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Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
Acting Chat Show Miscellaneous	16 November 1979 Arts Theatre Belfast
ACTING SHAKESPEARE From Shakespeare with commentary by Ian McKellen	28 August 1977 St. Cecilia's Hall Edinburgh
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Belfast)	11 November 1977 Arts Theatre Belfast
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Ipswich)	23 April 1978 Wolsey Theatre Ipswich
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (British Council Scandinavian Tour)	03 March 1980 Scandinavia Copenhagen, Oslo, Bergen, Karlstad, Gothenburg, Stockholm
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Globe Benefit)	26 April 1981 Broadhurst Theatre New York
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Second Stage Benefit)	04 October 1981 Broadhurst Theatre New York
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (1982 tour)	18 April 1982 Tour Spain, France, Cyprus, Israel, Poland, Romania: Amherst College, USA.
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Washington DC) From Shakespeare with commentary by Ian McKellen	22 April 1982 Folger Theatre Washington, DC
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (British Council 1983 Tour)	24 January 1983 Europe and Israel Lisbon, Madrid, Nicosia, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Rehovot, Jerusalem
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Warsaw)	16 May 1983 Ateneum Theatre Warsaw
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Paris)	04 November 1983 Petit Odeon / Odeon Theatre Paris
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (US 1983)	05 December 1983 Westwood Playhouse (LA); Ritz (NYC) Los Angeles; New York	New York Drama Desk Award
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Oxford)	22 January 1984 Oxford Playhouse Oxford
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Canada)	13 August 1984 Canada Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (London 1986)	31 August 1986 Olivier Theatre London
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (US 1987)	03 February 1987 USA Tour San Francisco, Washington DC, Princeton, LA, Baltimore, Cleveland, San Diego, Boston
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (London 1987)	11 December 1987 Playhouse Theatre London
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (UK 1988)	20 March 1988 UK Bristol, Nottingham, Birmingham, Dublin, Belfast, Leicester, Wakefield, Edinburgh, Manchester, Sussex, Cardiff, London
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Wilmington)	16 April 1988 Delaware Theatre Wilmington, Delaware
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (London 1988) From Shakespeare with commentary by Ian McKellen	02 October 1988 Playhouse Theatre London
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Jersey)	18 February 1990 Opera House Jersey, Channel Islands
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER	01 January 1959 Bolton Little Theatre	ROLE: Townsperson
ALADDIN Billie Brown	17 December 2004 Old Vic London	DIRECTOR: Sean Mathias ROLE: Widow Twankey
ALADDIN & HIS WONDERFUL LAMP Henry Marshall	26 December 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn and Donald Mackechnie ROLE: Tee Vee
THE ALCHEMIST Ben Jonson (adapted by Peter Barnes)	19 May 1977 Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon; Aldwych Theatre, London Stratford-upon-Avon; London	DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn ROLE: Face Society of West End Theatres (SWET) - Best Comedy Performance
ALL IN GOOD TIME Bill Naughton	08 October 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn ROLE: Arthur Fitton
AMADEUS Peter Shaffer	04 November 1980 Broadhurst New York	DIRECTOR: Peter Hall ROLE: Antonio Salieri Tony Drama Desk NY Drama League Outer Critics' Circle Award for Best Actor New York Drama League Delia Austrian Medal for Best Actor
THE AMOROUS PRAWN Anthony Kimmins	05 November 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Alan Gray ROLE: Larry Hoffman
THE APPLECART Bernard Shaw	28 October 1958 ADC Theatre Cambridge	DIRECTOR: Terrence Hardiman ROLE: King Magnus
ARMSTRONG'S LAST GOODNIGHT John Arden	06 July 1965 Chichester Festival Bristol; Nottingham; Chichester	ROLE: Protestant Evangelist
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Joseph Kesselring	12 March 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Alan Gray ROLE: Mortimer Brewster
Art Reflected mainly English poets and writers of prose	06 October 1968 Purcell Room, South Bank London	DIRECTOR: Richard Marquand ROLE: Reader
ASHES David Rudkin	11 June 1975 Young Vic London	DIRECTOR: Ron Daniels ROLE: Colin
Atlantic Affairs	25 August 1976 Shakespeare Institute Stratford-upon-Avon	DIRECTOR: Roger Pringle
An Audience with Ian McKellen	04 May 2003 The Space Isle of Dogs, London

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
THE BACCHAE Euripides	29 April 1969 Liverpool Playhouse Liverpool	DIRECTOR: Antony Tuckey ROLE: Pentheus
THE BASHFUL GENIUS Harold Callen	12 February 1964 Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham	DIRECTOR: Frank Dunlop assisted by Richard Digby Day ROLE: Winifred Hutchins
THE BEAUTY CONTEST L Roe & G A C Sawtell	17 December 1953 Hopefield Miniature Theatre	DIRECTOR: L Roe ROLE: Rosie
BECKET Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill	11 September 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn ROLE: Gilbert Folliot, Bishop of London / First Baron
Before the Act Gay/Lesbian writers and composers	05 June 1988 Piccadilly Theatre London	DIRECTOR: Richard Eyre ROLE: Producer/Uncle Freddie
BENT (1979) Martin Sherman	03 May 1979 Royal Court and Criterion London	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn ROLE: Max Society of West End Theatres (SWET) - Best Actor
BENT (1989)	25 June 1989 Adelphi Theatre London	ROLE: Max
BENT (1990)	19 January 1990 Lyttelton and Garrick London	DIRECTOR: Sean Mathias ROLE: Max
THE BIG CONTRACT Barry England	13 May 1963 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: Anthony Richardson ROLE: Robin Green
THE BIG KILLING Philip Mackie	22 October 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Donald MacKechnie ROLE: Gavin Cole
BILLY'S LAST STAND Barry Hines	30 June 1970 Theatre Upstairs: Royal Court London	DIRECTOR: Michael Wearing ROLE: Darkly
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY Harold Pinter	24 January 1961 ADC Theatre Cambridge	DIRECTOR: David Reid ROLE: Stanley Webber
BLACK COFFEE Agatha Christie	16 October 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: Brian Bell ROLE: Tredwell (the butler)
THE BRIDE COMES BACK Ronald Millar	12 February 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	ROLE: Joe Tilney

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA Bernard Shaw	14 August 1961 Playhouse Oxford	DIRECTOR: Waris Hussein ROLE: Achillas/Major-Domo
CAMINO REAL Tennessee Williams	27 November 1958 ADC Theatre Cambridge	DIRECTOR: John Tanfield ROLE: Survivor
CARDS OF IDENTITY Nigel Dennis	01 November 1960 ADC Theatre Cambridge	DIRECTOR: Corin Redgrave ROLE: Captain Mallet
CASTE T W Robertson	08 October 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn ROLE: Sam Gerridge
CELEBRATION Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall	13 November 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: Anthony Richardson ROLE: Stan Dyson
Celebrity Gala Recital	22 November 1976 Aldwych Theatre London
THE CHERRY ORCHARD Anton Chekov, translation by Mike Alfreds with Lilia Sokolov	10 December 1985 Cottesloe, London; His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen	DIRECTOR: Mike Alfreds ROLE: Lopakhin
THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Chicago)	05 May 1986 International Theatre Festival Chicago	DIRECTOR: Mike Alfreds ROLE: Lopakhin
CHILDREN'S DAY Vera I Arlett	21 June 1950 Wesleyan Hall Wigan	DIRECTOR: Miss Wilcock ROLE: Father
CHIP IN THE SUGAR Alan Bennett from “Talking Heads”	28 April 1990 Haymarket Theatre London	DIRECTOR: Sean Mathias
CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING Arnold Wesker	25 October 1970 UK Tour	DIRECTOR: Richard Cottrell ROLE: Corporal Hill
THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE George Colman & David Garrick	29 April 1975 Savoy London	DIRECTOR: Ian McKellen
CORIOLANUS (1963) William Shakespeare	12 December 1963 Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham	DIRECTOR: Tyrone Guthrie ROLE: Tullus Aufidius
CORIOLANUS (1984-5)	15 December 1984 Olivier London	DIRECTOR: Peter Hall ROLE: Coriolanus London Evening Standard Award - Best Actor
THE CORN IS GREEN Emlyn Williams	20 August 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn ROLE: Morgan Evans
THE COUNTRY WIFE William Wycherley	08 June 1961 ADC Theatre Cambridge	DIRECTOR: Tom Bussmann ROLE: Mr Pinchwife
COWARDICE Sean Mathias	04 July 1983 Ambassadors' Richmond, Bath, Brighton, London	DIRECTOR: Anthony Page ROLE: Boy
THE CRITIC Richard Brinsley Sheridan	12 September 1985 Olivier, Odeon, Blackstone London, Paris, Chicago	DIRECTOR: Sheila Hancock ROLE: Mr. Puff
THE CUT Mark Ravenhill	23 February 2006 Donmar London	DIRECTOR: Michael Grandage ROLE: Paul
CYMBELINE William Shakespeare	08 March 1960 Cambridge Arts Theatre	DIRECTOR: George Rylands ROLE: Posthumus

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
DANCE OF DEATH (Broadway) August Strindberg, new version by Richard Greenberg	18 September 2001 Broadhurst Theatre New York	DIRECTOR: Sean Mathias ROLE: Edgar
DANCE OF DEATH (London/Sydney) August Strindberg, new version by Richard Greenberg	20 February 2003 Lyric Shaftesbury Ave London	DIRECTOR: Sean Mathias ROLE: Edgar
DAVID COPPERFIELD (1962) Joan MacAlpine (from Charles Dickens novel)	04 December 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	ROLE: David
THE DAYS OF THE COMMUNE Bertolt Brecht, Translation by Clive Barker	01 November 1977 Aldwych Theatre London	DIRECTOR: Howard Davies ROLE: Langevin
DEUTSCHES HAUS Richard Cottrell	28 April 1959 ADC Theatre Cambridge, Arts Theatre Club London	DIRECTOR: Garry O'Connor ROLE: Harry
DOCTOR FAUSTUS (1954) Christopher Marlowe	28 October 1954 Hopefield Miniature Theatre	DIRECTOR: K J Haigh ROLE: Wagner
DR FAUSTUS Christopher Marlowe adapted by John Barton with the cast	12 August 1974 Edinburgh Festival and Aldwych Theatre Edinburgh, London	DIRECTOR: John Barton ROLE: Dr Faustus
DR FAUSTUS (Cambridge) Christopher Marlowe	25 July 1960 Cambridge Arts Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon Open Air Theatre Lyric Opera House Hammersmith, London	DIRECTOR: Michael Bakewell ROLE: The Pope/Scholar/Gluttony
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI John Webster	04 July 1985 Lyttelton, Blackstone London, Chicago	DIRECTOR: Philip Prowse ROLE: Bosola
THE DUENNA Richard Brinsley Sheridan adapted by Lionel Harris, Music by Julian Slade	09 June 1960 ADC Theatre Cambridge	DIRECTOR: Corin Redgrave ROLE: Father Paul

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
Eagle in New Mexico D.H. Lawrence	20 July 1980 Paolo Soleri Theatre Santa Fe, New Mexico USA	DIRECTOR: Patrick Garland
EDWARD II Christopher Marlowe	28 August 1969 Edinburgh Festival, UK and European tours, Mermaid Theatre and Piccadilly Theatre.	DIRECTOR: Toby Robertson ROLE: Edward II
END OF CONFLICT Barry England	27 November 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: Anthony Richardson ROLE: Simon Mason
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (London) Henrik Ibsen, version by Christopher Hampton	19 September 1997 Olivier Theatre London	DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn ROLE: Dr. Tomas Stockmann
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (Los Angeles)	22 July 1998 Ahmanson Theater The Music Centre Los Angeles	DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn ROLE: Dr. Tomas Stockmann
THE ERPINGHAM CAMP Joe Orton	01 April 1972 Palace Theatre Watford	DIRECTOR: Ian McKellen ROLE: Director
ESCAPADE Roger McDougall	06 October 1956 Chorley Old Road Congregational Church Hall	DIRECTOR: Anthony Clarke ROLE: L W Daventry
An Evening of Free Greek Music & Drama Devised by Minos Volonakis	26 April 1970 Royal Albert Hall London	DIRECTOR: Minos Volonakis
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR Tom Stoppard with music by Andr� Previn	01 July 1977 Royal Festival Hall London	DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn ROLE: Alexander
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR (1982) Tom Stoppard with music by Andr� Previn	24 June 1982 Barbican Concert Hall	DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn ROLE: Alexander

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
FRIAR BACON & FRIAR BUNGAY (1953) Robert Greene	24 March 1953 Bolton School Great Hall	DIRECTOR: Frank Greene ROLE: Margaret
FRIAR BACON AND FRIAR BUNGAY Robert Greene	25 July 1960 Cambridge Arts Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon Open Air Theatre Lyric Opera House Hammersmith, London	DIRECTOR: Michael Bakewell ROLE: Lacy, Earl of Lincoln

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
THE GAZEBO Alec Coppell	24 September 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn ROLE: Elliot Nash
Gran Gala Per L'Europa	11 June 1979 Teatro Lirico Milan

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
HAMLET William Shakespeare	23 March 1971 UK/European Tour	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn ROLE: Prince Hamlet
Happy Returns	20 March 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	ROLE: various (singing & dancing)
HENCEFORWARD… Alan Ayckbourn	21 November 1988 Vaudeville Theatre London	DIRECTOR: Alan Ayckbourn ROLE: Jerome
HENRY IV PART 2 (1956) William Shakespeare	19 March 1956 Bolton School	DIRECTOR: Frank Greene ROLE: Prince Hal
HENRY IV PART 2 (Cambridge) William Shakespeare	10 March 1959 Cambridge Arts Theatre	DIRECTOR: John Barton ROLE: Justice Shallow
HENRY V (1957) William Shakespeare	25 March 1957 Bolton School	DIRECTOR: Frank Greene ROLE: King Henry V
HENRY V (1963) William Shakespeare	05 February 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn ROLE: King Henry
HENRY VI PARTS 2 AND 3 (Cambridge) William Shakespeare condensed and directed by Corin Redgrave	14 March 1961 Cambridge Arts Theatre	ROLE: King Henry
Holocaust Memorial Day	27 January 2001 Westminster Central Hall
Homage to Neruda Pablo Neruda	27 April 1978 University of London: Senate House	ROLE: Narrator
THE HOPEFUL TRAVELLERS G-M Martens & A O Bey	16 November 1953 Bolton Little Theatre	DIRECTOR: Arthur B Hilton ROLE: Demon
How Dare We!	16 January 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	ROLE: various (singing, dancing, clowning)

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
I, JOHN BROWN John Hall	16 July 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn ROLE: Andrew Acre
THE IRREGULAR VERB TO LOVE Hugh and Margaret Williams	23 April 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: Geoffrey Edwards ROLE: Andrew Rankin
IS THERE HONEY STILL FOR TEA? Roger Rees (Anthology compiler)	18 July 1978 Small Scale tour of UK Horsham, Tunbridge Wells, Poole, Portsmouth, Canterbury, Peterborough, Bury St. Edmunds, Ipswich, Edinburgh, Stirling, Dunfermline, Paisley, Dewsbury, Sheffield, Oldham, Milton Keynes, Exmouth, Redruth, Plymouth, Torrington, Frome, Blandford Forum	ROLE: Producer / Actor

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
THE JOURNALISTS (rehearsed reading) Arnold Wesker	13 July 1975 Jackson’s Lane Community Centre	DIRECTOR: Arnold Wesker ROLE: The Editor

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
THE KEEP (1962) Gwyn Thomas	19 November 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn
KING JOHN John Barton, adapted & re-worked from the play of Shakespeare and other sources	09 January 1975 Aldwych Theatre London	DIRECTOR: John Barton ROLE: Philip The Bastard
KING LEAR (1974) William Shakespeare	02 February 1974 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Wimbledon Theatre, UK Tour	DIRECTOR: David William ROLE: Edgar NY Drama Desk Award for WOOD DEMON & KING LEAR
KING LEAR (1990) William Shakespeare	26 June 1990 Lyttleton London	DIRECTOR: Deborah Warner ROLE: The Earl of Kent
KING LEAR (2007) William Shakespeare	01 March 2007 The Courtyard Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon	DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn ROLE: King Lear
KING LEAR (2017) William Shakespeare	22 Seotenber 2017 The Minerva Theatre Chichester	DIRECTOR: Jonathan Munby ROLE: King Lear
King's Parade	17 November 1996 Theatre Royal Haymarket London	DIRECTOR: Shevaun Wilder
A KNIGHT OUT AT THE LYCEUM Anthology with commentary by Ian McKellen	21 June 1994 Lyceum Theatre New York
A KNIGHT OUT AT THE MARKET THEATRE	25 September 1994 Market Theatre Johannesburg
A KNIGHT OUT (1994)	13 November 1994 Theatre Royal; Rep; Lyceum Brighton, Burmingham, Edinburgh
A KNIGHT OUT (1995)	23 January 1995 Tesson Civic Theatre; Playhouse; Theatre on the Bay Johannesburg; Durban; Capetown
A KNIGHT OUT IN THE EAST END	08 November 1996 St Paul's Arts Centre London E 14
A KNIGHT OUT IN BRUSSELS	10 January 1997 Theatre du Residence Palace Brussels
A KNIGHT OUT IN LOS ANGELES	12 May 1997 Los Angeles Theatre Centre Los Angeles	DIRECTOR: Gregory Cooke
A KNIGHT OUT (Vancouver 2002) Anthology with commentary by Ian McKellen	10 November 2002 Vancouver Playhouse Vancouver, BC Canada
A KNIGHT OUT IN LOS ANGELES (2006) Anthology	23 July 2006 Freud Playhouse UCLA	DIRECTOR: Ed Wilson
A KNIGHT AT THE CRUCIBLE	14 December 2009 Crucible Theatre Sheffield
KNOTS R D Laing, devised and staged by Edward Petherbridge	18 December 1973 Edinburgh '73, Shaw London, BAM	DIRECTOR: Edward Petherbridge

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
THE LARK Jean Anouilh, translated by Christopher Fry	01 August 1961 Cambridge Arts Theatre, Playhouse Oxford	DIRECTOR: Roger Jenkins ROLE: Warwick
LES MEURTRES CHEZ LE COIFFEUR Strachan Turnbull	27 November 1952 Hopefield Miniature Theatre	DIRECTOR: Ken Haigh ROLE: Mari de La Dame
THE LIFE IN MY HANDS Peter Ustinov	08 January 1964 Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham	DIRECTOR: Denis Carey ROLE: John Bogle
A LILY IN LITTLE INDIA Donald Howarth	22 November 1965 Hampstead Theatre Club and St Martin's London	DIRECTOR: Donald Howarth ROLE: Alvin Hanker
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Eugene O'Neill	18 June 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn ROLE: Edmund Tyrone
LOVE'S LABOURS Clive Swift, Richard Cottrell, Corin Redgrave, and John Fortune adapted from William Shakespeare's "Love's Labours Lost"	01 May 1959 ADC Theatre Lyric Opera House Hammersmith, London	DIRECTOR: John Tydeman ROLE: Holofernes
LULLABY OF PARK STREET Tom Vernon	10 June 1960 ADC Cambridge	ROLE: Apple-voiced juvenile
LUTHER John Osborne	09 April 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn ROLE: Martin Luther

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
MACBETH William Shakespeare	09 July 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
MACBETH, ACT V (1958) William Shakespeare	01 June 1958 Bolton Middle School	DIRECTOR: Ian McKellen ROLE: Producer/Director
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Robert Bolt	04 September 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: David Forder ROLE: William Roper
THE MAN OF DESTINY / O'FLAHERTY VC Bernard Shaw	14 September 1966 Mermaid London	DIRECTOR: Robert Kidd (MOD) / Peter Gill (OFVC) ROLE: Corporal Napoleon/Private O'Flaherty V.C.
THE MARQUIS OF KEITH Frank Wedekind	19 November 1974 Aldwych Theatre London	DIRECTOR: Ronald Eyre (and translator) ROLE: The Marquis of Keith
THE MAYOR OF ZALAMEA Pedro Calderon de la Barca, translated by David Brett	11 March 1964 Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham	DIRECTOR: John Neville ROLE: Captain Don Alvaro
Midnight Matinee	10 November 1961 Coventry Theatre
A MISERABLE AND LONELY DEATH Norman Fenton and Jon Blair	05 February 1978 Donmar Warehouse, Aldwych Theatre London	DIRECTOR: Walter Donohue ROLE: Kentridge
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY Ivan Turgenev, translated by Constance Garnett	03 February 1959 ADC Theatre Cambridge	DIRECTOR: Jocelyn Powell ROLE: Beliaev
MR. PICKWICK Stanley Young (adapted from Charles Dickens novel)	06 December 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: Brian Bell ROLE: Mr. Snodgrass
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1962) William Shakespeare	06 March 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: Graham Crowden ROLE: Count Claudio
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1965)	16 February 1965 Old Vic London	DIRECTOR: Franco Zeffirelli ROLE: Claudio

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
NAPOLI MILIONARIA Eduardo De Filippo, version by Peter Tinniswoode	27 June 1991 Lyttelton London	DIRECTOR: Richard Eyre ROLE: Gennaro
A Night for Nicaragua	13 January 1985 Piccadilly Theatre London
NO MAN'S LAND Harold Pinter	03 August 2013 Berkeley Rep	DIRECTOR: Sean Mthias ROLE: Spooner
NOAH Andre Obey	04 June 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: Anthony Richardson ROLE: Shem

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
OTHELLO William Shakespeare	09 August 1989 The Other Place, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon; The Young Vic, London	DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn ROLE: Iago London Evening Standard Award - Best Actor London Critics' Circle Award - Best Actor
OTHELLO (1955) William Shakespeare	21 March 1955 Bolton School	ROLE: Montano

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
PARADISE PERPLEXED F Sladen-Smith	31 October 1953 Bolton Little Theatre	DIRECTOR: Sylvia M Smith ROLE: Ticukapelli
PETER PAN J M Barrie	16 December 1997 Olivier Theatre London	DIRECTOR: John Caird ROLE: Mr. Darling/Captain Hook
PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY Henrik Ibsen	27 July 1977 Aldwych Theatre London	DIRECTOR: John Barton ROLE: Karsten Bernick Society of West End Theatres (SWET) - Best Actor
PRESENT LAUGHTER Noël Coward	10 December 1998 West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds	DIRECTOR: Malcolm Sutherland ROLE: Garry Essendine
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE Jay Presson Allen	20 May 1969 Liverpool Playhouse Liverpool	DIRECTOR: Ian McKellen ROLE: Director
A PRIVATE MATTER Ronald Mavor	15 January 1973 Vaudeville London	DIRECTOR: Ian McKellen
Promenaid	15 January 1989 Haymarket Theatre London
THE PROMISE (My Poor Marat) Aleksei Arbuzov, translated by Ariadne Nicolaeff	21 November 1966 Oxford Playhouse London	DIRECTOR: Frank Hauser ROLE: Leonidik
THE PROMISE (1967)	17 January 1967 Fortune Theatre London	DIRECTOR: Frank Hauser ROLE: Leonidik
THE PROMISE (Broadway)	03 November 1967 Henry Miller’s New York	DIRECTOR: Frank Hauser ROLE: Leonidik
THE PUBLIC EYE Peter Shaffer	10 September 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn ROLE: Julian Christoforou

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND Tom Stoppard	01 February 1972 Phoenix Leicester	DIRECTOR: Ian McKellen
THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND Tom Stoppard	12 September 1985 Olivier, Odeon, Blackstone London, Paris, Chicago	DIRECTOR: Tom Stoppard ROLE: Inspector Hound
Recital of poems by Yevgeni Yevtushenko	22 September 1976 Royal Festival Hall London
THE RECRUITING OFFICER George Farquhar	06 October 1970 UK Tour	DIRECTOR: Richard Cottrell ROLE: Captain Plume
A Restoration Gala Readings	24 April 2005 Royal Theatre Bury St Edmunds
RICHARD II William Shakespeare	01 November 1968 UK Tours, Edinburgh Festival, European tours, Mermaid Theatre and Piccadilly Theatre.	DIRECTOR: Richard Cottrell ROLE: Richard II
RICHARD III	25 June 1990 Lyttelton London	DIRECTOR: Richard Eyre ROLE: King Richard Society of West End Theatres (SWET) Award for Best Actor
RICHARD III (US Tour) William Shakespeare	20 May 1992 US Tour New York, Washington, St. Paul, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles	DIRECTOR: Richard Eyre ROLE: King Richard
ROMEO AND JULIET (1976) William Shakespeare	29 March 1976 Stratford-upon-Avon, Newcastle-upon Tyne, London	DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn ROLE: Romeo
RULING THE ROOST Georges Feydeau (“Le Dindon”)	22 August 1972 UK Tour/Edinburgh '72, Cambridge Arts, Wimbledon	DIRECTOR: Richard Cottrell (and adaptor) ROLE: Page-boy

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
SAINT'S DAY John Whiting	13 October 1959 ADC Theatre Cambridge	DIRECTOR: Geoffrey Reeves ROLE: Charles Heberden
SALAD DAYS Dorothy Reynolds & Julian Slade	30 July 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Alan Gray ROLE: Fosdyke/Nigel
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING David Brett from novel by Alan Sillitoe	15 April 1964 Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham	DIRECTOR: Frank Dunlop ROLE: Arthur Seaton
A SCENT OF FLOWERS James Saunders	30 September 1964 Duke of York's London	DIRECTOR: Shirley Butler ROLE: Godfrey Clarence Derwent Award as best supporting actor of the year - 50 pounds sterling from British Actors' Equity
THE SEAGULL (1962) Anton Chekov	29 January 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: Anthony Richardson ROLE: Konstantin
THE SEAGULL (1998) Anton Chekov translated by Tom Stoppard	29 October 1998 West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds	DIRECTOR: Jude Kelly ROLE: Dr. Dorn
THE SEAGULL (2007) Anton Chekov	02 March 2007 The Courtyard Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon	DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn ROLE: Sorin
SEMI-DETACHED David Turner	08 June 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: Anthony Richardson ROLE: Tom Midway
SERJEANT MUSGRAVE’S DANCE John Arden	24 September 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn ROLE: Private Sparky
Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations Concert	25 April 1976 Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon	ROLE: Narrator
SHORT LIST Michael Rudman	11 March 1983 Hampstead Theatre London, NW1	DIRECTOR: Mike Ockrent ROLE: Terry
A Show for Glasgay!	31 October 1993 The Citizens' Theatre Glasgow
SIR THOMAS MORE Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, Anthony Munday & William Shakespeare	10 June 1964 Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham	DIRECTOR: Frank Dunlop assisted by Richard Digby Day ROLE: More
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR Luigi Pirandello, translated by Frederick May	10 November 1959 ADC Theatre Cambridge	DIRECTOR: Garry O'Connor ROLE: The Son
SPRING 1600 Emlyn Williams	25 March 1952 Bolton Little Theatre	DIRECTOR: Cliff Aspinall ROLE: Jeremy
THE STARS BOW DOWN Gordon Daviot	22 March 1954 Bolton School	DIRECTOR: Frank Greene ROLE: Asnath, the High Priest's daughter
THE STORY OF RAHMAN Alan Cullen	03 January 1955 Bolton Little Theatre	DIRECTOR: Alan Cullen ROLE: Attendant
Strange Eventful History	02 February 1986 CAMBRIDGE ARTS THEATRE Cambridge
THE STRONG ARE LONELY Fritz Hochwaelder	24 March 1958 Bolton School	DIRECTOR: Frank Greene ROLE: Alfonso Fernandez
THE SWAN SONG Anton Chekov translated by Guy Sells	10 November 1971 Crucible Sheffield	DIRECTOR: David William ROLE: Vasily Vasilych Svetlovidov
THE SYNDICATE Eduardo De Filippo, version by Mike Poulton	21 July 2011 Minerva Theatre, Chichester, followed by UK tour	DIRECTOR: Sean Mathias ROLE: Don Antonio

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
THE TEMPEST William Shakespeare	28 January 1999 West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds	DIRECTOR: Jude Kelly ROLE: Prospero
TEN LITTLE N****RS Agatha Christie	02 April 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: Geoffrey Edwards ROLE: Anthony Marston
THEIR VERY OWN AND GOLDEN CITY Arnold Wesker	19 May 1966 Royal Court London	DIRECTOR: John Dexter and Bill Gaskill ROLE: Andrew Cobham Plays & Players' Most Promising Actor 1966
Thespian Tendencies	22 April 1990 Library Theatre Manchester
THE THREE ARROWS Iris Murdoch	17 October 1972 Arts Cambridge	DIRECTOR: Noel Willman ROLE: Prince Yoremitsu, a political prisoner
THREE MONTHS GONE Howarth Donald	01 July 1969 Liverpool Playhouse Liverpool	DIRECTOR: Ian McKellen
THE THREE SISTERS (Cambridge) Anton Chekov	27 July 1959 Cambridge Arts Theatre	DIRECTOR: John Barton ROLE: Tuzenbach
THREE SISTERS Anton Chekov translation by Richard Cottrell	28 July 1978 Small Scale tour of UK Horsham, Tunbridge Wells, Poole, Portsmouth, Canterbury, Peterborough, Bury St. Edmunds, Ipswich, Edinburgh, Stirling, Dunfermline, Paisley, Dewsbury, Sheffield, Oldham, Milton Keynes, Exmouth, Redruth, Plymouth, Torrington, Frome, Blandford Forum	DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn ROLE: Producer / Andrei
'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE John Ford	04 September 1972 UK Tour/Edinburgh '72, Cambridge Arts	DIRECTOR: David Giles ROLE: Giovanni
'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE (Wimbledon) John Ford	26 March 1974 Wimbledon Theatre	DIRECTOR: David Giles ROLE: Giovanni
To Cambridge With Love	28 November 1982 Barbican Theatre
TO DOROTHY A SON Roger McDougall	02 July 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	ROLE: voices off
TOAD OF TOAD HALL A A Milne (from Kenneth Graham’s novel)	23 December 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: Brian Bell ROLE: Chief Weasel
TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD Bernard Shaw	21 October 1975 Aldwych Theatre and The Globe London	DIRECTOR: Clifford Williams ROLE: The Burglar (Aubrey Bagot)
TRELAWNEY OF THE "WELLS" Arthur Wing Pinero	13 July 1965 Chichester Festival Bristol; Nottingham; Chichester	DIRECTOR: Desmond O'Donovan ROLE: Capt. de Foenix
A Tribute to Michael Redgrave	01 September 1985 Old Vic London
TWELFTH NIGHT Extract (1952) William Shakespeare	13 March 1952 Hopefield Miniature Theatre	ROLE: Malvolio
TWELFTH NIGHT (1958) William Shakespeare	12 May 1958 Bolton Little Theatre	DIRECTOR: George Sawtell ROLE: Sebastian
TWELFTH NIGHT (Cambridge) William Shakespeare	27 September 1960 Cambridge Arts Theatre	DIRECTOR: Waris Habibullah (Hussein) ROLE: Toby Belch
TWELFTH NIGHT William Shakespeare	13 July 1978 Small Scale Tour Horsham, Tunbridge Wells, Poole, Portsmouth, Canterbury, Peterborough, Bury St. Edmunds, Ipswich, Edinburgh, Stirling, Dunfermline, Paisley, Dewsbury, Sheffield, Oldham, Milton Keynes, Exmouth, Redruth, Plymouth, Torrington, Frome, Blandford Forum	DIRECTOR: John Amiel & Trevor Nunn ROLE: Producer / Sir Toby Belch

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
UNCLE VANYA Anton Chekov, version by Pam Gems	25 February 1992 Cottesloe London	DIRECTOR: Sean Mathias
UNDER MILK WOOD Dylan Thomas	26 February 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk	DIRECTOR: Robert Chetwyn ROLE: Mr Waldo, Cherry Owen, No-good Boyo, and First Drowned

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
VENICE PRESERV'D or A Plot Discovered Thomas Otway	12 April 1984 Lyttelton London	DIRECTOR: Peter Gill ROLE: Pierre

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
WAITING FOR GODOT Samuel Beckett	05 March 2009 Theatre Royal Haymarket London 26 October 2013 Cort Theatre Broadway	DIRECTOR: Sean Mathias ROLE: Estragon
THE WAY OF THE WORLD William Congreve	14 August 1973 UK Tour/Edinburgh '73, BAM, Wimbledon	DIRECTOR: David William ROLE: Lady Wishfort's Footman
WHEN WE ARE MARRIED J B Priestley	18 September 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: Brian Bell ROLE: Fred Dyson
THE WHITE LIARS / BLACK COMEDY Peter Shaffer	01 February 1968 Lyric London	ROLE: Tom/Harold Gorringe
THE WILD DUCK Henrik Ibsen, translated by Una Ellis-Fermor	03 October 1960 Cambridge Arts Theatre	DIRECTOR: David Reid ROLE: Hjalmar Ekdal
WILD HONEY Anton Chekov (Untitled First Play) adapted by Michael Frayn	19 July 1984 Lyttelton London	DIRECTOR: Christopher Morahan ROLE: Michael Platonov Society of West End Theatres (SWET) - Best Actor in a Revival
WILD HONEY (Broadway)	18 December 1986 Virginia Theater New York	DIRECTOR: Christopher Morahan ROLE: Michael Platonov Drama Desk Award Nomination: Outstanding Actor in a Play
THE WINTER'S TALE William Shakespeare	01 June 1976 RST Stratford-upon-Avon	DIRECTOR: John Barton, Barry Kyle, and Trevor Nunn ROLE: King Leontes
THE WONDER HAT Kenneth Sawyer Goodman & Ben Hecht	05 December 1953 Bolton Little Theatre	DIRECTOR: Elizabeth Lee ROLE: Pierrot
Won't You Charleston?	17 January 1977 Hilton Hotel Stratford-upon-Avon	DIRECTOR: Gillian Lynne
THE WOOD DEMON Anton Chekov, translated by Ronald Hingley	21 August 1973 UK Tour/Edinburgh '73, BAM, Wimbledon	DIRECTOR: David Giles ROLE: Kruschov (The Wood Demon)
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS Anthology with commentary by Ian McKellen	05 September 1976 UK Edinburgh, Belfast, Yorkshire	ROLE: Solo recital of favourite writings

Title/Writer	Opening Date/Place	Other Information
YOU NEVER CAN TELL Bernard Shaw	09 October 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry	DIRECTOR: David Forder ROLE: Philip Clandon

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