Timelines I: 1954 to 69 II: 1970 to 79 III: 1980 to 89 IV: 1990 to 99 V: 2000 to 03   BATES ARCHIVE News In Memoriam SPOTLIGHTS Knighthood American Film Theatre Fifties TV Al Hirschfeld FEATURES Biography Timeline Photo Gallery Actors Centre Piffle Ephemera ARCHIVE Theatre Film Television Audio Interviews Writing     Antony is like a big bird, trying to take off into that final flight. In the end he can't make it, the effort is too great but he never gives in. - Alan Bates

t i m e l i n e . IV The 90's began, professionally, with three interesting film roles. But in real life, tragedy struck Alan and his family twice, with the deaths of his son, Tristan, in 1990, and two years later, his wife, Victoria. Later he described this period as one of intense work, and the wonder is that projects of the highest quality emerged from this sad time. In a 1991 television interview, Dick Cavett, apparently clueless, said: "You're highly thought of, praised: you're one of the best actors - and you've been successful and bedecked with awards - you'd be clanking if you wore them all! This produces envy and jealousy. Could you reassure us that there's something wrong with your life? Is there anything you're not happy about?" Bates: "Oh, I can assuredly reassure you about that!" As the decade ended, Alan seemed refreshed and in good spirits, continuing to move with ease - and undiminished schedule - among the media. In 1997 the Bates Archive was launched, and has attracted an international group of visitors. As the millennium ended Alan was reminding audiences of his prowess as a classical actor in a distinguished RSC production of "Antony and Cleopatra." theatre film age television  other   1 9 9 0   x1990 Hamlet Mr. Frost Force majeure  56   1991 Secret Friends Shuttlecock 57  1991 102 Blvd Haussmann Hard Times Losing Track 1992 Stages National Theatre (Cottesloe), London  1992 Silent Tongue 58 1992 Unnatural Pursuits 1993 The Showman West End   59     60 1994 Oliver's Travels 4-part mini series  1994 Oliver's Travels (An abridged version of the Plater novel on two audio cassettes) 1995 The Master Builder West End, Toronto 1995 The Grotesque UK Theatrical Release 61 1995 A Shropshire Lad (CD) Poems of William Blake (audio cassette)  1996 Simply Disconnected Fortune's Fool Chichester Let's Keep In Touch West End 1996 The Grotesque US Theatrical Release  as Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets 62 1996 Union Bank of Switzerland poetry commercials: Invictus The Road Not Taken 1996 The Price's Choice CD & cassettes  1997 Life Support on tour & West End 1997 Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets US Video Release as Grave Indiscretion 63 1997 Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (CD, soundtrack) x 64  1998 Nicholas' Gift CBS, 26.iv.98 1998 Murder in Paris Man and Boy (radio plays)   Thomas Hardy: Words & Music (CD) Amsterdam (audio book) 1999 Antony & Cleopatra RSC, Stratford- upon-Avon   1999 The Cherry Orchard 65 1999 Nicholas' Gift UK video release 18.i.99   1999 An Equal Music (audio book) Timelines: | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 2000s |

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