What barrister is Rake based on?

What barrister is Rake based on?

Richard Roxburgh as Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive criminal defence barrister. The character is loosely based on colourful Sydney barristers Mervyn Ward and Charles Waterstreet, and was named after Cleaver Bunton. At the end of the fourth series, he is elected to a seat as an independent senator.

Is the TV show Rake based on a true story?

Based loosely on the life of barrister Charles Waterstreet (now a Sydney Morning Herald columnist), Rake’s lead character Cleaver Greene (Richard Roxburgh) is an unscrupulous, misanthropic but undeniably endearing scoundrel – one Australian television needs and deserves.

Where is Silvia Colloca now?

The family currently reside in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Colloca is an opera-trained mezzo-soprano and worked as a musical theatre performer in Italy before becoming a film actress.

Where did Silvia Colloca grow up?

So it’s hard not to feel a little jealous of Silvia Colloca. The Italian-born cookbook author, actor and trained opera singer grew up near Milan but spent summer holidays at her mother’s family home in the rural region of Abruzzo in central Italy (technically considered part of southern Italy).