News
– an Archive on 4 documentary written and presented by Robert Cohen
Going out 1st October 2026 on BBC Radio 4
Robert Cohen in 'The Trials of Harvey Matusow'
Welcome, and thanks for your curiosity about writer & actor Robert Cohen!
Born in London, raised in Ohio, California and Sussex, Robert spent his early career in journalism before making a leap of faith into showbiz. He is married to the actor, writer and improviser Jenny Rowe.
Acting work has encompassed an abundance of Shakespeare, some TV and film (including Stepan the Russian people-smuggler in BBC sitcom Ideal), and such solo stage shows as The Death of Nelson, Jewish memoir Dog’s Chosen, trafficomedy High Vis (Edinburgh 2014), and The Trials of Harvey Matusow, the strange but true Cold War tale of a McCarthyite supergrass. Matusow is also the subject of the forthcoming BBC Radio 4 documentary Harvey Matusow and the Birth of Fake News.
Robert’s one-hander Something Rotten, or The Claudius Complex is a paraquel to Hamlet, re-telling the story of Shakespeare’s masterpiece through the eyes of the Prince's murderous yet undeniably hard-working uncle-turned-stepfather. Premiered at the Barnstaple Fringe TheatreFest in 2015, the show has lately been seen at the Folk of Gloucester Theatre Festival.
In addition to the solo shows there have been some more populous plays, including the Constance Cox Prize-winning The Ragged Regiment, a black comedy set in a stuffed-animal museum in Cromer, and Propaganda, an account of Shakespeare’s tangential part in the Essex revolt against Elizabeth I.
His debut novel, Architecture For Beginners, was published by Hobart Books in the spring of 2023. He is currently working on the follow-up, Suntrap of the South.
On these pages you’ll find info abundant about Robert’s acting and writing work, as well as news, occasional bloggery, and a page for useful links and contact details.
His debut novel, Architecture For Beginners, was published by Hobart Books in the spring of 2023. He is currently working on the follow-up, Suntrap of the South.
On these pages you’ll find info abundant about Robert’s acting and writing work, as well as news, occasional bloggery, and a page for useful links and contact details.
Robert Cohen can be Twittered at both @cohenbobbycoco and @HighVisTheShow
