Bruce Purchase

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Past productions

• Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio, The Last Confession 27^th April – 15^th September 2007, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London and Chichester Festival Theatre.
• Lubin / Martellus / Prime Minister, Back to Methuselah, Royal Shakespeare Company 20^th February 2001 (press night), Pit, London.
• Platonov 2000 – 2001, Almeida Theatre, Islington, London.
• Lubin / Prime Minister, Back to Methuselah, Royal Shakespeare Company 30^th August 2000 (press night), The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Back to Methuselah 1999 – 2000, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
• Saint Joan 1993 – 1994, Theatre Royal, Bath.
• Archbishop of Rheims, Saint Joan 1993 – 1994, Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London).
• Policeman, Napoli Milionaria, National Theatre 21^st June – ? 1991, Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre.
• Doctor, King Lear, National Theatre 22^nd June – ? 1990, Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre.
• Edward IV/Earl of Oxford, Richard III, National Theatre 30^th June – ? 1990, Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre.
• Duke of Guise, Bussy D’Ambois 23^rd August – 17^th September 1988, Old Vic, London.
• Nutter Mausenheimer; Lamplighter, The Pied Piper, National Theatre started 29^th October 1987, Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre.
• Arden, Arden of Faversham, Royal Shakespeare Company 7^th March 1983 (press night), Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
• Arden, Arden of Faversham, Royal Shakespeare Company 30^th March 1982 (press night), The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Arden of Faversham 1981 – 1982, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
• Lord Hastings, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company 24^th November 1981 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Northumberland, Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company 10^th November 1981 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Player 1, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company 17^th September 1981 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Duke Frederick, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company 22^nd July 1981 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Hector, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company 6^th July 1981 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Duke Frederick, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company 4^th May 1981 (press night), The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Player 1, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company 6^th April 1981 (press night), The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Duke Frederick, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company 31^st March 1981 (press night), Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
• Lord Hastings, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company 17^th March 1981 (press night), Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
• Player 1, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company 10^th March 1981 (press night), Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
• Northumberland, Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company 3^rd March 1981 (press night), Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
• Lord Hastings, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company 4^th November 1980 (press night), The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Northumberland, Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company 3^rd November 1980 (press night), The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Player 1, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company 2^nd July 1980 (press night), The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Prince of Verona, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company 23^rd April 1980 (press night), The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Duke Frederick, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company 3^rd April 1980 (press night), The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• Much Ado About Nothing 1966 – 1967, Bristol Hippodrome.
• Sixty Thousand Nights, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company 18^th May 1965 – 2^nd June 1966, Bristol Old Vic.
• Great Expectations, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company November 1965 – 1966, Little Theatre, Bristol.
• Don Juan in Hell 1965 – 1966, Little Theatre, Bristol.
• Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance 1965 – 1966, Little Theatre, Bristol.
• Measure for Measure 1965 – 1966, Bristol Old Vic.
• Peer Gynt 1965 – 1966, Bristol Old Vic.
• The Proposal 1965 – 1966, Little Theatre, Bristol.
• Balthasar, Much Ado About Nothing, National Theatre 16^th February – ? 1965, Old Vic, London.
• Chorus, Philoctetes, National Theatre 7^th April – ? 1964, Old Vic, London.
• Extra, Andorra 28^th January – ? 1964, Old Vic, London.
• Extra, Saint Joan 1963 – 1964, Old Vic, London.
• Headman, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, National Theatre 7^th July 1964 – 1965, Old Vic, London and Chichester Festival Theatre.
• T/O Melinda's servant; T/O Balance's steward; T/O Pluck , The Recruiting Officer 10^th December 1963 – 1964, Old Vic, London.
• Extra, Hamlet, National Theatre 22^nd October 1963 – 1964, Old Vic, London.
• Extra, Saint Joan, National Theatre started 24^th June 1963, The Old Vic and Chichester Festival Theatre.