Donald Layne-Smith

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Past productions

• Mr Coade, Dear Brutus 1973, Oxford Playhouse.
• The Apple Cart, Prospect Productions Ltd 1^st June – 3^rd July 1965, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Manchester Opera House, and other locations.
• Lord Say, Edward IV, Royal Shakespeare Company 12^th August 1964 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Reignier, Henry VI, Royal Shakespeare Company 29^th July 1964 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Bishop of Ely, Henry V, Royal Shakespeare Company 3^rd June 1964 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Chamberlain, Henry IV, Part 1, Royal Shakespeare Company 16^th April 1964 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Servant, Henry IV, Part 2, Royal Shakespeare Company 16^th April 1964 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Dr Pryzilla, The Representative, Royal Shakespeare Company 25^th September 1963 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Ben Budge, The Beggar’s Opera, Royal Shakespeare Company 16^th July – 29^th October 1963, Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Philostrate, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company 13^th June 1963 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Philostrate, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company 14^th May 1963 (press night) – 8^th June 1962, Tour.
• Father Mignon, The Devils, Royal Shakespeare Company 18^th October 1962 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Priam, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company 15^th October 1962 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Cleric, Curtmantle, Royal Shakespeare Company 9^th October 1962 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Cleric, Curtmantle, Royal Shakespeare Company 4^th September 1962 (press night), Tour.
• Father Mignon, The Devils, Royal Shakespeare Company 27^th August 1962 (press night), Tour.
• Priam, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company 20^th August 1962 (press night), Tour.
• Guardiano, Women Beware Women, Royal Shakespeare Company 4^th July 1962 (press night), New Arts Theatre (now Arts Theatre), London.
• Canterbury, Becket, Royal Shakespeare Company 13^th December 1961 (press night) – 5^th May 1962, Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
• Gremio, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company 13^th September 1961 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Canterbury, Becket, Royal Shakespeare Company 11^th July 1961 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Father Mignon, The Devils, Royal Shakespeare Company 20^th February 1961 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Superintendent, Ondine, Royal Shakespeare Company 12^th January 1961 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Priest, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company 19^th December 1960 (press night) – 1^st February 1961, Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Castruccio, The Duchess of Malfi, Royal Shakespeare Company 15^th December 1960 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Castruccio, The Duchess of Malfi, Royal Shakespeare Company 30^th November (press night) – 7^th December 1960, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Lord 1, The Winter’s Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company 30^th August 1960 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Pedant, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company 21^st June 1960 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Priest, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company 17^th May 1960 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Panthino, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Royal Shakespeare Company started 4^th April 1960, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Senate Officer / Volscian Senator 1, Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company 7^th July 1959 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Philostrate, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company 2^nd June 1959 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Duke of Florence, All’s Well That Ends Well, Royal Shakespeare Company 21^st April 1959 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Gratiano, Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company 7^th April 1959 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Player King, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company 12^th December 1958 (press night) – 5^th January 1959, Tour.
• Montague, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company 12^th December 1958 (press night) – 5^th January 1959, Tour.
• Priest, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company 12^th December 1958 (press night) – 5^th January 1959, Tour.
• Antonio, Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company 26^th August 1958 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Marshall / Pandar, Pericles, Royal Shakespeare Company 8^th July 1958 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Player King, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company 3^rd June 1958 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Priest, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company 22^nd April 1958 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Montague, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company 8^th April 1958 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• British Officer / Philario, Cymbeline, Royal Shakespeare Company 2^nd July 1957 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Metellus Cimber / Volumnius, Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company 28^th May 1957 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Lord Bigot, King John, Royal Shakespeare Company 16^th April 1957 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Sir Oliver Martext, As You Like It, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company 2^nd April 1957 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Edmund of Langley, Richard II, Glasgow Citizens Theatre 16^th October – ? 1956, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow.
• Admiral Sir Maximilian Godfrey, K.C.B., Off the Record, Wilson Barrett Company started 27^th February 1950, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
• Jim Brent, Quiet Wedding, Wilson Barrett Company 12^th – 17^th September 1949, Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow.
• Hortensio, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company 5^th July 1940 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

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