Christopher Benjamin
Past productions
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Love’s Labour’s Lost
1984 – 1985,
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
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Dogberry,
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company
16th October 1984 (press night) – 20th January 1985,
Gershwin Theatre, New York.
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Montfleury,
Cyrano de Bergerac, Royal Shakespeare Company
14th October 1984 (press night),
Gershwin Theatre, New York.
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Montfleury,
Cyrano de Bergerac, Royal Shakespeare Company
19th (press night) – 23rd June 1984,
Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Dogberry,
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company
7th (press night) – 16th June 1984,
Tour.
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Dogberry,
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company
8th (press night) – 12th May 1984,
Empire Theatre, Liverpool.
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Dogberry,
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company
30th March (press night) – 29th April 1984,
Tour.
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Stephano,
The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company
13th September 1983 (press night),
Barbican Theatre, London.
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Arden,
Arden of Faversham, Royal Shakespeare Company
15th August 1983 (press night),
Pit, London.
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Dogberry,
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company
12th May 1983 (press night),
Barbican Theatre, London.
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Archie Gross,
The Body, Royal Shakespeare Company
29th April 1983 (press night),
Pit, London.
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Dogberry,
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company
22nd March 1983 (press night),
Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Singer,
French Chansons and Conversation Sinfonietta, Royal Shakespeare Company
3rd March 1983 (press night),
Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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Stephano,
The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company
1st March 1983 (press night),
Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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The Body
1982 – 1983,
Barbican Theatre, London.
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Much Ado About Nothing
1982 – 1983,
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
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Gentleman / Vicar / Vincent Crummles / Walter Bray,
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Royal Shakespeare Company
7th November 1982 (press night),
Filmed for television.
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Stephano,
The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company
11th August 1982 (press night),
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Arden of Faversham
1981 – 1982,
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
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Vincent Crummles / Walter Bray,
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Royal Shakespeare Company
23rd September 1981 (press night) – 3rd January 1982,
Tour.
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Vincent Crummles / Walter Bray,
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Royal Shakespeare Company
23rd April (press night) – 20th June 1981,
Aldwych Theatre, London.
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Casino Proprietor / Vincent Crummles,
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Royal Shakespeare Company
22nd November 1980 (press night) – 3rd January 1981,
Aldwych Theatre, London.
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Stagg,
The Hang of the Gaol, Royal Shakespeare Company
15th December 1978 (press night),
Warehouse, London.
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Widowers’ Houses
1975 – 1976,
Theatre Royal, Bath.
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Character Man,
Play by Play, KIng’s Head Theatre Club
started 20th October 1975,
King’s Head Theatre, London.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1970 – 1971,
Theatre Royal, Bath.
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Signor Bombardone,
Geneva
4th November – ? 1971,
Mermaid Theatre, London.
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Colonel Oblensky,
A Patriot for Me, Bristol Old Vic Company
7th October – November 1970,
Theatre Royal, Bath and New Theatre, Cardiff.
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Giri,
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Michael White and Nottingham Playhouse
2nd April – November 1969,
Saville Theatre, London and Nottingham Playhouse.
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The Pursuit of Love, Bristol Old Vic Company and Bristol Old Vic Trust Ltd
24th May – 14th June 1967,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Mayor,
Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, English Stage Company
9th December 1965 – 2nd July 1966,
Royal Court Theatre, London and Schauspielhaus Zurich, Switzerland.
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Allwit,
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, English Stage Company
started 1966,
Royal Court Theatre, London.
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Inspector Castaing,
Maigret and the Lady, John Gale Productions Ltd
23rd August – 6th November 1965,
Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London), Opera House, Manchester, and other locations.
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Love’s Labour’s Lost
1964 – 1965,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Ezra Fitton,
All in Good Time, Bristol Old Vic Trust
3rd – 15th February 1964,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Love’s Labour’s Lost
1963 – 1964,
Bristol Old Vic – Tour.
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Twelfth Night
1963 – 1964,
Little Theatre, Bristol.
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The Physicists
1963 – 1964,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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The Rivals
1963 – 1964,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Ironhand
1963 – 1964,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
1963 – 1964,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Othello
1963 – 1964,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Love’s Labour’s Lost
1963 – 1964,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Captain Shotover,
Heartbreak House
3rd – 21st December 1963,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Hullabaloo, Bristol Old Vic Trust Ltd
28th May – 15th June 1963,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Alexander, Martin's brother,
A Severed Head, Bristol Old Vic Company
started 7th May 1963,
Criterion Theatre, London and Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Paul Flida,
The Pretenders, Bristol Old Vic Company and Bristol Old Vic Trust Ltd
12th February – 2nd March 1963,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Julius Caesar
1962 – 1963,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Joey
1962 – 1963,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
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Much Ado About Nothing
1962 – 1963,
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.