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Romeo and Juliet |
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Benvolio |
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RSC |
Opening Night
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29 March 1976 (Stratford); 5 July 1977 (Aldwych) |
Author
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William Shakespeare |
Director
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Trevor Nunn |
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Ian McKellen, Francesca Annis, Paul Shelley, Michael Pennington |
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The Comedy of Errors |
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Antipholus of Syracuse |
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RSC |
Opening Night
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21 September 1976 (Stratford); 21 June 1977 (Aldwych) |
Author
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William Shakespeare |
Director
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Trevor Nunn |
Cast
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Mike Gwilym, Michael Williams, Nickolas Grace, Judi Dench, Pippa Guard |
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The Winter's Tale |
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Young Shepherd |
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RSC |
Opening Night
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3 June 1976 |
Author
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William Shakespeare |
Director
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John Barton, Barry Kyle, Trevor Nunn |
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Ian Mckellen, Cherie Lunghi, Nickolas Grace, Marilyn Taylerson, John Woodvine |
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MacBeth |
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Malcolm |
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RSC |
Opening Night
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9 July 1976 |
Author
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William Shakespeare |
Director
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Trevor Nunn |
Cast
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Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Griffith Jones, John Woodvine, Bob Peck, Greg Hicks |
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The Alchemist |
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Ananias |
Company/Theatre
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RSC |
Opening Night
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19 May 1977 (The Other Place); 29 November 1977(Aldwych) |
Author
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Ben Jonson |
Director
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Trevor Nunn |
Cast
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Ian McKellen, John Woodvine, Susan Dury, Nickolas Grace, Hilton McRae |
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Bernard Levin mentions Roger's "notable performance in his review. Another reviewer says: "The outstanding performances are by Roger Rees as Ananias, a blazing portrait of a fanatic so appallingly recognisable that we eventually begin to shiver at his foaming as we laugh, ..." |
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The Factory Birds |
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Nazzer |
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RSC |
Opening Night
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1977 |
Author
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James Robson |
Director
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Bill Alexander |
Cast
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Rod Culbertson |
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The Way of the World |
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Petulant |
Company/Theatre
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RSC |
Opening Night
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24 January 1978 (Aldwych) |
Author
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William Congreve |
Director
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John Barton |
Cast
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John Woodvine, Michael Pennington, Nickolas Grace, Bob Peck, Beryl Reid, Judi Dench |
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Twelfth Night |
Role
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Sir Andrew Aguecheeck |
Company/Theatre
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RSC |
Opening Night
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1978 |
Author
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William Shakespeare |
Director
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John Amiel, Trevor Nunn |
Cast
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Ian McKellen, Bob Peck |
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Part of the 1978 RSC tour |
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Three Sisters |
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Tusenbach |
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RSC |
Opening Night
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1978 |
Author
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Chekhov |
Director
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Trevor Nunn |
Cast
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Ian McKellen, Emily Richard, Suzanne Bertish, Edward Petherbridge, Bridget Turner |
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Part of the 1978 RSC tour; Roger resumed the role in 1980 at the Aldwych with a slightly different cast |
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Cymbeline |
Role
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Posthumus Leonatus |
Company/Theatre
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RSC |
Opening Night
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11 April 1979 (Stratford) |
Author
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William Shakespeare |
Director
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David Jones |
Cast
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Jeffery Dench, Judi Dench, Geoffrey Hutchings, Bob Peck, Ben Kingsley, Hubert Rees |
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Play
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The Suicide |
Role
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Semyon Semyonovitch Podsekalnikov |
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RSC |
Opening Night
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6 June 1979 (Stratford); 21 January 1981 (Aldwych) |
Author
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Nikolai Erdman |
Director
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Ron Daniels |
Cast
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Susan Tracy, Lila Kaye, Timothy Knightley, Edward Petherbridge, Emily Richard |
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“Roger Rees's Semyon is funny, pitiable, admirable and despicable by turns grumpy, manic, but always in a performance of real intelligence, exactness and precise observation. One of the very best performances I have seen in a long time”. |
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(Plays and Players: July 1979, review by Sally Eire) |
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