Education
Central School of Speech and Drama. King"s College London.
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Gregory Polnay
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Probably best remembered for his role as Detroit Sergeant Mike Brewer in Dixon of Dock Green, de Polnay was also a regular in the Australian situation comedy series, The Group (1971). De Polnay"s credits include: Space: 1999, Doctor Who (the serial The Robots of Death), Poldark, Enemy at the Door, Tenko, The Fourth Arm, One by One, Howards" Way and Boon.
He also has over 100 television appearances and 350 radio broadcasts to his name.
Due to an accident sustained while playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, United States of America in 1987, de Polnay retrained as a voice specialist at the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he gained the Advanced Diploma in Voice Studies and later on an Master of Arts at King"s College London in Text and Performance Studies. During the past decade, de Polnay has directed twenty-one Jacobean and Restoration plays for RADA. He was drama advisor for the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service Classical Drama Series and has adapted several plays for the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service.
When not directing, de Polnay works for several organisations in the field of public speaking and communication skills. He coaches several top television and sports presenters. de Polnay also works extensively for RADA in Business providing communication and presentation skills training for a wide variety of business organisations.
He has been appointed Director of the RADA Shakespeare Certificate Scheme.
Membership
Whilst being Head of Voice at the Drama Centre, London and at LAMDA, he has been a prominent member of staff at several major drama schools and has lectured on "Language and Style" in the United States of America, Canada and South Africa.
