Background
NEVILLE, John. was born on May 2, 1925 in Willesden, London. Son of Reginald D. Neville and Mabel L. Fry.
NEVILLE, John. was born on May 2, 1925 in Willesden, London. Son of Reginald D. Neville and Mabel L. Fry.
Chiswick County Grammar School and Royal Academy, of Dramatic Art, London.
Mr. Topaz, Oscar Wilde, Billy Budd, A Study in Terror, Adventures of Gerrard.Director Nottingham Playhouse 1963-1968, Newcastle Playhouse 1967. Honorary Professor, in Drama, Nottingham University since 1967. Drama Adviser to Howard and Wyndham Limited.
In musical Mr.
& Mistress 1968; series of television plays 1968. Presented four plays at Fortune Theatre, London with the Park Theatre Company.
Appeared in the Apple Cart, Mermaid Theatre, London 1970, The Beggar"s Opera, Chichester 1972, Happy Days, National Theatre, London 1977. Went to Canada 1973; staged The Rivals, National Arts Theatre, Ottawa.
Director opera Don Giovanni, Festival Canada, Ottawa.
Played Prospero (The Tempest), Judge Brack (Hedda Gabler), Sir George Croft (Mistress Warren’s Profession), in Sherlock Holmes, New York 1975. Artistic Director of Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 1973-1978.
Artistic Director Neptune Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia 1978-1983.
With Stratford Festival Theatre, Ontario 1983-1989, Artistic Director 1985-1989. Director Hamlet 1986, Mother Courage, Othello 1987, Three Sisters 1989.
Film (in title role) Adventures of Baron Munchhausen 1987-1988. Acted in School for Scandal, National Theatre 1990.
Honorary Doctor Dramatic Arts (Lethbridge University, Alberta) 1979.
Honorary Doctorate.F.A. (Nova Scotia College, of Art and Design) 1981.
Chichester Theatre Company 1962.
Married Caroline Hooper in 1948.