Robert Helpmann
Past productions
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Director,
Steps, Notes and Squeaks
1979 – 1980,
The Old Vic, London.
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Director,
Camelot
1965 – 1966,
Bristol Hippodrome.
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Director,
Camelot
19th August 1964 – 11th November 1965,
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
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Director,
La Contessa, H M Tennent Ltd, Leland Hayward, and Ray Stark
6th April – 15th May 1965,
Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, and other locations.
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/ Director,
Great Scenes From Shakespeare
1961 – 1962,
Tour – USA.
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Director,
The Lady of the Camellias
1961 – 1962,
Old Vic, Australian/Latin American Tour.
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Director,
Twelfth Night
1961 – 1962,
Old Vic, Australian/Latin American Tour.
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Director,
Duel of Angels
1961 – 1962,
Old Vic, Australian/Latin American Tour.
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Director / Choreographer,
Aladdin, Harold Fielding
17th December 1959 – 2nd April 1960,
London Coliseum.
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Director,
The Marriage-Go-Round, John Clements and S A Gorlinsky
22nd September 1959 – 30th April 1960,
Piccadilly Theatre, London, New Theatre, Oxford, and other locations.
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Private Performance, Old Vic Company
1957 – 1958,
The Old Vic, London.
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Saturninus,
Titus Andronicus
1956 – 1957,
The Old Vic, London.
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Pinch,
The Comedy of Errors
1957,
The Old Vic, London.
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Launce,
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
1956 – 1957,
The Old Vic, London.
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Richard III
1956 – 1957,
The Old Vic, London.
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Director,
Antony and Cleopatra
1956 – 1957,
The Old Vic, London.
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Shylock,
The Merchant of Venice
1956 – 1957,
The Old Vic, London.
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Sebastien (replacement),
Nude with Violin, H M Tennent Ltd
24th September 1956 – 15th February 1958,
Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London), Olympia Theatre, Dublin, and other locations.
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Director,
Romeo and Juliet
1955 – 1956,
The Old Vic, London.
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Director,
Romeo and Juliet
1955 – 1956,
Bristol Hippodrome.
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Director,
As You Like It
1954 – 1955,
The Old Vic, London.
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Measure for Measure
1954 – 1955,
Tour – Australia.
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The Merchant of Venice
1954 – 1955,
Tour – Australia.
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The Taming of the Shrew
1954 – 1955,
Tour – Australia.
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The Merchant of Venice
1954 – 1955,
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London (now His Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London).
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The Plays of Shakespeare
1954 – 1955,
Old Vic, Australian Tour.
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Director,
After the Ball
March 1954 – 8th January 1955,
Bristol Hippodrome, Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London), and other locations.
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Director,
The Tempest
1953 – 1954,
The Old Vic, London.
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Director,
Murder in the Cathedral
1952 – 1953,
The Old Vic, London.
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Director,
The Wedding Ring, Alec L Rea and E P Clift
4th – 30th August 1952,
Opera House, Manchester, Grand Theatre & Opera House, Leeds, and other locations.
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The Doctor,
The Millionairess
9th June – 28th December 1952,
Opera House, Manchester, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London, and other locations.
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Octavius Caesar,
Antony and Cleopatra, Laurence Olivier and St James’s Players Ltd
1st May – 22nd September 1951,
St James’s Theatre, London and Opera House, Manchester.
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Artemidorus,
Caesar and Cleopatra, Laurence Olivier and St James’s Players Ltd
24th April – 22nd September 1951,
St James’s Theatre, London and Opera House, Manchester.
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Choreograher,
Golden City
15th June – 14th October 1950,
Adelphi Theatre, London.
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Dances,
Love’s Labour’s Lost
1949 – 1950,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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King John
1948 – 1949,
Cambridge Arts Theatre.
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The Merchant of Venice
1948 – 1949,
Cambridge Arts Theatre.
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Hamlet,
Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company
23rd April 1948 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Shylock,
The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company
19th April 1948 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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King John,
King John, Royal Shakespeare Company
15th April 1948 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Flamineo,
The White Devil
March – ? 1947,
Duchess Theatre, London.
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Henry V
1944 – 1945,
Film Version.
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Hamlet (Prince of Denmark, Son to the late King),
Hamlet, Old Vic Company
1943 – 1944,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Swan Lake
1943 – 1944,
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
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Choreographer,
Hamlet, Sadler’s Wells Ballet
19th May 1942,
New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Comus
1941 – 1942,
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
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The Prospect Before Us
1940 – 1941,
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
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Performer,
Swinging the Gate Revue
22nd May – 7th September 1940,
Ambassadors Theatre, London.
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The Sleeping Princess
1939 – 1940,
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1938 – 1939,
The Old Vic, London.