Stuart Burge

Artistic Director 1977-1979.

Stuart was Artistic Director of the Nottingham Playhouse, 1968–1973 before becoming Artistic Director of the Royal Court in 1977.

FOR THE ROYAL COURT

Last Dance at Dum-Dum by Ayub Khan; Lulu by Frank Wedekind (also Nottingham Playhouse and West End); The London Cuckolds by Edward Ravenscroft (also West End); Eclipse by Leigh Jackson; The Bear by Anton Chekhov; Fair Slaughter by Howard Barker.

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES

For the Nottingham Playhouse: The Devil is an Ass and The Alchemist by Ben Johnson (both also National Theatre); The Tempest, Macbeth and King John by William Shakespeare; A Doll’s House by Anton Chekhov; The Rivals by Richard Sheridan; A Close Shave by Georges Feydeau; A Yard of Sun by Christopher Fry (also National Theatre); The Ruling Class by Peter Barnes (also West End); The Demonstration by David Caute. Also, Another Country by Julian Mitchell, which transferred from the Greenwich Theatre to great commercial success in the West End.

TELEVISION INCLUDES

Bill Brand; Talking Heads; Wexford Trilogy; The House of Bernarda Alba; The Writing Game. Many classic adaptations including Sons and Lovers and The Rainbow by DH Lawrence; Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare; The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.

FILM INCLUDES

Classic adaptations of Othello and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare; Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov; The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan.