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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Anthony Page Biography (1935-)
Full name, Anthony Frederick Montague Page; born September 21, 1935, in Bangalore, Karnataka, India; son of Frederick Charles Graham (a brigadier general)and Pearl Valerie Montague (Hall) Page. Avocational interests: Movies, reading, riding, traveling. Career: Director and actor. Royal CourtTheatre, London, England, assistant director, 1958; Royal Court Theatre, London, joint artistic director, 1964-65, later worked as artistic director, ending 1973; Dundee Repertory Theatre, artistic director, 1961-62. Member:Directors Guild of America. Awards, Honors: Directors and Producers Guild of England Award, television director of the year, 1967, for The Parachute; Emmy Award nomination, director of drama, 1973, for Pueblo;Emmy Award nomination, director of special program-drama or comedy, 1974, for The Missiles of October; Antoinette Perry Award, best direction of aplay, 1997, and Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for A Doll's House.
Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, Oxford House, 76 Oxford Street, London W1N 0AX, England.
- Nationality
- Indian
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, actor
- Birth Details
- September 21, 1935
- Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Director
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The Room, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1958
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The Long and the Short and the Tall, 1960
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Coriolanus, Oxford, England, 1961
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The Caretaker, Oxford, England, 1962
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Nil Carborundum, Royal Shakespeare Company at the Arts, 1962
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Women Beware Women, Royal Shakespeare Company at the Arts, 1962
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Not I and Krapp's Last Tape (double-bill), Royal Court Theatre, 1963
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Inadmissible Evidence, Royal Court Theatre, 1964-65
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A Cuckoo in the Nest, Royal Court Theatre, 1964-65
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Waiting for Godot, Royal Court Theatre, 1964-65
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A Patriot for Me, Royal Court Theatre, 1964-65
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Inadmissible Evidence, New York City, 1965
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Duchess, 1966
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Diary of a Madman, London, 1967
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Time Present, West End Theatre, 1968
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Look Back in Anger, 1968
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The Hotel in Amsterdam, West End Theatre, 1968
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Uncle Vanya, 1970
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Rules of the Game, National Theatre, 1971
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Hamlet, Nottingham, England, 1970then London, 1971
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West of Suez, Royal Court Theatre, 1971
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Alpha Beta, Royal Court Theatre, 1972
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Hedda Gabler, 1972
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Cromwell, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1973
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King Lear, American Shakespeare Festival, 1973
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Cowardice, Ambassadors' Theatre, 1983
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Heartbreak House, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1983-84
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Mrs. Warren's Profession, National Theatre Company, Lyttleton Theatre, London, 1985
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Three Tall Women, London, 1994
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A Doll's House, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1997
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A Delicate Balance, Theater Royal, London, 1997
- Also co-directed Live Like Pigs, Royal Court Theatre; and The Caretaker, Roundabout Theatre, New York City.
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Television Director
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Movies
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The Parachute, BBC, 1967
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Pueblo, ABC, 1973
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The Missiles of October, ABC, 1974
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Collision Course, 1975
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F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood, 1976
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FDR-The Last Year, NBC, 1980
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Bill, CBS, 1981
- (With Anthony Harvey) An Act of Love: The Patricia Neal Story, NBC, 1981
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Johnny Belinda, CBS, 1982
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Grace Kelly, ABC, 1983
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Bill: On His Own, CBS, 1983
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Murder: By Reason of Insanity (also known as My Sweet Victim), CBS, 1985
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Forbidden, HBO, 1985
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Second Serve (also known as I Change My Life), CBS, 1986
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Pack of Lies, CBS, 1987
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Scandal in a Small Town, NBC, 1988
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Chernobyl: The Final Warning, TNT, 1991
- Silent Cries (also known as Guests of the Emperor), NBC, 1993
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Human Bomb, TMC, 1998
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Miniseries
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Monte Carlo, CBS, 1986
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The Nightmare Years, TNT, 1989
- "Middlemarch," Masterpiece Theatre, BBC and PBS, 1994
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Specials
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Heartbreak House, PBS, 1986
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Early Days, PBS, 1986
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Episodic
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The Adams Chronicles, 1976
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Other
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Speaking of Murder, 1959
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Stephen D, BBC, 1963
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The Changeling, 1979
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Absolute Hell, National Theatre, 1991
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Guests of the Emperor, NBC, 1992
- Also directed The Hotel in Amsterdam, ABC; You're Free;
Z Cars;
Horror of Darkness;
Emlyn;
Headmaster; and Sheppey.
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Television Appearances
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Broadway '97: Launching the Tonys, PBS, 1997
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Film Director
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Inadmissible Evidence, Paramount, 1968
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Alpha Beta, Cine III, 1976
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, New World, 1977
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The Lady Vanishes, Rank, 1979
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Absolution, Trans World, 1988
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Film Appearances
- Tommy Trafler, No Place to Hide (also known as Rebel), 1970
- Joe, Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name (also known as Death of aHooker), Cannon, 1971
- (As Tony Page) Raf Alvarez, Prince of the City, Warner Bros., 1981
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