Profile: Brian Olver

Loft credits (click a play title to view details)

• Mr Lovell, I Love You, Mrs Patterson (1980)
• Director, The Constant Wife (1979)
• Pedant, The Taming of the Shrew (1977)
• Director, Lady Windermere’s Fan (1977)
• Valletta, Occupations (1976)
• Director, For Love of Love (1975)
• Director, The Prodigal Daughter (1973)
• The Cardinal Archdeacon, Hadrian VII (1971)
• Sir Oliver Pain-Bartley, His Excellency (1967)
• Director, The Song of the Cuckoo (1962)
• Sir Norman Tullis, Any Other Business (1960)
• Director, The Matchmaker (1959)
• 1st Barrister, Witness for the Prosecution (1958)
• White Knight, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (1958)
• Director, The Queen and the Rebels (1957)
• Director, Stranger in Manhattan (1957)
• The Chancellor, Puss in Boots (1957)
• Director, The Puppet Prince (1956)
• Dr Michail Syrensky, Anastasia (1955)
• Eustace Didcot, He Wanted Adventure (1955)
• Director, The Cocktail Party (1954)
• Director, The River Line (1954)
• Thurio, Two Gentlemen of Verona (1953)
• Director, Shadow and Substance (1953)
• Director, Hassan (1953)
• Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night (1952)
• Director, The Little Foxes (1952)
• Rupert Billings, The Happiest Days of Your Life (1951)
• Director, The Prisoner Before You (1951)
• White Knight, Alice in Wonderland (1950)
• Time, as Chorus, The Winter’s Tale (1950)
• Director, Our Town (1950)
• John Worthing, The Importance of Being Earnest (1949)
• Will Shakespeare, Will Shakespeare (1949)
• Alderman Preedy, The Sparks Fly Upward (1949)
• Director, The Witch (1948)
• Director, Murder in the Cathedral (1948)
• Arnholm, The Lady from the Sea (1948)
• Monsieur Heger, The Brontes (1947)
• Denys Royd, Quiet Weekend (1947)
• Flavius/Ligarius, Julius Caesar (1947)
• Dr Stefan Kurtz, Thunder Rock (1947)
• Sir Benjamin Backbite, The School for Scandal (1946)
• Prince of Arragon, The Merchant of Venice (1946)
• Director, The Man With a Load of Mischief (1946)
• Duvallet, Fanny’s First Play (1945)
• Director, Hedda Gabler (1945)
• Malcolm Stritton, They Came to a City (1944)
• Jacques Rijar, The Marquise (1944)
• Director, Menace (1944)
• Sir Brian Howet, Distinguished Gathering (1943)
• Mark Kurt, Short Story (1943)
• Francis Derham, The Rose Without a Thorn (1942)
• Arnold Jordan, Mystery at Greenfingers (1942)

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