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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