In 1992, he unsuccessfully sought to end the restriction on the sale of radio and television programmes to apartheid South Africa.[2] Stressing that he opposed apartheid and would not perform for segregated audiences, he argued that the ban was depriving actors of work, and stated that he wished to stage a production of the play She Stoops to Conquer with an all-black cast. This particular litigation nearly bankrupted him, due to the heavy amount of court costs.