Tom Courtenay - Work in The Theatre

Work in The Theatre

His roles include

• Konstantin Trepylef, The Seagull by Anton Chekhov as the Old Vic, London (1960)
• Poins, Henry IV, Part 1 at the Old Vic (1961)
• Feste, Twelfth Night at the Old Vic (1961)
• Billy Fisher, Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse at the Cambridge Theatre, London (1961)
• Andri, Andorra by Max Frisch for the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic (1964)
• Trofimov, The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov at the Chichester Festival Theatre (1966)
• Malcolm, Macbeth at the Chichester Festival Theatre (1966)
• Lord Fancourt Babberley, Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas for Century Theatre at the University of Manchester Theatre (1967)
• Christy Mahon, The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge for Century Theatre at the University of Manchester Theatre (1968)
• Romeo, Romeo and Juliet for Century Theatre at the University of Manchester Theatre (1968)
• Hamlet for the 69 Theatre Company at the Edinburgh Festival (1968)
• Young Marlow, She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith for the 69 Theatre Company at the University of Manchester Theatre and then at the Garrick Theatre, London (1969)
• Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen for the 69 Theatre Company at the University of Manchester Theatre (1970)
• Lord Fancourt Babberley, Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas for the 69 Theatre Company at the University of Manchester Theatre and then at the Apollo Theatre, London (1972)
• Leonard, Time and Time Again by Alan Ayckbourn at the Comedy Theatre, London (1972)
• Captain Bluntschli, Arms and the Man for the 69 Theatre Company at ‘the Tent’ in the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1973)
• Norman, The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn at the Greenwich Theatre and then at the Globe Theatre (1974)
• John Clarke, The Fool by Edward Bond at the Royal Court Theatre (1975)
• Faulkland, The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1976)
• The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1976)
• Simon, Otherwise Engaged by Simon Gray at the Plymouth Theatre, New York (1977)
• Malvolio, Twelfth Night at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1978)
• Owen, Clouds by Michael Frayn at the Duke of York's Theatre, London (1978)
• Raskolnikov, Crime and Punishment at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1978)
• Norman, The Dresser by Ronald Harwood at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, then at the Queens Theatre, London (1980). Then at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York (1981)
• Alceste, The Misanthrope by Moliere at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1981)
• Andy Capp by Alan Price and James Maxwell at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1982)
• George, Jumpers by Tom Stoppard at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1984)
• Rookery Nook by Ben Travers at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London (1986)
• The Hypochondriac by Moliere at the Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith) (1987)
• Dealing with Clair by Martin Crimp at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond (1988)
• Harpagon, The Miser by Moliere at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1992)
• Eric Wells, Poison Pen by Ronald Harwood at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1993)
• Moscow Stations from the novel by Venedict Yerofeyev, one man show at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh then toured (1993)
• Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov at the Circle in the Square Theatre, New York (1995)
• Serge, 'Art' by Yasmina Reza at Wyndham's Theatre, London (1996)
• King Lear at the Royal Exchange, Manchester at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1999)
• Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (2001)
• Pretending To Be Me, one man show at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds then toured (2003)