David Schofield (actor) - Theatre Career

Theatre Career

Schofield's distinguished stage career has seen the actor performing for the Royal Shakespeare Company and long associations with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Exchange, Manchester. He played Roy Cohn in the National's 1993 production of Angels in America. He also acted in musicals (Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens) and straight plays on the West End stage in London. During his 30-year acting career he maintains the same agent. His roles include

  • John Merrick, The Elephant Man at the Hampstead Theatre (1977)
  • Mark Antony, Julius Caesar at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (1983)
  • Angelo, Measure for Measure at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon and then at the Barbican (1983)
  • Duke of Buckingham Henry VIII at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (1983)
  • Pompey, Antony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre,London (1987)
  • Robb Lambert, Winding the Ball by Alex Finlayson at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1989)
  • John Proctor, The Crucible by Arthur Miller at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1990)
  • Macheath, The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1991)
  • Lyle Britten, Blues for Mister Charlie by James Baldwin at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1992)
  • Roy M. Cohn Angels in America by Tony Kushner at the National Theatre,London (1993)
  • Archie Rice, The Entertainer by John Osborne at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (2009)

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