George Irving theatre listing 1970s

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George Irving was a founder member of the South Shields Youth theatre in 1966, and a director from 1968 - 69.

He worked at the National Youth Theatre from 1966 - 73, and attended Birmingham University Drama department , graduating in July 1973, with B.A.Hons in Drama.

He has appeared in repertory in Newcastle, Exeter, Birmingham and Leicester, and a season at the Open Space.

1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

year	play	role	author	venue	other cast members		review
	Endgame	Hamm	Beckett
	The Way of the World	Mr. Fainall	Congreve	Birmingham	Fidelis Morgan
	Henry V	French King	Shakespeare	National Youth Theatre
	Julius Caesar	Casca	Shakespeare	National Youth Theatre
	Zigger Zagger	Les	Terson	National Youth Theatre
	A Midsummer's Night's Dream	Bottom	Shakespeare	National Youth Theatre
	Geordie's March	George	Terson	National Youth Theatre (Shaw theatre)	Tony Conaboy
	In camera		Sartre	Birmingham	Fidelis Morgan
1970	Macbeth	Macbeth	Shakespeare	National Youth Theatre, Sunderland Empire		George was also assistant director.
1972	Measure for Measure	Pompey	Shakespeare	National Youth Theatre, Shaw Theatre	Francis Matthews, Dominic Jephcott
1974	Byker Byker		Phil Woods	University Theatre Newcastle	Fred Pearson
1974	Rock Nativity	John, 2nd shepherd	Wood	University Theatre Newcastle	Frances Tomelty Sting's band, Last Exit, supplied the music.		“… inspired moments of rejoicing.” Newcastle Journal
1974	Cyrano de Bergerac		Rostand	University Theatre Newcastle
1975	Equus	Horse	Shaffer	University Theatre Newcastle	Dicken Ashworth
1975	The Devils	Father Urbain Grandier	Whiting	University Theatre Newcastle	Bruce Alexander
!976	The Shrew	Henchman	Marowitz after Shakespeare	Open Space Theatre	Linda Hayden
1976	Artaud at Rodez	Louis Jouvet	Marowitz	Open Space Theatre and Rome	Clive Merrison
1977	Othello	Iago	Shakespeare	Northcott Theatre Exeter, and tour	Geraldine James		'Iago, played by George Irving, is pure 20th century treachery. As cunning and plausible as today's con man, he offers a friendly word in the ear while slipping the knife of doubt neatly between the shoulder blades.'
1979	Hearing	Dan	Louise Page	Birmingham rep			Taking place in a sugar factory, the play compares the experiences of Gale, who has been deaf from birth, and Ian, who is losing his hearing because of the noise at the factory.