Michael Benthall

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Past productions

• Director, Coco 1969 – 1970, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York.
• Director, Doctor Faustus 1961 – 1962, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Romeo and Juliet 1961 – 1962, Old Vic Tour.
• Director, Macbeth, Old Vic Company 9^th January – February 1961, Old Vic, Russia & Poland Tour.
• Director, Heroines of Shakespeare 1960 – 1961, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Heroines of Shakespeare 1960 – 1961, Theatre Royal, Bath.
• Director, The Double Dealer 1959 – 1960, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, The Importance of Being Earnest 1959 – 1960, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, The Cenci 29^th April – ? 1959, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Hamlet 1958 – 1959, Tour – USA.
• Director, Henry V 1958 – 1959, Tour – USA.
• Director, Twelfth Night 1958 – 1959, Tour – USA.
• Director, Hamlet 1958 – 1959, Old Vic Tour.
• Director, Henry VIII, Old Vic Company started 13^th May 1958, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Hamlet, Old Vic Company 1957 – 1958, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Company 1957 – 1958, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Private Performance, Old Vic Company 1957 – 1958, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Henry VIII 1957 – 1958, Sarah Bernhardt Theatre des Nations.
• Director, Hamlet 1957 – 1958, Sarah Bernhardt Theatre des Nations.
• Director, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Old Vic Company started 23^rd December 1957, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Timon of Athens 1956 – 1957, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Cymbeline 1956 – 1957, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, The Merchant of Venice 1956 – 1957, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Four Plays 1956 – 1957, Tour – USA.
• Director, Henry V 1955 – 1956, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Julius Caesar 1955 – 1956, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Macbeth 1955 – 1956, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Othello 1955 – 1956, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Richard II 1955 – 1956, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, The Winter’s Tale 1955 – 1956, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Richard II 1955 – 1956, Bristol Hippodrome.
• Director, Macbeth 1955 – 1956, Bristol Hippodrome.
• Director, Macbeth 1954 – 1955, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Richard II 1954 – 1955, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Measure for Measure 1954 – 1955, Tour – Australia.
• Director, The Merchant of Venice 1954 – 1955, Tour – Australia.
• Director, The Plays of Shakespeare 1954 – 1955, Old Vic, Australian Tour.
• Director, Hamlet 1953 – 1954, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, All’s Well That Ends Well 1953 – 1954, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Hamlet 1953 – 1954, Old Vic Tour.
• Director, Coriolanus 1953, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, The Millionairess 9^th June – 28^th December 1952, Opera House, Manchester, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London, and other locations.
• Director, The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company 25^th March 1952 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Director, The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company 26^th June 1951 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Director, Antony and Cleopatra, Laurence Olivier and St James’s Players Ltd 1^st May – 22^nd September 1951, St James’s Theatre, London and Opera House, Manchester.
• Director, Caesar and Cleopatra, Laurence Olivier and St James’s Players Ltd 24^th April – 22^nd September 1951, St James’s Theatre, London and Opera House, Manchester.
• Director, Golden City 15^th June – 14^th October 1950, Adelphi Theatre, London.
• Director, She Stoops to Conquer 1949 – 1950, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, Master of Arts, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd started 1^st September 1949, Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London).
• Director, Cymbeline, Royal Shakespeare Company 20^th May 1949 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

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