Colin Firth in the Theater

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ANOTHER COUNTRY
by Julian Mitchell
Directed by Stuart Burge

First performance at the Queen's Theatre,
Tuesday 2 March 1982

*Guy Bennett*	COLIN FIRTH
Tommy Judd	JAMES NEWALL
Donald Devenish	ALEX GUARD
Jim Menzies	JULIEN BALL
Fowler	MILES RICHARDSON
Sanderson	MARK BURGESS
Barclay	JAMES WILBY
Delahay	PIP TORRENS
Wharton	NICHOLAS IRONS or DORIAN MACDONALD
Vaughn Cunningham	JOHN WESTBROOK

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THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA
by George Bernard Shaw
Dir. Peter Coe,

Performance dates:

13 June to 7 July 1984 in Bromley.
11 July to 4 August 1984 in Guildford

Cast:
Patrick Cargill
Gayle Hunnicutt
Tom Baker
Michael Craig
Emlyn Williams
*Colin Firth*	Louis Dubedat

Evidently, the production was intended to move on to the West End, but apparently never made it.

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THE LONELY ROAD
by Arthur Schnitzler
Directed by Christopher Fettes

First performance at the Yvonne Arnaud theatre, Guildford, 16 January 1985. First performance at the Old Vic, 5 February 1985.

Professor Wegrat, Director of the Academy of Painters	BASIL HOSKINS
Gabriele, his wife	ANN LYNN
*Felix, his son*	COLIN FIRTH
Johanna, his daughter	CHRISTINA NAGY
Julian Fichtner	ANTHONY HOPKINS
Stephan von Sala	ALAN DOBIE
Irene Herms	SAMANTHA EGGAR
Dr. Franz Reumann	RUPERT FRAZER
Sala's Manservant	JOHN DARRELL
Fichtner's Manservant	RICHARD HENRY EDWARDS
Wegrat's Maid	ANDREA BROOKS
Hospital Attendant	DAVID BAUCKHAM

Desire Under the Elms
by Eugene O'Neill

Directed by Patrick Mason
Designed by Joe Vanek
Lighting by Mick Hughes

First performance at the Greenwich Theatre, 6 May 1987.

Cast in order of appearance

Ephraim Cabot	TOM HICKEY
Peter, his son	RICHARD CORDERY
Simeon, his son	SAM DOUGLAS
Eben, his son	COLIN FIRTH
Abbie, his wife	CARMEN DU SAUTOY
Neighbour Woman	ROBERTA HAMOND
Neighbour Man	RON TRAVIS
Young Girl	SHANE VAHEY
Fiddler	BRYAN TORFEH
Sheriff	BRIAN FORSTER
Farmhands	ROBERT AWORK, GARY HIRST, ESTHER WATKIN

Review of Desire Under the Elms



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THE CARETAKER
by Harold Pinter
Directed by Harold Pinter

First performance of this production at the Comedy Theatre,
20 June 1991. .

Mick PETER HOWITT

Aston COLIN FIRTH

Davies DONALD PLEASENCE

Caretaker reviews

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CHATSKY
by Alexander Griboyedov
Verse translation by Anthony Burgess
Directed by Jonathan Kent

First performance of this production at the Almeida Theatre,
11 March 1993. Tour included Theatre Royal at Newcastle upon Tyne, 17-22 May 1993.

Liza MINNIE DRIVER

Sophie JEMMA REDGRAVE

Famusov DINSDALE LANDEN

Molchalin JONATHAN CULLEN

Peter, a servant SEAN HARRIS

Chatsky COLIN FIRTH

Colonel Skalozub JOHN FORTUNE

Nathalie Gorich DELIA LINDSAY

Gorich BOB GOODY

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Princess Tugo-Ukhovsky HELEN LINDSAY

Princess REBECCA HARRIES

Princess RACHEL LUMBERG

Princess ANNA MACKMIN

Princess CAROLINE RYDER

Princess MORAG SILLER

Countess Khryumina, a Grandmother JANE FREEMAN

Countess Khryumina, her Granddaughter SARAH CROWDEN

Zagoretsky MURRAY MELVIN

Miss Khylostova ROSALIND KNIGHT

Girl ASHABI AJIKAWO/SEBRINA MODEST

Mr N JOHN TORNDOFF

Mr D LAURANCE RUDIC

Repetilov DAVID O'HARA




In spite of its excellent prospects in terms of cast, director, and translator, this production was not a success. To say the reviews were not kind would be an understatement. Andrew Smith of The Journal (Newcastle uT) said "The cast make a good job of the thinly veiled plot and Colin Firth is convincing at showing Chatsky as a man at the end of his tether. But Burgess shuld perhaps have looked a little further through the vast archives of Eastern European literature before experimenting on a British audience."r.

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