James Maxwell

Plays authored

• Pride and Prejudice

Past productions

• 1st Bailiff/Dr Talacryn, Hadrian VII April – 29^th June 1995, Chichester Festival Theatre, Main Theatre and UK Tour.
• Director, Blithe Spirit, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 12^th September – 26^th October 1991, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• Director, Pride and Prejudice, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 7^th February – 23^rd March 1991, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• Director, She Stoops to Conquer, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 21^st December 1989 – 3^rd February 1990, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• Don Carlos 1987 – 1988, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• The Grand Inquisitor, Don Carlos, Royal Exchange Theatre Company 10^th September – 10^th October 1987, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• Ed, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Royal Exchange Theatre Company 16^th May – 29^th June 1985, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• Director, Great Expectations, Royal Exchange Theatre Company 30^th October – 8^th December 1984, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Royal Exchange Theatre Company ended 12^th May 1984, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• Philoctetes, Philoctetes, Royal Exchange Theatre Company 18^th March – 10^th April 1982, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• Mephostophilis, Doctor Faustus, Royal Exchange Theatre Company 17^th September – 24^th October 1981, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• Director, The Schoolmistress 8^th February – 17^th March 1979, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• Karl, The Deep Man 1979, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• Director, The Skin of Our Teeth, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 13^th January – 12^th February 1977, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• Friedrich Wilhelm, The Prince of Homburg, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 16^th October – 13^th November 1976, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• Sir Anthony Absolute, The Rivals, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 15^th September – 13^th November 1976, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
• Lieutenant Osborne, Journey’s End July – October 1972, Cambridge Theatre, London.
• Trumpeterstraale / Begriffenfeldt, Peer Gynt, Old Vic Company 26^th September 1962 – May 1963, The Old Vic, London.
• Measure for Measure 1962 – 1963, The Old Vic, London.
• The Merchant of Venice 1962 – 1963, The Old Vic, London.
• Othello 1962 – 1963, The Old Vic, London.
• Mercury, Pursue the Dry Stubble, Tavistock Repertory Company 23^rd – 31^st October 1959, Tower Theatre, Canonbury, London.
• Lord Beaufoy, School 4^th – 15^th March 1958, Princes Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London (now Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London 1963 – Present Day).
• School 19^th November – 14^th December 1957, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
• Lord Beaufoy, School, Birmingham Repertory Company started 19^th November 1957, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
• Duke, The Comedy of Errors 28^th March – 12^th May 1956, Arts Theatre, London.
• Melun, King John 1953 – 1954, The Old Vic, London.
• The Tempest 1953 – 1954, The Old Vic, London.
• Twelfth Night 1953 – 1954, The Old Vic, London.
• Shakespeare Birthday Festival 1953 – 1954, The Old Vic, London.
• Sergio, The Castiglioni Brothers, Bristol Old Vic Company 7^th – 26^th September 1953, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
• The Merchant of Venice 1952 – 1953, The Old Vic, London.
• Romeo and Juliet 1952 – 1953, The Old Vic, London.
• 3rd Roman Citizen, Coriolanus 1953, The Old Vic, London.
• An Italian Straw Hat, Old Vic Company and Old Vic Trust Ltd started 18^th November 1952, Old Vic, London.
• Kalevala, Old Vic Theatre School June 1952, School Theatre, London.
• Fred Graham (Replacement), Kiss Me Kate 1952 – 25^th April 1953, Bristol Hippodrome, Opera House, Manchester, and other locations.
• King John 1951 – 1952, School Theatre, London.
• King John 1951 – 1952, The Old Vic, London.