The Grouch, a more modern verse version of The Misanthrope by Ranjit Bolt was first performed at West Yorkshire Playhouse in February 2008.
At Phillips Academy, Andover, he became involved in theatre, playing the role of Jerry in Edward Albee's The Zoo Story and the lead character of Alceste in Molière's The Misanthrope, directed by Kevin Heelan.
Dyskolos, a comedy by the Greek dramatist Menander; the title has been translated as The Grouch, The Curmudgeon, or The Misanthrope