Timothy O'Brien Biography (1929-)
Born Timothy Brian O'Brien, March 8, 1929, in Shillong, Assam, India; son ofBrian Palliser Tiegue and Elinor Laura (Mackenzie) O'Brien. Addresses:Office--33 Lansdowne Gardens, London SW8 2EQ, England.
- Nationality
- English
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- March 8, 1929
- Shillong, Assam, India
Famous Works
- Credits; Stage Work; Scenic Designer
- The Bald Primadonna, London, 1956.
- The New Tenant, London, 1956.
- Hunter's Moon, London, 1958.
- Five Finger Exercise, London, 1958.
- The Daring Buds of May, London, 1959.
- Don't Shoot, We're English, London, 1960.
- Henry IV, Part I, London, 1961.
- Progress to the Park, London, 1961.
- The Bartered Bride, 1962.
- The Girl of the Golden West, 1962.
- Next Time I'll Sing to You, London, 1963.
- Licence to Murder, London, 1963.
- Luv, London, 1963.
- Poor Bitos, London, 1963, later New York City, 1964.
- Hedda Gabler, London, 1964.
- Entertaining Mr. Sloane, London, 1964.
- A Scent of Flowers, London, 1964.
- Waiting for Godot, London, 1964.
- Traveling Light, London, 1965.
- A Scent of Flowers, Stuttgart, Germany, 1965.
- Tango, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, and Trafalgar at Madame Tussaud's, both 1966.
- Days in the Trees, Royal Shakespeare Company, and Trafalgar at Madame Tussaud's, both 1966.
- Joey Joey, Royal Shakespeare Company, and Trafalgar at Madame Tussaud's,both 1966.
- Staircase, Royal Shakespeare Company, and Trafalgar at Madame Tussaud's,both 1966.
- All's Well That Ends Well, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1967.
- As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1967.
- Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1967.
- The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968.
- Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968.
- The Latent Heterosexual, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968.
- Pericles, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1969.
- Women Beware Women, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1969.
- Bartholomew Fair, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1969.
- The Knot Garden, Royal Opera, 1970.
- Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company, and Madame Tussaud's, both 1970.
- The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1971.
- Enemies, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1971.
- The Man of Mode (with Tazeena Firth), Royal Shakespeare Company, 1971.
- La Cenerentola, Oslo, Norway, 1972.
- Lower Depths, The Island of the Mighty, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1972.
- As You Like It, OC Shakespeare Company, 1972.
- Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1973.
- Love's Labour's Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1973.
- Next of Kin, National Theater of Great Britain, London, 1974.
- The Bassarids, English National Opera, 1974.
- Summerfolk, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1974.
- Pericles, Comedie Francaise, Paris, 1974.
- The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1975.
- The Marrying of Ann Leete, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1975.
- Peter Grimes, Royal Opera, London, later Goteborg, Sweden and Paris, France, all 1975.
- John Gabriel Borkman, National Theater of Great Britain, 1975.
- The Bassarids, Frankfurt, 1975.
- Wozzeck, Adelaide Festival, 1976.
- The Zykovs, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1976.
- Troilus and Cressida, National Theater of Great Britain, 1976.
- The Force of Habit, National Theater of Great Britain, 1976.
- Falstaff, Berlin Opera, 1977.
- Tales from the Vienna Woods, National Theater of Great Britain, 1977.
- Bedroom Farce, National Theater of Great Britain, 1977.
- The Cunning Little Vixen, Goteborg, Sweden, 1978.
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sydney Opera House, Australia, 1978.
- Evita, National Theater of Great Britain, later in Australia, Austria, both 1978, then New York, 1979.
- The Rake's Progress, Royal Opera, London, 1979.
- Peter Grimes, Goteborg, Sweden, 1979.
- Lulu, Royal Opera, London, 1981.
- La Ronde, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1982.
- A Doll's Life, New York City, 1982.
- Le Grand Macabre, English National Opera, London, 1982.
- Turandot, Vienna State Opera, 1983.
- Tannhauser, Royal Opera, London, 1984.
- The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, English National Opera, 1984.
- Tramway Road, Lyric Theatre-Hammersmith, London, 1984.
- Samson, Royal Opera, 1985.
- Sicilian Vespers, Grande Theatre, Geneva, 1985.
- Old Times, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 1985.
- Lucia di Lammermoor, Koln Opera, 1985.
- The Threepenny Opera, National Theatre Company, London, 1986.
- Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Netherlands Opera, 1986.
- The American Clock, National Theatre Company, 1986.
- Otello, Royal Opera, 1987, revived 1990.
- Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Royal Opera, 1987.
- Three Sisters, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Center Theatre, London, 1988.
- Cymbeline, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1989.
- Exclusive, Strand Theatre, London, 1989.
- King, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1990.
- Love's Labour's Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Center Theatre,1991.
- Twelfth Night, Playhouse, 1991.
- Tartuffe, Playhouse, 1991.
- War and Peace, Kirov, Leningrad, Russia, 1991.
- Beauty and the Beast, City of Birmingham Touring Opera, 1991.
- Columbus and the Discovery of Japan, Royal Shakespeare Company, BarbicanCenter Theatre, 1992.
- Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera, 1993.
- Misha's Party, Royal Shakespeare Company, Pit, London, 1993.
- On Approval, Playhouse, 1994.
- The Clandestine Marriage, Queen's Theatre, London, 1994.
- The Merry Wives of Windsor, National Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre, London, then Oslo, Norway, both 1995.
- The Master Builder, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, 1995.
- Credits; Film Work; Scenic Designer
- Night Must Fall, 1964.
- Credits; Television Work; Scenic Designer
- The Flying Dutchman, ABC, 1958.
- Credits; Exhibitions
- British Theatre Design '83-87, Riverside Studios, London, 1988.
- Writings
- (With David Fingleton) British Theatre Design '83-87, London, 1988.
Further Reference
Sources
- Contemporary Designers, third edition, St. James (Detroit, MI), 1990.