Actor hopes Owain and Henry, one of two new productions by the Welsh National Theatre, will be a ‘defining moment’

He has been celebrated for playing the roles of a British prime minister and an English king but the Welsh actor Michael Sheen is now relishing the prospect of starring as a noted leader from his homeland – Owain Glyndŵr, the medieval Prince of Wales.

Sheen will take the lead in a new play, Owain & Henry, to be staged by his fledgling company, Welsh National Theatre, and hopes it will become a “defining moment” for Wales, triggering conversations about how it became the country it is, the pressing social issues it faces and the question of independence.