Greg Hicks
Greg Hicks | |
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| Born | 27 May 1953 Leicester, England, U.K. |
| Alma mater | Rose Bruford College |
| Occupation | Actor |
Greg Hicks (born 27 May 1953) is an
Critics' Circle Theatre Awards (Drama) for Best Shakespearian Performance in the same role.[3]
Hicks has practised the Brazilian hybrid of martial arts and dance capoeira,[4] as well as the Japanese dance-theatre form butoh.[5] He has said that he started to explore the physicality associated with these disciplines in a masked production of Oresteia (1981), directed by his mentor at the National Theatre, Peter Hall.[6] In 2016, he toured with Flute Theatre as Claudius in a production of Hamlet, who's there? written for interactive audiences.[7]
Selected stage performances
- Royal Shakespeare Company:
- Julius Caesar (2001) as Brutus
- Merry Wives of Windsor(2002) as Dr Caius
- Coriolanus(2002) as Coriolanus
- Hamlet (2004) as Ghost/Player King/Gravedigger
- Macbeth (2004) as Macbeth
- Julius Caesar (2009) as Julius Caesar
- The Winter's Tale (2009) as Leontes
- King Lear (2010) as King Lear
- Hamlet (2013) as Claudius/Ghost
- All's Well That Ends Well (2013) as King of France
- Other:
- Acastos at the National Theatre (1980)
- The Romans in Britain, as Marban, a druid, at the National Theatre (1980)
- The Oresteia, as Orestes, at the National Theatre and Epidavros, Greece (1982) and Channel 4 (1983)
- Coriolanus, as Tullus Aufidius, National Theatre, (1984)[8]
- The Homecoming, as Teddy, at the Comedy Theatre, London (1991)
- Messiah at the Old Vic(2002) as Christ
- Bacchai, as Dionysus, at the National Theatre (2003)
- Missing Persons: Four Tragedies and Roy Keane by Colin Teevan at the Jermyn Street Theatre (2006) as various characters
- Tamburlaine at the Barbican (2005) as Tamburlaine
- An Enemy of the People at the Arcola Theatre (2008) as Dr Thomas Stockmann
- In Blood: The Bacchae at the Arcola Theatre (2009)
- Clarion, Arcola Theatre, (2015)
- Hamlet, who's there? as Claudius, with Flute Theatre (2016)
- Richard III (title role) Arcola (2017)[9]
- The Dream of a Ridiculous Man at the Marylebone Theatre (2024) solo performance adapted from the Fyodor Dostoevsky short story[10]
Partial filmography
- Northanger Abbey 1987 (TV)
- Fortunes of War 1987 (TV)
- Bergerac (TV)
- Maigret 1992 (TV)
- Agatha Christie's Marple 2006 (TV)
- Waking the Dead 2007 (TV)
- Midsomer Murders 2011 (TV)
- Snow White & the Huntsman2012
- The Bible 2013 (TV)
- Son of God 2014
References
- ^ "20 Questions With...Greg Hicks - - Interviews - Whatsonstage.com". Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Olivier Winners 2004 | the Official London Theatre Guide". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Critics' Circle | Drama". Archived from the original on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- TheGuardian.com. 10 October 2005.
- ^ "The Home of London Theatre". Official London Theatre.
- ^ Hicks, Greg (16 September 2014). "Greg Hicks: how Peter Hall transformed me as an actor". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ Hamlet, who's there? on the Flute Theatre website
- ^ Wardle, Irving (17 December 1984). "Great Dramatic Partnership". The Times: 13.
- ISSN 0261-3077.
- ^ Heneage, Georgia. "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man". The Times. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
External links
- Greg Hicks at IMDb
- Interview with Greg Hicks in The Guardian on playing Macbeth
- The Times on Greg Hicks' career and his role as Macbeth
- Greg Hicks at the Royal Shakespeare Company
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