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SLTC Member 1970 - 2006. John died on 20 August 2006.

John (left) as Father with Chris King in A Voyage Round My Father (1981).Photograph by Brian Fretwell

Acting Roles

• Eugine Dorn in The Seagull (1970) (Theatre)
• Dr Sloper in The Heiress (1970) (Theatre)
• Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (1971) (Theatre)
• Bernard in Boeing Boeing (1972) (Main Stage)
• Gary Essendine in Present Laughter (1972) (Main Stage)
• Gaston Lemare in My Three Angels (1972) (Main Stage)
• Mr Burton in Harlequinade (1973) (Main Stage)
• Felix in The Odd Couple (1973) (Main Stage)
• Gardner in Mrs Warren's Profession (1974) (Main Stage)
• Anthony Henderson in Bell, Book and Candle (1974) (Main Stage)
• Pastor Manders in Ghosts (1975) (Main Stage)
• Robert Danvers in There's a Girl in My Soup (1976) (Main Stage)
• Father in A Voyage Round My Father (1981) (Main Stage)
• Torvald Helmer in A Doll's House (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• Old Ekdal in The Wild Duck (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• James in Passion Play (1987) (Bell Theatre)
• Andrew Undershaft in Major Barbara (1988) (Bell Theatre)
• George Hilgay in Shadows of the Evening (1989) (Bell Theatre)
• Dad in A Night Out in Kaleidoscope '90 (1990) (Bell Theatre)
• Sir Fennimore Truscott QC (retired) in Edwin (1990) (Prompt Corner)
• The Manager in The Life and Death of Almost Everybody (1995) (Prompt Corner)
• Prime Minister in Anywhere to Anywhere (1998) (Prompt Corner)
• Herman Kafka in Kafka's Dick (1998) (Prompt Corner)

Productions as Director & Designer

• Veronica's Room (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Hedda Gabler (1997) (Prompt Corner)
• The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (1999) (Prompt Corner)
• Naked (1999) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Director

• The House of Bernarda Alba (1973) (Main Stage)
• Mrs Warren's Profession (1974) (Main Stage)
• Catching Fishes For My Tea (1978) (Prompt Corner)
• Fanny's First Play (1979) (Prompt Corner)
• The Queen and the Rebels (1980) (Main Stage)
• The Wild Duck (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Say Who You Are (1989) (Bell Theatre)
• The Lady from the Sea (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• Shakespeare Country (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Duet for One (1994) (Prompt Corner)
• Toys in the Attic (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• Rats, Brats and Bureaucrats (1997) (Prompt Corner)
• Sauce for the Goose (1998) (Bell Theatre)

Set Construction on:

• Veronica's Room (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Toys in the Attic (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur (1995) (Bell Theatre)

Other SLT Roles

• Chairman - 1987 - 2000
• Honorary Life President 2000 - 2006

Interests

External Links

Brief Obituary by Questors Theatre: http://archive.questors.org.uk/obit/A/andersonJ.html