Michael Pennington - Selected Stage Credits

Selected Stage Credits

• Richard II (Earl of Salisbury), National Youth Theatre, Apollo Theatre, London, 9–19 August and 30 August - 2 September 1961
• Henry IV, Part 2 (Earl of Warwick), National Youth Theatre, Apollo Theatre, London, 22–29 August 1961
• Hamlet (title role), ADC Theatre, Cambridge, February 1964
• Love's Labour's Lost (Dumaine and understudying Berowne), Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1965
• Hamlet (Fortinbras), RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon and Aldwych Theatre, London, 1965
• The Judge by John Mortimer, Theatre Royal, Brighton and Cambridge Theatre, London, 1967
• Hamlet (Laertes), Round House, London, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York and Huntington Hartford Theatre, Los Angeles, 1969
• Three Sisters (Andrei), Cambridge Arts Theatre, 1971
• "Trelawny of the Wells" (Ferdinand Gadd), Cambridge Arts Theatre, 1971
• "Savages" by Christopher Hampton (Crawshaw), Royal Court Theatre and Comedy Theatre, London, 1973
• Measure for Measure (Angelo), RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1974
• The Tempest (Ferdinand), RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1974
• Afore Night Come (Johnny Hobnails), RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1974
• Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), RSC, Straford-upon-Avon, 1976 and Aldwych Theatre, London, 1977
• Troilus and Cressida (Hector), RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1976 and Aldwych Theatre, London, 1977
• "King Lear" (Edgar), RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon 1976 and Aldwych Theatre London 1977
• Destiny by David Edgar (Major Rolfe), RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1976 and Aldwych Theatre, London, 1977
• The Way of the World (Mirabell), RSC, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1978
• Measure for Measure (the Duke), RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1978 and Aldwych Theatre, London, 1979
• Love's Labour's Lost (Berowne), RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1978 and Aldwych Theatre, London,
• Hippolytus (title role), RSC, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1978 and The Warehouse, London, 1979
• The White Guard (Shervinsky), RSC, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1979
• The Shadow of a Gunman (Donal Davoren), RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1980 and The Warehouse, London, 1981
• Hamlet (title role), RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1980, Theatre Royal, Newcastle, 1981 and Aldwych Theatre, London, 1981
• Crime and Punishment (Raskolnikov), directed by Yuri Lyubimov, Lyric Hammersmith, London, 1983
• Strider, The Story of a Horse by Mark Rozovsky based on Kholstomer by Leo Tolstoy (title role), Cottesloe Theatre, London, 1984
• Venice Preserv'd (Jaffier), Lyttelton at the Royal National Theatre, London 1984
• Anton Chekhov, his one-man-play about Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov), Cottesloe Theatre, London, 1984
• "Henry IV Parts One and Two", (Prince Hal), English Shakespeare Company 1986-1989
• "Henry V" (title role), English Shakespeare Company, 1986-1989
• "Richard II" (title role), English Shakespeare Company, 1987-1989
• "The Winter's Tale" (Leontes), English Shakespeare Company 1990-1991
• "Coriolanus" (title role), English Shakespeare Company 1990-1991
• "Macbeth" (title role), English Shakespeare Company 1991-1992
• "The Gift of the Gorgon" by Peter Shaffer (Edward Damson), West End 1992
• "The Entertainer" (Archie Rice), Hampstead Theatre 1996
• Waste (Henry Trebell), directed by Peter Hall, Old Vic London 1997
• The Seagull (Trigorin), directed by Peter Hall, Old Vic London 1997
• The Provoked Wife (Sir John Brute), directed by Lindsay Posner, Old Vic London, 1997
• The Misanthrope (title role), directed by Peter Hall, Piccadilly Theatre London, 1998
• Filumena (Domenico), directed by Peter Hall, Piccadilly Theatre London 1998
• Gross Indecency (Oscar Wilde), directed by Moises Kaufman, Gielgud Theatre London 1999
• Timon of Athens (title role), directed by Gregory Doran, RSC Stratford and London 1999-2000
• John Gabriel Borkman (title role), English Touring Theatre, 2003
• The Madness of George III (title role) West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Rep 2003
• The Seagull (Dr Dorn), directed by Peter Stein, Edinburgh Festival 2003
• Sweet William (One man show about Shakespeare) London and international touring, 2007 on
• "Collaboration" by Ronald Harwood (Richard Strauss), Duchess Theatre London 2009
• "Taking Sides" by Ronald Harwood (Major Steve Arnold), Duchess Theatre London 2009
• "The Master Builder" by Henrik Ibsen, (title role), Chichester Festival Theatre 2010
• "Love Is My Sin" directed by Peter Brook, International tour and Broadway 2010
• "The Syndicate" (Dr Fabio) by Eduardo di Filippo, adapted by Mike Poulton, directed by Sean Mathias, Chichester Festival Theatre 2011
• "Judgement Day" by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Mike Poulton, directed by James Dacre, The Print Room 2011
• "Antony and Cleopatra" (Antony), directed by Janet Suzman Chichester Festival Theatre 2012