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 An Enormous 'Yes': the Landscape of Philip Larkin (Larkin) 18.xii.88, Playhouse Theatre, London with Patrick Garland, who devised the programme Also known as Down Cemetery Road (see below)  A Muse of Fire 1988 Salisbury Festival; 1989 Edinburgh Festival 2.x.88, Playhouse Theatre, London one man show devised by Gerard Hastings and Alan Bates designed and directed by Gerard Hastings  Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare (Benedick) 5.vi.89, Strand Theatre, London in repertory with  Ivanov, by Anton Chekhov (title role) 22.v.89, Strand Theatre, London both directed by Elijah Moshinsky, with Felicity Kendal (above)  Melon, by Simon Gray (Mark Melon) 23.vi.87, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London directed by Christopher Morahan April 1997 Bates Archive Spotlight directed by Jonathan Myerson, designed by Gerald Scarfe (with new material by Simon Gray, Terry Jones, Paul Makin, Robert Morley, John Mortimer, Richard O'Brien, Michael Palin, Stephen Poliakoff, Denise Robertson, Jack Rosenthal, Tom Stoppard, Fay Weldon, Ted Whitehead) 15.ii.87, Prince of Wales Theatre, London To benefit the Ford Martin Fund, for the welfare of children suffering from Leukaemia  King Arthur, opera by Henry Purcell, verse by John Dryden (title role, written to be spoken, not sung) July 1986, Buxton Opera House, Buxton, Derbyshire directed by Malcolm Fraser Manchester Camerata conducted by Anthony Hose  Down Cemetery Road (Philip Larkin) 16.i.86, Cottesloe, Royal National Theatre, London with Patrick Garland, who devised the programme  Yonadab, by Peter Shaffer (title role) 4.xii.85, Olivier, Royal National Theatre, London directed by Peter Hall  The Dance of Death, by August Strindberg (Edgar) 1985, Riverside Studios, Hammersmith directed by Keith Hack  One for the Road and Victoria Station, by Harold Pinter (the inquisitor Nicholas, above; the cabbie) 1984, Lyric Studio, Hammersmith directed by Harold Pinter  A Patriot for Me, by John Osborne (Alfred Redl) 11.v.83, Chichester Festival Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London 1985, Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles directed by Ronald Eyre Best Actor: Variety Club Award  Stage Struck, by Simon Gray (Robert Simon) 21.xi.79, Vaudeville Theatre, London directed by Stephen Hollis (with Sheila Ballantine, above)  (Trigorin) 11.viii.76, Duke of York's Theatre, London  Otherwise Engaged, by Simon Gray (Simon Hench) 30.vii.75 Queen's Theatre, London directed by Harold Pinter, Variety Club Award, 1975  Life Class, by David Storey (Allott) 9.iv.74, Royal Court Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre, London directed by Lindsay Anderson  Butley, by Simon Gray (Ben Butley) 14.vii.71, Criterion Theatre, West End, directed by Harold Pinter, and 31.x.72, Morosco Theatre, Broadway, directed by James Hammerstein 20.iii.73, Schubert Theatre, Los Angeles, directed by James Hammerstein Fall, 1973, Curran Theatre, San Francisco  Best Actor: Evening Standard Award in London, Tony Award in New York American Film Theatre film, 1974, directed by Harold Pinter December 1997 Bates Archive Spotlight  Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare (Petruchio)1973, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon directed by Clifford Williams  Hamlet, by William Shakespeare (title role) 4.xi.70, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham 11.i.71, Cambridge Theatre, London directed by Anthony Page  |
