Work With The Peter Hall Company
For the newly-formed Peter Hall Company, Thelma Holt was Executive Producer for: "Orpheus Descending" by Tennessee Williams (cast included Vanessa Redgrave), presented at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare (cast included Dustin Hoffman) presented at the Phoenix Theatre, London and in New York, "The Wild Duck" by Henrik Ibsen (cast included Alex Jennings, David Threlfall, Nichola McAuliffe) presented at the Phoenix Theatre, London. Thelma Holt was Executive Producer for Triumph Proscenium's production of Pirandello's "Henry IV starring Richard Harris, which was presented in 1990 at Wyndham's Theatre, London. In 1990 she also presented two visiting productions at the National Theatre: "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare (the Bulandra Theatre Company from Bucharest), "The Kingdom of Desire" based on Shakespeare's "Macbeth" (the Contemporary Legend Theatre from Taiwan).
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