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All Productions by Date
1961
1970 1980
1990 2000
CHILDREN'S DAY
Vera I Arlett
| 1950
Wesleyan Hall
Wigan
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Director: Miss Wilcock
Role: Father
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SPRING 1600
Emlyn Williams
| 1952
Bolton Little Theatre
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Director: Cliff Aspinall
Role: Jeremy
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PARADISE PERPLEXED
F Sladen-Smith
| 1953
Bolton Little Theatre
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Director: Sylvia M Smith
Role: Ticukapelli
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THE WONDER HAT
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman & Ben Hecht
| 1953
Bolton Little Theatre
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Director: Elizabeth Lee
Role: Pierrot
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THE BEAUTY CONTEST
L Roe & G A C Sawtell
| 1953
Hopefield Miniature Theatre
|
Director: L Roe
Role: Rosie
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THE STARS BOW DOWN
Gordon Daviot
| 1954
Bolton School
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Director: Frank Greene
Role: Asnath, the High Priest's daughter
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DOCTOR FAUSTUS (1954)
Christopher Marlowe
| 1954
Hopefield Miniature Theatre
|
Director: K J Haigh
Role: Wagner
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THE STORY OF RAHMAN
Alan Cullen
| 1955
Bolton Little Theatre
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Director: Alan Cullen
Role: Attendant
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ESCAPADE
Roger McDougall
| 1956
Chorley Old Road Congregational Church Hall
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Director: Anthony Clarke
Role: L W Daventry
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HENRY V (1957)
William Shakespeare
| 1957
Bolton School
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Director: Frank Greene
Role: King Henry V
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ANTONY & CLEOPATRA
William Shakespeare
| 1958
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Producer: Marlowe Society/Argo Records/British
Council
Director: George Rylands
Role: Mardin
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THE STRONG ARE LONELY
Fritz Hochwaelder
| 1958
Bolton School
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Director: Frank Greene
Role: Alfonso Fernandez
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TWELFTH NIGHT (1958)
William Shakespeare
| 1958
Bolton Little Theatre
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Director: George Sawtell
Role: Sebastian
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MACBETH, ACT V (1958)
William Shakespeare
| 1958
Bolton Middle School
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Director: Ian McKellen
Role: Producer/Director
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THE APPLECART
Bernard Shaw
| 1958
ADC Theatre
Cambridge
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Director: Terrence Hardiman
Role: King Magnus
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CAMINO REAL
Tennessee Williams
| 1958
ADC Theatre
Cambridge
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Director: John Tanfield
Role: Survivor
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A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY
Ivan Turgenev, translated by Constance Garnett
| 1959
ADC Theatre
Cambridge
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Director: Jocelyn Powell
Role: Beliaev
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DEUTSCHES HAUS
Richard Cottrell
| 1959
ADC Theatre Cambridge, Arts Theatre Club London
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Director: Garry O'Connor
Role: Harry
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LOVE'S LABOURS
Clive Swift, Richard Cottrell, Corin Redgrave, and John Fortune adapted from William
Shakespeare's "Love's Labours Lost"
| 1959
ADC Theatre Lyric Opera House Hammersmith, London
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Director: John Tydeman
Role: Holofernes
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SAINT'S DAY
John Whiting
| 1959
ADC Theatre
Cambridge
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Director: Geoffrey Reeves
Role: Charles Heberden
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
William Shakespeare
| 1960
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Producer: Marlowe Society/Argo Records/British
Council
Director: George Rylands
Role: Lysander
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HENRY IV PART 2
William Shakespeare
| 1960
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Producer: Marlowe Society/Argo Records/British
Council
Director: George Rylands
Role: Davy
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CYMBELINE
William Shakespeare
| 1960
Cambridge Arts Theatre
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Director: George Rylands
Role: Posthumus
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THE DUENNA
Richard Brinsley Sheridan adapted by Lionel Harris, Music by Julian Slade
| 1960
ADC Theatre
Cambridge
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Director: Corin Redgrave
Role: Father Paul
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FRIAR BACON AND FRIAR BUNGAY
Robert Greene
| 1960
Cambridge Arts Theatre
Stratford-upon-Avon Open Air Theatre
Lyric Opera House Hammersmith, London
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Director: Michael Bakewell
Role: Lacy, Earl of Lincoln
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DR FAUSTUS (Cambridge)
Christopher Marlowe
| 1960
Cambridge Arts Theatre
Stratford-upon-Avon Open Air Theatre
Lyric Opera House Hammersmith, London
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Director: Michael Bakewell
Role: The Pope/Scholar/Gluttony
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TWELFTH NIGHT (Cambridge)
William Shakespeare
| 1960
Cambridge Arts Theatre
|
Director: Waris Habibullah (Hussein)
Role: Toby Belch
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THE WILD DUCK
Henrik Ibsen, translated by Una Ellis-Fermor
| 1960
Cambridge Arts Theatre
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Director: David Reid
Role: Hjalmar Ekdal
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CARDS OF IDENTITY
Nigel Dennis
| 1960
ADC Theatre
Cambridge
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Director: Corin Redgrave
Role: Captain Mallet
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THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Harold Pinter
| 1961
ADC Theatre
Cambridge
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Director: David Reid
Role: Stanley Webber
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THE COUNTRY WIFE
William Wycherley
| 1961
ADC Theatre
Cambridge
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Director: Tom Bussmann
Role: Mr Pinchwife
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THE LARK
Jean Anouilh, translated by Christopher Fry
| 1961
Cambridge Arts Theatre, Playhouse Oxford
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Director: Roger Jenkins
Role: Warwick
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CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA
Bernard Shaw
| 1961
Playhouse
Oxford
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Director: Waris Hussein
Role: Achillas/Major-Domo
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A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Robert Bolt
| 1961
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry
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Director: David Forder
Role: William Roper
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WHEN WE ARE MARRIED
J B Priestley
| 1961
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry
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Director: Brian Bell
Role: Fred Dyson
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YOU NEVER CAN TELL
Bernard Shaw
| 1961
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry
|
Director: David Forder
Role: Philip Clandon
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BLACK COFFEE
Agatha Christie
| 1961
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry
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Director: Brian Bell
Role: Tredwell (the butler)
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CELEBRATION
Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall
| 1961
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry
|
Director: Anthony Richardson
Role: Stan Dyson
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END OF CONFLICT
Barry England
| 1961
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry
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Director: Anthony Richardson
Role: Simon Mason
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MR. PICKWICK
Stanley Young (adapted from Charles Dickens novel)
| 1961
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry
|
Director: Brian Bell
Role: Mr. Snodgrass
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TOAD OF TOAD HALL
A A Milne (from Kenneth Graham's novel)
| 1961
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry
|
Director: Brian Bell
Role: Chief Weasel
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THE SEAGULL (1962)
Anton Chekov
| 1962
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry
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Director: Anthony Richardson
Role: Konstantin
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Happy Returns
| 1962
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry
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Role: various (singing & dancing)
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TEN LITTLE NIGGERS
Agatha Christie
| 1962
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry
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Director: Geoffrey Edwards
Role: Anthony Marston
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NOAH
Andre Obey
| 1962
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry
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Director: Anthony Richardson
Role: Shem
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SEMI-DETACHED
David Turner
| 1962
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry
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Director: Anthony Richardson
Role: Tom Midway
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BECKET
Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill
| 1962
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Robert Chetwyn
Role: Gilbert Folliot, Bishop of London / First
Baron
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THE GAZEBO
Alec Coppell
| 1962
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Robert Chetwyn
Role: Elliot Nash
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CASTE
T W Robertson
| 1962
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Robert Chetwyn
Role: Sam Gerridge
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THE BIG KILLING
Philip Mackie
| 1962
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Donald MacKechnie
Role: Gavin Cole
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THE AMOROUS PRAWN
Anthony Kimmins
| 1962
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Alan Gray
Role: Larry Hoffman
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THE KEEP (1962)
Gwyn Thomas
| 1962
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Robert Chetwyn
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DAVID COPPERFIELD (1962)
Joan MacAlpine (from Charles Dickens novel)
| 1962
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Producer: Robert Chetwyn
Role: David
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How Dare We!
| 1963
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Role: various (singing, dancing, clowning)
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HENRY V (1963)
William Shakespeare
| 1963
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Robert Chetwyn
Role: King Henry
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UNDER MILK WOOD
Dylan Thomas
| 1963
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Robert Chetwyn
Role: Mr Waldo, Cherry Owen, No-good Boyo, and First
Drowned
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ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
Joseph Kesselring
| 1963
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Alan Gray
Role: Mortimer Brewster
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LUTHER
John Osborne
| 1963
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Robert Chetwyn
Role: Martin Luther
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THE BIG CONTRACT
Barry England
| 1963
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry
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Director: Anthony Richardson
Role: Robin Green
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TO DOROTHY A SON
Roger McDougall
| 1963
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
|
Role: voices off
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I, JOHN BROWN
John Hall
| 1963
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Robert Chetwyn
Role: Andrew Acre
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SALAD DAYS
Dorothy Reynolds & Julian Slade
| 1963
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Alan Gray
Role: Fosdyke/Nigel
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THE CORN IS GREEN
Emlyn Williams
| 1963
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Robert Chetwyn
Role: Morgan Evans
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THE PUBLIC EYE
Peter Shaffer
| 1963
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Robert Chetwyn
Role: Julian Christoforou
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ALL IN GOOD TIME
Bill Naughton
| 1963
Arts Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Director: Robert Chetwyn
Role: Arthur Fitton
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CORIOLANUS (1963)
William Shakespeare
| 1963
Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham
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Director: Tyrone Guthrie
Role: Tullus Aufidius
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Episode of KIPLING
| 1964
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Producer: BBC
Director: Herbert Wise
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THE LIFE IN MY HANDS
Peter Ustinov
| 1964
Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham
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Director: Denis Carey
Role: John Bogle
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THE BASHFUL GENIUS
Harold Callen
| 1964
Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham
|
Director: Frank Dunlop assisted by Richard Digby
Day
Role: Winifred Hutchins
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THE MAYOR OF ZALAMEA
Pedro Calderon de la Barca, translated by David Brett
| 1964
Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham
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Director: John Neville
Role: Captain Don Alvaro
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SIR THOMAS MORE
Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, Anthony Munday & William Shakespeare
| 1964
Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham
|
Director: Frank Dunlop assisted by Richard Digby
Day
Role: More
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A SCENT OF FLOWERS
James Saunders
| 1964
Duke of York's
London
|
Producer: Michael Codron Associates
Director: Shirley Butler
Role: Godfrey
Clarence Derwent Award as best
supporting actor of the year - 50 pounds sterling from British Actors'
Equity
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SONS AND LOVERS
D. H. Lawrence
| 1965
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Producer: BBC Woman's Hour Serial
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SUNDAY OUT OF SEASON
Peter Draper
| 1965
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Producer: ATV Sunday Playhouse
Director: John Nelson Burton
Role: Victor Leech
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TRELAWNEY OF THE "WELLS"
Arthur Wing Pinero
| 1965
Chichester Festival
Bristol; Nottingham; Chichester
|
Director: Desmond O'Donovan
Role: Capt. de Foenix
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THE TRIAL AND TORTURE OF SIR JOHN RAMPAYNE
Screenplay by Alan Seymour
| 1965
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Producer: BBC TV
Director: Peter Duguid
Role: Wolf
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A LILY IN LITTLE INDIA
Donald Howarth
| 1965
Hampstead Theatre Club and St Martin's
London
|
Producer: Michael Codron Associates
Director: Donald Howarth
Role: Alvin Hanker
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HENRY VIII
William Shakespeare
| 1966
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Producer: BBC Radio
Director: John Tydeman
Role: Surrey
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HEDDA GABLER
| 1966
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Producer: BBC Radio
Role: Tesman
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THREE SISTERS
| 1966
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Producer: Caedmon
Role: Tuzenbach
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HENRY V (1966)
William Shakespeare
| 1966
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Producer: Caedmon
Director: Howard Sackler
Role: Dauphin
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ELECTRA
| 1966
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Producer: BBC Radio
Director: John Tydeman
Role: Orestes
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EDWARD II (1966)
Christopher Marlowe
| 1966
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Producer: Caedmon
Role: Gaveston
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DAVID COPPERFIELD (BBC-TV, 1966)
Adaptation by Vincent Tilsley from Dickens' novel
| 1966
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Producer: BBC
Director: Joan Craft
Role: the grown-up David Copperfield (episodes
5-13)
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THEIR VERY OWN AND GOLDEN CITY
Arnold Wesker
| 1966
Royal Court
London
|
Director: John Dexter and Bill Gaskill
Role: Andrew Cobham
Plays & Players' Most Promising
Actor 1966
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THE PROMISE (My Poor Marat)
Aleksei Arbuzov, translated by Ariadne Nicolaeff
| 1966
Oxford Playhouse
London
|
Producer: Meadow Players Limited
Director: Frank Hauser
Role: Leonidik
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THE SEAGULL
Anton Chekov
| 1967
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Producer: BBC Radio
Role: Konstantin
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THE PROMISE (1967)
| 1967
Fortune Theatre
London
|
Producer: Peter Bridge
Director: Frank Hauser
Role: Leonidik
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THE FIRST ST. JOAN
Bernard Shaw
| 1967
Dauphin
|
Producer: Graham Gauld
Role: Dauphin
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THE PROMISE (Broadway)
| 1967
Henry Miller's
New York
|
Producer: Morton Gottlieb
Director: Frank Hauser
Role: Leonidik
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Art Reflected
mainly English poets and writers of prose
| 1968
Purcell Room, South Bank
London
|
Producer: The Apollo Society, Artistic Adviser
George Rylands
Director: Richard Marquand
Role: Reader
|
RICHARD II
William Shakespeare
| 1968
UK Tours, Edinburgh Festival, European tours, Mermaid Theatre and Piccadilly
Theatre.
|
Director: Richard Cottrell
Role: Richard II
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RICHARD III (1968 radio)
William Shakespeare
| 1968
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Producer: BBC Radio
Director: John Powell
Role: Lord Hastings
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EDWARD II (1969)
Christopher Marlowe
| 1969
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Role: King Edward
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THE BACCHAE
Euripides
| 1969
Liverpool Playhouse
Liverpool
|
Director: Antony Tuckey
Role: Pentheus
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THREE MONTHS GONE
Howarth Donald
| 1969
Liverpool Playhouse
Liverpool
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Director: Ian McKellen
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ALFRED THE GREAT
| 1969
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Producer: MGM
Director: Clive Donner
Role: Roger the Bandit
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WHAT IF IT'S JUST GREEN CHEESE?
| 1969
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Producer: BBC TV
Director: Colin Nears
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EDWARD II
Christopher Marlowe
| 1969
Edinburgh Festival, UK and European tours, Mermaid Theatre and Piccadilly Theatre.
|
Director: Toby Robertson
Role: Edward II
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THE PROMISE
From the Play by Alexei Arbuzov
| 1969
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Producer: Howard and Windham Films, Peter Graham
Scott
Director: Michael Hayes
Role: Leonidik
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KEATS
| 1970
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Producer: BBC TV
Director: Joan Craft
Role: John Keats
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ROMEO AND JULIET (1970)
William Shakespeare
| 1970
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Producer: BBC
Director: John Tydeman
Role: Romeo
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BILLY'S LAST STAND
Barry Hines
| 1970
Theatre Upstairs: Royal Court
London
|
Director: Michael Wearing
Role: Darkly
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RICHARD II (1970)
William Shakespeare
| 1970
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Director: Toby Robertson & Richard Cottrell
Role: King Richard
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EDWARD II (1970)
Christopher Marlowe
| 1970
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Producer: BBC / Classic Theater PBS USA
Director: Richard Marquand & Toby Robertson
Role: King Edward
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A PROVINCIAL LIFE
Anton Chekov adapted by Peter Gill
| 1970
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Role: Misail Alexander Poloznev
|
ROSS
By Terrence Rattigan / Adapted by William Emms
| 1970
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Producer: BBC Play of the Month
Director: Cedric Messina
Role: T E Lawrence of Arabia
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HENRY VI
William Shakespeare
| 1971
|
Producer: BBC Radio
Role: Dukes of York & Gloucester
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A SORT OF LEGEND
| 1971
|
Producer: BBC Radio
Director: Peter Brooke
|
HAMLET
William Shakespeare
| 1971
UK/European Tour
|
Producer: Knightsbridge Productions
Director: Robert Chetwyn
Role: Prince Hamlet
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THE SWAN SONG
Anton Chekov translated by Guy Sells
| 1971
Crucible
Sheffield
|
Director: David William
Role: Svetlovidov
|
THE ERPINGHAM CAMP
Joe Orton
| 1972
Palace Theatre
Watford
|
Director: Ian McKellen
Role: Director
|
THE LAST JOURNEY
Screenplay by James Forsyth
| 1972
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Producer: Granada TV
Director: Peter Potter
Role: Stefan
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RULING THE ROOST
Georges Feydeau ("Le Dindon")
| 1972
UK Tour/Edinburgh '72, Cambridge Arts, Wimbledon
|
Director: Richard Cottrell (and adaptor)
Role: Page-boy
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THE THREE ARROWS
Iris Murdoch
| 1972
Arts
Cambridge
|
Director: Noel Willman
Role: Prince Yoremitsu, a political prisoner
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A PRIVATE MATTER
Ronald Mavor
| 1973
Vaudeville
London
|
Producer: H. M.Tennent Productions
Director: Ian McKellen
|
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
William Congreve
| 1973
UK Tour/Edinburgh '73, BAM, Wimbledon
|
Director: David William
Role: Lady Wishfort's Footman
|
THE WOOD DEMON
Anton Chekov, translated by Ronald Hingley
| 1973
UK Tour/Edinburgh '73, BAM, Wimbledon
|
Director: David Giles
Role: Kruschov (The Wood Demon)
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CRAVEN ARMS (COUNTRY MATTERS)
From A E Coppard's short story
| 1973
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Producer: Granada TV
Director: David Giles
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THE RECRUITING OFFICER (TV)
George Farquhar
| 1973
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Producer: Cedric Messina
Director: David Giles
Role: Captain Plume
|
GRACELESS GO I
Screenplay by Anthony Storey
| 1973
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Director: Patrick Dromgoole
|
KNOTS
R D Laing, devised and staged by Edward Petherbridge
| 1973
Edinburgh '73, Shaw
London, BAM
|
Director: Edward Petherbridge
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Henry VI (Parts 1, 2, and 3)
William Shakespeare
| 1974
|
Director: Raymond Raikes
Role: Duke of York/Duke of Gloucester
|
HEDDA GABLER
Henrik Ibsen
| 1974
|
Producer: BBC Masterpiece Theatre Play of the
Month/Classic Theatre PBS USA 1975
Director: Waris Hussein
Role: George Tesman
|
KING LEAR (1974)
William Shakespeare
| 1974
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Wimbledon Theatre, UK Tour
|
Director: David William
Role: Edgar
NY Drama Desk Award for WOOD DEMON
& KING LEAR
|
DR FAUSTUS
Christopher Marlowe adapted by John Barton with the cast
| 1974
Edinburgh Festival and Aldwych Theatre
Edinburgh, London
|
Director: John Barton
Role: Dr Faustus
|
THE MARQUIS OF KEITH
Frank Wedekind
| 1974
Aldwych Theatre
London
|
Director: Ronald Eyre (and translator)
Role: The Marquis of Keith
|
KING JOHN
John Barton, adapted & re-worked from the play of Shakespeare and other sources
| 1975
Aldwych Theatre
London
|
Director: John Barton
Role: Philip The Bastard
|
THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE
George Colman & David Garrick
| 1975
Savoy
London
|
Producer: H.M.Tennent Productions
Director: Ian McKellen
|
ASHES
David Rudkin
| 1975
Young Vic
London
|
Producer: Michael Codron Ltd
Director: Ron Daniels
Role: Colin
|
TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD
Bernard Shaw
| 1975
Aldwych Theatre and The Globe
London
|
Director: Clifford Williams
Role: The Burglar (Aubrey Bagot)
|
ROMEO AND JULIET (1976)
William Shakespeare
| 1976
Stratford-upon-Avon, Newcastle-upon Tyne, London
|
Director: Trevor Nunn
Role: Romeo
|
THE WINTER'S TALE
William Shakespeare
| 1976
RST
Stratford-upon-Avon
|
Director: John Barton, Barry Kyle, and Trevor
Nunn
Role: King Leontes
|
MACBETH
William Shakespeare
| 1976
Other Place, Stratford-upon-avon; Gulbenkian Theatre, Newcastle; Royal Shakespeare
Theatre, Stratford; Donmar Warehouse, London; Young Vic, London.
|
Director: Trevor Nunn
Role: Macbeth
Plays & Players' London Theatre
Critics' Award - Best Actor
|
Atlantic Affairs
| 1976
Shakespeare Institute
Stratford-upon-Avon
|
Director: Roger Pringle
|
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS
Anthology with commentary by Ian McKellen
| 1976
UK
Edinburgh, Belfast, Yorkshire
|
Role: Solo recital of favourite writings
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