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PRESS NIGHTS PERFORMANCE VENUE 1961 12/01/1961 Ondine Aldwych Theatre, London 20/02/1961 The Devils Aldwych Theatre, London 19/03/1961 The Hollow Crown Aldwych Theatre, London 04/04/1961 Much Ado About Nothing Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 11/04/1961 Hamlet Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 24/05/1961 Richard III Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 04/07/1961 As You Like It Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 11/07/1961 Becket Aldwych Theatre, London 15/08/1961 Romeo and Juliet Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 13/09/1961 The Taming of the Shrew Aldwych Theatre, London 10/10/1961 Othello Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 05/12/1961 The Cherry Orchard Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 13/12/1961 Becket Globe Theatre, London 1962 10/01/1962 As You Like It Aldwych Theatre, London 01/02/1962 The Hollow Crown Aldwych Theatre, London 13/03/1962 Everything in the Garden New Arts Theatre Club, London. 19/03/1962 The Art of Seduction Aldwych Theatre, London 29/03/1962 The Caucasian Chalk Aldwych Theatre, London Circle 10/04/1962 Measure for Measure Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 12/04/1962 Nil Carborundum New Arts Theatre Club, London. 17/04/1962 A Midsummer Night's Royal Shakespeare Dream Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 23/04/1962 The Taming of the Shrew Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 09/05/1962 The Lower Depths New Arts Theatre Club, London. 29/05/1962 The Vagaries of Love Tour 01/06/1962 The Hollow Crown Tour 05/06/1962 Macbeth Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 07/06/1962 Afore Night Come New Arts Theatre Club, London 18/06/1962 Playing With Fire Aldwych Theatre, London 18/06/1962 The Collection Aldwych Theatre, London 04/07/1962 Women Beware Women New Arts Theatre Club, London. Cymbeline Royal Shakespeare 17/07/1962 Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 31/07/1962 The Empire Builders New Arts Theatre Club, London. 02/08/1962 A Penny for a Song Aldwych Theatre, London 20/08/1962 Troilus and Cressida Tour 27/08/1962 The Devils Tour 29/08/1962 Infanticide in the House of New Arts Theatre Club, Fred Ginger London. 04/09/1962 Curtmantle Tour 11/09/1962 The Comedy of Errors Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 09/10/1962 Curtmantle Aldwych Theatre, London 15/10/1962 Troilus and Cressida Aldwych Theatre, London 18/10/1962 The Devils Aldwych Theatre, London 06/11/1962 King Lear Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 07/12/1962 Doctor Faustus Conference Hall, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 07/12/1962 The Exception and the Conference Hall, Royal Rule Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 12/12/1962 King Lear Aldwych Theatre, London Royal Shakespeare 17/12/1962 The Hollow Crown Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 19/12/1962 The Comedy of Errors Aldwych Theatre, London 1963 07/01/1963 The Hollow Crown Tour 09/01/1963 The Physicists Aldwych Theatre, London Royal Shakespeare 02/04/1963 The Tempest Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon Royal Shakespeare 09/04/1963 Julius Caesar Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon Royal Shakespeare 15/04/1963 The Comedy of Errors Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 02/05/1963 King Lear Tour A Midsummer Night's 14/05/1963 Tour Dream 17/05/1963 The Physicists Tour A Midsummer Night's 13/06/1963 Aldwych Theatre, London Dream 21/06/1963 The Physicists Aldwych Theatre, London 16/07/1963 The Beggar's Opera Aldwych Theatre, London Royal Shakespeare 17/07/1963 Edward IV Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon Royal Shakespeare 17/07/1963 Henry VI Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon Royal Shakespeare 20/08/1963 Richard III Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon Royal Shakespeare 20/08/1963 The Wars of the Roses Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 25/09/1963 The Representative Aldwych Theatre, London Conference Hall, Royal 15/10/1963 Deathwatch Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Conference Hall, Royal 15/10/1963 Oedipus Rex Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Conference Hall, Royal 15/10/1963 On the High Road Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Conference Hall, Royal 26/11/1963 An Exercise in Movement Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Conference Hall, Royal 26/11/1963 Catiline Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Conference Hall, Royal Lament for the Death of a 26/11/1963 Shakespeare Theatre, Bullfighter Stratford-upon-Avon Conference Hall, Royal The Lower-Middle Class 26/11/1963 Shakespeare Theatre, Wedding Party Stratford-upon-Avon 11/12/1963 The Comedy of Errors Aldwych Theatre, London 30/12/1963 The Hollow Crown Tour 1964 11/01/1964 Edward IV Aldwych Theatre, London 11/01/1964 Henry VI Aldwych Theatre, London 11/01/1964 Richard III Aldwych Theatre, London 11/01/1964 The Wars of the Roses Aldwych Theatre, London LAMDA Theatre Club, 12/01/1964 Ars Longa Vita Brevis London LAMDA Theatre Club, 12/01/1964 By Jove London Hamlet (the Marowitz LAMDA Theatre Club, 12/01/1964 Hamlet) London LAMDA Theatre Club, 12/01/1964 Heathcliff London LAMDA Theatre Club, 12/01/1964 Scene London LAMDA Theatre Club, 12/01/1964 Spine London LAMDA Theatre Club, 12/01/1964 The Guillotine London LAMDA Theatre Club, 12/01/1964 The Public Bath London LAMDA Theatre Club, 12/01/1964 The Spurt of Blood London LAMDA Theatre Club, 12/01/1964 Theatre of Cruelty London LAMDA Theatre Club, 12/01/1964 Typewriter London 23/01/1964 The Comedy of Errors Tour 11/02/1964 King Lear Tour 20/02/1964 The Rebel Aldwych Theatre, London Royal Shakespeare 15/04/1964 Richard II Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon Royal Shakespeare 16/04/1964 Henry IV, Part 1 Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 16/04/1964 Henry IV, Part 2 Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon Donmar Rehearsal 04/05/1964 The Screens Theatre, London Royal Shakespeare 03/06/1964 Henry V Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 18/06/1964 The Birthday Party Aldwych Theatre, London 25/06/1964 Afore Night Come Aldwych Theatre, London 02/07/1964 Act Without Words Aldwych Theatre, London 02/07/1964 Expeditions One Aldwych Theatre, London 02/07/1964 No Why Aldwych Theatre, London 02/07/1964 Picnic on the Battlefield Aldwych Theatre, London 02/07/1964 The Keyhole Aldwych Theatre, London 02/07/1964 The Pedagogue Aldwych Theatre, London 09/07/1964 Endgame Aldwych Theatre, London Royal Shakespeare 29/07/1964 Henry VI Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 05/08/1964 Victor Aldwych Theatre, London Royal Shakespeare 12/08/1964 Edward IV Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon Royal Shakespeare 12/08/1964 Richard III Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon Royal Shakespeare 12/08/1964 The Wars of the Roses Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon The Persecution and Assassination of JeanPaul Marat As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of 20/08/1964 Aldwych Theatre, London Charenton Under the Direction of The Marquis de Sade (or Marat/Sade) 01/10/1964 The Jew of Malta Aldwych Theatre, London 29/10/1964 Eh? Aldwych Theatre, London The Merry Wives of 17/12/1964 Aldwych Theatre, London Windsor 1965 04/02/1965 Don't Make Me Laugh Aldwych Theatre, London 04/02/1965 Expeditions Two Aldwych Theatre, London If There Weren't Any 04/02/1965 Aldwych Theatre, London Blacks ... 04/02/1965 The Governor's Lady Aldwych Theatre, London 04/02/1965 The Wideawakes Aldwych Theatre, London 15/02/1965 The Comedy of Errors Aldwych Theatre, London 26/03/1965 The Homecoming Tour Royal Shakespeare 07/04/1965 Love's Labour's Lost Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon Royal Shakespeare 14/04/1965 The Jew of Malta Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon Royal Shakespeare 15/04/1965 The Merchant of Venice Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon Royal Shakespeare 19/05/1965 The Comedy of Errors Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 27/05/1965 Henry V Aldwych Theatre, London 03/06/1965 The Homecoming Aldwych Theatre, London Royal Shakespeare 01/07/1965 Timon of Athens Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 15/07/1965 Puntila Aldwych Theatre, London Royal Shakespeare 19/08/1965 Hamlet Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 25/09/1965 Theatregoround Tour 05/10/1965 The Hollow Crown Aldwych Theatre, London 19/10/1965 The Investigation Aldwych Theatre, London The Persecution and Assassination of JeanPaul Marat As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of 24/11/1965 Aldwych Theatre, London Charenton Under the Direction of The Marquis de Sade (or Marat/Sade) The Thwarting of Baron 11/12/1965 Aldwych Theatre, London Bolligrew The Playhouse, 12/12/1965 The Hollow Crown Nottingham 22/12/1965 Hamlet Aldwych Theatre, London The Persecution and Assassination of JeanPaul Marat As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of 27/12/1965 Tour Charenton Under the Direction of The Marquis de Sade (or Marat/Sade) 1966 19/01/1966 The Government Inspector Aldwych Theatre, London 19/02/1966 The Investigation Aldwych Theatre, London Royal Shakespeare 06/04/1966 Henry IV, Part 1 Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon Royal Shakespeare 06/04/1966 Henry IV, Part 2 Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon Royal Shakespeare 28/04/1966 Hamlet Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 25/05/1966 Tango Aldwych Theatre, London 09/06/1966 Days in the Trees Aldwych Theatre, London Royal Shakespeare 16/06/1966 Twelfth Night Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 22/06/1966 The Battle of Agincourt Tour 28/07/1966 The Meteor Aldwych Theatre, London Royal Shakespeare 11/08/1966 Henry V Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 22/08/1966 The Hollow Crown Tour 30/09/1966 The Proposal Tour Royal Shakespeare 05/10/1966 The Revenger's Tragedy Theatre, Stratford- uponAvon 13/10/1966 US Aldwych Theatre, London The Second Shepherds 17/10/1966 Tour Play 27/10/1966 Actor and Director Tour 02/11/1966 Staircase Aldwych Theatre, London 17/11/1966
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