Robert Stephens

Sir Robert Graham Stephens was a leading English actor in the early years of Britain’s Royal National Theatre. He was one of the most respected actors of his generation and was at one time regarded as the natural successor to Laurence Olivier.

Past productions

King Lear, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company 31^st May 1994 (press night), Barbican Theatre, London.
King Lear, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company 21^st (press night) – 26^th February 1994, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
King Lear 1993 – 1994, Barbican Theatre, London.
King Lear, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company 20^th May 1993 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
King Lear 1992 – 1993, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Sir John Falstaff, Henry IV, Part 2, Royal Shakespeare Company 7^th May 1992 (press night), Barbican Theatre, London.
Sir John Falstaff, Henry IV, Part 1, Royal Shakespeare Company 31^st March 1992 (press night), Barbican Theatre, London.
Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company 10^th (press night) – 14^th March 1992, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Sir John Falstaff, Henry IV, Part 2, Royal Shakespeare Company 21^st (press night) – 29^th February 1992, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Sir John Falstaff, Henry IV, Part 1, Royal Shakespeare Company 17^th (press night) – 29^th February 1992, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar 1991 – 1992, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Henry IV, Parts I & II 1991 – 1992, Barbican Theatre, London.
Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company 30^th October 1991 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Sir John Falstaff, Henry IV, Part 2, Royal Shakespeare Company 30^th May 1991 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Sir John Falstaff, Henry IV, Part 1, Royal Shakespeare Company 16^th April 1991 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Henry V 1989 – 1990, Film Version.
Carleton Fitzgerald, Light Up the Sky, Bill Kenwright Ltd 20^th August – 19^th October 1985, The Old Vic, London and Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead.
Euphoria, Cinderella, National Theatre started 10^th December 1983, National Theatre – Lyttelton, National Theatre.
Pasquale Cimmaruta; T/O Alberto Saporito, Inner Voices, National Theatre started 9^th June 1983, National Theatre – Lyttelton, National Theatre.
Oberon / T/O Oberon, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, National Theatre started 18^th November 1982, National Theatre – Cottesloe Theatre (now National Theatre – Dorfman), National Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Bath, and other locations.
Sir Flute Parsons, Has “Washington” Legs?, National Theatre started 22^nd November 1978, National Theatre – Cottesloe Theatre (now National Theatre – Dorfman), National Theatre, London.
Maskwell, The Double Dealer, National Theatre started 22^nd September 1978, National Theatre – Olivier, National Theatre.
Mayor, Brand, National Theatre started 14^th April 1978, National Theatre – Olivier, National Theatre.
Gayev, The Cherry Orchard, National Theatre started 2^nd February 1978, National Theatre – Olivier, National Theatre.
Othello, Othello, New Shakespeare Company started 10^th May 1976, Theatre Royal, Bath, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London, and other locations.
Norman Cresswell Bartholomew, Murderer, Michael White Ltd 11^th February – 19^th July 1975, Garrick Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Brighton, and other locations.
Claudius, Hamlet 1974 – 1975, Greenwich Theatre, London.
Claudius, Hamlet, Greenwich Theatre Company 13^th March – 4^th April 1974, Greenwich Theatre, London.
Trigorin, The Seagull, Greenwich Theatre 30^th January – 6^th April 1974, Greenwich Theatre, London.
Pastor Manders, Ghosts, Greenwich Theatre 16^th January – 6^th April 1974, Greenwich Theatre, London.
Elyot Chase, Private Lives, H M Tennent Ltd 21^st September 1972 – 26^th January 1974, Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London) and Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
Hay Fever 1970 – 1971, Bristol Hippodrome.
Francis Archer, The Beaux’ Stratagem, National Theatre started 6^th January 1970, The Old Vic, London and Cambridge Theatre, London.
Eilert Loevborg, Hedda Gabler, National Theatre started 29^th June 1970, Cambridge Theatre, London and Old Vic Theatre.
Hedda Gabler 1969 – 1970, The Old Vic, London.
Co-director, MacRune’s Guevara, National Theatre started 27^th May 1969, The Old Vic, London.
Co-director / Macrune et al, MacRune’s Guevara, National Theatre started 8^th February 1969, Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre.
Prince, Romeo and Juliet 1968 – 1969, Film Version.
Frederick Lowndes, Home and Beauty, National Theatre 23^rd September 1968 – 1969, The Old Vic, London and Theatre Royal, Brighton.
Director, A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion, National Theatre 18^th June – ? 1968, The Old Vic, London.
Tartuffe, Tartuffe, National Theatre 21^st November 1967 – 1968, The Old Vic, London.
Kurt, The Dance of Death, National Theatre 21^st February – ? 1967, The Old Vic, London.
Jaques, As You Like It, National Theatre Company 3^rd October 1967 – 1968, The Old Vic, London.
Jaques, As You Like It, National Theatre 3^rd October 1967 – 1970, The Old Vic, London.
Associate Director / Vershinin, Three Sisters, National Theatre started 4^th July 1967, The Old Vic, London.
Leonido, A Bond Honoured, National Theatre 6^th June – ? 1966, The Old Vic, London.
Trelawny of the Wells 1965 – 1966, Bristol Hippodrome.
T/O Harold Gorringe, Black Comedy, National Theatre 27^th July 1965 – 1966, The Old Vic, London and Chichester Festival Theatre, Main Theatre.
Tom Wrench, Trelawny of the Wells, National Theatre 13^th July 1965 – 1966, The Old Vic, London and Chichester Festival Theatre, Main Theatre.
Sir David Lindsay, Armstrong’s Last Goodnight, National Theatre 6^th July 1965 – 1966, The Old Vic, London and Chichester Festival Theatre, Main Theatre.

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Robert Stephens as Vershinin, National Theatre 1967 by Zoë Dominic
Robert Stephens