Lindsay Anderson

**Lindsay Gordon Anderson** (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was a British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading-light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave.

Anderson died from a heart attack on 30 August 1994 at the age of 71.

## Theatre productions

All Royal Court, London, unless otherwise indicated:

- _The Waiting of Lester Abbs_ (Kathleen Sully, 1957)
- _The Long and the Short and the Tall_ (Willis Hall, 1959)
- _Progress to the Park_ (Alun Owen, 1959)
- _The Trial of Cob and Leach/Jazzetry_ (Christopher Logue, 1959)
- _Serjeant Musgrave's Dance_ (John Arden, 1959)
- _The Lily White Boys_ (Harry Cookson and Christopher Logue, 1960)
- _Trials by Logue: Antigone/Cob and Leach_ (Christopher Logue, 1960)
- _Diary of a Madman_ (Gogol adaptation, 1963)
- _Box and Cox_ (John Maddison Morton, 1961)
- _The Fire Raisers_ (Max Frisch, 1961)
- _Julius Caesar_ (William Shakespeare, 1964)
- _Andorra_ (Max Frisch, National Theatre at the Old Vic, 1964)
- _The Cherry Orchard_ (Anton Chekhov, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1966)
- _Inadmissible Evidence_ (John Osborne, Teatr Współczesny, Warsaw, 1966)
- _The Contractor_ (David Storey, 1969)
- _Home_ (David Storey, also Morosco Theatre NY, 1970)
- _The Changing Room_ (David Storey, 1971)
- _The Farm_ (David Storey, 1973)
- _Life Class_ (David Storey, 1974)
- _In Celebration_ (David Storey 1974)
- _What the Butler Saw_ (Joe Orton, 1975)
- _The Seagull_ (Anton Chekhov, Lyric Theatre, 1975); in repertory with
- _The Bed Before Yesterday_ (Ben Travers, Lyric Theatre, 1975)
- _The Kingfisher_ (William Douglas Home, Lyric Theatre 1977, Biltmore NY, 1978)
- _Alice's Boys_ (Felicity Brown and Jonathan Hayes, Savoy Theatre, 1978)
- _Early Days_ (David Storey, National Cottesloe Theatre, 1980)

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- _The Holly and the Ivy_ (Wynyard Browne, Roundabout New York, 1982)
- _The Cherry Orchard_ (Anton Chekhov, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1983)
- _The Playboy of the Western World_ (John Millington Synge, 1984)
- _In Celebration_ revival (David Storey, Manhattan Theatre Club, NY, 1984)
- _Holiday_ (Philip Barry, Old Vic, 1987)
- _The March on Russia_ (David Storey, National Lyttelton Theatre, 1989)
- _The Fishing Trip_ (Frank Grimes, Warehouse Theatre, 1991)
- _Stages_ (David Storey, National Cottesloe Theatre, 1992)

### Films

|Year|Title|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1963|_This Sporting Life_|Nominated—Palme d'Or|
|1967|_The White Bus_|Short film, also producer|
|1968|_if...._|Also producer Palme d'Or Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Direction|
|1973|_O Lucky Man!_|Also producer Nominated—Palme d'Or|
|1975|_In Celebration_||
|1982|_Britannia Hospital_|Fantasporto Audience Jury Award Nominated—Palme d'Or Nominated—Gold Hugo|
|1986|_Wham! in China: Foreign Skies_|Documentary|
|1987|_The Whales of August_||
|1992|_Is That All There Is?_|Mockumentary; also writer|

### Television

|Year|Title|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1956–1957|_The Adventures of Robin Hood_|5 episodes|
|1972|_Play for Today_|Episode: "Home"|
|1979|_The Old Crowd_|Television film|
|1980|_Look Back in Anger_|Television film|
|1986|_Free Cinema_|Television documentary|
|1987|Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow|Documentary (Narrator)|
|1989|_Glory! Glory!_|Television film|

### Documentary short films

|Year|Title|
| --- | --- |
|1948|_Meet the Pioneers_|
|1949|_Idlers that Work_|
|1952|_Trunk Conveyor_|
|1952|_Three Installations_|
|1954|_Thursday's Children_|
|1955|_The Children Upstairs_|
|1955|_Henry_|
|1955|_Green and Pleasant Land_|
|1955|_Foot and Mouth_|
|1955|_Energy First_|
|1955|_A Hundred Thousand Children_|
|1955|_£20 a Ton_|
|1956|_O Dreamland_|
|1957|_Wakefield Express_|
|1957|_Every Day Except Christmas_|
|1959|_March to Aldermaston_|
|1967|_The Singing Lesson_|

### Acting

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1973|_O Lucky Man!_|Film Director|Uncredited|
|1986|_Inadmissible Evidence_|Barrister||
|1981|_Chariots of Fire_|Master of Caius||
|1991|_Prisoner of Honor_|War Minister|Television film|
|1992|_Blame It on the Bellboy_|Mr. Marshall|Voice|

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Lindsay Anderson
- **birth name**: Lindsay Gordon Anderson
- **birth place**: Bangalore, British India
- **death place**: France
- **death cause**: heart attack
- **occupation**: Director
- **years active**: 1948–1993