Cast
Fox
Michael Stewart Allen
has been seen in several Off Broadway productions including Starbuck in Moby Dick Rehearsed, Caliban in The Tempest, Speed in The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Orlando in Love Shakespeare (The Acting Company) and the title role in Don Carlos (Prospect Theatre Company). His recent credits include Hamlet (Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey), Tale of Two Cities (People’s Light & Theatre Company), King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing (North Carolina Shakespeare Festival), Doubt (The Hippodrome State Theater), The Tempest (Folger Theatre in Washington, DC) Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath (Arkansas Repertory Theater). He has performed at theaters all over the country, including Arkansas Repertory Theatre, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Contemporary American Theater Festival, 12 Miles West Theater Company, and he has spent 11 seasons as a company member at The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey. His film and television credits include “Law & Order: SVU” and voice work on Cold Mountain. He is a member of AEA and SAG.
George III
Miles Anderson
has been acting for stage and screen for many years, perhaps best known in recent times for his television appearances as Colonel Aidan Dempsey in ITV’s Ultimate Force, Roger O’Neill in the award-winning House of Cards, Terry Fox in BBC’s Holby City and Colonel Dan Fortune in the hit series Soldier, Soldier. His stage appearances in the West End and for the Royal Shakespeare Company have won him acclaim with, amongst others, The Witch of Edmonton, The Twin Rivals, Macbeth, The Weir, Oliver! and Twelfth Night. He was awarded three British Drama Awards in his first season at Stratford. His work with directors including Richard Attenborough, Trevor Nunn, Adrian Noble, Max Stafford-Clark, Sam Mendes, Paul Seed, John Caird and Dominic Cooke – as well as actors including Peter Ustinov, Judi Dench, Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Simon Russell-Beale, Zoe Wanamaker, Harriet Walter, Juliet Stevenson, Richard Griffiths, Jean-Claude Van Damme – has established Miles internationally as an actor of immense versatility, notability and popularity.
Lady Pembroke
Shirine Babb
was recently seen in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Her London credits include Widows and her New York credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Pulse Ensemble Theatre), Trickle (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Single Black Female (The Duke on 42nd St), Aliens With Extraordinary Skills (Women’s Project), A Role Once Played (29th Repertory Theatre, 2004 AUDELCO Nominee) and American Girls Revue (American Girl Place). Ms. Babb’s regional credits include Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, Antony & Cleopatra, She Stoops to Conquer, A Christmas Carol, Omnium Gatherum, Play To Win: The Jackie Robinson Story, Almost Heaven: The John Denver Story and Bessie: Life & Music of Bessie Smith. Her television and film credits include “All My Children” and Picture Perfect. Her commercial work includes WE Network, Optimum Light Path and Fair Housing Act. Ms. Babb holds an MA from East 15 Acting School, UK and BFA from SUNY Fredonia.
Sheridan
Donald Carrier
is making his Old Globe debut with the 2010 Shakespeare Festival. His recent regional credits include Malvolio in Twelfth Night (Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival), Joseph Surface in The School For Scandal (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Ferdinand in The Duchess of Malfi (Shakespeare Theatre Company, Helen Hayes Award nomination), Frederick in Noises Off and Francis in Lincolnesque (Cleveland Playhouse), Ian in Shining City (The Studio Theatre), and Oscar Wilde in Gross Indecency (Huntington Theatre Company). Other theaters include Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Wilma Theater, Intiman Theatre and TheatreWorks. He spent nine seasons at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival appearing in As You Like It (Orlando), The School for Scandal (Charles Surface), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Peter Quince), The Importance Of Being Earnest (John Worthing), Coriolanus (Sicinius), The Merchant Of Venice (Bassanio) and Measure For Measure (Lucio). He also spent two seasons at the Shaw Festival. Carrier most recently appeared in Rock ‘N’ Roll at The Canadian Stage Company and assistant directed Cyrano de Bergerac at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. His television and film credits include “Guns,” The Time Traveler’s Wife, The Passion Of Ayn Rand, Dead by Monday and 54. His writing credits include the musical Evangeline, written with Anaya Farrell.
Prince of Wales
Andrew Dahl
previously appeared at The Old Globe in Six Degrees of Separation, Cyrano De Bergerac, Twelfth Night and Coriolanus. He recently appeared in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife, The Two Gentlemen of Verona as well as A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Water Engine. Mr. Dahl’s New York credits include The Winter's Tale, A Flea in Her Ear and The Twelfth Labor. His other credits include If This is a Man in Moscow, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, Dear Brutus, A View from the Bridge, Time Remembered and Boy Gets Girl (Dartmouth College). Mr. Dahl holds a B.A. in Theater from Dartmouth College.
Ramsden
Grayson DeJesus
was last seen in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife and The Two Gentleman of Verona. His regional credits include Romeo and Juliet, All's Well That Ends Well and The Antiquarian's Family (Shakespeare Santa Cruz). His other credits include Winnemucca (Three Days In The Belly) (Fringe NYC, Minnesota Fringe Festival), FILM (Theater of Note), New Playwrights Project, TheatreWorks, Here I Go Boys, A Diner A Shiner and New Beulah (Shelby Company). He received his BA in Theatre from Occidental College
Greville
Ben Diskant
most recently appeared in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. His regional credits include Speech and Debate (TheaterWorks Hartford), The History Boys (The Studio Theatre), Anything Goes (Williamstown Theatre Festival) and Freedom Train (Theaterworks/USA). Mr. Diskant holds a Bachelor’s of Music and a B.A. in Sociology from Northwestern University.
Dundas
Craig Dudley
has appeared in several shows in New York including Macbeth and Othello (Roundabout Theatre Company), The Miser (Bank Street Theatre), New York Fringe Festival, War and Peace (Symphony Space), Ursula’s Permanent (Kraine Theatre), Misalliance (Equity Library Theatre) and The Seagull (Guest Artist/Columbia University). His regional credits include Richard II and the North American Premiere of The Woman (Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada), Hamlet (Coconut Grove Playhouse), A Tale of Two Cities (Repertory Theatre Of St. Louis), The French Lieutenant’s Woman (Fulton Opera House), An Inspector Calls (Florida Studio Theatre), The Hasty Heart (Kennedy Center), Mary Stuart (Ahmanson Theatre), Cyrano de Bergerac (American Stage Festival), Racing Demon (Merrimack Theatre), Amadeus (Wayside Theatre), Dial M For Murder (Long Island Stage), The Mystery of Irma Vep (Mill Mountain Theatre), Crown of Kings (Byrdcliffe Theatre Festival), Miracle (White Barn Theatre), Noises Off (New Harmony Theatre, Boston Herald Repertory Company) and Twelfth Night (Tri-state Actor's Theatre). Mr. Dudley has appeared in several stock productions of Camelot playing King Arthur. His television credits include “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing,” “One Life to Live,” “Gimme a Break” and “Exiled.” He co-produced a theatrical documentary about Sir Derek Jacobi, was mentored for over twenty years by Philip Burton, father to Richard Burton, received a scholarship to the American Theatre Wing and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Braun
Christian Durso
was last seen in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife and The Two Gentleman of Verona. His New York credits include Nocturne (Under St. Marks), Cinephilia (Theatre Row), Spring Awakening (Blue Heron Arts Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Julius Caesar (Theatre For A New City), Shoe Polish (13th Street Repertory Company) and Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco (The Tank). Mr. Durso’s regional credits include Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), Macbeth (RADA) and Minnesota Moon (Boulder Fringe). His television credits include “One Life to Live” and “Guiding Light.” Mr. Durso holds a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
Dr. Francis Willis
Robert Foxworth
is an Associate Artist of The Old Globe and has appeared in Cornelia, Julius Caesar, Private Lives and Below the Belt. He was most recently seen on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning production of August: Osage County. He has also recently starred as Claudius in Hamlet (South Coast Repertory, directed by Daniel Sullivan) and on Broadway in the award-winning production of Twelve Angry Men (Roundabout Theatre Company). In the 2001/2002 season he played Robert in the national Broadway tour of Proof. Foxworth made his Broadway debut in The American Shakespeare Festival’s production of Henry V. He won the Theatre World Award for his portrayal of John Proctor in The Crucible (Lincoln Center Theater). His television credits include “Storefront Lawyers,” “Falcon Crest” and “Late Line” with Al Franken. He has guest starred on countless series episodes over the years. The most recent being a two-year stint on “Six Feet Under” and episodes of “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU” and “Gilmore Girls.” His stage work has included Cyrano (Great Lakes Theatre Festival), Iago and Macbeth (Guthrie Theater), George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Hartford Stage), Galileo (CENTERSTAGE), Uncle Vanya (Geffen Playhouse) and Cornelia, Julius Caesar, Private Lives and Below the Belt (The Old Globe). On Broadway, he was Count Shebyelski in Ivanov (Lincoln Center Theater), starred with Jane Alexander in Honour (Belasco Theater) and played Colonel Parker in Judgment at Nuremberg (Longacre Theater). Mr. Foxworth was seen in Syriana and is the voice of Ratchet in Transformers I and II
Ensemble
Catherine Gowl
has been seen at The Old Globe in The Women, Six Degrees of Separation, Coriolanus, Cyrano de Bergerac and Twelfth Night. She recently appeared in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife and The Two Gentlemen of Verona as well as A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Water Engine. Her New York credits include 'Twas, The Director, Oh The Humanity and Other Exclamations (The Flea Theater), Hamlet, The Great God Brown, Don Juan, A Piece of My Heart and Clash By Night. Gowl’s regional credits include The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later (La Jolla Playhouse), The Taming of the Shrew and Othello (Virginia Shakespeare Festival) and Proof. Her other credits include Julius Caesar, Richard III, Memory of Water, Simpatico, Camino Real, and many new works in New York, Boston and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Ms. Gowl holds a B.A. in History and Literature from Harvard.
Duke of York, Footman
Kevin Hoffmann
recently appeared at The Old Globe in Whisper House (Lt. Rando) as well as Twelfth Night (Sebastian), Cyrano de Bergerac (Musketeer), Coriolanus (Senator) and Six Degrees of Separation (Ben). He also played Speed in The Two Gentlemen of Verona with The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program where he was also seen in The Country Wife, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Greeks: The Murders. Regionally, Mr. Hoffmann has performed in Antony and Cleopatra and The Merry Wives of Windsor (The Theater at Monmouth), as well as Proof (Barksdale Theatre). His TV credits include “As the World Turns” and “All My Children.” His many commercials include Sony, Callaway Golf, and Fidelity Financial. Mr. Hoffmann holds a BFA in Acting from Elon University. www.kevinhoffmann.com
Fortnum
Andrew Hutcheson
was last seen in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife and The Two Gentleman of Verona. His New York credits include Elizabeth Rex, Kosher Harry, Richard III (Nicu's Spoon Theater), Romeo and Juliet (Staten Island Shakespeare) and Titus Andronicus (Rising Phoenix). National Tours include Julius Caesar and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey) and Beauty and the Beast (American Family Theatre). His regional credits include The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado about Nothing, The Crucible, A Lion in Winter, As You Like It and Jungalbook (Austin Theatre) as well as Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, 1776, Tartuffe, Romeo and Juliet and Love's Labour's Lost (Texas Shakespeare Festival). Mr. Hutcheson received his BA in Acting from The University of Texas at Austin.
Thurlow
Charles Janasz
has been seen in several Old Globe productions including Pericles and the Summer Shakespeare Festivals of 1985 and 2004-2009. He was seen on Broadway in Amadeus (’99-2000 revival) and has appeared in over 45 productions as a leading company member and returning artist of Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theater. He is a company member and returning guest artist at Arena Stage. Janasz’s other credits include Ahmanson Theatre, New York Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Horizons, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Geffen Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, CENTERSTAGE, The Empty Space Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Walker Art Center and Loring Playhouse. His television credits include “Mystery Woman,” “7th Heaven,” “Crossing Jordan,” “Frasier,” “Dharma & Greg” and “The Pretender.” Janasz’s radio credits include three productions for LA Theatre Works “The Play’s the Thing” on NPR. He attended University of Washington and The Juilliard School. Mr. Janasz is a proud member of Actors’ Equity since 1980.
Sir George Baker
Joseph Marcell
has worked extensively in both the UK and the US Of the 200 productions that he has been involved in, he has worked with many premier theatre companies. In the UK he has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre, Royal Court and Shakespeare's Globe where he has been on the Artistic Directorate & Council for 25 years. In the US he has worked on Broadway, Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Hudson Theater and Shakespeare & Company. He has also performed in Africa and on a British Council Tour of India with the director John Dexter. His film and television work includes Cry Freedom, Sioux City, Rough Crossings, Fever, “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Sesame Street,” ”Jericho,” “Rumpole of the Bailey,” “A Touch of Frost,” “Holby City,” “EastEnders,” “Brothers and Sisters,” “Empire Road” and “The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.”
Captain Fitzroy
Steven Marzolf
has been seen in several productions at The Old Globe including Six Degrees of Separation, Cyrano de Bergerac, Twelfth Night and Coriolanus. He also appeared in The Country Wife, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Greeks: The Murders (The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program). His regional credits include Fair Use and August: Osage County (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing and The Merry Wives of Windsor (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), As You Like It (Writers’ Theatre), Twilight of the Golds (Apple Tree Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Provision Theater), The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later (La Jolla Playhouse), Richard III, Mary Stuart, A Christmas Carol, and Napoli Milionaria (Milwaukee Repertory Theater), The Romeo and Juliet Story (Notre Dame Summer Shakespeare), Twelfth Night and The Tempest (Riverside Theatre) and Two Rooms (In Tandem Theatre).
Papandiek
Jordan McArthur
previously appeared in The Country Wife, The Two Gentleman of Verona and A Midsummer Night's Dream with (The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program). His Old Globe credits include Six Degrees of Separation, Cyrano de Bergerac, Twelfth Night and Coriolanus. McArthur’s regional credits include What the Butler Saw, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth (Virginia Shakespeare Festival). His other credits include Of Mice and Men, Arcadia, The Importance of Being Earnest and The Scarlet Letter. McArthur holds a BA in Theater from Christopher Newport University in Virginia.
Margaret Nicholson
Brooke Novak
has appeared in several productions with The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program including The Country Wife, The Two Gentleman of Verona, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Greeks: The Murders. She also appeared at The Old Globe in Coriolanus and Cyrano de Bergerac. Ms. Novak’s regional credits include The Antiquarian's Family and All’s Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare Santa Cruz). Her other credits include Macbeth and As You Like it. She received her BA in Theater from Occidental College.
Ensemble
Aubrey Saverino
has been seen in The Old Globe’s productions of Twelfth Night and Coriolanus. She also appeared in The Country Wife, Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Greeks: The Murders (The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program). Her other credits include Twelfth Night and Henry IV Part I & II (The Independent Shakespeare Company), Othello, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare by the Sea and Romeo and Juliet (El Portal Theatre), An Impending Rupture of the Belly (Furious Theatre Company), Richard III and Climbing Everest (The Colony Theater), Wit and Nicholas Nickleby (The Production Company), Inventing Van Gogh, The Imaginary Cuckhold and Creep (The Chance Theater) and A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Cherry Orchard, Arcadia and We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! (Occidental College). Ms. Saverino holds a BA in Theater from Occidental College. www.aubreysaverino.com
Ensemble
Ryman Sneed
was recently seen in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Ms. Sneed’s Off Broadway credits include None of the Above (The Lion Theater, Theater Row). Her New York credits include The Tempest, Seven Short and Very Short Plays by Jean-Claude Van Itallie, Pied a Terre and The Crucible. She recently appeared in the “Buzzed” PSA on the Starz Movie Network. Ms. Sneed holds a BFA in Acting from Marymount Manhattan College.
Sir Lucas Pepys, Sir Boothby Skrymshir
Adrian Sparks
has played leading roles in a wide variety of theatre classics at such theaters as Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Old Globe, Long Wharf Theatre, Stage West Theatre, CENTERSTAGE, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Laguna Playhouse and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. His extensive Shakespearean credits include acting or directing assignments in Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Macbeth, Troilus and Cressida, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Much Ado about Nothing, King Lear, Othello, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard II, Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2), Henry V, Henry VI (Parts I, II and III) and Richard III. His 2009 portrayal of Sharky in The Seafarer for Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati led to Best Actor Awards from both the Acclaim and Cincinnati Entertainment Awards. In 2005, Mr. Sparks was honored by the highly respected Ovation Awards Committee with a Best Actor nomination for his portrayal of Ernest Hemingway in the one man show Papa by Pulitzer Prize winning author John deGroot. He has since performed this solo show at numerous venues across the United States, and even took the show worldwide with an extended tour of major theaters and universities throughout Turkey.
Queen Charlotte
Emily Swallow
appeared on Broadway as Charlie and Marie LaSalle in High Fidelity. Her Off Broadway credits include Connie in John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger's Romantic Poetry (Manhattan Theatre Club), Delilah in The Black Eyed (New York Theatre Workshop), Hermione in Measure for Pleasure (The Public Theatre/NYSF), She in Like Love (NY Musical Theatre Festival), Regan in the workshop of King Lear starring Kevin Kline (The Public Theatre/NYSF) and the Ensemble in Much Ado About Nothing (The Public Theatre/NYSF). Ms. Swallow’s regional credits include Viva in Pop! (Yale Repertory Theatre), Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Guthrie Theater), Caroline Bramble in Enchanted April (San Jose Repertory Theatre) and Eurydice/Pomona/Iris in Metamorphoses (Pioneer Theatre Company). Her film and television credits include The Lucky Ones, “Southland,” “NCIS,” “Medium,” “Flight of the Conchords,” “Journeyman,” “Jericho” and “Guiding Light.”
Dr. Richard Warren
Bruce Turk
has performed at The Old Globe in productions of Twelfth Night, Cyrano De Bergerac, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, The Winter’s Tale (Craig Noel Award), The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It and Don Juan. His Broadway credits include the title role in The Green Bird and Juan Darien (Lincoln Center Theater). His Off Broadway credits include Pericles (Brooklyn Academy of Music), King John, Titus Andronicus and The Green Bird. Mr. Turk’s regional credits include seasons at The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Cincinnati Playhouse, Goodman Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and Shakespeare Santa Cruz as well as productions at the Shakespeare Theatre in DC, McCarter Theatre Center, Seattle Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Prince Music Theatre and many others. His television and film credits include “Numb3rs,” “ER,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Third Watch” and Garmento. Mr. Turk has also been a resident company member of Tadashi Suzuki’s Acting Company in Tokyo, Mito and Togamura, Japan. He is a graduate of Northwestern University.
Ensemble
Bree Welch
most recently appeared in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Her regional credits include The Tempest, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Love's Labor’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Cymbeline, As You Like It, Measure For Measure, The Taming of the Shrew (Houston Shakespeare Festival), The Rabbit Hole (Stages Repertory Theatre), Antigone (Classical Theatre Company), One Flea Spare (Mildred's Umbrella), Enchanted April, The Odd Couple and The Heiress (Unity Theatre), Snow White and The Wolf and the Foolish Little Kids (Children's Theatre Festival). Ms. Welch received her B.A. in Acting/Directing from The University of Houston.
William Pitt
Jay Whittaker
has been seen Off Broadway in Frank’s Home at Playwrights Horizons and Rose Rage at The Duke on 42nd St. His other credits include Awake and Sing (Northlight Theatre, directed by Amy Morton) Shining City (Huntington Theatre Company), Tamburlaine and Edward II (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Shining City and Frank’s Home (Goodman Theatre), Mother Courage and David Copperfield (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), The Merchant of Venice, All’s Well That Ends Well, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure, Julius Caesar, Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Tempest (Chicago Shakespeare Theater) and Henry IV (Royal Shakespeare Company). Mr. Whittaker’s film and television credits include Dustclouds, Let’s Go To Prison, Death of a President, “Prison Break” and “Early Edition
Team
Playwright
Alan Bennett
has been one of England's leading dramatists since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His work includes the “Talking Heads” television series, and the stage plays Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van and Question of Attribution. The History Boys won six Tony Awards, including best play, in 2006 and was made into a major motion picture. In the same year, his memoir, Untold Stories, was a number-one bestseller in the United Kingdom.
Director
Adrian Noble
Led the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) as Artistic Director and Chief Executive from 1990-2003. Noble’s most recent theater productions include Hamlet for the Stratford Festival of Canada, Cosi Fan Tutte at the Opera De Lyon, Kean for Thelma Holt Ltd at the Noel Coward Theatre, Summer and Smoke and A Woman Of No Importance for Stanhope Productions, The Home Place by Brian Friel at the Gate Theatre and the West End, Brand by Ibsen starring Ralph Fiennes, Pericles at The Roundhouse in Stratford and the West End London and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at The London Palladium starring Michael Ball. In 1980 he joined the RSC as Assistant Director, becoming an Associate Director almost immediately. His first production for the RSC was Ostrovsky’s The Forest which transferred first to the Warehouse and then to the Aldwych and was named Best Revival in the 1981 Drama Awards. In 1988 he was appointed by Terry Hands to be Artistic Director of the RSC’s Stratford season and in 1989 went on to be Artistic Director of the RSC London season. His RSC productions include A Doll’s House, A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The Comedy of Errors, Measure for Measure, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter’s Tale, Henry V, Desert Air, As You Like It, Macbeth, Kiss Me Kate, The Art of Success, The Plantagenets and The Master Builder. In 1989 Adrian left the RSC to pursue an independent career and directed The Art of Success at Manhattan Theatre Club and Chekhov’s The Three Sisters at the Gate Theatre and Royal Court Theatre. Noble has directed Don Giovanni for Kent Opera, The Duchess of Malfi in a circus tent in Paris, The Faerie Queen for the Peter Hall Company at the Aix-en-Provence Festival and a Japanese production of Twelfth Night.
