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Eileen Atkins

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Her National Theatre credits include: Honor in the UK premiere of "Honour" by Joanna Murray-Smith (2003), Gunhild in Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman" (1996), Hannah in "Night of the Iguana" by Tennessee Williams (1996), Paulina in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" and the Queen in "Cymbeline" (both 1988, also world tour), the elderly woman in "Mountain Language" a new play by Harold Pinter (1988), Mrs Hitchcock in "Sergeant Musgrave's Dance" by John Arden (1984), Jenet in "The Lady's Not For Burning" by Christopher Fry (1978), Hesione in Shaw's "Heartbreak House" (1975), and Alice 'Childie' McNaught in "The Killing of Sister George" a new play by 'Frank Marcus' (1964, also NYC).

Played Mrs Rafi in "The Sea" by Edward Bond - Theatre Royal Haymarket, London (2008).

Played Sister Aloysius in "Doubt" by John Patrick Shanley - Walter Kerr Theatre, NYC (2006).

Played Meg in "The Birthday Party" by Harold Pinter - Duchess Theatre, London (2005).

Played Alice in "The Retreat from Moscow" by William Nicholson - NYC (2004).

Played Leonie in "Indescresions" based on "Les Parents Terrible" by Jean Cocteau - Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC (1995).

Played Agnes in "A Delicate Balance" by Edward Albee - Theatre Royal Haymarket, London (1997).

Played Virginia Woolf in "Vita and Virginia" which she wrote herself - Chichester Festival Theatre (1992)/ Ambassadors' Theatre, London (1993)/ Union Square Theatre, New York City (1994).

Played the title role in "Prin" by Andrew Davies - Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City (1990).

Played Virginia Woolf in "A Room of One's Own" - Hampstead Theatre/ Playhouse Theatre, London (1989)/ Arena Stage, Washington DC (1993).

Played Sally Kershaw in "Exclusive", a new play by Jeffrey Archer - Strand Theatre, London (1989).

Played Marie in "Thursday's Ladies" by Loleh Bellon - Apollo Theatre, London (1987).

Played Eileen O'Shaugnessy in "Tuesday's Child" a new play by Terry Johnson - Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London (1986).

Played the title role in Euripides' "Medea" - Young Vic Theatre, London (1986).

Her credits with the Prospect Theatre Company include: the title role in Shaw's "Saint Joan" (1977) and Viola in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" (1978).

Played the title role in "Mary Barnes" by David Edgar - Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut (1980).

Played Marie Caroline David in "The Night of the Tribades" by Per Olov Enquist - Helen Hays Theatre, NYC (1977).

Her credits at Chichester Festival Theatre include: Celia Coplestone in "The Cocktail Party" by 'TS Eliot' (1968, also West End) and Elizabeth I in "Vivat! Vivat Regina!" a new play by Robert Bolt (1970, also NYC).

Played Lika in "The Promise" by Aleksei Arbuzov - Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City (1967).

Her credits at the Ravinia Festival include: Viola in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" and Ophelia in "Hamlet" (1964).

Her credits at London's Royal Court Theatre include: Juliette in "Exit the King" by Eugène Ionesco (1963, also Edinburgh Festival), Joan Middleton in "The Restoration of Arnold Middleton" a new play by David Storey (1966) and Joan Shannon in "The Sleeper's Den" a new play by Peter Gill (1969).

Played Lady Brute in Vanbrugh's "The Provok'd Wife" - Vaudeville Theatre, London (1963).

Played Eileen in "Semi-Detached" by David Turner - Saville Theatre, London (1962).

Her credits at London's Old Vic Company include: Beattie in "Roots" (1960), Viola in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", Lady Anne in "Richard III" and Miranda in "The Tempest" (1962).

Played the girl in "The Square" - Bromley Theatre, London (1961).

Her Royal Shakespeare Company credits include: "Cymbeline", "The Tempest" (1957), "Romeo and Juliet", "Pericles", "Much Ado About Nothing", "Hamlet" (1958), Rosalind in "As You Like It" (1973), the title role in "Suzanna Andler" by Marguerite Duras (1974), Nell in "Passion Play" a new play by Peter Nichols (1981) and the woman in the UK premiere of "The Unexpected Man" by Yasmina Reza (1998).

Her credits at London's Regent's Park Open Air Theatre include: Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" and Jacquenetta in "Love's Labour's Lost" (1953).

Played a nurse in "Harvey" - Repertory Theatre, Bangor (1952).

Played Margot Mason in the UK premiere of "The Female of the Species" by Joanna Murray-Smith - Vaudeville Theatre, London (2008).

(1971) She starred in Robert Bolt's play, "Vivat! Vivat Regina!" at London's Piccadilly Theatre with Sarah Miles and Richard Pearson.

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