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John Barton Biography (1928-)
Full name, John Bernard Adie Barton; born November 26, 1928, in London, England; son of Sir Harold Montagu and Lady Joyce (Wale) Barton; married Anne Righter (a university lecturer), 1968. Addresses: HOME--85 New Cavendish Street, London W1, England. AGENT--c/o Margaret Ramsay, Ltd., 14-A Goodwin's Court, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2, England.
- Nationality
- English
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- November 26, 1928
- London, England
Famous Works
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Credits
- BROADWAY DEBUT--The Hollow Crown, Henry Miller's Theatre, 1963.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
- Narrator, The Art of Seduction, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1962.
- Also appeared in The Hollow Crown, Aldwych Theatre, 1961; and in The Vagaries of Love, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, U.K., 1962.
- FIRST LONDON WORK--Director, Henry V, Elizabethan Theatre Company, Westminster Theatre, 1953.
- PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; ALL AS DIRECTOR,UNLESS INDICATED The Taming of theShrew, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on- Avon, U.K., 1960.
- Carmen, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, 1961.
- The Art of Seduction, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1962.
- assistant director, The Wars of the Roses, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, 1963.
- co-director, Richard II, Henry IV (Parts I and II), Henry V, and The Warsof the Roses, all RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1964.
- Love's Labour's Lost, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1965.
- co-director, Henry V, RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1965.
- co-director, Henry IV (Parts I and II), RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1966.
- Coriolanus and All's Well That Ends Well, both RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1967, then Aldwych Theatre, 1968.
- Julius Caesar and Troilus and Cressida, both RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1968, then Aldwych Theatre, 1969.
- When Thou Art King, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1969.
- Twelfth Night, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1969, then Aldwych Theatre, 1970.
- Measure for Measure and The Tempest, both RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre,1970.
- Twelfth Night and Othello, both RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1971, then Aldwych Theatre, 1972.
- co-director, Titus Andronicus, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1972.
- Richard II, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1973, then Aldwych Theatre, 1974.
- co-director, King John and Cymbeline, both RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, 1974.
- Dr. Faustus, RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1974.
- co-director, Perkin Warbeck, RSC, Other Place Theatre, Stratford-on- Avon, 1975.
- Much Ado about Nothing, and co-director, The Winter's Tale, Troilus and Cressida, and King Lear, all RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1976.
- Much Ado about Nothing, Pillars of the Community, and The Way of the World, and co-director, A Midsummer Night's Dream, all RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1977-78.
- The Merchant of Venice, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on- Avon, 1978, then Warehouse Theatre, London, 1979.
- Love's Labour's Lost, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1978, then AldwychTheatre, 1979.
- The Greeks, RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1980.
- The Devils and Waste, both RSC, Pit Theatre, London, 1984.
- Dreamplay, RSC, Pit Theatre, 1985.
- The Rover, Swan Theatre, London, 1986, then Mermaid Theatre, London, 1987.
- The Three Sisters, Barbican Theatre, London, 1988.
- Also directed Hamlet, RSC, 1980; The Merchant of Venice, Two Gentlemen ofVerona, and Titus Andronicus, all RSC, 1981; School for Scandal, For TriumphApollo, and The Vikings, all 1983; Life's a Dream, RSC, 1984; and productions for the Marlow Society andADC Theatre, Cambridge, U.K.
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Credits; MAJOR TOURS; DIRECTOR
- Richard II and Henry V, both Royal Shakespeare Company Theatregoround, U.K. cities, 1971.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK; ALL AS DIRECTOR SERIES
- Playing Shakespeare, 1983.
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Credits; SPECIALS
- Mallory's "Morte d'Arthur," 1983.
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Writings;STAGE
- (Adaptor) The Hollow Crown, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1961, published by Samuel French, Inc., 1962, and by Dial, 1971.
- (adaptor) The Vagaries of Love, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, U.K., 1962.
- (adaptor and editor, with Peter Hall) The Wars of the Roses, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on- Avon, U.K., 1963.
- (adaptor) The Revengers' Tragedy, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1966.
- (adaptor) King John, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, London, both 1974.
- (adaptor) Dr. Faustus, Aldwych Theatre, 1974.
- (adaptor) The Greeks, Aldwych Theatre, 1980.
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