Basil Dean

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Plays authored

• Beau Geste
• The Diary of a Nobody

Past productions

• Director, Life Worth Living, Alexandra Repertory Co., by arrangement with Basil Dean Prod., Ltd. 28^th August – 9^th September 1961, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham.
• Director, The Importance of Being Earnest, Liverpool Repertory Company 1961, Playhouse, Liverpool.
• Director, Out of This World, Basil Dean Productions Ltd, Howard Bourgein Ltd, and John Counsell Ltd 18^th October – 26^th November 1960, Theatre Royal, Windsor and Phoenix Theatre, London.
• Producer, The Aspern Papers started 12^th August 1959, Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).
• Director, Touch It Light, Basil Dean Productions and Windsor Repertory Company 30^th September 1957 – 21^st June 1958, Theatre Royal, Windsor, Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London), and other locations.
• Director, Who Cares? 13^th December 1956 – 12^th January 1957, Fortune Theatre, London.
• Director, The Diary of a Nobody 17^th May – 18^th June 1955, Duchess Theatre, London.
• Director, The School for Scandal 1947 – 1948, Theatre Royal, Bath.
• Director, No Trees in the Street 1947 – 1948, Bristol Old Vic.
• Director, An Inspector Calls 1946 – 1947, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Director, How Are They At Home? 1943 – 1944, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
• Director, Call It a Day 1936 – 1937, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
• Director, Follow Your Saint 7^th September – 3^rd October 1936, Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London) and King’s Theatre, Glasgow.
• Producer, Call It a Day started 17^th February 1936, Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
• Director, Cornelius 11^th March – May 1935, Theatre Royal, Birmingham and Duchess Theatre, London.
• Director, Touch Wood, by C.L. Anthony [Dodie Smith] May – November 1934, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
• Director, Autumn Crocus 1931 – 1932, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
• Director, The Circle of Chalk by Klabund in a version by James Laver started 14^th March 1929, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Director, Beau Geste 1928 – 1929, Kingsway Theatre, London.
• Director, Young Woodley 1928 – 1929, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
• Director, Loyalties 9^th August – 27^th October 1928, Wyndham’s Theatre, London.
• Director, The Constant Nymph 1927 – 1928, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
• Director, Young Woodley 1927 – 1928, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Director, Sirocco started 24^th November 1927, Daly’s Theatre, (London).
• Director, The Constant Wife started 6^th April 1927, Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London).
• Director, The Constant Nymph started 14^th September 1926, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Director, The Queen Was In The Parlour started 14^th August 1926, St Martin’s Theatre, London and Duke of York’s Theatre, London.
• Director, Scotch Mist 26^th January – 3^rd May 1926, St Martin’s Theatre, London.
• Director, Rain, Rendean started 12^th May 1925, Garrick Theatre, London.
• Director, A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1924 – 1925, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
• Director, The Way Things Happen 1923 – 1924, Ambassadors Theatre, London.
• Director, Hassan 1923 – 1924, His Majesty’s Theatre, London (now Her Majesty’s Theatre, London).
• Director, Loyalties 27^th September 1922 – April 1923, Gaiety Theatre, New York.
• Director, Loyalties 8^th March 1922 – 24^th February 1923, St Martin’s Theatre, London.
• Director, The Lilies of the Field 1922 – 1923, Ambassadors Theatre, London.
• Director, East of Suez, George Grossmith/J. A.E. Malone started 2^nd September 1922, His Majesty’s Theatre, London (now Her Majesty’s Theatre, London).
• Director, Will Shakespeare 1921 – 1922, Shaftesbury Theatre (1888 – closed 1941), London.
• Edgar Forsyth, Independent Means, Miss Horniman’s Company started 30^th August 1909, Gaiety Theatre, Manchester.
• Claudio, Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company 21^st April 1908 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
• The School for Scandal 1906 – 1907, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
• She Stoops to Conquer 1906 – 1907, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.