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Douglas Seale Biography (1913-)

Full name, Douglas Robert Seale; born October 28, 1913, in London, England; son of Robert Henry and Margaret (Law) Seale; married Elaine Wodson (marriageended); married Joan Geary. Career: Director, actor, and writer. Performed in repertories in Brighton and Croydon, England, and in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Perth, Scotland, 1934-40; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Stratford-on-Avon, England, actor, 1946-48; Bedford Theatre, Camden Town, England,director of a season of plays by Bernard Shaw, 1949; Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England, director of productions, beginning in 1950; Old Vic Theatre, associate director, 1958-59, director of tours in Russia and Poland, 1960; Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH, director, 1965; Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, artistic director, 1965-67; Cincinnati Playhousein the Park, director, 1968; Meadow Brook Theatre, Rochester, MI, director and actor, 1968-69; Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, co-producing director, 1969-72; Philadelphia Drama Guild, Philadelphia, PA, artistic director, 1975-79 (some sources cite 1974-80). University of California, Santa Barbara, Regent's Professor, 1965. Military service: British Army, Royal Signals, 1940-46. Awards, Honors: Honorary D.F.A., Washington College, Chestertown, MD, 1967; annual achievement award, Mensa, 1979.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, actor, writer

Birth Details

October 28, 1913

London, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Work
• Director
• The Queen Was in the Parlour, produced in Perth, Scotland, 1940
• The Comedy of Errors, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England, 1948
• The Romantic Young Lady, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1949
• Henry VI (Part III), Old Vic Theatre, London, England, 1952
• Trilogy of Henry VI, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, then Old Vic Theatre, 1953
• St. Joan (Dutch-language version), produced in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1954
• Henry IV (Parts I and II), Old Vic Theatre, 1955
• The Merry Wives of Windsor, Old Vic Theatre, 1955
• The Marriage of Figaro, produced in Sadler's Wells, England, 1957
• Henry V, Cambridge Festival, Cambridge, MA, 1957
• Caesar and Cleopatra, Birmingham Repertory Company, Paris Festival, Paris, then Old Vic Theatre, both 1957
• Fanny's First Play, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1957
• Fidelio, produced in Sadler's Wells, 1957
• King John, produced in Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1957
• Richard III, Old Vic Theatre, 1957
• Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III, Old Vic Theatre, 1957
• The Tempest, Theatre at University of British Columbia, Vancouver,1957
• King Lear, Old Vic Theatre, 1958
• Much Ado about Nothing, produced in Stratford-on-Avon, 1958
• Richard II (Dutch-language version), produced in Amsterdam, 1958
• World of the Wonderful Dark, Vancouver Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1958
• Julius Caesar, Old Vic Theatre, 1958
• Macbeth, Old Vic Theatre, 1958
• Tartuffe, Old Vic Theatre, 1959
• The Magistrate, Old Vic Theatre, 1959
• The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island, Old Vic Theatre, 1959
• Landscape with Figures, Dublin Festival, Dublin, Ireland, 1959
• Saint Joan, Old Vic Theatre, 1960
• She Stoops to Conquer, Old Vic Theatre, 1960
• King John, Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, 1960
• Once There Was a Russian, produced in New York City, 1961
• One Way Pendulum, East 74th Street Theatre, New York City, 1961
• Saint Joan, New York City Center Theatre, New York City, 1962
• Henry IV, Part I, produced in Stratford, CT, 1962
• The Comedy of Errors, produced in Stratford, 1963
• Henry V, produced in Stratford, 1963
• The Importance of Being Earnest, Madison Avenue Playhouse, New York City, 1963
• The Choice Is Murder, produced in the United States, 1964
• The Chinese Wall, Center Stage Theatre, Baltimore, MD, 1966
• Lady Audley's Secret, Center Stage Theatre, 1966
• Soldiers, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1969
• The Tempest, Goodman Theatre, 1970
• The Man in the Glass Booth, Goodman Theatre, 1970
• Heartbreak House, Goodman Theatre, 1970
• The Threepenny Opera, Goodman Theatre, 1970
• Twelfth Night, Goodman Theatre, 1970
• Marching Song, Goodman Theatre, 1971
• The Importance of Being Earnest, Goodman Theatre, 1971
• A Doll's House, Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, OH, 1971
• Lady Audley's Secret, Washington Theatre Club, Washington, DC, then Eastside Playhouse, New York City, both 1972
• Look Back in Anger, Cleveland Playhouse, 1973
• Getting Married, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1973
• Too Good to Be True, Shaw Festival, in Ontario, 1974
• Caesar and Cleopatra, Shaw Festival, 1975
• The Royal Family, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Philadelphia, PA, 1975
• The Birthday Party, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1976
• The Miser, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1976
• Heartbreak House, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1976
• Five Finger Exercise, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1977
• Blithe Spirit, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1977
• Hamlet, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1977
• Travesties, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1977
• Saint Joan, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1978
• Uncle Vanya, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1978
• The Last Few Days of Willie Callendar, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1979
• Summer, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1980
• Lady Audley's Secret, Shaw Festival, 1980
• The Winslow Boy, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1980-81
• The Dresser, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Coconut Grove, FL, 1982
• Witness for the Prosecution, Coconut Grove Playhouse, 1982
• Directed King Lear, at Marin Shakespeare Festival, San Francisco,CA; also directed a touring production of The Winslow Boy, U.S. cities, 1981.
• Stage Appearances
• Starling, The Drums Begin, Embassy Theatre, London, 1934
• D'Amville, Queen of Scots, New Theatre, New York City, 1934
• Mr. Ireland, The Hidden Years, Fortune Theatre, London, 1948
• Sir Michael Audley, Lady Audley's Secret, Washington Theatre Club,then Eastside Playhouse, New York City, both 1972
• Giovanni, Emperor Henry IV, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1973
• Sorin, The Seagull, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1973-74
• Oliver Seaton, A Family and a Fortune, Seattle Repertory Theatre,1974
• Reverend Shannon, The Night of the Iguana, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1978-79
• Alphonse Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1981
• Geoffrey, The Dresser, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1981-82
• Selsdon Mowbray, Noises Off, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1983-85
• The Entertainer, produced in New York City, 1996
• Film Appearances
• Count Arco, Amadeus, Orion, 1984
• Brother Domenick, Heaven Help Us (also known as Catholic Boys), TriStar, 1985
• Santa, Ernest Saves Christmas, Buena Vista, 1988
• Plaza Hotel man, Ghostbusters II, Columbia, 1989
• Triplicity, 1989
• Boswell, Mr. Destiny, Buena Vista, 1990
• Father, Almost an Angel, 1990
• Voice of Krebbs, The Rescuers Down Under, Buena Vista, 1990
• Voice of the Sultan, Aladdin (animated), Buena Vista, 1992
• Freddy, For Love or Money (also known as The Concierge), Universal, 1993
• Old man, Palookaville, Orion, 1996
• Television Appearances
• Series
• John Clapper, Rags to Riches, NBC, 1987-88
• Movies
• John Clapper, Rags to Riches (also known as Foley and the Girlsfrom St. Mags), NBC, 1986
• Innkeeper MacVey, Haunted by Her Past (also known as Secret Passions), NBC, 1987
• Specials
• Butler, ALF Loves a Mystery, NBC, 1987
• Lord Carmarthen, A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation, PBS, 1990
• Voice, 500 Nations, CBS, 1995
• Episodic
• Mr. Beverlee, The Lucie Arnaz Show, CBS, 1985
• Amazing Stories, NBC, 1985
• Dr. Post, "H.E.N.R.I. VIII," The Wizard, CBS, 1987
• Bert Miller, "A House Is Not a Home," Cheers, NBC, 1987
• "Honorable Profession," Hunter, NBC, 1988
• Claude, Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1996
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• Malcolm, Phantasmagoria (also known as Roberta Williams' Phantasmagoria), 1995
• WRITINGS
• Plays
• Lady Audley's Secret, Center Stage Theatre, Baltimore, MD, 1966

User Contributions:

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Philip

Aug 8, 2012 @ 4:04 am

I have a Theatre Programme for The Inca of Perusalem and Candida both by George Bernard Shaw at the Bedford Theatre Camden Town which opened on the 30th May... Unfortuneately the year is not given. Does anyone know??
Douglas Seale Directed both Plays.

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