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Famous actors who have appeared at Stratford

Alan Bates Richard III in Richard III, 1967 Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1967   Hume Cronyn Frederick in Hadrian VII, 1969 Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, 1976 Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1976   Hector Nations in Foxfire, 1980     Brian Dennehy King of France in All's Well That Ends Well, 2008 Krapp in Krapp's Last Tape and Erie Smith in Hughie, 2008 Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, 2011 Max in The Homecoming, 2011   Colm Feore Over 25 roles, including Hamlet, Romeo, Orsino, Leontes, Iachimo, Iago, Richard III, Petruchio, Cassius, Cyrano de Bergerac, Oberon, Dionysus, Mercutio, Berowne, Angelo and Benedick.    Megan Follows Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 1992   Constanze in Amadeus, 1995      Robert Goulet Macheath in The Beggar's Opera, 1958   Graham Greene Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, 2007 Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men, 2007   Lorne Greene Marcus Brutus in Julius Caesar, 1955 Morocco in The Merchant of Venice, 1955 Captions speaker in Mother Courage, 1987   Tammy Grimes Mistress Quickly in Henry IV, Pt 1, 1958 Mopsa in The Winter's Tale, 1958 Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, 1982-83   Paul Gross Hamlet in Hamlet, 2000 Playwright in residence, 1986   Alec Guinness Richard in Richard III, 1953 King of France in All's Well That Ends Well, 1953   Julie Harris Blanch in King John, 1960 Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, 1960   Michael Learned Virgilia in Coriolanus, 1961 Katharine in Love's Labour's Lost, 1961   James Mason Angelo in Measure for Measure, 1954 Oedipus in Oedipus Rex, 1954   Eric McCormack Many roles over 5 seasons, 1985-89 Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1989 Tusenbach in Three Sisters, 1989 Orleans in Henry V, 1989 John Neville Don Armado in Love's Labour's Lost, 1983-84   Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, 1983   Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, 1984 Major Pollock/Mr. Malcolm in Separate Tables, 1984 Anton Chekhov in Intimate Admiration, 1987 Henry Higgins, My Fair Lady, 1988 Director of numerous productions, including Hamlet, 1986; Mother Courage, 1987; Three Sisters, 1989 Artistic Director of Stratford Festival, 1986-89   William Petersen Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, 1984 Christopher Plummer Henry V in Henry V, 1956 Hamlet in Hamlet, 1957 Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, 1957 Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, 1958 (continued) Leontes in The Winter's Tale, 1958 Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet, 1960 Macbeth in Macbeth, 1962 Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, 1962 Antony in Antony & Cleopatra, 1967 Barrymore in Barrymore, 1996 Lear in King Lear, 2002 Julius Caesar in Caesar and Cleopatra, 2008 Prospero in The Tempest, 2010  Himself in A Word or Two, 2012    Sarah Polley Alice in Alice Through the Looking Glass, 1994   Jason Robards Jr. Hotspur in Henry IV, Pt 1, 1958 Polixenes in The Winter's Tale, 1958   Howard Rollins Othello in Othello, 1987   Paul Scofield Coriolanus in Coriolanus, 1961 Don Armado in Love's Labour's Lost, 1961 William Shatner Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew, 1954  Lucius in Julius Caesar, 1955 Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice, 1955 Gloucester in Henry V, 1956 Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1956   Maggie Smith Millamant in The Wayof the World, 1976 Cleopatra inAntony and Cleopatra, 1976 Titania/Hippolyta inA Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1977 Lady Macbethin Macbeth, 1978 Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, 1980    Jessica Tandy Lady Wishfort in The Way of the World, 1976 Eva in Eve, 1976 Hippolyta/Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1976 Annie Nations in Foxfire, 1980 Mary Tyrone in A Long Day's Journey into Night, 1980   Peter Ustinov King Lear in King Lear, 1979 King Lear in King Lear, 1980     Christopher Walken Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, 1968 Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1968 Felton in The Three Musketeers, 1968    Other well-known actors who have appeared at Stratford  Kevin Anderson Sharon Acker Blair Brown Lloyd Bochner Rod Beattie  Brian Bedford Jeremy Brett Michael Burgess Jackie Burroughs Lally Cadeau Zoe Caldwell Douglas Campbell Len Cariou Brent Carver John Colicos Patrick Crean Jonathan Crombie Seán Cullen Keene Curtis Henry Czerny Cynthia Dale Jennifer Dale Peter Donaldson David James Elliott Timothy Findley Maureen Forrester Leonard Frey Pat Galloway Bruno Gerussi Sir John Gielgud (one performance of one man show) Donald Harron Martha Henry William Hutt Kim Hunter Scott Hylands Jeff Hyslop Gordon Jackson Jeff Jones Lila Kedrova C. David Johnson David Langton Nick Mancuso Barbara March Andrea Martin Des McAnuff (as a director) Tom McCamus Sheila McCarthy Seana McKenna  Loreena McKennitt Richard Monette Ron O'Neal Stephen Ouimette Lucy Peacock Nicholas Pennell Gordon Pinsent Anthony Quayle (tour only) Douglas Rain Kate Reid Jan Rubes Saul Rubinek Alan Scarfe Albert Schultz Cedric Smith Jean Stilwell R.H. Thomson Sada Thompson Margaret Tyzack Tony van Bridge  Gwynyth Walsh Al Waxman Kenneth Welsh Scott Wentworth Kathleen Widdoes Geraint Wyn Davies Joseph Ziegler

	Tyrone Guthrie 1953 to 1955 Michael Langham 1956 to 1967 Jean Gascon 1968 to 1974 Robin Phillips 1975 to 1980 John Hirsch 1981 to 1985 John Neville 1986 to 1989 David William 1990 to 1993 Richard Monette 1994 to 2007 Don Shipley 2008  Marti Maraden 2008                                    Des McAnuff 2008 to 2012