Colin George

Graduating from Oxford, Colin George started a touring Shakespeare Company. Before you could say “To be or not to be” he had played Romeo, Petruchio, Bassanio, Cassius, and Henry V – the latter on BBC television. Having added Hamlet and Brutus to his Shakespeare roles, in his forties he turned to directing. He established the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, with international designer Tanya Moiseiwitsch, at the instigation of Sir Tyrone Guthrie, and inspired by their theatres in North America at Minneapolis and Stratford, Ontario. After six years in Australia as Artistic Director at The State Theatre of South Australia Adelaide, and eleven as Head of Acting at the prestigious Academy for Performing Arts in Hong Kong, he returned to his first love – acting, and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1993, leaving them in 1999. He then toured his one man show – ‘My Son – Will !’, which premiered at Stratford. His forty five years experience as a performer ranges from the classics – Shaw, Ibsen, Chekhov and Moliere to musical comedy ; his television appearances include a spell in the world’s longest running soap opera Coronation Street; and on film – a Kung Fu movie. He has directed internationally in Ottawa, and Stratford, Canada; in Belgrade, Jugoslavia, in Warsaw, at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, and his Chinese production of “The Bacchae” toured to Beijing and Shanghai. Having taught for eleven years Colin is an experienced director of workshops and has lectured on the Greek and Elizabethan theatre. Colin’s editor and director of My Son – Will! for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Fringe Festival was Anthony Naylor. He was a member of the RSC in the seventies, began directing in the eighties in London, moved to the United States, where his credits include twenty five off, and off-off Broadway productions and several nationwide classical tours.

Past productions

Brabantio/Gratiano, Othello, Sheffield Crucible Theatre Company started September 2011, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Gentleman 2, Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company 20^th January 1999 (press night), Barbican Theatre, London.
Alonso, The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company 5^th January 1999 (press night), Barbican Theatre, London.
Prince of Arragon, The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company 8^th December 1998 (press night), Barbican Theatre, London.
Gentleman 2, Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company 17^th (press night) – 21^st November 1998, Theatre Royal, Plymouth.
Prince of Arragon, The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company 2^nd (press night) – 7^th November 1998, Theatre Royal, Plymouth.
Alonso, The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company 6^th (press night) – 10^th October 1998, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Prince of Arragon, The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company 28^th September (press night) – 3^rd October 1998, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Adapted by / Performer, Exit With Trumpets, Royal Shakespeare Company 28^th July (press night) – 1^st August 1998, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Gentleman 2, Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company 30^th April 1998 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Alonso, The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company 25^th February 1998 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
The Merchant of Venice 1997 – 1998, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Measure for Measure 1997 – 1998, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Prince of Arragon, The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company 10^th December 1997 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Gravedigger / Polonius, Hamlet, Oxford Stage Company 24^th July – 30^th November 1996, UK Tour.
Barker 2 / Palau, Les Enfants du Paradis, Royal Shakespeare Company 30^th January 1996 (press night), Barbican Theatre, London.
Peer Gynt 1995 – 1996, Young Vic, London.
Les Enfants Du Paradis 1995 – 1996, Barbican Theatre, London.
Begriffenfeldt / Strange Passenger, Peer Gynt, Royal Shakespeare Company started 30^th August 1995, Young Vic, London.
Senator 1, Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company 10^th August 1995 (press night), Barbican Theatre, London.
Friar, Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company 7^th June 1995 (press night), Barbican Theatre, London.
Performer, Words, Words, Words, Royal Shakespeare Company 15^th May 1995 (press night), Pit, London.
Friar, Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company 21^st (press night) – 25^th March 1995, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Senator 1, Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company 9^th (press night) – 19^th March 1995, Newcastle Playhouse, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Begriffenfeldt / Strange Passenger, Peer Gynt, Royal Shakespeare Company 20^th (press night) – 25^th February 1995, Newcastle Playhouse, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Cyril Hardacre, Redskin, Royal Shakespeare Company 19^th (press night) – 25^th January 1995, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Measure for Measure 1994 – 1995, Barbican Theatre, London.
First Roman Senator, Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company started 1995, Barbican Theatre, London.
Performer, Words, Words, Words, Royal Shakespeare Company 29^th October (press night) – 3^rd November 1994, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Friar, Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company 20^th October 1994 (press night), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Senator 1, Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company 24^th May 1994 (press night), Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Begriffenfeldt / Strange Passenger, Peer Gynt, Royal Shakespeare Company 4^th May 1994 (press night), Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
First Senator, Coriolanus 1993 – 1994, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Director, Sleuth, Belgrade Theatre Company 13^th – 29^th September 1979, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry.
Director, Calamity Jane, Crucible Theatre Company June – July 1974, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Dr Jekyll / Mr Hyde, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Crucible Theatre Trust Ltd 14^th February – March 1974, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Director, The Stirrings in Sheffield on Saturday Night, Crucible Theatre Company 5^th – 28^th April 1973, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Director, Peace In Our Time, Crucible Theatre Trust Ltd 16^th November – 13^th December 1972, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Director, The Persians, Crucible Theatre Trust Ltd and Sheffield Crucible Theatre Company 4^th October – 11^th November 1972, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Director, The Stirrings in Sheffield on Saturday Night, Sheffield Repertory Company 31^st May 1966 (press night), Sheffield Playhouse.
Director, Oedipus the King, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company 25^th November – 19^th December 1964, Nottingham Playhouse.
Director, The Merchant of Venice, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company 2^nd September – 14^th November 1964, Nottingham Playhouse.
Director, The Real McCoy, Sheffield Repertory Company August 1964, Sheffield Playhouse.
Director, Foursome Reel, Sheffield Playhouse Company 16^th March – 11^th April 1964, Sheffield Playhouse and Oldham Coliseum.
Director, Richard III 1961 – 1962, Old Vic, London.
King Henry VIII, A Man for All Seasons, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company 7^th – 25^th November 1961, Nottingham Playhouse (Goldsmith Street).
Morgan Decker, The Survivors, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company 7^th – 19^th November 1960, Nottingham Playhouse (Goldsmith Street).
Kemp, A Cry of Players, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company 19^th September – 1^st October 1960, Nottingham Playhouse (Goldsmith Street).
/ Devised By, You, Me and the Gatepost, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company 27^th June – 9^th July 1960, Nottingham Playhouse (Goldsmith Street).
Jack Lucas (bride's brother), Celebration, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company 1960 – 1961, Nottingham Playhouse and Duchess Theatre, London.

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