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==Selected theatre appearances== {{Div col}} * ''[[King Lear]]'', as Lear, Dir [[Tom Morris (director)|Tom Morris]], [[Bristol Old Vic]], 2016<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gardner |first=Lyn |date=29 June 2016 |title=King Lear review β Timothy West's foolish ruler divides a nation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jun/29/king-lear-review-timothy-west-bristol-old-vic-brexit-shakespeare |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * ''[[The Vote (play)|The Vote]]'' by [[James Graham (playwright)|James Graham]], [[Donmar Warehouse]] and [[More4]], 2015<ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=6 May 2015 |title=The Vote review β James Graham's all-star election-night farce |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/may/06/the-vote-review-james-graham-all-star-election-night-farce |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * ''The Handyman'' by [[Ronald Harwood]], as Romka, Dir Joe Harmston, UK tour, 2012<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2012 |title=Timothy West stars in Harwood's Handyman |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/timothy-west-stars-in-harwoods-handyman_3655/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', as Sererbryakov, Dir [[Jeremy Herrin]], [[Chichester Festival Theatre]], 2012<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 March 2012 |title=Theatre review: Uncle Vanya at Chichester Minerva Theatre |url=https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/uncle-vanya-chichester-mine-7410 |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=British Theatre Guide |language=en-GB}}</ref> * ''[[The Winslow Boy]]'', as Arthur Winslow, Dir [[Stephen Unwin (director)|Stephen Unwin]], [[Rose Theatre, Kingston]] and UK tour, 2009<ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=18 May 2009 |title=The Winslow Boy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/may/19/theatre-review-the-winslow-boy |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * ''[[Romany Wood]]'', as narrator, Theatre Severn, [[Shropshire]], 2009<ref>{{Cite web |last=BBC |title=Romany Wood opens theatre |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2009/03/11/romany_wood_musical_feature.shtml |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref> * ''[[The Lover (play)|The Lover]]/[[The Collection (play)|The Collection]]'', Dir [[Jamie Lloyd]], [[Comedy Theatre]], London, 2008<ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=30 January 2008 |title=The Lover/The Collection |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/jan/30/theatre6 |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * Opening of [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras International]], as [[William Henry Barlow]], Tuesday 6 November 2007<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Queen opens restored St. Pancras International {{!}} Railnews {{!}} Today's news for Tomorrow's railway |url=https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2007/11/07-queen-opens-st-pancras.html |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=www.railnews.co.uk}}</ref> * ''[[Coriolanus (play)|Coriolanus]]'' as Menenius, Dir [[Gregory Doran]], [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]], [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], Newcastle, Spain and USA, 2007<ref name="Coveney">{{Cite news |last=Coveney |first=Michael |date=13 November 2024 |title=Timothy West obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/nov/13/timothy-west-obituary |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * ''[[A Number]]'' by [[Caryl Churchill]] as Salter, with [[Samuel West]] as B1/B2/Michael Black, Dir<ref>{{Cite news |last=Larman |first=Alexander |date=13 November 2024 |title=Timothy West: his 10 greatest roles |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/timothy-west-10-greatest-roles/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Jonathan Munby, [[Crucible Theatre]] Studio, 2006. Revived in 2010 at the [[Menier Chocolate Factory|Chocolate Factory]] and 2011 at the [[Fugard Theatre]], [[Cape Town]]. * ''The Old Country'' by [[Alan Bennett]], Dir [[Stephen Unwin (director)|Stephen Unwin]], [[Trafalgar Studios]], 2006<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 2016 |title=The Old Country Review {{!}} LondonTheatre.co.uk |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/the-old-country |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=London Theatre |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[King Lear]]'', as Lear, Dir [[Stephen Unwin (director)|Stephen Unwin]], UK tour with [[English Touring Theatre]], 2002<ref name="irishnews.com">{{Cite web |date=13 November 2024 |title=Stage and screen star Timothy West dies aged 90 surrounded by his family |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/uk/stage-and-screen-star-timothy-west-dies-aged-90-surrounded-by-his-family-BHX3UGNWYZLH5LV64H2F5BTO2Q/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=The Irish News |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[The Master Builder]]'', as Solness, Dir [[Stephen Unwin (director)|Stephen Unwin]], UK tour, 1999<ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=13 November 2024 |title=Timothy West: a modest maestro who embodied the best of British theatre |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/nov/13/timothy-west-a-modest-acting-master-who-embodied-the-best-of-british |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * ''[[King Lear]]'', as Gloucester, Dir [[Richard Eyre]], Greece, Turkey and the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], 1997<ref name = Times/> * ''[[Henry IV Part One]]'' and ''[[Henry IV, Part 2|Part Two]]'', as Falstaff, with [[Samuel West]] as Hal, Dir [[Stephen Unwin (director)|Stephen Unwin]], UK tour and [[the Old Vic]] Theatre, 1996<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 November 2024 |title=Stage and screen star Timothy West dies aged 90 surrounded by his family |url=https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/24720867.stage-screen-star-timothy-west-dies-aged-90-surrounded-family/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=The Scottish Farmer |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[Twelve Angry Men]]'', Dir [[Harold Pinter]], [[Bristol Old Vic]] and [[Comedy Theatre]], 1996<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 2016 |title=London Theatre Guide Archive Theatre Reviews / Twelve Angry Men |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/twelve-angry-men-1996 |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=London Theatre |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[Macbeth]]'', as Macbeth, Dir [[Helena Kaut-Howson]], [[Theatr Clwyd]], 1994<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Archive: Macbeth β the curse of he who must not be named |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/archive/the-archive-macbeth--the-curse-of-he-who-must-not-be-named |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=The Stage |language=En}}</ref> * ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', as Willy Loman, Dir [[Janet Suzman]], [[Theatr Clwyd]], 1993<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 March 1993 |title=Poignant piece. Death of a Salesman at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12616545.poignant-piece-death-of-a-salesman-at-the-theatre-royal-glasgow/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=The Herald |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[King Lear]]'' as Lear, Dir [[Alan Stanford]], Tivoli Theatre, [[Dublin]], 1992<ref>{{Cite book |last=Croall |first=Jonathan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=diaZCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Lear%22+tivoli&pg=PA153 |title=Performing King Lear: Gielgud to Russell Beale |date=22 October 2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4742-2388-1 |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'', with [[Prunella Scales]], Dir [[Howard Davies (director)|Howard Davies]], [[Bristol Old Vic]], UK Tour and the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], 1991<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murphy |first=Brenda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y8rCOJDsOW0C&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Long+Day%27s+Journey+into+Night%2C%22&pg=PA59 |title=O'Neill: Long Day's Journey Into Night |date=20 September 2001 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-66575-9 |language=en}}</ref> * ''It's Ralph'' as Andrew, by [[Hugh Whitemore]], Dir Clifford Williams, [[Comedy Theatre]] London 1991<ref>{{Cite book |last=Whitemore |first=Hugh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z7ryAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22It's+Ralph%22 |title=It's Ralph |date=1991 |publisher=Amber Lane Press |isbn=978-1-872868-06-6 |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', as Vanya, Dir [[Paul Unwin (director)|Paul Unwin]], [[Bristol Old Vic]], 1990 * ''[[The Master Builder]]'', as Solness, Dir [[Paul Unwin (director)|Paul Unwin]], [[Bristol Old Vic]], 1989<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kGpRAAAAYAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Solness%22+1989 |title=Drama |date=1989 |publisher=British Theatre Association |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[When We Are Married]]'', with [[Prunella Scales]], Dir [[Ronald Eyre]], [[Whitehall Theatre]], 1985<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fswaAQAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22When+We+Are+Married,%22 |title=Scene, Channel 2 and 17 |date=1985 |publisher=Twin City Area Educational Television Corporation |language=en}}</ref> * ''Masterclass'' by [[David Pownall]], as [[Stalin]], Dir Justin Greene, [[Haymarket Theatre (Leicester)|Leicester Haymarket]] and [[the Old Vic]] Theatre, 1984<ref>{{Cite book |last=Coleman |first=Terry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iMwcBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Masterclass%22&pg=PP118 |title=The Old Vic: The Story of a Great Theatre from Kean to Olivier to Spacey |date=30 September 2014 |publisher=Faber & Faber |isbn=978-0-571-31126-2 |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', as Vanya, Dir [[Prunella Scales]], Playhouse, [[Perth]], Western Australia, 1982<ref>{{Cite web |last=Equity |date=17 December 2020 |title=ACTS OF FAITH |url=https://medium.com/the-equity-magazine/acts-of-faith-7ea771bfa6c5 |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=The Equity Magazine |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' as Shylock, International tour in association with the [[British Council]] and at [[the Old Vic]] Theatre, 1980<ref name="irishnews.com"/> * ''Beecham'', by [[Caryl Brahms]] and [[Ned Sherrin]], as [[Thomas Beecham]], [[Apollo Theatre]], London, 1980<ref>{{Cite web |title=Production of Beecham {{!}} Theatricalia |url=https://theatricalia.com/play/53d/beecham/production/b5x |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> * ''[[The Homecoming]]'', as Max, Garrick Theatre, Dir Kevin Billington, 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sawera |date=13 November 2024 |title=Timothy West: A Legendary British Actor. |url=https://medium.com/@saweraakhtar0100/timothy-west-a-legendary-british-actor-699a1556e240 |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[Hamlet]]'', as Claudius, with [[Derek Jacobi]] as Hamlet, Dir [[Toby Robertson]], [[Edinburgh Festival]], International tour and [[the Old Vic]] Theatre, 1977<ref name="Coveney"/> * ''[[Othello]]'', as Iago, Dir [[Richard Eyre]], [[Nottingham Playhouse]], 1976<ref>{{Cite news |title=Iago |url=https://www.economist.com/1843/2015/08/10/iago |access-date=13 November 2024 |newspaper=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref> * ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'', as Judge Brack, Dir [[Trevor Nunn]], with [[Glenda Jackson]], [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]], international tour and [[Aldwych Theatre]], 1975<ref name="Coveney"/> * ''[[Macbeth]]'', as Macbeth, [[Gardner Arts Centre]], Brighton, Dir John David, 1974<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XDFaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22macbeth%22+1974 |title=British Theatre Review |date=1974 |publisher=Vance-Offord (Publications) Limited |isbn=978-0-903931-07-6 |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]'', as Holofernes, Aldwych Theatre, London, McBain/Archer, Prospect Theatre Company, June 1972<ref>{{Cite book |last=Johns |first=Eric |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yZFKRdqlxfkC&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Holofernes%22 |title=Theatre Review 1973 |date=1973 |publisher=W.H. Allen |isbn=978-0-491-01231-7 |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[King Lear]]'' as Lear, Prospect Theatre Company, Dir Toby Robertson, [[Edinburgh Festival]] and UK tour, 1971. The production visited Australia in 1972<ref>{{Cite book |last=Davies |first=Oliver Ford |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KmN_u_zpG-gC&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22lear%22+prospect&pg=PA7 |title=Playing Lear |date=2003 |publisher=Nick Hern Books |isbn=978-1-85459-698-7 |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[Exiles (play)|Exiles]]'', Dir [[Harold Pinter]]. [[Mermaid Theatre]], 1970<ref>{{Cite book |last=Guernsey |first=Otis L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KFERomLCZIwC&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22exiles%22++1970 |title=The Best Plays of 1970β1971 |date=1971 |publisher=Dodd, Mead |isbn=978-0-396-06429-9 |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]'' and ''[[Edward II (play)|Edward II]]'', as Bolingbroke and Young Mortimer, with [[Ian McKellen]] as the kings, Prospect Theatre Company, Edinburgh Festival, International tour and [[Piccadilly Theatre]], Dir [[Richard Cottrell]]/Toby Robertson, 1969<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shaughnessy |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yJN4yAsNSYEC&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Bolingbroke%22&pg=PA145 |title=The Routledge Guide to William Shakespeare |date=13 May 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-85503-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Tardiff |first=Joseph C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1pFlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Young+Mortimer%22 |title=Shakespearean Criticism |date=1994 |publisher=Cengage Gale |isbn=978-0-8103-8467-5 |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[The Tempest]]'', as Prospero, Prospect Productions, Dir Toby Robertson, 1966<ref>{{Cite book |last=Summers |first=Joseph Holmes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GoVlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Prospero%22+1966 |title=Dreams of Love and Power: On Shakespeare's Plays |date=1984 |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=978-0-19-812823-6 |language=en}}</ref> * ''"Madam", said Dr Johnson'', Prospect Productions, Dir Toby Robertson, 1966<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kBxzIKkMxyUC&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Madam%22,+said+Dr+Johnson%22 |title=The Illustrated London News |date=1966 |publisher=Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[Marat/Sade]]'', [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]], Dir [[Peter Brook]], 1964<ref name="Coveney"/> * ''[[Afore Night Come]]'', [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]], [[Arts Theatre]], 1962. Revived at the [[Aldwych Theatre]], 1964<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Dorney |first1=Kate |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YZ0QsGdAhe4C&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Afore+Night+Come%2C%22&pg=PA56 |title=Played in Britain: Modern Theatre in 100 Plays |last2=Gray |first2=Frances |date=14 May 2013 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4081-8963-4 |language=en}}</ref> * ''Gentle Jack'', [[Theatre Royal, Brighton|Theatre Royal]], Brighton and the [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]], London, 1963<ref>{{Cite book |last=West |first=Timothy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ByquEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Gentle+Jack%22&pg=PT106 |title=Pru and Me: The Amazing Marriage of Prunella Scales and Timothy West |date=28 September 2023 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=978-0-241-62956-7 |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[Caught Napping]]'', [[Piccadilly Theatre]], 1959<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meyer-DinkgrΓ€fe |first=Daniel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V6MdAQAAIAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Caught+Napping,%22 |title=Views, Positions, Legacies: Interviews with German and British Theatre Artists, 1985β2007 |date=2007 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars |isbn=978-1-84718-294-4 |language=en}}</ref> {{Div col end}}
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