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Emrys James Biography (1930-)

Born September 1, 1930, in Machynlleth, Wales; son of James Harold and Elen (Roberts) James; married Sian Davis. Addresses: AGENT--John Cadell Ltd., Two Southwood Lane, London N6, England.

Nationality

Welsh

Gender

Male

Birth Details

September 1, 1930

Machynlleth, Wales

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Dudley, The Young Elizabeth, Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool,U.K., 1954.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Guildenstern, Hamlet, Claudio, Measure for Measure, both Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, U.K., 1956.
• Touchstone, As You Like It, narrator, Under Milk Wood, both Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, U.K., 1958.
• Private Evans, The Long and the Short and the Tall, New Theatre, London,1959.
• Feste, Twelfth Night, Malcolm, Macbeth, Richmond, Richard III, all Old Vic Theatre, London, 1960-62.
• title role, Hamlet, Empire Theatre, Sunderland, U.K., 1963.
• juror nine, Twelve Angry Men, Lyric Theatre, London, 1964.
• title role, Hamlet, Ludlow Festival, Ludlow, U.K., 1965.
• Sir Hugh Evans, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, London, 1968.
• Sitting Bull, Indians, Worthy, Relapse, both RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1968.
• Gower, Pericles, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1969.
• Feste, Twelfth Night, Cranmer, Henry VIII, both RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1969, then Aldwych Theatre, 1970.
• Boss, The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising, RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1970.
• Cardinal, The Duchess of Malfi, Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, Iago, Othello, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1971.
• Merlin, The Island of the Mighty, RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1972.
• Mephistophilis, Dr. Faustus, RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1974.
• title role, King John, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1975.
• chorus, Henry V, title role, Henry IV, Parts I and II, Sir Hugh Evans, The Merry Wives of Windsor, all RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1975, then Aldwych Theatre, 1976.
• Cauchon, Saint Joan, RSC, Old Vic Theatre, 1977.
• York, Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III, all RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre,1977, then Aldwych Theatre, 1978.
• Jacques, As You Like It, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1977, then Aldwych Theatre, 1978.
• Edgar, The Dance of Death, RSC, Other Place Theatre, then Warehouse Theatre, London, 1978.
• De Flores, The Changeling, RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1978.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Darling, Embassy, 1965.
• Also appeared in The Man in the Iron Mask; In Search of Eden.
• PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MINI-SERIES "Testament of Youth," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS.