Editing David Suchet (section)

===Theatre===
Suchet began his acting career at the Gateway Theatre, Chester in 1969. He then appeared in many reps, including Worthing, Birmingham, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, Liverpool Playhouse, and the [[Watermill Theatre]]. In 1973, he joined the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]. In 1981–82, he played [[Henry IV of England|Bolingbroke]] in ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]'' opposite [[Alan Howard (Coronation Street)|Alan Howard]]. In 1993 he played "John" in the drama ''[[Oleanna (play)|Oleanna]]'' at the Royal Court Theatre. It was directed by [[Harold Pinter]], and co-starred [[Lia Williams]] as "Carol".

He made his West End debut opposite Saskia Reeves in the Kempinski play ''[[Separation (play)|Separation]]'', at the Comedy Theatre in 1987. In 1996–97 he played opposite Dame [[Diana Rigg]] in the West End production of ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''. He was featured as Salieri from 1998 to 2000 in the Broadway production ''[[Amadeus (play)|Amadeus]]''. In 2007, at the [[Chichester Festival Theatre]], he played Cardinal Benelli in ''[[The Last Confession]]'', about the death of [[Pope John Paul I]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cft.org.uk/|title=Home|date=30 June 2021|website=Chichester Festival Theatre}}</ref> In 2014, he reprised the role of Benelli in the Australian tour of the play.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tinderboxproductions.com.au/LastConfession.html|title=Tinderbox Productions|website=www.tinderboxproductions.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Taffel |first=Jacqui |date=12 May 2014 |title=Hercule Poirot actor David Suchet coming to Sydney's stage for The Last Confession |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/hercule-poirot-actor-david-suchet-coming-to-sydneys-stage-for-the-last-confession-20140512-zr9ud.html |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydhey, Australia |access-date=28 September 2014 }}</ref>

He has been starring as [[Lady Bracknell]] in '' [[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' by [[Oscar Wilde]] at the Vaudeville Theatre in London since June 2015 and on tour.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://importanceofearnest.com/ | title=Express Yourself with Music}}</ref> In January 2022, Suchet had a three-week residency at the [[Harold Pinter Theatre]] performing ''Poirot and More, A Retrospective''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/david-suchet-poirot-and-more|title=David Suchet: Poirot & More, A Retrospective|website=londontheatredirect.com|accessdate=19 February 2022}}</ref>