Roger Clissold

Roger was born in Stroud in 1939, and educated at King’s School Gloucester, where he was a choral scholar. After taking a degree at St. David’s College Lampeter, he went to the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama, and thence to the Old Vic for its final season in 1962. He joined the Nottingham company for their first season at the new Playhouse, and met his future wife Sonia Woolley. After a short period at the Everyman Theatre Liverpool, he was appointed Associate Director at the Chester Playhouse. In September 1965 he won an ABC Trainee directorship to the Salisbury Playhouse, where he stayed for several years, before becoming Director of Productions at the Thorndike Theatre Leatherhead.

Past productions

Director, Sleuth, Bill Kenwright Ltd November – 21^st December 1991, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead.
Director, The Business of Murder, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 16^th August – 8^th September 1990, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, The Rivals, Leatherhead Repertory Company 12^th – 30^th April 1988, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead.
Director, Loot, Thorndike Theatre 1988, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead.
Director, The Maintenance Man 1^st September 1986 – 14^th February 1987, Comedy Theatre, London (now Harold Pinter Theatre, London).
Director, All My Sons 1986 – 1987, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead.
Director, Candida, Thorndike Theatre ended 9^th February 1985, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead.
Director, Fighting Chance, Bill Kenwright 1984 – 1985, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
Director, Privates On Parade, Leatherhead Repertory Company started 1985, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead.
Director, On Golden Pond, Leatherhead Repertory Company started November 1984, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead.
Director, The Chalk Garden, Bill Kenwright and Thorndike Theatre 21^st August – 24^th November 1984, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, and other locations.
Director, Don’t Misunderstand Me, Thorndike Theatre May – June 1984, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead.
Director, Double Cut, Robert Fox Ltd and Thorndike Theatre 7^th – 25^th February 1984, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead.
Director, Dead Ringer, Bill Kenwright, Charles Ross, and Thorndike Theatre 8^th February – 23^rd July 1983, Duke of York’s Theatre, London, Richmond Theatre (London), and other locations.
Director, Puss in Boots, Leatherhead Repertory Company 17^th December 1982 – 15^th January 1983, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead.
Director, Twelfth Night, Leatherhead Repertory Company 5^th – 23^rd October 1982, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead.
Director, Look Back in Anger, Thorndike Theatre 9^th – 27^th February 1982, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead.
Director, Cider with Rosie, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 27^th August – 19^th September 1981, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Betrayal, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 21^st May – 6^th June 1981, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Parting Day, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 20^th September – 11^th October 1980, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Ours, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 21^st August – 13^th September 1980, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Under Milk Wood, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 28^th February – 22^nd March 1980, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Miss Leading Lady, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 3^rd – 26^th May 1979, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Old Time Music Hall, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 1^st – 24^th March 1979, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Shadow Play, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 19^th October – 11^th November 1978, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Journey’s End, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 1^st – 25^th February 1978, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, A Handful of Dust, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 27^th April – 21^st May 1977, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Mutual Consent, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd started March 1977, Salisbury Playhouse.
Producer, Welcome to the Playhouse, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 1^st – 11^th December 1976, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Aladdin, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 20^th December 1975 – 31^st January 1976, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Cinderella, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 23^rd December – 29^th January 1976, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Habeas Corpus, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 6^th – 30^th August 1975, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, All Together Now, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 16^th April – 3^rd May 1975, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Equus, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 5^th – 22^nd March 1975, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Ring Round the Moon, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 9^th – 26^th October 1974, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, An Inspector Calls, Salisbury Playhouse 7^th – 24^th August 1974, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Barchester Towers, Salisbury Playhouse 12^th – 23^rd July 1974, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, The Rivals, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 24^th April – 11^th May 1974, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, The Tale of the Red Dragon, Salisbury Playhouse May 1974, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Old Time Music Hall, Salisbury Playhouse 19^th February – 9^th March 1974, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, The Love of Four Colonels, Salisbury Playhouse 30^th January – 17^th February 1974, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Mr What-Not, Salisbury Playhouse 29^th January – 16^th February 1974, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Robinson Crusoe, Salisbury Playhouse 15^th December 1973 – 26^th January 1974, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Old Time Music Hall, Salisbury Playhouse 17^th October – 4^th November 1973, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Salisbury Playhouse July – August 1973, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, The Secretary Bird, Salisbury Playhouse 23^rd April – 12^th May 1973, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Sweeney Todd, Salisbury Playhouse 3^rd – 21^st April 1973, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, On the Boil, Salisbury Playhouse 20^th February – 10^th March 1973, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, Jack and the Beanstalk, Salisbury Playhouse 16^th December 1972 – 27^th January 1973, Salisbury Playhouse.
Director, There’s a Girl in My Soup, Salisbury Playhouse 7^th – 25^th November 1972, Salisbury Playhouse.

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