Stage

1958/9

Joined The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry as Stage Hand and Acting Stage Manager.

1958

The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry.

Half In Earnest / Oscar Wilde / Footman
(Musical adaption) Arr. Vivian Ellis. (Stage debut)

St. Joan / G.B. Shaw / Courtier/Assessor

Nude with Violin / Noel Coward / Fabrice

Small Hotel / Rex Frost / Butcher

Room in the Paradise / Desmond Stewart / Brahim

On the Spot / Edgar Wallace / Patrolman Ryan/gangster/party guest

Major Barbara / G.B. Shaw / Charles Lomax. Dir. Clifford Williams

Uncle Dundo / Marko Fotez / Niko, a young man from Dubrovnic

Ferdinand the Matador / Leo Lehman / Policeman

A Christmas Carol / Charles Dickens / Wilkins/Ghost of Christmas Present

First production where he is listed in programme as Assistant Stage Manager, rather than General Stage Assistant!

Dec 1958-Jan 1959.

Out of the Frying Pan / C.E. Webber / Dave

1959

Belgrade Theatre.

Julius Caesar / W. Shakespeare / Marullus/Messala

Murder in the Cathedral / T.S. Eliot / Third Tempter/ Third Knight

Bridge of Sighs / Thomas Muschamp / Anton, a smuggler

Arsenic and Old Lace / Joseph Kesselring / Mortimer Brewster

Reluctant Heroes / Colin Morris / Tone. Dir. Graham Crowden

Roots / Arnold Wesker / Frankie Bryant

The Country Wife / Wycherley / Mr. Horner

Half the company then left to join a four week run of ‘Roots’ at the Royal Court Theatre, London, then on to the Duke of Yorks Theatre. This was A.H.’s London debut.

Royal Court Theatre/Duke of Yorks Theatre, London.

Roots / Arnold Wesker / Frankie Bryant

The Kitchen / Arnold Wesker / Magi

Belgrade Theatre, Coventry.

Trog / James Forsyth / Officer

Abraham Lincoln / John Drinkwater / Caleb Jennings/William Scott

Not in the Book / Arthur Watkyn / Timothy Gregg

Harvey / Mary Chase / Lyman Sanderson

Great Expectations / Charles Dickens / Pip as a Man Dec. 1959 – Jan. 1960.

Charley’s Aunt / Brandon Thomas / Jack Chesney

1960

Belgrade Theatre, Coventry.

The Spider’s Web / Agatha Christie / Oliver Costello

One More River / Beverley Cross / Jacko, a young seaman

Merchant of Venice / W. Shakespeare / Salarino. Dir. Clifford Williams

Never had it so Good / John Wiles / Lennie Breeds

This controversial play about Coventry went for a three week season, from March 8th to the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, invited by the Theatre Workshop Group run by Joan Littlewood. It returned for a one week run in Coventry on March 28th 1960.

I’m Talking About Jerusalem / Arnold Wesker / Dave Simmonds

Pygmalion / G.B. Shaw / Henry Higgins

The Wesker Trilogy went to London’s Royal Court Theatre. (A shortened version also went to Rome.)

Roots / A. Wesker / Frankie Bryant

I’m Talking About Jerusalem / A. Wesker / 1st Removal Man

Chicken Soup with Barley / A. Wesker / Monty Blatt

Theatre Royal, Windsor.

Five Finger Exercise/ Peter Schaffer/ Walter Langer

1961

The Royal Court Theatre, London.

The Changeling / Middleton & Rowley / Alonso De Piraquo

1962

The Pembroke Theatre, Croydon.

A Loss of Roses / William Inge / Kenny Baird

(followed by a short tour to Bournemouth, Hull and Bradford)

Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex. Inaugural season.

The Chances / Fletcher & Beaumont / Duke of Ferrara

The Broken Heart / John Ford / Nearchus

1963

The Mermaid Theatre, London.

Virtue in Danger / Musical based on Vanbrugh’s The Relapse / Loveless

(Also visited Oxford)

Strand Theatre, London. (Transfer)

Virtue in Danger / Vanbrugh / Loveless

The New Arts Theatre, London.

The Afternoon Men / Anthony Powell / Fotheringham

The Connaught Theatre, Worthing.

Rattle of a Simple Man/ Charles Dyer/ Percy (September 1963)

The Private Ear/ Peter Shaffer/ Ted

The Public Eye/ Peter Shaffer/ Julian Christoforou (October 1963)

(The Private Ear & The Public Eye were a Schaffer Double bill.)

1964

British Council Tour of Europe and South America.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream / W. Shakespeare / Lysander

The Merchant of Venice / W. Shakespeare / Bassanio

Haymarket Theatre, London.

Wings of a Dove / Henry James / Merton Denver

Taking over the part from August 17th 1964. (This was the third cast for the play).

1965

Phoenix Theatre, London.

A Heritage and its History / Ivy Compton-Burnett / Simon

(Also played at Oxford, Cambridge and Hull.)

Joined Nottingham Playhouse Theatre

(with Judi Dench and Edward Woodward.)

Measure for Measure / Shakespeare / Angelo

Richard II / Shakespeare / Bolingbroke

1966

Invited to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. ®=Revival. (T)=Transfer

Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

Twelfth Night / Shakespeare / Orsino

Henry V / Shakespeare / Burgundy

The Revengers Tragedy / Tourneur/Middleton / Lussurioso

1967

Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

The Revengers Tragedy ® / Tourneur/Middleton / Lussurioso

As You Like It / Shakespeare /Jacques

Aldwych, London.

As You Like It (T)/ Shakespeare / Jacques

(British Tour.)

The Relapse / Vanbrugh / Young Fashion

(Also played at Manchester.)

1968

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford.

King Lear / Shakespeare / Edgar

As You Like It ®/ Shakespeare / Jacques

Troilus and Cressida / Shakespeare / Achilles

Much Ado About Nothing / Shakespeare / Benedick

Pleasure and Repentence / compiled and directed by Terry Hands / Reader A

(Continued to perform this throughout his RSC career at many different venues.)

American Tour. (L.A.)

As You Like It ®/ Shakespeare / Jacques

1969

U.S.A. Tour.

Much Ado About Nothing ® / Shakespeare / Benedick

Aldwych Theatre, London.

Troilus and Cressida (T) / Shakespeare / Achilles

(Short European Tour - June/July 1969)

Much Ado About Nothing (T) / Shakespeare / Benedick

Bartholomew Fair / Jonson / Bartholomew Cokes

The Revengers Tragedy ® (T) / Tourneur/Middleton / Lussurioso

Dantons Death / Buchner / St. Just
(Cast, but never put on - cancelled production)

1970

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford.

Hamlet / Shakespeare / Hamlet

A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Shakespeare / directed by Peter Brook / Oberon/Theseus

(Brook's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' became a landmark in the stage history of Shakespearean productions.)

The Tempest / Shakespeare / Ceres

Theatre-go-round.

(Touring productions.)

Dr. Faustus / Marlowe / Mephistophilis

The Hollow Crown / John Barton / Reader

(Continued to perform this throughout his RSC career at many different venues.)

1971

Aldwych Theatre, London.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream® / Shakespeare / Oberon/Theseus

New York and North American Tour.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream® / Shakespeare / Oberon/Theseus

Aldwych Theatre, London.

Enemies / Gorki / Nikolai

The Man of Mode / Etherege / Dorimant

The Balcony / Genet / Envoy

1972

Aldwych Theatre, London.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream® / Shakespeare / Oberon/Theseus

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. (Not RSC).

Black and White Minstrels / C.P. Taylor / Cyril Jackson

World Tour.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream® / Shakespeare / Oberon/Theseus

1973

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, and Touring.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream® / Shakespeare / Oberon/Theseus

Hampstead Theatre, London. (Not RSC).

A Ride Across Lake Constance / Handke / Eric von Stroheim

Mayfair Theatre, London.

A Ride Across Lake Constance (T) / Handke

1974

Hampstead Theatre, London. (Not RSC).

Black and White Minstrels ® / C.P Taylor / Cyril Jackson

Royal Shakespeare Company.

Aldwych Theatre, London.

The Bewitched / Peter Barnes / Carlos II

1975

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford.

Henry V / Shakespeare / Henry V

(Book celebrating the production, with interviews, edited by Sally Beauman)

Henry IV part 1 / Shakespeare / Prince Hal

Henry IV part 2 / Shakespeare / Prince Hal

1976

Aldwych Theatre, London.

Henry V (T) / Shakespeare / Henry V

Henry IV part 1 (T) / Shakespeare / Prince Hal

Henry IV part 2 (T) / Shakespeare / Prince Hal

Wild Oats / O’Keeffe / Jack Rover

Tour of USA, Europe and Britain.

Henry V / Shakespeare / Henry V

Tyneside Theatre Co. Newcastle.

Comus / Milton / Comus

1977

Aldwych Theatre, London.

Wild Oats ® / O’Keeffe / Jack Rover

Picadilly Theatre, London.

Wild Oats (T) / O’Keeffe / Jack Rover

June ’77 onwards role played by Lewis Fiander, due to A.H’s Stratford commitments.

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford.

Wild Oats (T) / O’Keeffe / Jack Rover

Henry V ® / Shakespeare / Henry V

Henry VI part 1 / Shakespeare / Henry VI

Henry VI part 2 / Shakespeare Henry VI

Henry VI part 3 / Shakespeare Henry VI

Coriolanus / Shakespeare / Coriolanus

1978

Aldwych Theatre, London.

Henry V ® / Shakespeare / Henry V

Henry VI part 1. (T) / Shakespeare / Henry VI

Henry VI part 2 (T) / Shakespeare / Henry VI

Henry VI part 3 (T) / Shakespeare / Henry VI

Coriolanus / Shakespeare / Coriolanus

Also played all above roles in Newcastle Season, at Theatre Royal, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Feb 13 – Mar 25. 1978.

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford.

Antony and Cleopatra / Shakespeare / Antony.

The Other Place, Stratford.

Winter's Tale / - / Robert Catesby

1979

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford.

Wild Oats ® / O’Keeffe / Jack Rover

Theatre Royal, Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Wild Oats (T) / O’Keefe / Jack Rover

European Tour.

Coriolanus / Shakespeare / Coriolanus.

Book about this production, ‘Coriolanus In Europe’ by David Daniels.

Aldwych Theatre, London.

Antony and Cleopatra (T) / Shakespeare / Antony

Wild Oats ® / O’Keefe / Jack Rover

Children of the Sun / Gorky / Chepernoy

1980

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford.

Richard II / Shakespeare / Richard II

Richard III / Shakespeare / Richard III

1981

RST, Stratford.

The Swan Down Gloves / RSC Pantomime by Bille Brown / George, a Silent Dragon

The Other Place, Stratford.

The Forest / Ostrovsky / Neschastlivtsev

The Warehouse, London.

The Forest (T) / Ostrovsky / Neschastlivtsev….

Good / C.P. Taylor / Halder

Aldwych Theatre, London

Richard II (T)/ Shakespeare / Richard II

Richard III (T) / Shakespeare / Richard III

The Swan Down Gloves (T) / Bille Brown / George, a Silent Dragon

The Fortune Theatre, London.

Season in celebration of Royal Marriage.

The Hollow Crown / Pleasure and Repentence (devised by John Barton and Terry Hands) / Performer

Newcastle Season.

Richard II (T) / Shakespeare / Richard II

Richard III (T) / Shakespeare / Richard III

1982

Aldwych Theatre, London

Good (T) / C.P. Taylor / Halder

The Forest (T) / Ostrovsky / Nestchastlivtsev…

The Warehouse Theatre Festival

War Music / Christopher Logue / Alan Howard & C. Logue

Booth Theatre, New York, USA.

Good / C.P. Taylor / Halder

Then he left the RSC

1983

National Poetry Centre

Poetry by Robert Lowell / Reader / Recorded at the National Poetry Centre 10.5.83 (source National Sound Archive)

The Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.

Winter / David Mowatt / Geoffrey

(A season of plays that were 'performed' once as rehearsed readings from June 21st - July 15th. )

1984

Almeida Theatre, London – first season.

War Music (Narrative poem) / C. Logue / Alan Howard & C. Logue

British Council Tour of Greece and UK tour.

War Music / C. Logue / A. H. & C.L.

1985

The Mermaid Theatre, London.

Breaking The Silence / Poliakoff / Nikolai (Taking over from Daniel Massey for the West End run).

Another long break.

1990

Chichester Festival Theatre

The Silver King / Arthur Jones / Wilfred Denver

Minerva Studio Theatre, Chichester

Scenes From A Marriage / Ingmar Bergman / Johann

Wyndhams Theatre, London

Scenes From A Marriage (T) / Ingmar Bergman / Johann

1991

Theatre Royal, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Scenes From A Marriage (T) / Ingmar Bergman / Johann

Edinburgh Festival

The Dream Tent

Kings (Narrative poem) / C. Logue / A.H. & C. Logue

1992

Royal National Theatre, London.

Olivier Theatre (RNT)

Pygmalion / G.B. Shaw / Henry Higgins

Cottesloe Theatre (RNT)

Kings / C. Logue / A.H. & C. L.

Edinburgh Festival.

Rehearsed reading by members of RNT of The Secret Life by Harley Granville Barker.

1993

Olivier Theatre (RNT)

Macbeth / Shakespeare / Macbeth

1994

Lyttleton Theatre (RNT)

Les Parents Terribles / Cocteau / George

Royal Court Theatre

The Editing Process / Meredith Oakes / William

(developed in RNT’s Studio.)

1995

Lyttleton Theatre (RNT)

La Grande Magia / de Felippo / Calogero

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead / Stoppard / Player King

(Production toured UK and made a visit to Bulgaria and Ireland.)

British tour of Kings. (Not RNT)

1996

Olivier Theatre (RNT)

The Oedipus Plays / Sophocles – trans. Ranjit Bolt / Oedipus

Production directed by Sir Peter Hall, opened at the Athens Festival at Epidaurus, to great acclaim, then came home to open in the Olivier Theatre.

1997

The Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn. (Not with RNT)

Kings / C. Logue / A.H. & C.L.

The Peter Hall Company at The Old Vic.

Waiting For Godot / Samuel Beckett / Vladimir

King Lear / Shakespeare / King Lear

1998

Awarded C.B.E. in New Years Honours List

Olivier Theatre (RNT)

Flight / Bulgakov / Khludov

Almeida Theatre Company – World Premiere at Malvern, Worcestershire.

The Play About The Baby / Albee / Man

Almeida Theatre, London

The Play About The Baby (T) / Albee / Man

2000

Royal National Theatre/Sheffield Theatres – joint production, London and Touring

The Heiress / Ruth & Augustus Goetz (adptd from ‘Washington Square’By Henry James) / Dr. Sloper

2001

Almeida Theatre, at Kings Cross, London.

Lulu / Frank Wedekind / Adapted by Nicholas Wright /Dr Schöning

The Kennedy Centre, Washington, USA

Lulu / Frank Wedekind / Adapted by Nicholas Wright /Dr Schöning

2002

The Gate Theatre, Dublin.

Gates of Gold / Frank McGuinness / Gabriel

Newcastle Playhouse

Keepers of the Flame / Sean O'Brien / Richard Jameson
Rehearsed reading, October 12th 2002.

2003

ICA, London

Age: 5300 days. Lolita Talks:
Thu 03 Apr 2003.
Reading - from Lolita

Live Theatre, Newcastle / RSC

Keepers of the Flame / Sean O'Brien / Richard Jameson
(Joint production with the RSC.)

2004

Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto, Canada

The Hollow Crown / Devised by John Barton / Reader
(Joint production with the RSC)

The 16th Aldeburgh Poetry Festival

6.11.04.
Doing The Inferno / Verse Play: A rehearsed reading by professional actors of a brand new two-hander from Sean O'Brien, specially commissioned by the Festival. Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh.

2005

The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

The Hollow Crown / Devised by John Barton / Reader

2008

Orpheus Explored, 15th May 2008, Queen Elizabeth Hall. Director Jonathan Holmes in a collaboration with The Sixteen and Sir Harry Christophers, Edward Bond and Hans Werner Henze, featuring Alan Howard and Virginia McKenna: Associate Artists at Southbank Centre

The National Theatre, London

Oedipus / Sophocles - new version by Frank McGuinness / Teiresias /
8.10.08 until 4.1.09.

2011

The Barbican

The School For Scandal / Richard Brinsley Sheridan / Sir Peter Teazle

2012

Spitalfields Music Festival

Film/Radio & Television.

Film.

Victim / 1961 / Frank (Debut)

The Password is Courage / 1962 / Escapee

The V.I.Ps / 1963 / Reporter

The Americanisation of Emily / 1964 / Port Ensign

The Heroes of Telemark / 1965 / Oli

Work is a Four Letter Word / 1968 / Reverend Mort

Royal Flash / 1975 / Cameo role as Tom Perceval

Oxford Blues / 1984 / Simon Routledge

The Return of the Musketeers / 1989 / Oliver Cromwell

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover / 1989 / Michael (The Lover).

Strapless / 1989/90 / Mr. Cooper

Dakota Road / 1991 / Alan Brandon

The Secret Rapture / 1994 / Tom French

Soup / No UK release date yet / God

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring / 2001 / The Voice of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers/ 2002 / The Voice of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King / 2003 / The Voice of the Ring

Television.

1960s

Emergency Ward 10 / ITV / Jul. 11th & Jul. 14th 1961

Role - Colin Mower

Harriet / ITV / Aug. 15th 1961

Role - Lewis Oman

Philoctetes / BBC / 3 parts (Schools Television) beginning 19 Sept. 1961 (+ Repeats)

Role - Neoptolemus

The Bacchae / BBC / 2 parts (Schools Television) beginning 15 Oct. 1962 (+ Repeats)

Role - Part 1, The Guard, Part 2, The Messenger.

‘Heart to Heart’ - play by Terence Rattigan / BBC / Dec. 6th 1962

Role - Parliamentary Private Secretary.

Maigret Series “The Amateur” / BBC / 17 Dec. 1962

Tales of Mystery and Imagination series ‘The Eavesdropper’ / ATV / 14th Feb 1963

Role – Jim Shorthouse.

The Move After Checkmate / ITV / May 2nd 1966

Role - Det. Con. Morton.

One Day It Could Be Different / ITV / Dec. 17th 1966

Role - Nicholas.

The Willow House School / BBC2 / Feb. 26th 1967

Theophilus St. James

1970s

The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827 / BBC 2 / 3 parts beginning 31 May 1970 / Narrator

In Search of the Real Che Guevara / BBC 1 / 16 November 1971 / Narrator

Notorious Woman / BBC / 3 Nov. 1974 / Prosper Merimee

Comet Among the Stars / ITV / 10 Dec. 1974 / Fred Banting

Churchill’s People / BBC / Jan 1975 / Alfred the Great

The Way of the World / ITV (Thames) / 5 Mar. 1975 / Mirabel

RST Centenary Service / ITV / 29 June 1975 / Reader

Anyone for Tennyson / PBS, USA / 1976 / Shakespeare

Night of 100 Stars / ITV / 5 June 1977 / Reading excerpt from Henry V

South Bank Show

‘The Player King’ / LWT / 28 Jan. 1978 / Profile of Alan Howard.

South Bank Show

Word of Mouth. / LWT / 9 & 16 Dec 1979 / Led by John Barton. (RSC Workshops)

1980s

Spy Series
Cover – Episode 1 / ITV (Thames) / 20 Jan. 1981 / Cragoe (6 episodes).

A Working Faith / Ch. 4. / 10 Sept. 1983 / Bible Readings.

Playing Shakespeare Series
In 9 parts, Channel 4. First part:- August 1984. (Made in 1982) / Took part in 5 programmes.

Coriolanus / BBC2 / Shakespeare / 21 Apr. 1984 / Coriolanus.

Talk to Me / BBC1 / 11 Dec. 1984 / Dr. Harris (aka ‘Hang-Ups’)

Poppyland / BBC2 / 13 Jan. 1985 / Clement Scott

South Bank Show - Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex / ITV / 3 Feb. 1985 / Narrator.

The Holy Experiment / BBC2 / 21 Apr. 1985 / Fr.Provincial S J.

A Better Class of Person / ITV (Thames) / 1 July 1985 / Mr. Osborne (aka Too Young To Fight, Too Old To Forget).

Unnatural Causes series.
Evensong / ITV / 20 Dec. 1986 / Grahame

The Return of Sherlock Holmes series.
The Priory School / ITV (Granada) / Duke of Holderness

Life Story / BBC2 / 27 Apr. 1987 / Maurice Wilkins
(The Double Helix Horizon Special)

A Perfect Spy / BBC2 / Nov-Dec 1987 / Jack Brotherhood (7 episodes.)

Kimberley Carlile / Channel 4 / December 1987
(Channel 4 Despatches)

The Hope of Progress / BBC2 / Horizon / 16 May 1988 / Narrator

Evil / Ch. 4. / 3 parts beginning 15 June 1988 / Narrator.

Zen and the Art of TV Manufacture / Ch. 4. / Equinox 7 August 1988 / Narrator.

The Dog it was that Died / Ch. 4 / 1 Jan. 1989 / Rupert Purvis

Poirot series.
The Dream / ITV / 19 Mar. 1989 / Hugo Cornworthy

Frederick Forsyth Presents... series. ITV / Nov – Dec 1989 / Sam Macready
Just Another Secret
A Casualty of War
Pride and Extreme Prejudice

1990s

Frederick Forsyth Presents ..... series. ITV Nov-Dec 1990 Sam Macready
A Little Piece of Sunshine
Death has a Bad Reputation
The Price of the Bride

Light the Darkness / BBC / May1991 / Reading (Amnesty International programme)

Jute City / BBC1 / Oct-Nov 1991 / Lord Muircross (3 episodes)

The CIA / BBC 1 / 6 parts beginning 24 June 1992 / Narrator

Witchcraft / BBC2 / 14 &16 Dec 1992 / Alan Oakfield (2 episodes)

Anna Lee:
Headcase / ITV / 10 Jan 1993 / Rodney Hahn

No Bananas / BBC1 / May – July 1996 / Sir Cecil Mortimer (in 7 out of 10 episodes).

London Evening Standard Drama Awards November 1997 Appearance

2000s

David Copperfield / TNT. / 05-10 - 2000 / Mr. Spenlow

Midsomer Murders:
Dark Autumn/ITV / 16 Sept 2001 / Owen August

NCS: Manhunt/ BBC1 / 11 & 12 March 2002 / Richard Baillieu

Death In Holy Orders / BBC1 / 23rd & 24th August 2003 / Father Sebastian Morell

Foyle's War II / ITV / November 2003 / Stephen Beck

Parade's End / BBC2 / August 2012 / Tietjens sr.

Radio

Roots by A. Wesker / BBC Home Service / 9 April 1962 / Frankie Bryant

(+ Repeats)

Beatrice and Benedict by Hector Berlioz / R3 / 31 July 1969 / Benedict (the spoken part) / from The Proms

Sladek, The Black Militiaman by O.von Horvath / R3 / 6 Feb.1970 / Sladek

The Marquis of Keith by Frank Wedekind / R3 / 13 Feb. 1972 / The Marquis of Keith

A Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher Fry / BBC World Service / 20 or 21 Nov. 1976 / Tegeus-Chromis

Cry God for Harry by William Shakespeare / BBC World Service / In six parts beginning 26/27 Feb. 1977 (Parts 1 & 2 were an edited version of Henry IV 1, parts 3 & 4 and edited version of Henry IV 2, and parts 5 & 6 an edited version of Henry V.) / Prince Hal in parts 1-4, King Henry in parts 5 & 6.
(Repeated on BBC 7 / 20.3.05 - 24.4.05.)

No More A'Roving by John Whiting / R4 / 8 Dec. 1979 / Benedict

Interact by Sean Virgo / R3 / 1 Feb. 1980 / Reader

(Winner of the BBC's Short Story competition)

Troilus & Cressida by W. Shakespeare / R3 / 2 March 1980 / Thersites

A New Way To Pay Old Debts by Philip Massinger / BBC World Service / 19 April 1980 / Frank Welborne

War Music by C. Logue / R3 / April 1981 / Solo Performer

Desert Island Discs / R4 / 5 Dec 1981

Independence by Andrew Motion / R3 / 12 Feb. 1982 / Solo Performer

Storytime / The Canon In Residence by Victor L. Whitechurch / R4 / In 10 parts beginning 8 March 1982 / Reader

We Live So Fast (extracts from the diary of Henry Greville) / R3 / In 3 parts beginning 5 Oct. 1982 / Reader

Boris Godunov / R4 / 8 March 1984 / Boris Godunov

Rhinocéros / Ionesco / World Service / August 1984 / Berenger

With Great Pleasure / R4 / 27 July 1985 / Reader

Eroica by Peter Buchman / R3 / 16 Oct. 1985 / Gabriele D'Annunzio

Barne's People / The Perfect Pair by Peter Barnes / R3 / 27 Aug. 1986 / Dr Knox

Helbeck of Bannisdale dramatised by M. Wandor from the novel by Mrs Humphrey Ward / R4 / 28 March 1987 / Alan Helbeck

The Lovers of Viorne by Marguerite Duras / BBC World Service / 21 or 22 Jan. 1989 / The Interrogator

Little Love by S. Fagan / R4 / 28 May 1990 / Doctor Patience

The Forsyte Saga by Galsworthy / R4 / 1990/91 / Soames Forsyte

(Classic serial x 23 episodes)

Kings by C. Logue / R3 / 24 March 1991 / Solo Performer

The Peacock’s Tail / Play / R4 / 29 April 1991 / Paracelsus

Christopher Columbus by Louis MacNiece / R3 / 26 Jan.1992 / Columbus

Poetry Please / R4 / from 13 Aug 1992 / Performer (from the London Festival) with Juliet Stevenson / 2 parts

Stories in Verse / BBC World Service / 13/14 Aug. 1994 / Reader

Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett / R3 / 4 Sep. 1994 / Vladimir

(With Michael Maloney, Simon Russell Beale and Stratford John. Repeated 5 Sep 1999)

Poetry Please - A Celebration of T. S. Eliot. / R4 / In 3 parts beginning 22 Jan. 1995 / Performer

From Plato to the Present / R4 / 2 & 3 May 1995 / Performer

World War II Poetry / R4 / Apr.-May 1996 / Performer

A Doll’s House by Ibsen / R4 / Oct. 1995 / Dr. Rank

The Fleet's In - Charity Gala from Drury Lane / R2 / 2 Dec. 1995 / Reader

Oedipus by Sophocles / R3 / 24 Mar. 1997 / Oedipus (RNT production)

Oedipus & Oedipus At Colonus by Sophocles / R3 / 30 Mar. 1997 / Oedipus (RNT production translation by Ranjit Bolt)

Membra Jesu Nostri / R3 / Holy Week 1997 / Performer (7 poems at the end of cantatas for Holy Week, 22 – 28 March 1997)

Letters of Tchaikovsky / In Concert Readings / R3 / 7 Aug 1998

Book At Bedtime - Archangel / by Robert Harris / R4 / April 1999 / Reader (10 parts)

With Great Pleasure / Marina Warner / R4 / 8 July 1999 / Reader

The Dianeira by Timberlake Wertenbaker / R3 / 28 Nov.1999 / Heracles

Poetry Please - The Natural World / R4 / 3 Sept. 2000 / Reader

Poetry Please - Music / R4 / 10 Sept. 2000 / Reader

Poetry Please - The Weather / R4 / 17 Sept. 2000 / Reader

Conversations with Painters / R4 / 31 Oct 2001 / Leonardo da Vinci

Book of the Week - Things My Mother Never Told Me / by Blake Morrison / R4 / 30 Sept - 4 Oct 2002 / Reader (5 parts)

These Are The Times / by Trevor Griffiths / R4 / 26th July 2008 / Benjamin Franklin

Audio Recordings

Troilus and Cressida / Shakespeare / Paris / Caedmon / 1962

Titus Andronicus / Shakespeare / Lucius / Caedmon / 1966

She Stoops to Conquer/ Goldsmith / Young Marlow / Collins/Caedmon Audio Theatre / 1964 (Re-released on HarperCollins Audio Books)

Last of the Mohicans / Fenimore Cooper / Duncan Heyward / Caedmon / c1967

Victorian Poetry / Various / Reader / Caedmon / 1971

Pilgrim Saga / - / William Bradford / Caedmon 1971

Christopher Columbus: Chronicle of 1492 Martin Waldseemuller / Caedmon / 1971

Don Juan / Byron / Reader / BBC Study Tapes / c1974

Murder in the Cathedral / T.S. Eliot / 2nd Tempter & 2nd Knight / Argo / 1976

The Lotus Eater / Somerset Maughan / Reader

Troilus and Cressida / Shakespeare / Thersites / BBC Study Tapes / 1984

The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Priory School / Conan Doyle / Duke of Holdernesse / MCI / 1984

Possession / A.S. Byatt / Reader / Random Century Audio Books / 1991

Enigma / Robert Harris / Reader / Random House Audio Books / 1995

Timon of Athens / Shakespeare / Timon / Arkangel / 1999

Love's Labour's Lost / Shakespeare / Don Armado / 2001

The Pavilion on the Links / Robert Louis Stevenson / Reader / 2007 (mp3 download only)

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson / 2007 (mp3 download only)

Books with significant information.

Flashback RSC publication. Pictorial history of RSC. 1879 – 1979.

The Royal Shakespeare Company. by Sally Beauman. A History of Ten Decades. (1982)

The Royal Shakespeare Company by David Addenbrooke (1974)

25 Years of British Theatre (Celebration) published 1980.

Shakespeare’s Players / Judith Cook 1983 (Ch. On Henry VI)

Shakespeare in the Theatre / Richard David / 1978

Playing Shakespeare / John Barton / 1984

Coriolanus in Europe / David Daniell / 1980

The Making of A Midsummer Nights Dream / David Selbourne / 1982

A Midsummer Nights Dream / Ed. Glenn Loney / 1974. Authorized Acting Edition

RSC’s Centenary Production Of Henry V / Ed. Sally Beauman 1976

Understanding Hamlet / P Winders / 1975

The Masks of Hamlet / Marvin Rosenberg / 1992

As She Likes It / Penny Gay / 1994 (Shakespeare’s Unruly Women)

In One Person Many People / Liisa Hakola / 1988 (The Image of the King in Richard II )

The Mackenzies Called Compton / Lou Warwick / 1977 (The story of the Compton Comedy Company)

Themes in Drama:

1. Drama and Society / Ed. James Redmond / 1979 "Opening up the Text Shakespeare’s Henry VI Plays in Performance" by David Daniell.

2. Drama and Mimesis / Ed. James Redmond / 1980 (Peter Brook and Shakespeare by Richard Proudfoot.)

Representing Shakespeare / Robert Shaughnessy / 1994 (England, History and the RSC).

Shakespeare the Theatre Poet / Robert Hapgood / 1988

Magazines.

Shakespeare Quarterly

The Rediscovery of Henry VI / Vol. 29 1978

Shakespeare in Britain / 1970

Cahiers Elizabethan

Henry V / No. 12 Oct 1977

Henry VI parts 1,2,& 3

Over one day at the Aldwych.9.6.1978

Coriolanus Not sure which mag but obviously 1978

Thesis

Alan Howard: the study of the Ensemble Actor. / By Janet Claire Adams. / 1979.

This is available in the Shakespeare Centre Library at Stratford.

Theatre World.

November 1959 (Trog)

September 1959 (Roots).

May 1963 (Virtue in Danger).

June 1963 (Virtue in Danger).

October 1963 (Afternoon Men).

June 1965 (A Heritage and its History).

July 1965 (A Heritage and its History

Plays and Players.

April 1961 (Tony Richardson on The Changeling).

March 1962 (A Loss of Roses).

June 1963 (Virtue In Danger).

June 1965 (A Heritage and its History).

August 1967 (As You Like It).

October 1967 (The Relapse).

June 1968 (King Lear).

July 1968 (As You Like It).

September 1968 (Terry Hands in interview)

October 1968 (The Relapse/Troilus and Cressida).

January 1969 (Much Ado About Nothing).

August 1969 (Troilus and Cressida).

September 1969 (Alan Howard and Leonard Rossiter talk to Sheridan Morley).

January 1970 (1969 Awards/The Revengers Tragedy).

July 1970 (Hamlet).

August 1970 (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and, Dr. Faustus).

October 1970 (A Midsummer Night’s Dream).

January 1971 (Review of year)

February 1971 (A Pride of Hamlets).

September 1971 (Enemies).

November 1971 (Man of Mode).

August 1972 (The Black and White Minstrels, C.P. Taylor)

September 1972 (Trevor Nunn/Christopher Morley in Interview, + pics).

January 1974 (The Ride Across Lake Constance).

May 1974 (The Bewitched).

June 1974 (The Bewitched)

July 1974 (The Bewitched).

August 1974 (The Bewitched).

June 1975 (Henry V).

July 1975 (Henry V etc)

September 1975 (Henry IV part 2).

February 1977 (Wild Oats).

September 1977 (Henry VI parts 1,2,& 3).

October 1977 (The RSC Today).

December 1977 (Coriolanus).

January 1978 (Clifford Williams’ Green Room/Awards).

December 1978 (Antony and Cleopatra).

December 1979 (Children of the Sun).

November 1981 (Good).

December 1981 (Awards)

January 1982 (Picture of A.H. as R. III)

February 1982 (R. II & R. III).

April 1982 (The Forest).

March 1985 (Poppyland review).

June 1988 (Snippet announcing cast for The Dog it was that Died).

October 1990 (The Silver King).

December 1990 (Forsyte Saga, Radio 4).

Dec ‘91/Jan 1992 (C.P.Taylor remembered).

June 1992 (Pygmalion)

December 1992 (Kings)

May 1993 (Macbeth).

May 1994 (Les Parents Terribles).

January 1995 (The Editing Process).

September 1995 (La Grande Magia).

February 1996 (R and G are Dead).

October 1996 (The Oedipus Plays).

April 1998 (Flight)

October 1998 (The Play About the Baby).

Plays International.

April 1990 (Chichester’s New Broom).

September 1990 (The Silver King).

Dec. 1990/Jan 1991 (Scenes from a Mariage)

May 1992 (Pygmalion).

June 1993 (Macbeth).

September 1995 (La Grande Magia).

February 1996 (R & G are Dead).

September 1996 (Peter Hall on ‘The Oedipus Plays’).

November 1996 (The Oedipus Plays).

September 1997 (Waiting for Godot).

October 1997 (picture of A.H. and B.K. in Waiting for Godot)

November 1997 (King Lear).

Feb/March 1998 (Flight).

October 1998 (The Play About the Baby).

(Thanks to Marion Hudson for additional information and some corrections!)
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