Robert Tanitch
Robert Tanitch, who lives in London, is a playwright, author, biographer, lecturer, theatre and film critic.
He had the first professional production of one of his plays while he was still up at Oxford University.
His comedies include: Call It Love, with musical numbers by Sandy Wilson, Wyndham's Theatre, London and Vienna 1960; Came the Knight, directed by Trevor Nunn at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, circa 1963; and Highly Confidential starring Hermione Gingold at the Cambridge Theatre, London 1969. He has also written material for two West End revues.
He has been the Old Vic Theatre's education projects director and has lectured on Shakesepeare and run seminars in England, Australia, Indonesia and Kenya.
Tanitch has written and directed the cassette series, Shakespeare Interviews. He devised a Shakespearean revue, Shakespeare in Love (directed by David Giles) which was performed in London and Dallas in order to raise money to rebuild Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in Southwark, London.
He has written and directed several revue sketches for YouTube, some starring leading actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales; see [1] for details and a review.
[edit] Bibliography
- A Pictorial Companion to Shakespeare's Plays, Robert Muller (1982) ISBN 0091710308
- Ralph Richardson, A Tribute, Evans Brothers (1982) ISBN 023745680X
- Olivier, Thames & Hudson (1985) ISBN 0500013632
- Leonard Rossiter, Robert Royce (1985) ISBN 0947728198
- Ashcroft, Hutchinson (1987) ISBN 0091710308
- Gielgud, Harrap (1988) ISBN 0215515603
- Dirk Bogarde: The Complete Career Illustrated, Ebury Press (1988) ISBN 0852236948
- Guinness, Harrap (1989) ISBN 0245548270; Applause Theatre Book Publishers (1989)
- John Mills, Collins & Brown Ltd (1993) ISBN 1855851423
- Brando, Cassell Illustrated (1994) ISBN 0289801001
- Clint Eastwood, Cassell Illustrated (1995) ISBN 028980132X
- The Unknown James Dean, Batsford (1997) ISBN 0713480343
- Oscar Wilde On Stage and Screen, Methuen (1999) ISBN 041372610X
- Blockbusters! Batsford (2000) ISBN 0713486910
- Brando [updated]Cassell Illustrated (2004) ISBN 84403 365 1
- Eastwood [updated] Cassell Illustrated (2005) ISBN 1844034240
- London Stage in the 20th Century, Haus Publishing (2007) ISBN 9781904950745
- London Stage in the Nineteenth Century, Carnegie (2010) ISBN 9781859362082
[edit] External links
- Robert Tanitch website
- Revue sketches on YouTube, including Why Don't You Try One of These?[2]
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