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

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