Esmond Knight

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Past productions

• De La Rochepozay / Father Ambrose, The Devils, Royal Shakespeare Company 23^rd August 1984 (press night), Pit, London.
• The Devils 1983 – 1984, Barbican Theatre, London.
• De Warburton, The Family Reunion ? – 17^th November 1979, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, The Roundhouse, London, and other locations.
• Chorus, Henry V, New Shakespeare Company 1977, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London and The Tilt Yard, Arundel.
• Chebutykin, Three Sisters, Duncan C Weldon & Louis I Michaels for Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre 20^th April – September 1976, Cambridge Theatre, London and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford.
• The Archers Tale 6^th April 1975, MacOwan Theatre, LAMDA, London.
• General Bridgenorth, Getting Married, Allied Theatre Productions and Peter Bridge 14^th March – 26^th August 1967, Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London), Opera House, Manchester, and other locations.
• Camillo, The Winter’s Tale, Edinburgh Festival Society, Piccolo Theatre Company, and Pop Theatre 22^nd August – 29^th October 1966, Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, Cambridge Theatre, London, and other locations.
• Menelaus, The Trojan Women, Edinburgh Festival Society and Pop Theatre started 29^th August 1966, Assembly Hall, Edinburgh.
• Kadmos, The Bacchae started 21^st October 1963, The LAMDA Theatre.
• Farmer at Heggstad / Old Man of the Mountains / Herr von Eberkopf, Peer Gynt, Old Vic Company 26^th September 1962 – May 1963, Old Vic, London.
• The Alchemist 1962 – 1963, Old Vic, London.
• Measure for Measure 1962 – 1963, Old Vic, London.
• The Merchant of Venice 1962 – 1963, Old Vic, London.
• Drake, Two Stars for Comfort, David Hall Productions Ltd and Michael Codron Ltd 12^th March – 22^nd September 1962, Garrick Theatre, London, Golders Green Hippodrome, and other locations.
• King Louis, Becket, Royal Shakespeare Company 13^th December 1961 (press night) – 5^th May 1962, Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
• Baptista, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company 13^th September 1961 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• King Louis, Becket, Royal Shakespeare Company 11^th July 1961 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• A Piece of Silver started 23^rd May 1960, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry.
• The Country Wife 1956 – 1957, Adelphi Theatre, London.
• Capt. Randolph Southard, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial 1956, Bristol Hippodrome.
• Sidney Redlitch (replacement), Bell, Book and Candle, H M Tennent Ltd 13^th September 1954 – 21^st January 1956, Phoenix Theatre, London, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, and other locations.
• Fred Nutting, Age of Consent 22^nd – 29^th August 1953, Princes Theatre, London (now Shaftesbury Theatre (1963 – Present Day)).
• Juan Salcedo Alvarez, Montserrat, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith 24^th March – 10^th May 1952, Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London and Theatre Royal, Brighton.
• Hugo, servant to Abelard and afterwards Fulbert, Heloise started 14^th November 1951, Duke of York’s Theatre, London.
• Belzanor, 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.
• Thersites, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company 2^nd July 1948 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Leontes, The Winter’s Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company 4^th June 1948 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Christopher Sly, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company 7^th May 1948 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Ghost / Gravedigger 1, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company 23^rd April 1948 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Gratiano, The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company 19^th April 1948 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Chatillon, King John, Royal Shakespeare Company 15^th April 1948 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Saint Joan started 7^th March 1946, King’s Theatre, Hammersmith.
• Act 1 - Richard Wessex / Act 2 - Dickie Wessex (Richard's Son) / Act 3 - Dick Wessex (Dickie's Son), Three Waltzes 1^st March – 11^th August 1945, Princes Theatre, London (now Shaftesbury Theatre (1963 – Present Day)).
• Henry V 1944 – 1945, Film Version.
• An English Soldier, Crisis in Heaven 10^th May – 10^th June 1944, Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London.
• Roger Frampton, George and Margaret, Wilson Barrett/Esmond Knight Company started 6^th March 1939, King’s Theatre, Hammersmith.
• Dan / Director, Night Must Fall started January 1939, King’s Theatre, Hammersmith.
• Crest of the Wave 1938 – 1939, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
• Tubbs Barrow, Sweet Aloes started 1939, King’s Theatre, Hammersmith.
• Dan, Night Must Fall started June 1936, Cambridge Theatre, London.
• Shakespeare Birthday Festival 1935 – 1936, Old Vic, London.
• Streamline (revue) 1934 – 1935, Palace Theatre, London.
• Hamlet 1933 – 1934, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
• Rosencrantz, Hamlet 28^th May – 28^th June 1930, Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).
• Fashion; or, Life in New York 1928 – 1929, Gate Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, London.
• Herald, Othello, Lyceum Club Stage Society 3^rd – 4^th April 1927, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
• The Comedy of Errors 1926 – 1927, Old Vic, London.
• Twelfth Night 1926 – 1927, St James’s Theatre, London.
• Everyman 1926 – 1927, Old Vic, London.

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