John Fernald

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Past productions

• Director, Murder Mistaken, Henry Sherwood Prouctions Ltd and Simon Clarke Productions 17^th March – 26^th July 1975, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, King’s Theatre, Southsea, and other locations.
• Director, Private Lives 14^th February – 13^th March 1973, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• Director, Nightmare Abbey, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre 7^th – 25^th November 1972, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford.
• Director, The Schoolmistress, Peter Banks and Sol Leder 16^th March – 20^th June 1964, Savoy Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Brighton, and other locations.
• Director, Heartbreak House 3^rd – 21^st December 1963, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• director, Domitian, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art started 29^th March 1962, Vanbrugh Theatre, London.
• Director, The Tempest, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art July 1961, Vanbrugh Theatre, London.
• Director, The Seagull 1960 – 1961, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, A Lodging for a Bride started 1959, Bristol Hippodrome, Streatham Hill Theatre, London, and other locations.
• Director, Ghosts, Old Vic Company started 6^th April 1959, Princes Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London (now Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London 1963 – Present Day).
• Director, Ghosts 1958 – 1959, The Old Vic, London.
• Director, The House by the Lake, Peter Daubeny Presentations Ltd 17^th March – 21^st June 1958, Bristol Hippodrome, Theatre Royal, Brighton, and other locations.
• Director, Harmony Close 8^th – 13^th October 1956, Theatre Royal, Birmingham.
• Director, The House by the Lake, Peter Daubeny Presentations Ltd 30^th April 1956 – 1^st March 1958, Duke of York’s Theatre, London, Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff, and other locations.
• Director, The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker 28^th March 1955 – 26^th May 1956, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, and other locations.
• Director, Peter Pan 1954 – 1955, Bristol Hippodrome.
• Director, Saint Joan, Arts Theatre Club 20^th September 1954 – 28^th May 1955, St Martin’s Theatre, London, Arts Theatre, London, and other locations.
• Director, No Escape, E P Clift 5^th July – 23^rd October 1954, Opera House, Manchester, Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff, and other locations.
• Director, The Devil’s General 17^th August – 28^th November 1953, Savoy Theatre, London, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, and other locations.
• Director, Escapade, Henry Sherek 22^nd December 1952 – 20^th February 1954, St James’s Theatre, London, Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London), and other locations.
• Director, The Voysey Inheritance 6^th May – 1^st June 1952, Arts Theatre, London.
• Director, Nightmare Abbey 27^th February – 10^th May 1952, Westminster Theatre, London.
• Director, The Firstborn 29^th January – 8^th March 1952, Winter Garden Theatre, London.
• Director, The Moment of Truth 21^st November 1951 – 12^th January 1952, Adelphi Theatre, London.
• Director, Dial ‘M’ for Murder, James P Sherwood 19^th June – ? 1952, Westminster Theatre, London.
• Director, The White Sheep of the Family, Daniel Mayer Company 24^th September 1951 – 7^th June 1952, Grand Theatre & Opera House, Leeds and Piccadilly Theatre, London.
• Director, The Thistle and the Rose 15^th May – 2^nd June 1951, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London.
• Director, The Love of Four Colonels started 23^rd May 1951, Wyndham’s Theatre, London.
• Director, Preserving Mr. Panmure 12^th February – 3^rd March 1951, Aldwych Theatre, London.
• Director, The Silver Curlew 22^nd December 1950 – 20^th January 1951, Fortune Theatre, London.
• Director (Sketches), Sauce Piquante 27^th April – 7^th June 1950, Cambridge Theatre, London.
• Producer, The Schoolmistress started 3^rd August 1949, Arts Theatre, London.
• Director, The Unquiet Spirit 24^th February – 20^th March 1949, Arts Theatre, London.
• Director, The Indifferent Shepherd started 1^st February 1949, Liverpool Playhouse.
• Director, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, Liverpool Repertory Company 7^th – 25^th September 1948, Liverpool Playhouse.
• Producer, The Government Inspector 31^st May – 24^th June 1945, Arts Theatre, London.
• Director, Dear Octopus, Colchester Repertory Company 11^th – 16^th November 1940, Colchester Repertory Theatre.
• Director, Only Yesterday, H G Stoker 25^th May – 26^th August 1939, Playhouse Theatre, London.
• Director, The Doctor’s Dilemma, London Mask Theatre 17^th February – 17^th June 1939, Westminster Theatre, London and Whitehall Theatre, London (now Trafalgar Theatre, London).
• Director, Out Goes She 1938 – 1939, Richmond Theatre.
• Director, Ghost for Sale 1937 – 1938, Whitehall Theatre, London (now Trafalgar Theatre, London).
• Director, Distinguished Gathering 26^th November 1935 – 14^th March 1936, St Martin’s Theatre, London and Cambridge Theatre, London.
• Producer, Golden Gander 6^th – 18^th January 1936, Embassy Theatre, London, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
• Director, The Dominant Sex, Embassy Productions Ltd and Ronald Adam 3^rd December 1934 – 27^th June 1936, Aldwych Theatre, London, Shaftesbury Theatre (1888 – closed 1941), London, and other locations.
• Director, Sixteen 12^th March – 15^th September 1934, Criterion Theatre, London and Embassy Theatre, London, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
• Settings and Costumes, The Princess in the Cage, Anmer Hall 22^nd February – 4^th March 1933, Westminster Theatre, London.
• private soldier, Journey’s End, Maurice Browne 21^st January 1929 – 7^th June 1930, Savoy Theatre, London and Prince of Wales Theatre, London.
• Director & Designer, Full Moon 30^th January – 3^rd February 1929, Arts Theatre, London.
• Assistant Stage Manager / soldier, Journey’s End, Incorporated Stage Society 9^th – 10^th December 1928, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
• A Lame Beggar, Fortunato started 22^nd October 1928, Royal Court Theatre, London.
• Stage Management, The Lady from Alfaqueque, Anmer Hall started 22^nd October 1928, Royal Court Theatre, London.