Alun Armstrong
Theatre

Alun Armstrong

Section Title: Theatre
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Year	Play	Playwright	Role	Theatre	Notes

1971	I Was Hitler's Maid	Christopher Wilkinson	Adolf Hitler	King's Head Theatre Club, London

1971	The Changing Room	David Storey	Billy Spencer	Royal Court Theatre, London

1973	Dracula	Bram Stoker Stanley Eveling et al. (adaptation)	Renfield	Bush Theatre, London

1973	A Fart for Europe	Howard Brenton David Edgar	Edgar	Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London

1973	Cromwell	David Storey	Morgan Wallace	Royal Court Theatre, London

1975	As You Like It	William Shakespeare	Touchstone	Nottingham Playhouse

1976	The Sons of Light	David Rudkin	Yescanab	University Theatre, Newcastle

1976	Mother's Day	David Storey	Gordon	Royal Court Theatre, London

1978	The Passion	Tony Harrison (adaptation)	Fourth Soldier	Cottesloe Theatre, London

1978	One for the Road	Willy Russell	Dennis	National tour	Alternate titles: Dennis the Menace Happy Returns

1979–80	Much Ado About Nothing	William Shakespeare	Dogberry	Small-scale tour Donmar Warehouse, London	Royal Shakespeare Company

1979–80	The Caucasian Chalk Circle	Bertolt Brecht	Azdak	Small-scale tour Donmar Warehouse, London	Royal Shakespeare Company

1980	Bastard Angel	Barrie Keeffe	Alun	Donmar Warehouse, London	Royal Shakespeare Company

1980	The Loud Boy's Life	Howard Barker	Harry Baker Lionel Frontage Norman Leathers	Donmar Warehouse, London	Royal Shakespeare Company

1981–82	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Charles Dickens David Edgar (adaptation)	Wackford Squeers Mr. Wagstaff	Aldwych Theatre, London Plymouth Theatre, Broadway Old Vic, London (filmed for TV)	Royal Shakespeare Company

1982–83	The Tempest	William Shakespeare	Trinculo	Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Theatre Royal, Newcastle Barbican Theatre, London	Royal Shakespeare Company

1982–83	The Taming of the Shrew	William Shakespeare	Petruchio	Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Theatre Royal, Newcastle Barbican Theatre, London	Royal Shakespeare Company

1983	The Roaring Girl	Thomas Middleton Thomas Dekker	Ralph Trapdoor	Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Barbican Theatre, London	Royal Shakespeare Company

1983	Reflections	Jasper Rootham	Performer	Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle	Royal Shakespeare Company

1984	Serjeant Musgrave's Dance	John Arden	Private Hurst	Old Vic, London

1984–85	The Crucible	Arthur Miller	John Proctor	Small-scale tour Christ Church, Spitalfields Polish tour	Royal Shakespeare Company Nominated: Olivier Award

1984–85	The Winter's Tale	William Shakespeare	Leontes	Small-scale tour Christ Church, Spitalfields Polish tour	Royal Shakespeare Company Nominated: Olivier Award

1985–86	Troilus and Cressida	William Shakespeare	Thersites	Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Barbican Theatre, London	Royal Shakespeare Company

1985–86	Les Misérables	Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil Herbert Kretzmer	Thénardier	Barbican Theatre, London Palace Theatre, London	Royal Shakespeare Company Nominated: Olivier Award

1987–88	Fashion	Doug Lucie	Stuart Clarke	The Other Place, Stratford The Pit, London	Royal Shakespeare Company

1987–88	The Jew of Malta	Christopher Marlowe	Barabas the Jew	Swan Theatre, Stratford People's Theatre, Newcastle Barbican Theatre, London	Royal Shakespeare Company Nominated: Olivier Award

1988	The Father	August Strindberg	The Captain	Cottesloe Theatre, London	Nominated: Olivier Award

1989–90	The Baker's Wife	Stephen Schwartz Joseph Stein	Aimable Castagnet	Phoenix Theatre, London	Nominated: Olivier Award

1993	Sweeney Todd	Stephen Sondheim Hugh Wheeler	Sweeney Todd	Cottesloe Theatre, London	Won: Olivier Award

1995	Insignificance	Terry Johnson	Albert Einstein	Donmar Warehouse, London

1995	Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert	Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil Herbert Kretzmer	Thénardier	Royal Albert Hall, London	8 October 1995 Released on DVD

1996	Endgame	Samuel Beckett	Hamm	Donmar Warehouse, London

1996–97	Death of a Salesman	Arthur Miller	Willy Loman	Lyttelton Theatre, London

1997–98	The Front Page	Ben Hecht Charles MacArthur	Walter Burns	Donmar Warehouse, London

2002	Mappa Mundi	Shelagh Stephenson	Jack	Cottesloe Theatre, London

2006	The Royal Hunt of the Sun	Peter Shaffer	Francisco Pizarro	Olivier Theatre, London

2009	A House Not Meant to Stand	Tennessee Williams	Cornelius McCorkle	Donmar Warehouse, London	Rehearsed reading 14 September 2009

2012	My Fair Lady	Alan Lerner Frederick Loewe	Alfred P. Doolittle	Royal Albert Hall, London	BBC Proms

2013	Family Voices Victoria Station	Harold Pinter	Voice 3 Controller	Trafalgar Studios, London

2014	Exit the King	Eugène Ionesco	King Berenger	Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath

Sentence(s)

In 1983, Alun Armstrong played Ralph Trapdoor in The Roaring Girl.

final_sentence: In 1983, Alun Armstrong played Ralph Trapdoor in The Roaring Girl.