Sheila Hancock
Past productions
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Maude,
Harold and Maude, Steven M Levy and Vaughan Williams
20th February – 12th May 2018,
Charing Cross Theatre, London.
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Edith Bouvier Beale,
Grey Gardens, Danielle Tarento
2nd January – 6th February 2016,
Southwark Playhouse, London.
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Harold Pinter: A Celebration, National Theatre
7th June 2009,
National Theatre – Olivier, National Theatre.
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Fraulein Schneider,
Cabaret
10th October 2006 – 21st June 2008,
Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London.
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Meg,
The Birthday Party
started 8th May 2008,
Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London.
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Mum,
The Anniversary
10th September 2004 – 16th April 2005,
Garrick Theatre, London and Liverpool Playhouse.
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Mrs Robinson,
In Extremis, National Theatre
started 3rd November 2000,
National Theatre – Cottesloe Theatre (now National Theatre – Dorfman), National Theatre, London.
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Vassa
14th January – 27th March 1999,
Albery Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Mrs Squeezum,
Lock Up Your Daughters, Chichester Festival Theatre Production
started 1996,
Chichester Festival Theatre, Main Theatre and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford.
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Rose,
Gypsy
1993 – 1994,
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds.
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Lady Wishfort,
The Way of the World
15th October – 21st November 1992,
Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London.
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Prin,
Prin, Lyric Hammersmith Productions
23rd August 1989 – 10th February 1990,
Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London and Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London.
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Marion Blake,
Star Quality, Richmond Theatre
March 1989,
Richmond Theatre, London.
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Ranyevskaya,
The Cherry Orchard, National Theatre
3rd December 1985 – 1986,
National Theatre – Cottesloe Theatre (now National Theatre – Dorfman), National Theatre, London.
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Director,
The Critic, National Theatre
6th September 1985 – 1986,
National Theatre – Olivier, National Theatre.
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Assistant Director,
The Real Inspector Hound, National Theatre
6th September 1985 – 1986,
National Theatre – Olivier, National Theatre.
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Julia,
The Duchess of Malfi, National Theatre
28th June – ? 1985,
National Theatre – Lyttelton, National Theatre.
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Where There’s a Will, Royal Shakespeare Company
17th March 1985 (press night),
Barbican Theatre, London.
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Director,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company
29th March 1984 (press night),
The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Mother,
Derek, Royal Shakespeare Company
17th October 1983 (press night),
Tour.
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Director,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company
10th October 1983 (press night),
Tour.
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Widow; Narrator,
Triptych, Royal Shakespeare Company
24th February 1983 (press night),
Pit, London.
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Mrs Darling,
Peter Pan, Royal Shakespeare Company
16th December 1982 (press night),
Barbican Theatre, London.
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Paulina,
The Winter’s Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company
28th July 1982 (press night),
Barbican Theatre, London.
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Outlaw,
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Royal Shakespeare Company
23rd March 1982 (press night),
Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Tamora,
Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company
23rd March 1982 (press night),
Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Paulina,
The Winter’s Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company
2nd March 1982 (press night),
Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Director,
The Soldier’s Fortune, Cambridge Theatre Company
6th October – 12th December 1981,
Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London, Civic Theatre, Darlington, and other locations.
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Outlaw,
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Royal Shakespeare Company
3rd September 1981 (press night),
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Tamora,
Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company
3rd September 1981 (press night),
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Paulina,
The Winter’s Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company
30th June 1981 (press night),
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Mrs Lovett,
Sweeney Todd
2nd July – December 1980,
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
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Director,
In Praise of Love, Cambridge Theatre Company
11th – 16th March 1980,
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon.
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Miss Hannigan,
Annie
3rd May 1978 – 1979,
Victoria Palace Theatre, London.
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Hester Collyer,
The Deep Blue Sea, Cambridge Theatre Company
5th – 30th July 1977,
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon and Cambridge Arts Theatre.
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Alma (replacement),
The Bed Before Yesterday, H M Tennent Ltd and Lyric Theatre Company
9th December 1975 – 30th April 1977,
Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London.
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Leading Female,
Play by Play, KIng’s Head Theatre Club
started 20th October 1975,
King’s Head Theatre, London.
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Company,
Deja Revue
30th December 1974 – March 1975,
New London Theatre, London (now Gillian Lynne Theatre, London).
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Marion Brewster-Wright,
Absurd Person Singular
4th July 1973 – 28th September 1974,
Criterion Theatre, London.
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Beatrice,
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the Moon Marigolds, Marvin Liebman
17th October – 9th December 1972,
Hampstead Theatre, London and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford.
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Daughter,
All Over, Royal Shakespeare Company
31st January 1972 (press night),
Aldwych Theatre, London.
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Maggie,
So What About Love
16th September 1969 – March 1970,
Criterion Theatre, London.
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Julia,
A Delicate Balance, Royal Shakespeare Company
14th January 1969 (press night),
Aldwych Theatre, London.
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Lady Dunce,
The Soldier’s Fortune, English Stage Company
12th January – 18th February 1967,
Royal Court Theatre, London.
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Karen,
The Anniversary
28th March – 13th August 1966,
Duke of York’s Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Brighton, and other locations.
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Director,
Pride and Prejudice, Bromley Theatre Trust, Hubert Woodward, and Signpost Productions Ltd
24th January – 28th May 1966,
Cambridge Arts Theatre, New Theatre, Bromley, and other locations.
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Kath,
Entertaining Mr Sloane
12th – 23rd October 1965,
Lyceum Theatre, New York City.
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Cyrenne,
Rattle of a Simple Man, Michael Codron Ltd
23rd July 1962 – April 1964,
Garrick Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Nottingham, and other locations.
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performer,
One Over the Eight, Michael Codron
31st January 1961 – 19th May 1962,
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, and other locations.
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Gwen,
Make Me an Offer, Theatre Workshop
19th October 1959 – 18th June 1960,
Theatre Royal, Stratford East and New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.