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 t h e a t r e

 P A R T X I: 1990 to 2003


Halesworth Arts Festival
18.x.03 Alan's last public appearance, cutting ribbon
and reading poem, to hugely welcoming audience




Fortune's Fool
, by Ivan Turgenev
(Vassily Semyonitch Kuzovkin) 2.iv.02 The Music Box, Broadway, NYC
directed by Arthur Penn
co-starring Frank Langella as Flegont Alexandrovitch Tropatchov

Outstanding Actor in a Play, 2002 Tony
Outstanding Actor in a Play, 2002 Drama Desk
Outstanding Actor in a Play, 2002 Outer Critics Circle




Dorian Gray
, by Trevor Baxter
(Lord Henry)17.vii.01 Theatre Royal, Windsor
directed by Robin Phillips
co-starring Benedick Bates as Dorian Gray)



The Unexpected Man
, by Yasmina Reza
(Paul Parsky) 24.x.00 Promenade Theatre, Off-Broadway, NYC
directed by Matthew Warchus,
co-starring Eileen Atkins (above) as Martha
Best Actor, 2001 Lucille Lortel Award



Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare
(Antony) 23.vi.99 Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Newcastle: 9.xi.99 to 13.xi.99, Theatre Royal
19.i.00, Barbican Theatre, London
Plymouth: 25.iv.00 to 29.iv.00, Theatre Royal
directed by Steven Pimlott
Royal Shakespeare Company




Thomas Hardy Programme
27.ii.00, Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London
The National Trust and the Thomas Hardy Society




Noel Coward Centenary Gala
12.xii.99, Savoy Theatre, London
Two poems: "The Boy Actor," and "I Am No Good At Love"



Life Support, by Simon Gray
(J.G.) On tour June, 1997: Guildford, Richmond, Oxford, Bath
5.viii.97 Aldwych Theatre, West End
directed by Harold Pinter
July, 1997 Bates Archive Spotlight


 

Let's Keep In Touch
1.xii.96, Gielgud Theatre, West End (one performance)
compiled and produced by Bruce Alexander and Alan Bates

A Celebration of Theatre in Words and Music
for The Actors Centre and The Tristan Bates Theatre



Fortune's Fool, by Ivan Turgenev
(Kuzovkin) 21.viii.96, Chichester Festival Theatre,
and September, 1996, Theatre Royal, Bath
directed by Gale Edwards
March, 1997 Bates Archive Spotlight



Simply Disconnected, by Simon Gray
(Simon Hench) May, 1996, Minerva Theatre, Chichester;
June, 1996, Malvern Festival Theatre
sequel to Otherwise Engaged (1975)
directed by Richard Wilson



The Master Builder, by Henrik Ibsen
(Halvard Solness) 13.x.95, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London,
and Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
directed by Peter Hall, with Victoria Hamilton (above)
February 2000 Bates Archive Spotlight



The Showman, by Thomas Bernhard
(Bruscon) 6.v.93, Almeida Theatre, London
directed by Jonathan Kent

"Alan Bates wishes to dedicate his work in this play
to his late son Tristan Bates, a young actor."



Stages, by David Storey |
(Richard Fenchurch) 18.xi.92, Cottesloe, Royal National Theatre, London
directed by Lindsay Anderson
March 1999 Bates Archive Spotlight

"Alan Bates wishes to dedicate his work in this play
to his late wife Victoria Valerie June."


Saki
(Adapted and directed by Jeremy Raison)
24.xi.91, Richmond Theatre
A performance to celebrate the re-opening of the theatre,
with Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Zoe Wanamaker,
Tim Piggott-Smith, George Fenton.

 

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