Michael Bates

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Past productions

• Babes in the Wood 1975 – 1976, Bristol Hippodrome.
• Charles, Forget-Me-Not Lane, Greenwich Theatre and Memorial Enterprises 1^st April – 27^th November 1971, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London and Greenwich Theatre, London.
• Archie Dowd, Cannibal Crackers, Hampstead Theatre Club 24^th November – December 1969, Hampstead Theatre, London.
• Moricet, The Birdwatcher, Hampstead Theatre Club 1966, Hamptead Theatre Club London.
• Wilfrid Cuffe (Widge), Queen B., Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd and Windsor Theatre Company 18^th September – 16^th November 1963, Theatre Royal, Windsor, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, and other locations.
• Toni, Out of Bounds, Henry Sherek and Michael Redgrave Productions Ltd 15^th October 1962 – 8^th June 1963, Wyndham’s Theatre, London, New Theatre, Oxford, and other locations.
• Roy Morgan, Guilty Party, Peter Bridge for Bridge Productions Ltd started 17^th August 1961, St Martin’s Theatre, London.
• Gregory, Jane Eyre, Windsor Repertory Company 13^th June – 8^th July 1961, Theatre Royal, Windsor.
• An old gentleman, Rhinoceros started 28^th April 1960, Royal Court Theatre, London and Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London).
• An Inspector of Police, Look After Lulu!, H M Tennent Ltd and LOP Ltd 20^th July – 19^th December 1959, Royal Court Theatre, London, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London, and other locations.
• No Bed For Bacon 1958 – 1959, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• Maitland, The Chalk Garden, Windsor Repertory Company 30^th June – 12^th July 1958, Theatre Royal, Windsor.
• Mr Martin, The Bald Prima Donna 6^th November – 16^th December 1956, Arts Theatre, London.
• The First Furniture Remover, The New Tenant 6^th November – 16^th December 1956, Arts Theatre, London.
• Poins, Henry IV, Part 1 1954 – 1955, Old Vic, London.
• Poins, Henry IV, Part 2 1954 – 1955, Old Vic, London.
• Costard, Love’s Labour’s Lost 1954 – 1955, Old Vic, London.
• Richard II 1954 – 1955, Old Vic, London.
• The Taming of the Shrew 1954 – 1955, Old Vic, London.
• Corbaccio, Volpone, Royal Shakespeare Company 15^th July 1952 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Touchstone, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company 29^th April 1952 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Trinculo, The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company 25^th March 1952 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Citizen 3, Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company 13^th March 1952 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Henry V 1951 – 1952, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• As You Like It 1951 – 1952, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Mole, Toad of Toad Hall, Royal Shakespeare Company 24^th December 1951 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Bardolph / Bates, Henry V, Royal Shakespeare Company 31^st July 1951 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Bardolph, Henry IV, Part 2, Royal Shakespeare Company 8^th May 1951 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Bardolph, Henry IV, Part 1, Royal Shakespeare Company 3^rd April 1951 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Lord Willoughby, Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company 24^th March 1951 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Servant, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company 18^th July 1950 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Cobbler, Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company 2^nd May 1950 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Lord Sands / Porter's Man, Henry VIII, Royal Shakespeare Company 28^th March 1950 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Elbow, Measure for Measure, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company 9^th March (press night) – 10^th November 1950, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Cymbeline 1949 – 1950, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1949 – 1950, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Much Ado About Nothing 1949 – 1950, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Murderer 2 / Witch 2, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company 7^th November 1949 (press night), Tour.
• Sexton, Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company 19^th October 1949 (press night), Tour.
• Lord Sands, Henry VIII, Royal Shakespeare Company 15^th July 1949 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Unnamed parts, Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company 17^th June 1949 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Gentleman 3, Cymbeline, Royal Shakespeare Company 20^th May 1949 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Starveling, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company 23^rd April 1949 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Unnamed parts, Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company 19^th April 1949 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Murderer 2 / Witch 2, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company 16^th April 1949 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Macbeth 1948 – 1949, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Chief Ferret / Jailer, Toad of Toad Hall, Royal Shakespeare Company 27^th December 1948 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Unnamed parts, Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company 30^th July 1948 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Officer, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company 2^nd July 1948 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Shepherd Boy / Unnamed parts, The Winter’s Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company 4^th June 1948 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Actor / Biondello, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company 7^th May 1948 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Balthazar, The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company 19^th April 1948 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Citizen of Angiers, King John, Royal Shakespeare Company 15^th April 1948 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• an usher / Stage Manager, The Constant Nymph, Overture Theatre Ltd 14^th – 19^th July 1947, Connaught Theatre, Worthing.