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Dilys Hamlett Biography (1928-2002)

Born March 31, 1928, in Tidworth, England; daughter of Sidney and Mary Jane (Evans) Hamlett; married Casper Wrede (divorced); children: a son. Addresses: AGENT--David Daly, Personal Management, 68 Old Brompton Road, London SW5, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Female

Birth Details

March 31, 1928

Tidworth, England

Death Details

November 7, 2002

Cupar, Fife, Scotland

Famous Works

• Credits
• LONDON DEBUT--Lady Ghost, The Innocents, His Majesty's, 1952.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Miss, Miss Julie, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland, 1953.
• first witch, Macbeth, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, 1955.
• Ophelia, Hamlet, Mariana, Measure for Measure, both Stratford-on- Avon, 1956.
• Julie, Danton's Death, Lyric, Hammersmith, 1959.
• Agnes, Brand, Lyric, Hammersmith, 1959.
• Miss Quested, A Passage to India, Oxford Playhouse, Comedy, London, 1960.
• Kate Keller, The Miracle Worker, Solveig, Peer Gynt, both Old Vic, London, 1962.
• Isabella, Measure for Measure, Desdemona, Othello, both Old Vic, London,1963.
• Rita, Little Eyolf, Edinburgh Festival, 1963.
• Mary Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night, Marie Louise, The Ortolan, Portia, The Merchant of Venice, Amanda, Private Lives, Widow Quinn, The Playboyof the Western World, all at the Century, Manchester, 1966-68.
• Gertrude, Hamlet, Edinburgh Festival, 1968.
• The Trial of Saint Joan, 1969.
• the wife, Country Matters, 1969.
• Donna Lucia, Charley's Aunt, 69 Theatre Company, Apollo, 1971.
• Alice, Tiny Alice, Theatre Royal, York, 1972.
• Joan, The Trial of Joan of Arc, York Minster, 1973.
• Rosalind, As You Like It, Regent's Park, London, 1973.
• Catherine Petkoff, Arms and the Man, Vera, Pal Joey, Northcott, Exeter, 1974.
• Eleanor, Thomas and the King, Her Majesty's, London, 1975.
• Kate, Old Times, Toulouse, 1976.
• Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Northcott, Exeter, 1976.
• Joan, Honegger's St. Joan, Exeter University, 1976.
• Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Theatre Royal, Watford, 1977.
• Martha, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, York, 1977.
• Norwegian Lady, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Royal Exchange, Manchester, 1977.
• Mary, Dear Daddy, Ambassador's, London, 1977.
• Paulina, The Winter's Tale, Royal Exchange, Manchester, 1978.
• Alix, Motherdear, Northcott, Exeter, 1979.
• Countess, The Deep Man, Madame Ranevskaya, The Cherry Orchard, both at Royal Exchange, 1979.
• Agnes, A Delicate Balance, Haymarket, Leicester, 1981.
• Mother, Have You Anthing to Declare, Royal Theater, Manchester, and Milwaukee Repertory, WI, 1981.
• Becoming, The Playhouse, Nottingham, and La MaMa, NY, 1982.
• Akhmatova, Hope Against Hope, Royal Exchange, Manchester, 1983.
• Miss Moffat, The Corn Is Green, Royal Theatre, Northampton, 1983.
• Judith Bliss, Hayfever, Mercury, Colchester, 1984.
• Mrs. Malaprop, The Rivals, Theatre Royal, York, 1984.
• Mary Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night, Royal Exchange, Manchester, 1985.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Eva Hood, March Hares.
• Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, 1976.
• Delia, Dear Daddy, South African cities, 1977-78.
• Paulina, The Winter's Tale, European cities, 1978.
• Needs and Notions, Finland and UK cities.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
• The Creditors, Northcott Theater, Exeter, 1975.
• A Man for All Seasons, Exeter Cathedral, 1978.
• Christmas Fun and a Fairy Tale, Royal Exchange, Manchester, 1979.
• Stevie, The Playhouse, Nottingham, 1980.
• Extracts from A Doll's House and Beaux Stratagem, Rose Bruford College, 1982.
• All My Sons, Royal Theater, Northhampton, 1983.
• Romance, Orange Theatre, Richmond, 1983.
• One for the Road, Theatre Royal, York, 1984.
• Table Manners, The Playhouse, Nottingham, 1984.
• TELEVISION DEBUT--1956.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• Pavlova.
• Sonya, Uncle Vanya.
• Viola, Twelfth Night.
• Agnes, Brand.
• Cassandra, Women of Troy.
• Julie, Dantan's Death.
• Wife, Convalescence.
• Vicar's Wife.
• The Last of the Summer Wine.
• Play for Today, BBC.
• Fire at Magilligan.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• FILM DEBUT--1962.
• What Changed Charlie Farthing?