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William Gaskill Biography (1930-)

Born June 24, 1930, in Shipley, Yorkshire, England; son of Joseph Linnaeus and Maggie (Simpson) Gaskill. Addresses: OFFICE--124a Leighton Road, London NW5, England.

Mr. Gaskill informs CTFT that he worked as a male nurse, a baker, and as a factory worker prior to his directing career.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

June 24, 1930

Shipley, Yorkshire, England

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR; LONDON,EXCEPT AS NOTED
• FIRST STAGE WORK--Director, The First Mrs. Fraser, Redcar Theatre, Yorkshire, England, 1954.
• LONDON DEBUT--Director, A Resounding Tinkle, Royal Court Theatre, 1957.
• Assistant director and played role of Quack, The Country Wife, Theatre Royal, Stratford, 1955.
• The Hawthorn Tree, Q Theatre, 1955.
• Epitaph for George Dillon, 1958.
• double bill, A Resounding Tinkle and The Hole, 1958.
• Brixham Regatta, 1958.
• The Deadly Game, New York, 1958.
• The Happy Haven, 1960.
• Richard III, Stratford-on-Avon, 1961.
• Infanticide in the House of Fred Ginger, 1962.
• Baal, 1963.
• With the National Theatre of Great Britain: The Recruiting Officer, 1963,Philoctetes, The Dutch Courtesan, also at Chichester Festival, both 1964, Mother Courage, 1965, co-director, Armstrong's Last Goodnight, also at Chichester Festival, 1965.
• With the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre: Saved, 1965, AChaste Maid in Cheapside, 1966, co-director, The Performing Giant, 1966, Their Very Own, Golden City, and Macbeth, all 1966, The Three Sisters, 1967; Fill the Stage with Happy Hours at the Vaudeville Theatre, 1967, Early Morning,1968, Saved, Early Morning, and The Double Dealer, all 1969; "Come," "Go," and "Play," Beckett 3 (triple bill), Theatre Upstairs, 1970, Cheek, 1970, Man Is Man and Edward Bond's Lear, 1971, Big Wolf, 1972, The Sea, 1973.
• With Joint Stock Theatre Group (co-director with Max Stafford- Clark): The Speakers, 1974, Fanshem, 1975, Yesterday's News, 1976, A Mad World, My Masters, 1977, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, 1978, An Optimistic Thrust,1980, The Crimes of Vautrin, 1983.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS AND INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS; DIRECTOR
• Hadrian VII, Hamburg, Germany, 1969.
• The Beaux Stratagem, National Theatre and U.S. tour, 1970.
• Measure for Measure, Exeter, 1972.
• Lear, Munich, Germany, 1973.
• Galileo, Hamburg, Germany, 1973.
• Snap, The Kitchen, Brussels, 1974.
• Love's Labour's Lost, Sydney, Australia, 1974.
• The Government Inspector, Edinburgh Festival, 1975.
• King Oedipus and Oedipus at Colonus, Dubrovnik, 1976.
• The Madras House, National Theatre, 1977.
• The Barber of Seville, Wales, 1977.
• La Boheme, Wales, 1977.
• A Fair Quarrel, National Theatre, 1979.
• The Gorky Brigade, Royal Court Theatre, 1979.
• Touched and Tibetan Inroads, Royal Court Theatre, 1981.
• Hamlet, Sydney, Australia, 1981.
• Pericles, Genoa, Italy, 1982.
• She Stoops to Counquer, London, 1982.
• The Entertainer, New York, 1983.
• The Relapse, London, 1983.
• Rents, London, 1984.
• The Way of the World, Chichester Festival, and London, 1984.
• Candida, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1985.
• Women Beware Women, Royal Court Theatre, 1986.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK
• Director, Zoo Time, BBC.