Julian Slade Biography (1930-)
Born May 28, 1930, in London, England; son of George Penkivil (a barrister) and Mary Albinia Alice (Carnegie) Slade. Avocational interests: Drawing, going to the theater and cinema, music. Career: Composer, writer, and actor. Bristol Old Vic Company, musical director, beginning in 1952. Awards, Honors: Gold Badge of Merit, BASCA, 1987. Addresses: Contact:86 Beaufort Street, London, SW3 6BU, England.
- Nationality
- English
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Composer, writer, actor
- Birth Details
- May 28, 1930
- London, England
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Stage Appearances
- (Stage debut) Flunkey, The Prodigious Snob, Theatre Royal, Bristol, 1951
- (London debut) Musician, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Old Vic Theatre, 1952
- WRITINGS
- Stage Composer, Unless Otherwise Noted
- Bang Goes the Meringue, Cambridge Amateur Dramatic Club, 1950
- Lady May, Cambridge Amateur Dramatic Club, 1951
- Two Gentleman of Verona, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1952
- (With James Cairncross and Dorothy Reynolds) Christmas in King Street, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, London, 1952
- The Duenna, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1953
- Love for Love, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1953
- She Stoops to Conquer, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1953
- Incidental music composer, The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford, England, 1953
- (With Reynolds) The Merry Gentleman, 1953
- (With Reynolds) Salad Days, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, London, 1954,London, England, 1976, Stanley Halls, South Norwood Hill, London, 1997
- Incidental music composer, The Comedy of Errors, Arts Theatre, London, 1956
- (With Reynolds) Free as Air, Savoy, London, 1957
- (With Reynolds) Hooray for Daisy, Bristol, 1959
- (With Reynolds) Follow That Girl, Vaudeville, London, 1960
- (With Reynolds) Wildest Dreams, Cheltenham, 1960
- (With Alan Pryce-Jones and Robin Miller) Vanity Fair, Queen's Theatre, London, 1962
- And lyricist, Nutmeg and Ginger, Cheltenham, 1963
- (With George Rowell) Sixty Thousand Nights, Theatre Royal, Bristol, 1966
- As You Like It, Bristol, 1970
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Regent's Park, London, 1970
- Much Ado about Nothing, Regent's Park, 1970
- Winnie the Pooh, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1970
- And lyricist, Trelawny of the Wells, Bristol, 1972
- And lyricist, Out of Bounds, Bristol, 1973
- A.A. Milne, 1982
- Dear Brutus, 1985
- Television Composer
- (With Reynolds) The Comedy of Errors, BBC, 1954
- Love in a Cold Climate (series), 1982
- Salad Days, 1982
- Stage Plays
- Bang Goes the Meringue, Cambridge Amateur Dramatic Club, 1950
- Lady May, Cambridge Amateur Dramatic Club, 1951
- (With Reynolds and Cairncross) Christmas in King Street, Bristol,1952
- (With Reynolds) The Merry Gentlemen, Bristol, 1953
- Free As Air, Savoy, London, 1957
- Hooray for Daisy!, Bristol, 1959
- Lyricist, Hammersmith, 1960
- Follow That Girl, Vaudeville, London, 1960
- Wildest Dreams, 1960
- (With Pryce-Jones and Miller) Vanity Fair, Queens Theatre, London,1962
- Nutmeg and Ginger, Cheltenham, 1963
- (With Reynolds) Salad Days, Bristol, 1965
- (With George Rowell) Sixty Thousand Nights, Bristol, 1966
- Adaptor, The Pursuit of Love, Bristol, 1967
- Adaptor, Winnie the Pooh, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1970
- Out of Bounds, Bristol, 1973
- (With Gyles Brandbreth), A.A. Milne, 1982
- (With Brandbreth), Now We Are Sixty, Arts Theatre, Cambridge, England, 1986
- Teleplays
- Adaptor, Salad Days, 1982
- Sidelights: Julian Slade told CTFT in an earlier edition that Salad Days ran for 2,288 performances in London before its revivalthere in 1976