Michael Blakemore Biography (1928-)

Full name, Michael Howell Blakemore; born June 18, 1928, in Sydney, Australia; son of Conrad Howell (an eye surgeon) and Una Mary (maiden name, Litchfield) Blakemore; married Shirley Mary Bush, 1960 (divorced, 1986); married TanyaMcCallin (a set designer), 1986; children: (first marriage) Conrad; (second marriage) Beatrice, Clementine. Addresses: Office: 11-A St. Martin's Almshouses, Bayham St., London N.W. 1, England.; Agent: Lantz Office, 888 Seventh Ave., Suite 2500, New York, NY 10106.

Nationality: Australian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, actor, writer
Birth Details: June 18, 1928; Sydney, Australia

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Work
Director
The Investigation, Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland, 1966
Little Malcolm, Citizens' Theatre, 1966
Stephen D., Citizens' Theatre, 1966
Nightmare Abbey, Citizens' Theatre, 1966
The Visions of Simone Machard, Citizens' Theatre, 1967
A Choice of Wars, Citizens' Theatre, 1967
Rosmersholm, Citizens' Theatre, 1967
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Citizens' Theatre, 1967 then ComedyTheatre, London, England, 1967 produced as Joe Egg, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1968
The Strange Case of Martin Richter, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1968
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, then Saville Theatre, London, both 1969
The National Health, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1969
Widowers' Houses, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1970
Long Day's Journey into Night, National Theatre, London, 1971
(With John Dexter) Tyger, National Theatre, 1971
Forget-Me-Not Lane, London production, c. 1971
The Front Page, National Theatre, 1972
Macbeth, National Theatre, 1972
The Cherry Orchard, National Theatre, 1973
Design for Living, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1973
Knuckle, Comedy Theatre, 1974
Grand Manoeuvres, National Theatre, 1974
Don's Party, Royal Court Theatre, 1975
Engaged, National Theatre, 1975
Plunder, National Theatre, 1976
The Madras House, National Theatre, 1976
Privates on Parade, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1977
The White Devil, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1977
Separate Tables, London production, 1977
Candida, London production, 1977
Hayfever, produced in Denmark, 1977
Deathtrap, Garrick Theatre, London, then Players Theatre, New YorkCity, later Theatre Royal, Sydney, Australia, all 1978
The Wild Duck, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1980
Make and Break, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, 1980
Travelling North, 1980
All My Sons, London production, 1981
Noises Off, Savoy Theatre, London, 1982 then Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1983-1985 later Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1985
Benefactors, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1984 then Brooks AtkinsonTheatre, 1985-1986
Made in Bangkok, London production, 1986

Lettice and Lovage, Globe Theatre, London, 1987
The Day Room, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1987
City of Angels, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 1989-1992 then Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 1993
Lettice and Lovage, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1990
The Ride down Mount Morgan, 1991
Money and Friends, Center Theatre Group, Doolittle Theatre, Hollywood, CA, 1993
Uncle Vanya, London production, 1995
Death Defying Acts, Variety Arts Theatre, New York City, 1995
Tosca (opera), Houston Grand Opera, Houston, TX, 1997
The Life, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1997-1998
Alarms and Excursions, London production, 1998
Kiss Me, Kate, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1999-?
Copenhagen, Royal National Theatre, London, 1998 then Royale Theatre, New York City, 2000-2001
Also directed The Sisters Rosensweig, Old Vic Theatre, London.
Major Tours
Director
Noises Off, U.S. cities, 1985
Tosca (opera), Welsh National Opera, 1993
Mr. Peter's Connections, British cities, 2000
Stage Appearances
(Stage debut) Doctor, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Theatre Royale, Huddersfield, England, 1951
Jack Poyntz, School, Prince's Theatre, London, 1958
Senator, Coriolanus, Memorial Theatre Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1959
Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, Open Air Theatre, London, 1962
Holofernes, Love's Labour's Lost, Open Air Theatre, 1962
Dogberry, Much Ado about Nothing, Open Air Theatre, 1963
Theseus, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Open Air Theatre, 1963
Badger, Toad of Toad Hall, Comedy Theatre, 1963
George, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Citizens' Theatre, 1966-1967
Maitland, Inadmissible Evidence, Citizens' Theatre, 1966-1967
Copenhagen, Duchess Theatre, London, 1999-2001
Major Tours
Appearances
Captain, Titus Andronicus, Eastern European cities, 1959
Palmer Anderson, A Severed Head, Australian cities, 1965
Film Director
A Personal History of the Australian Surf (documentary), Adams-Parker Films, 1981
Privates on Parade, Orion Classics, 1982
Country Life, Miramax, 1994
Film Appearances
Officer, Catch Us If You Can (also known as Having a Wild Weekend), Warner Bros., 1965
Narrator and father, A Personal History of the Australian Surf (documentary), Adams-Parker Films, 1981
Alexander Voysey, Country Life, Miramax, 1994
Television Director
Specials
Long Day's Journey into Night (adaptation of play by Eugene O'Neill), ABC, 1973
"The Old Reliable," Tales from the Hollywood Hills (also known asGreat Performances), PBS, 1988
Television Appearances
Public relations officer, Countdown at Woomera, 1961
Prime Minister John Curtin, The Last Bastion (miniseries), 1984
WRITINGS
Screenplays
A Personal History of the Australian Surf (documentary), Adams-Parker Films, 1981
Country Life, Miramax, 1994
Television Specials
(With Peter Wood) Long Day's Journey into Night (adaptation of play by Eugene O'Neill), ABC, 1973
Other Writings
Next Season (novel), Simon & Schuster (New York City), 1968
Contributor to periodicals, including New Yorker.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

InTheater, December 6, 1999

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