André Van Gyseghem

Past productions

• The Chancellor, The Sorrows of Frederick, Cambridge Theatre Company 20^th September – 15^th October 1977, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Harlow Playhouse, and other locations.
• Polonius, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company started 4^th February 1976, Roundhouse Downstairs, London.
• Archbishop Of York, Henry IV, Part 2, Royal Shakespeare Company 28^th January 1976 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Archbishop Of York, Henry IV, Part 1, Royal Shakespeare Company 27^th January 1976 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Henry IV, Parts I & II 1975 – 1976, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
• Performer, The Actors Are Come Hither…Buzz, Buzz, Royal Shakespeare Company 7^th December 1975 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Archbishop Of York, Henry IV, Part 2, Royal Shakespeare Company 17^th June 1975 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Archbishop Of York, Henry IV, Part 1, Royal Shakespeare Company 24^th April 1975 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Polonius, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company 8^th April 1975 (press night), The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• The Doctor, Only Make Believe, Oxford Playhouse 25^th November – 14^th December 1974, Oxford Playhouse, Harlow Playhouse, and other locations.
• Miniatures: Hargreaves, Twenty-Six Efforts at Pornography + Miniatures, Stables Theatre Club 20^th May – June 1969, Stables Theatre, Manchester.
• Principal Private Secretary, The Disorderly Women, Manchester Drama Group 19^th February – March 1969, Stables Theatre, Manchester.
• Mr Formal or Don Diego, The Gentleman Dancing Master, Windsor Theatre Company 27^th February – 18^th March 1967, Theatre Royal, Windsor.
• Director, Blithe Spirit 1966 – 1967, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• The Successor 25^th February – 14^th March 1964, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• The Merchant of Venice 1961 – 1962, Theatre Royal, Nottingham.
• The Merchant of Venice 1961 – 1962, Bristol Hippodrome.
• Romeo and Juliet 1961 – 1962, Old Vic Tour.
• Romeo and Juliet 1960 – 1961, Bristol Hippodrome.
• Colonel Thibon, Out of This World, Basil Dean Productions Ltd, Howard Bourgein Ltd, and John Counsell Ltd 18^th October – 26^th November 1960, Theatre Royal, Windsor and Phoenix Theatre, London.
• Romeo and Juliet, Old Vic Company 1960 – 1961, The Old Vic, London.
• Co-Director, Watch It, Sailor!, Toby Rowland Ltd in association with Pertpic Ltd and Cedric B Levitt 15^th February 1960 – 29^th July 1961, Aldwych Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Brighton, and other locations.
• Director, Watch It, Sailor!, Toby Rowland Ltd in association with Pertpic Ltd and Cedric B Levitt 21^st September – 17^th October 1959, Streatham Hill Theatre, London, Golders Green Hippodrome, and other locations.
• Director, Meet the Cousin, Jack Waller 3^rd November – 6^th December 1958, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Palace Theatre, Manchester, and other locations.
• Director, Justice in Heaven, Hornchurch Repertory Company 14^th – 26^th April 1958, Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch.
• Director, The Queen and the Rebels, Welsh Committee, Arts Council of Great Britain 24^th February – 25^th March 1958, Little Theatre, Newport, Prichard-Jones Hall, Bangor, and other locations.
• Director, Daughter of Desire 1955 – 1956, Bristol Hippodrome.
• Director, The Mulberry Bush, Bristol Old Vic Company started 27^th September 1955, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• Director, The Confidential Clerk 1954 – 1955, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• Director, Sailor, Beware!, Worthing Repertory Company 26^th July – 5^th August 1954, Connaught Theatre, Worthing.
• Director, Husbands Don’t Count 1^st October – 29^th November 1952, Winter Garden Theatre, London.
• Director / William, Home and Beauty, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company 11^th – 23^rd June 1951, Nottingham Playhouse (Goldsmith Street).
• Director, A Murder Has Been Arranged, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company 28^th May – 9^th June 1951, Nottingham Playhouse (Goldsmith Street).
• Director, The Martins’ Nest 12^th April – 12^th May 1951, Westminster Theatre, London.
• Co-Director / Jupiter, Amphitryon 38, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company 16^th – 28^th October 1950, Nottingham Playhouse (Goldsmith Street).
• Director / Godfrey Pond, The Happiest Days of Your Life, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company 4^th – 16^th September 1950, Nottingham Playhouse (Goldsmith Street).
• / Producer, The Rivals started 20^th March 1949, Nottingham Playhouse.
• Patrick Graham, The Fur Coat 7^th June – 13^th November 1943, Comedy Theatre, London (now Harold Pinter Theatre, London) and Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff.
• Director, Murder From Memory 20^th October – 14^th November 1942, Ambassadors Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Brighton.
• Director, A Man with Red Hair, Eleven Twenty Three Ltd 18^th September – 17^th October 1942, Ambassadors Theatre, London.
• The Merchant of Venice 3^rd – 7^th March 1942, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
• Director, Distant Point, Citizen Productions Ltd 28^th October – 22^nd November 1941, Westminster Theatre, London.
• Director / Martin Radshaw, Forty-Eight Hours’ Leave 1^st – 27^th September 1941, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London and Opera House, Manchester.
• Director / Peter Standish, Berkeley Square started 24^th December 1940, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London and Prince’s Theatre, Bradford.
• Director, Printer’s Devil, ‘Q’ Theatre Company 10^th – 15^th July 1939, ‘Q’ Theatre, London.
• Director, The Tudor Wench 1933 – 1934, Alhambra Theatre, London.
• Director, The Cathedral, Bronson Albery, Howard Wyndham, and Ronald Adams 21^st November 1932 – 4^th February 1933, Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London, and other locations.
• Director, Miracle at Verdun, Ronald Adams 21^st September – 3^rd December 1932, Comedy Theatre, London (now Harold Pinter Theatre, London) and Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
• Karel Dengler, Lady-in-Waiting 3^rd – 21^st November 1931, St Martin’s Theatre, London.
• Sexton's mate, Precious Bane, Alec L Rea 27^th January – 7^th February 1931, Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
• Director / Edward Raynor, Black Coffee 8^th – ? December 1930, Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
• Servant, The Taming of the Shrew 26^th – 27^th September 1926, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.