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Max Stafford-Clark Biography (1941-)

Born March 17, 1941, in Cambridge, England; son of David (a physician) and Dorothy Crossley (Oldfield) Stafford-Clark; married Carole Hayman, 1971 (divorced); married Ann Pennington (an actress), 1981; children: (second marriage) Kitty. Addresses: Office--Out of Joint, c/o Royal Court Theatre, SloaneSquare, London SW1, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

March 17, 1941

Cambridge, England

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR,EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED Oh Gloria!, Traverse Theatre,Edinburgh, Scotland, 1965.
• Dublin Fare, Arts Theatre, London, England, 1965.
• The Lunatic, Traverse Theatre Company, Edinburgh, 1968.
• The Secret Sportsman, Traverse Theatre Company, 1968.
• The Woman Next Door, Traverse Theatre Company, then London, 1968.
• Dear Janet Rosenberg, Traverse Theatre Company, 1969.
• Sawney Bean, Traverse Theatre Company, 1969.
• Dracula, Traverse Theatre Company, 1969.
• Dear Mr. Kooning, Traverse Theatre Company, then London, 1969.
• Mother Earth, Traverse Theatre Workshop Company, Edinburgh, 1970.
• Our Sunday Times, Traverse Theatre Workshop Company, 1970.
• Sweet Alice, Traverse Theatre Workshop Company, 1971.
• In the Heart of the British Museum, Traverse Theatre Workshop Company, 1971.
• Slag, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1971.
• Hitler Dances, Traverse Theatre Workshop Company, 1972.
• Amalfi, Traverse Theatre Workshop Company, 1972.
• Magnificence, Royal Court Theatre, 1973.
• Shivvers, Traverse Theatre Workshop Company, 1974.
• X, Traverse Theatre Workshop Company, 1974.
• (With William Gaskill) The Speakers, Joint Stock Theatre Group, London, 1974.
• (With Gaskill) Fanshen, Joint Stock Theatre Group, 1975.
• (With Gaskill) Yesterday's News, Joint Stock Theatre Group, 1976.
• Tea, Sex, and Shakespeare, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, 1976.
• Epsom Downs, Joint Stock Theatre Group, 1977.
• (With Gaskill) A Mad World My Masters, Joint Stock Theatre Group, 1977.
• Museum, New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF), Public Theatre, New York City, 1978.
• The Glad Hand, Royal Court Theatre, 1978.
• A Prayer for My Daughter, Royal Court Theatre, 1978.
• Wheelchair Willie, Royal Court Theatre, 1978.
• The Arbor, Royal Court Theatre, 1979.
• Sergeant Ola and His Followers, Royal Court Theatre, 1979.
• Cloud Nine, Joint Stock Theatre Group, Royal Court Theatre, 1979.
• The Seagull, Royal Court Theatre, 1980.
• Borderline, Royal Court Theatre, and Joint Stock Theatre Group, 1981.
• Operation Bad Apple, Royal Court Theatre, and Sheffield Crucible, 1982.
• Rita Sue and Bob Too, Royal Court Theatre, 1982.
• Top Girls, Royal Court Theatre, 1982, then NYSF, Public Theatre, 1983.
• The Grass Widow, Royal Court Theatre, 1983.
• Falkland Sound, Royal Court Theatre, 1983.
• Tom and Viv, Royal Court Theatre, 1984, then NYSF, Public Theatre, 1985.
• Rat in the Skull, Royal Court Theatre, then NYSF, Public Theatre, both 1985.
• Aunt Jan and Lemar, Royal Court Theatre, then NYSF, Public Theatre, both1985.
• Prairie du Chien, Royal Court Theatre, 1986.
• A Colder Climate, Royal Court Theatre, 1986.
• Serious Money, Royal Court Theatre, 1987, then NYSF, Public Theatre, 1988.
• Bloody Poetry, Royal Court Theatre, 1988.
• The Recruiting Officer, Royal Court Theatre, 1988-89.
• Our Country's Good, Royal Court Theatre, 1988-89, then Garrick Theatre, London, 1989.
• (With Les Waters) Our Country's Good, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1989.
• Ice-cream, Royal Court Theatre, 1989.
• Etta Jenks, Royal Court Theatre, 1990.
• How Now Green Cow, Royal Court Theatre, 1990.
• Accounting for the Future, Royal Court Theatre, 1990.
• Falkland Sound, Royal Court Theatre, 1990.
• My Heart's a Suitcase, Royal Court Theatre, 1990.
• Top Girls, Royal Court Theatre, 1991.
• All Things Nice, Royal Court Theatre, 1991.
• Three Birds Alighting on a Field, Royal Court Theatre, 1991, then Manhattan Theatre Club, 1993.
• Hush, Royal Court Theatre, 1992.
• A Jovial Crew, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Swan Theatre, London, 1993.
• The Country Wife, RSC, Swan Theatre, 1993.
• King Lear, Royal Court Theatre, 1993.
• The Queen and I, Out of Joint Theatre Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1994.
• Road, Royal Court Theatre, 1994.
• The Wives' Excuse, RSC, Swan Theatre, 1994.
• The Man of Mode, Out of Joint Theatre Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1994.
• The Libertine, Out of Joint Theatre Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1994.
• The Steward of Christendom, Out of Joint Theatre Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1995.
• Also directed A Thought in Three Parts.
• Credits; TELEVISION WORK; EPISODIC
• Director, "Top Girls," A&E Stage, Arts and Entertainment, 1992.
• Also director of Rat in the Skull, Central Television, 1986.

Further Reference

PERIODICALS

• New York Times, February 6, 1994.