Esmond Knight
Past productions
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De La Rochepozay / Father Ambrose,
The Devils, Royal Shakespeare Company
23rd August 1984 (press night),
Pit, London.
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The Devils
1983 – 1984,
Barbican Theatre, London.
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Dr Warburton,
The Family Reunion, Royal Exchange Theatre Company
22nd March – 17th November 1979,
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, The Roundhouse, London, and other locations.
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Chorus,
Henry V, New Shakespeare Company
1977,
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London and The Tilt Yard, Arundel.
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Chebutykin,
Three Sisters, Duncan C Weldon & Louis I Michaels for Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
20th April – September 1976,
Cambridge Theatre, London and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford.
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The Archers Tale
6th April 1975,
MacOwan Theatre, LAMDA, London.
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General Bridgenorth,
Getting Married, Allied Theatre Productions and Peter Bridge
14th March – 26th August 1967,
Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London), Opera House, Manchester, and other locations.
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Camillo,
The Winter’s Tale, Edinburgh Festival Society, Piccolo Theatre Company, and Pop Theatre
22nd August – 29th October 1966,
Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, Cambridge Theatre, London, and other locations.
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Menelaus,
The Trojan Women, Edinburgh Festival Society and Pop Theatre
started 29th August 1966,
Assembly Hall, Edinburgh.
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Kadmos,
The Bacchae
started 21st October 1963,
LAMDA 1, London.
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Farmer at Heggstad / Old Man of the Mountains / Herr von Eberkopf,
Peer Gynt, Old Vic Company
26th September 1962 – May 1963,
The Old Vic, London.
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The Alchemist
1962 – 1963,
The Old Vic, London.
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Measure for Measure
1962 – 1963,
The Old Vic, London.
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The Merchant of Venice
1962 – 1963,
The Old Vic, London.
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Drake,
Two Stars for Comfort, David Hall Productions Ltd and Michael Codron Ltd
12th March – 22nd September 1962,
Garrick Theatre, London, Golders Green Hippodrome, and other locations.
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King Louis,
Becket, Royal Shakespeare Company
13th December 1961 (press night) – 5th May 1962,
Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
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Baptista,
The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company
13th September 1961 (press night),
Aldwych Theatre, London.
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King Louis,
Becket, Royal Shakespeare Company
11th July 1961 (press night),
Aldwych Theatre, London.
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A Piece of Silver
started 23rd May 1960,
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry.
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The Country Wife
1956 – 1957,
Adelphi Theatre, London.
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Capt. Randolph Southard,
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1956,
Bristol Hippodrome.
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Sidney Redlitch (replacement),
Bell, Book and Candle, H M Tennent Ltd
13th September 1954 – 21st January 1956,
Phoenix Theatre, London, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, and other locations.
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Fred Nutting,
Age of Consent, Jack Waller
15th June – 29th August 1953,
Princes Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London (now Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London 1963 – Present Day), Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, and other locations.
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Juan Salcedo Alvarez,
Montserrat, Tennent Productions Ltd
24th March – 10th May 1952,
Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London, Theatre Royal, Brighton, and other locations.
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Hugo, servant to Abelard and afterwards Fulbert,
Heloise
started 14th November 1951,
Duke of York’s Theatre, London.
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Belzanor,
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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Williams,
Who is Sylvia?, H M Tennent Ltd
9th October 1950 – 13th October 1951,
Criterion Theatre, London, Cambridge Arts Theatre, and other locations.
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Thersites,
Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company
2nd July 1948 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Leontes,
The Winter’s Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company
4th June 1948 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Christopher Sly,
The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company
7th May 1948 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Ghost / Gravedigger 1,
Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company
23rd April 1948 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Gratiano,
The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company
19th April 1948 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Chatillon,
King John, Royal Shakespeare Company
15th April 1948 (press night),
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Saint Joan
started 7th March 1946,
King’s Theatre, Hammersmith.
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Act 1 - Richard Wessex / Act 2 - Dickie Wessex (Richard's Son) / Act 3 - Dick Wessex (Dickie's Son),
Three Waltzes
1st March – 11th August 1945,
Princes Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London (now Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London 1963 – Present Day).
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Henry V
1944 – 1945,
Film Version.
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An English Soldier,
Crisis in Heaven
17th April – 10th June 1944,
Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London and Grand Theatre, Blackpool.
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Alan Harper,
The Peaceful Inn
28th May – 22nd June 1940,
Duke of York’s Theatre, London.
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Roger Frampton,
George and Margaret, Wilson Barrett / Esmond Knight Company
started 6th March 1939,
King’s Theatre, Hammersmith.
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Dan / Director,
Night Must Fall
started January 1939,
King’s Theatre, Hammersmith.
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Crest of the Wave
1938 – 1939,
Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
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Tubbs Barrow,
Sweet Aloes
started 1939,
King’s Theatre, Hammersmith.
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Dan,
Night Must Fall
started June 1936,
Cambridge Theatre, London.
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Shakespeare Birthday Festival
1935 – 1936,
The Old Vic, London.
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Streamline
1934 – 1935,
Palace Theatre, London.
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Hamlet
1933 – 1934,
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
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Otto Bergmann,
Wild Violets, Desmond Carter, Hassard Short, and Robert Stolz
31st October 1932 – 8th July 1933,
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
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Rosencrantz,
Hamlet
28th May – 28th June 1930,
Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).
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Michael Bottle,
Art and Mrs. Bottle, Arthur Gibbons and Dennis Eadie
21st October 1929 – 1st February 1930,
Empire Theatre, Southampton, Grand Theatre, Croydon, and other locations.
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Fashion; or, Life in New York
1928 – 1929,
Gate Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, London.