History of the Theatre in Exeter
Story of the Northcott theatre
The Exeter Northcott Theatre Today
Past Northcott Theatre Company Productions
Artistic Directors of the Nothcott Theatre
Famous People of the Northcott
Famous People at the Northcott
Lysette Anthony |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1984 - The Lady's Not for Burning |
| Film & TV : | Look Who's Talking Now (1993), Krull (1983) Three Up, Two Down (BBC sitcom with Michael Elphick and Angela Thorne), Lovejoy (ITV, 1986), Crossroads (ITV, 1964) |
Hywel Bennett |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1974 - The Seagull |
| Film & TV : | Percy (1971), The Virgin Soldiers (1969), The Family Way (1966) Dennis Potter's Karaoke (1996), Shelley (ITV), The Other Side of Paradise (ITV Drama, 1992), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV), Pennies From Heaven (BBC, 1978) |
Honor Blackman |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1979 - The Way of the World 1979 - A Little Night Music 1980 - 80 AD And All That |
| Film & TV : | Goldfinger (Film, 1964) Cathy Gale in The Avengers (ITV), The Upper Hand (ITV) |
Arthur Bostrum |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1990 - Three Men in a Boat (co-production with Riding Lights) |
| Film & TV : | 'Allo 'Allo (BBC) |
Norman Bowler |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1988 - Simplicity |
| Film & TV : | Emmerdale (ITV), Softly Softly (BBC), Crossroads (ITV) |
Bernard Bresslaw |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1979 - The Beggar's Opera |
| Film & TV : | Leon the Pig Farmer (1992), Carry On series, Krull (1983) The Army Game (TV) |
Kate Buffery |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1982 - Othello 1982 - The Recruiting Officer 1982 - Hamlet 1982 - The Stronger 1982 - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead |
| Film & TV : | The Rainbow (1988) Storyteller: The Greek Myths (ITV, 1990), The Orchid House (BBC), Wish Me Luck (BBC) |
Michael Burns |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1990 - Thark |
| Film & TV : | The Brittas Empire (BBC) |
Phyllis Calvert |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1978 - Old World 1979 - A Lovesome Thing |
| Film & TV : | Mrs Dalloway (1997), Fanny By Gaslight (1944), The Young Mr Pitt (1942), Kipps (1941) |
Brian Capron |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1971 -Guys and Dolls |
| Film & TV : | Grange Hill, Coronation Street |
Michael Denison |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1980 - The Cherry Orchard (with Dulcie Gray) 1990 - The Best of Friends (with Dulcie Gray and Frank Thornton) Co-production |
| Film & TV : | Shadowlands (1993), Faces in the Dark (1960), The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) Howard's Way (ITV) |
Janet Dibley |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1982 - Bitter Sweet |
| Film & TV : | Eastenders (BBC), The Two of Us (ITV) |
Fiona Fullerton |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1994 - Death and the Maiden |
| Film & TV : | A View to a Kill (1985) |
Dulcie Gray |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1980 - The Cherry Orchard (with Michael Denison) 1990 - The Best of Friends (with Michael Denison and Frank Thornton) |
| Film & TV : | They Were Sisters (1945), Angels One-Five (1954) Howards Way (ITV) |
Bob Hoskins |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1971 - The Caucasian Chalk Circle |
| Film & TV : | TwentyFourSeven (1997), Spice World (1997), Super Mario Bros (1993), Hook (1991), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Mona Lisa (1986), The Long Good Friday (1980) Pennies From Heaven (BBC, 1978) |
Celia Imrie |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1976 - The Adventures of Alice 1976 - Sherlock Holmes 1976 - Now here's a Funny Thing 1976 - Anything Goes 1977 - The Boy Friend 1978 - 'Tis Pity She's A Whore 1978 - Macbeth 1978 - Cabaret 1978 - As You Like It |
| Film & TV : | Star Wars : Episode 1 (1999), The Borrowers (1997), Frankenstein (1994) Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (from 1986), The Darling Buds of May (ITV), Bergerac (BBC) |
Geraldine James |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1974 - An Inspector Calls 1974 - Ghost Train 1974 - The Entertainer 1974 - Black Ey'd Susan 1974 - Words and Music 1974 - Much Ado About Nothing 1974 - Arms and the Man 1974 - For Services Rendered 1974 - King Stag 1974 - Pal Joey 1975 - Fallen Angels 1975 - The Stronger 1975 - Creditors 1975 - The Provok'd Wife 1975 - Stop the World; I Want to Get Off 1975 - Othello |
| Film & TV : | The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), Moll Flanders (1996), The Tall Guy (1989), Gandhi (1982) The Jewel in the Crown, Blott on the Landscape |
Polly James |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1968 - The Beggar's Opera 1968 - Sisters 1968 - The Promise 1968 - Rookery Nook 1968 - A Midsummer Night's Dream 1968 - The Big Noise at Fort Issimo 1968 - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1968 - Henry V |
| Film & TV : | The Liver Birds (BBC) |
Lesley Joseph |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1968 - The Beggar's Opera 1968 - Under Milk Wood 1968 - A Midsummer Night's Dream 1968 - The Big Noise at Fort Issimo 1968 - Old Time Music Hall 1968 - The Bastard King 1969 - Oh! What a Lovely War 1969 - The Cherry Orchard |
| Film & TV : | Birds of a Feather (BBC) |
Miriam Karlin |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1980 - Company |
| Film & TV : | The Rag Trade (ITV), So Haunt Me (BBC) |
| Other : | Played opposite Topol in the original London production of Fiddler on the Roof (1967) |
Bernard Latham |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1986 - Springtime for Henry, Having a Ball |
| Film & TV : | Hollyoaks (C4), The Practice, Coronation Street |
Evelyn Laye 1900 - 1996 |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1979 - A Little Night Music |
| Film & TV : | Say Hello to Yesterday (1971), many Theatre roles including Bitter Sweet (written for her by Noel Coward) and No Sex Please, We're British. |
George Layton |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1977 - Rat Trap |
| Film & TV : | Doctor in the House (ITV), It Ain't Half Hot Mum (BBC). Writer of Don't Wait Up |
Robert Lindsay |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1970 - Roses of Eyam 1970 - The Boyfriend 1970 - The Taming of the Shrew 1971 - Three Sisters 1971 - Julius Caesar 1971 - Guys and Dolls 1971 - Narrow Road to the North 1971 - Caucasian Chalk Circle 1971 - Fair Maid of the West (also fight director) 1972 - Measure for Measure 1972 - A Flea in Her Ear 1972 - School for Wives 1972 - Galileo 1972 - Cornish Passion Play |
| Film & TV : | Divorcing Jack (1998), Fierce Creatures (1997), Bert Rigby You're a Fool (1989) Nightingales (C4, 1990), G.B.H. (ITV), Seconds Out (1981), Citizen Smith (BBC, 1977), |
Alex McCowen |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1988 - Shakespeare, Cole & Co. (One man show) 1986 - Kipling (One man show) 1985 - Gospel According to St Mark (One man show) |
| Film & TV : | The Age of Innocence (1993), Henry V (1989), Cry Freedom (1987), Never Say Never Again (1983), Hanover Street (1979), Frenzy (1972), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), A Night to Remember (1958), The Cruel Sea (1953) Smiley's People (BBC) |
Roy Marsden |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1970 - Roses of Eyam 1971 - Three Sisters 1971 - Play 1971 - Miss Julie 1971 - Guys and Dolls 1971 - Narrow Road to the North 1971 - Caucasian Chalk Circle 1971 - Fair Maid of the West 1972 - The Importance of Being Earnest |
| Film & TV : | The Squeeze (1977) Played Adam Dalgleish in ITV's series of P.D.James adaptations, Only Fools and Horses (BBC) |
Keith Michell |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1970 - Abelard and Heloise |
| Film & TV : | The Tales of Helpmann (1990), The Deceivers (1988), Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1973), All Night Long (1961), The Hellfire Club (1960) Murder She Wrote (1984), The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1971) |
Ron Moody |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1988 - Sherlock Holmes the Musical 1998 - The Canterville Ghost |
| Film & TV : | A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995), Wrong is Right (1982), Dominique (1978), The Twelve Chairs (1970), Oliver! (1968), Summer Holiday (1963) Into the Labyrinth (1981), Hart to Hart, Murder She Wrote, The Avengers (1961), Telebugs |
Garfield Morgan |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1976 - Antony & Cleopatra 1977 - Sleuth (Director) 1977 - Rock Nativity (Lighting) 1977 - Rat Trap (Director and Cast) 1977 - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Asst. Director and Cast) 1977 - The Boyfriend (Director) |
| Film & TV : | The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill, But Came Down a Mountain (1995), The Odessa File (1974), Private Pooley (1962) George and Mildred (1980), The Sweeney (1974) |
Patrick Mower |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1989 - Never the Sinner (Co-production) |
| Film & TV : | Czech Mate (1984), Carry on England (1976), The Devil's Advocate (1977), Percy (1971), The Devil Rides Out (1967) Callan (TV), Special Branch, Target (ITV) |
Brian Murphy |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1974 - The Entertainer 1975 - Thark |
| Film & TV : | George and Mildred (1980), The Devils (1971), The Boyfriend (1971) Jonathan Creek, Paul Merton's Life of Comedy, Man About the House, George and Mildred |
John Nettles |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1969 - New Adventures of Noah's Ark 1969 - Hamlet 1969 - Look Back in Anger 1969 - Beyond the Fringe 1970 - Waiting for Godot 1970 - Twelfth Night 1970 - The Dragon 1970 - Roses of Eyam 1970 - Taming of the Shrew 1970 - The Boyfriend 1970 - A Man for All Seasons |
| Film & TV : | Midsommer Murders (BBC), Bergerac (BBC), The Liver Birds (BBC) |
Bob Peck |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1972 - Grand Old Time Music Hall 1972 - Measure for Measure 1972 - A Flea in Her Ear 1972 - The Alchemist 1972 - Galileo 1972 - Giants at Play 1973 - The Hostage 1973 - Loot 1973 - The Tempest 1973 - The Pope's Wedding 1973 - Judge Jefferey 1973 - Armstrong's Last Goodnight 1973 - Bingo 1973 - Kiss Me Kate 1973 - The Owl and the Pussycat |
| Film & TV : | Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997), Surviving Picasso (1996), Jurassic Park (1993), Lord of the Flies (1990) Edge of Darkness (BBC), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (BBC), The Storyteller |
Brian Protheroe |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1971 - Three Sisters 1971 - Julius Caesar (Music) 1971 - Guys and Dolls 1971 - Narrow Road to the North 1971 - Caucasian Chalk Circle (Music) 1972 - The Alchemist 1972 - Galileo 1972 - Cornish Passion Play (Music) 1972 - Giants at Play 1973 - Cornish Mystery Cycle (Music) 1973 - Kiss Me Kate 1973 - Owl & The Pussycat 1990 - Sleeping Beauty (Music) |
| Film & TV : | Superman (1978), A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979) Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (1990), Reilly the Ace of Spies (1983), |
Liz Robertson |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1988 - Sherlock Holmes the Musical |
| Other stage work : | Side by Side by Sondheim (1977-8), My Fair Lady (1979 & 1986) |
Diana Rigg |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1970 - Abelard and Heloise |
| Film & TV : | Parting Shots (1998), Snow White (1987), Evil Under the Sun (1982), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), A Little Night Music (1977), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) The Avengers (1966-68) |
Tony Scannell |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1982 - Bitter Sweet |
| Film & TV : | Ted Roach in The Bill |
George Sewell |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1977 - Rat Trap |
| Film & TV : | This Sporting Life (1963), Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969), Get Carter (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Special Branch, Z Cars |
Imelda Staunton |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1978 - Travesties 1978 - Tis Pity She's A Whore 1978 - A Man For All Seasons 1978 - Macbeth 1978 - Elektra 1978 - Dear Daddy 1978 - Cabaret 1978 - As You Like It 1978 - Cinderella 1978 - Sweet Mr Shakespeare 1979 - The Beggar's Opera 1979 - Saint Joan 1979 - Side by Side by Sondheim 1979 - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Film & TV : | Remember Me? (1997), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Peter's Friends (1992) The Singing Detective (1986), Up the Garden Path |
David Suchet |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1970 - Roses of Eyam 1970 - The Taming of the Shrew |
| Film & TV : | Wing Commander (1998), Sunday (1997), To Kill A Priest (1988), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), The Falcon and the Snowman (1984), The Missionary (1982) Poirot (ITV), Blott on the Landscape |
Shirin Taylor |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1989 - The Dog in the Manger |
| Film & TV : | Give Us A Clue, The Cleopatras, I Woke Up One Morning, Coronation Street |
Gareth Thomas |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1989 - King Lear |
| Film & TV : | Merlin (1998), Waterland (1992), Star Maidens (1976), Juggernaut (1974), Quatermass and the Pit (1967) Blake's Seven (BBC), London's Burning (1988) |
Frank Thornton |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1990 - The Best of Friends |
| Film & TV : | The BFG (1989), Side by Side (1976), Digby the Biggest Dog in the World (1973), The Bed Sitting Room (1969), Till Death Us Do Part (1969), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) All Rise for Julian Clary (1997), Grace and Favour (1992), Are You Being Served? (BBC), Bless this House (1972) |
Christopher Villiers |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1980 - The Dynasts 1980 - The Circle 1980 - She Stoops to Conquer 1980 - Godspell 1988 - Simplicity |
| Film & TV : | Sliding Doors (1998), Princess in Love (1996), First Knight (1995), Top Secret! (1984) Faith in the Future (1995) |
Derek Waring |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1988 - Sherlock Holmes: The Musical |
| Film & TV : | Dunkirk (1958), Barnacle Bill (1957) Z Cars (BBC), Take the High Road, Emmerdale Farm. |
Ben Warriss |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1990 - The Entertainer |
| Other : | Jewell and Warriss (Music Hall performers) |
Timothy West |
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| Northcott Productions: | 1970 - Abelard and Heloise |
| Film & TV : | Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998), Consuming Passions (1988), Cry Freedom (1987), The Thirty-nine Steps (1978) The Monocled Mutineer (1987), Brass (ITV), Edward VII |
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