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Michael Bogdanov Biography (1938-)

Born Michael Bogdin, December 15, 1938, in London, England; son of Francis Benzion and Rhoda (Rees) Bogdin; married Patricia Ann Warwick, December 17, 1966; children: Malachi, Jethro, Ffion. Addresses: Office: English Shakespeare Company, 38 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3EG, England.; Agent: (Literary) Michael Imison, 28 Almeida St., London, NI 1TD, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Occupation

director

Birth Details

December 15, 1938

London, England

Famous Works

• Credits; Stage Work; Artistic Director, Except As Indicated
• The Bootleg Gentleman (musical; also see below), Oxford Playhouse,Oxford, England, 1968.
• A Comedy of the Changing Years, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1969.
• Assistant director, Rabelais, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1970.
• Assistant director, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1970, then New York City, then Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles,CA, both 1971, later world cities, 1972.
• Assistant director, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Teatro Escobar, Sau Paulo, Brazil, 1971.
• The Magic Drum, Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, England, then NationalTheatre, London, both 1973.
• He That Plays the King: Richard III, Hamlet, The Tempest, PhoenixTheatre, 1974.
• The Recruiting Officer, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1975.
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (also see below), National Theatre, 1977.
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame, National Theatre, 1977.
• Bartholomew Fair, Young Vic Theatre, London, 1978.
• The Canterbury Tales (also see below), Young Vic Theatre, 1978.
• The Action Man Trilogy: Richard III, Hamlet, The Tempest, Young Vic Theatre, 1978, then Stuttgart and Dusseldorf, Germany, 1979.
• The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1978-79.
• Faust!, Young Vic Theatre, 1979.
• The Seagull, Toho Theatre Company, Tokyo, Japan, 1980.
• The Shadow of a Gunman, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other PlaceTheatre, London, 1980, then Warehouse Theatre, London, 1981.
• The Romans in Britain, National Theatre, 1980.
• Hiawatha (Christmas production; also see below), National Theatre,1980-83.
• The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Royal Shakespeare Company, Alwych Theatre, London, 1981.
• One-Woman Plays (includes "Waking Up," "The Same Old Story," "A Woman Alone," and "Medea"), National Theatre, 1981.
• The Hypochondriac (also see below), National Theatre, 1981.
• The Mayor of Zalamea, or, The Best Garrotting Ever Done, NationalTheatre, 1981-82, then Washington, DC, 1984.
• Uncle Vanya, National Theatre, 1982.
• The Caucasian Chalk Circle, National Theatre, 1982.
• The Spanish Tragedy, National Theatre, 1982-83, then Lyttleton Theatre, London, 1984.
• Hamlet, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, 1983.
• Romeo and Juliet, Imperial Theatre, Tokyo, Japan, 1983.
• Lorrenzaccio, National Theatre, 1983.
• Macbeth (workshop presentation), National Theatre Company, Cottesloe Theatre, London, then British school tour, 1983.
• You Can't Take It With You, National Theatre, 1983-84.
• Strider: The Story of a Horse, National Theatre, 1984.
• The Ancient Mariner (also see below), National Theatre, 1984-85.
• Donnerstag Aus Licht (opera), Covent Garden, London, 1985.
• Measure for Measure, Stratford Festival Theatre, Ontario, Canada,1985.
• Mutiny! (musical), Picadilly Theatre, London, 1985-86.
• Julius Caesar (also see below), Deutsche Schauspielhaus, Hamburg,Germany, 1986.
• Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-on-Avon, 1986, then Barbican Theatre, London, 1987.
• The Henrys: Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V (inaugural production), English Shakespeare Company, Theatre Royal, Plymouth, England, 1986, then British cities, then international cities, 1986-87.
• The Wars of the Roses: Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, Henry V, Henry VI: House of Lancaster, Henry VI: House of York, Richard III, EnglishShakespeare Company, Theatre Royal, Bath, England, then British cities, theninternational cities, then Old Vic, London, 1987-89.
• The Canterbury Tales (also see below), Prince of Wales' Theatre, London, 1987.
• Reineke Fuchs (also see below), Deutsche Schauspielhaus, 1987.
• Montag aus Licht, Stockhausen Opera, La Scala, Milan, Italy, 1988.
• Hamlet, Deutsche Schauspielhaus, 1989.
• Mary Stuart, Deutsche Schauspielhaus, 1990.
• The Tempest, Deutsche Schauspielhaus, 1990.
• The Ginger Man, Deutsche Schauspielhaus, 1991.
• Also director of the English Shakespeare Company touring productions of Coriolanus and The Winter's Tale which travelled to Japan, Australia, and India, as well as throughout Great Britain.
• Credits; Television Work; Artistic Director
• And producer, Broad and Narrow (series), Telefis Eireann/ATV, 1966-68.
• Hiawatha (also see below), Channel 4, 1981.
• And host, Shakespeare Lives, Channel 4, 1983.
• Writings
• (With Terence Brady) Broad and Narrow (television series), ATV, 1965.
• The Bootleg Gentleman (musical adaptation of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Moliere), first produced at Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, England,1968.
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (adaptation of anonymous medievaltale), first produced at National Theatre, London, 1977.
• (With Phil Woods) Canterbury Tales (adaptation of selections fromThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer), first produced at Young VicTheatre, London, 1978.
• The Hypochondriac (musical adaptation of Alan Drury's translationof Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere), first produced at National Theatre, 1981.
• Hiawatha: Longfellow's classic poem adapted by Michael Bogdanov (stage- play), Heinemann, 1981.
• The Play of the Ancient Mariner: Dramatised by Michael Bogdanov from the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Heinemann, 1984.
• (With Michael Pennington) The English Shakespeare Company: The Story of `The Wars of the Roses,' 1986-89, Hern, 1991.
• Also author of plays, stage adaptations, and children's plays.
• ADAPTATIONS: Bogdanov's production of Julius Caesar was filmed byZDF-TV, Hamburg, Germany, 1986.

Further Reference

Books

• Contemporary Authors,Volume 129, Gale, 1990, p. 51.