Background
Michael Blakemore was born on June 18, 1928, in Sydney, Australia. He is the son of Conrad Blakemore and Una Mary Blakemore. His father was an eye surgeon.
87-129 Pennant Hills Rd, North Parramatta NSW 2151, Australia
Michael Blakemore was educated at the King's School, Sydney.
Camperdown NSW 2006, Australia
Michael Blakemore attended the University of Sydney.
62-64 Gower St, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6ED, United Kingdom
From 1950 to 1952 Michael Blakemore studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
2004
67th Street & Central Park West, New York, NY 10023, United States
Director Michael Blakemore (L) and writer Michael Frayn attend the opening night of "Democracy" after-party at Tavern on the Green on November 18, 2004, in New York City. Photo by Paul Hawthorne
2005
London, England, United Kingdom
Michael Blakemore poses while at home in London, England during January of 2005. Photo by Cambridge Jones
2005
Theatre Director, Michael Blakemore, on the set of his new play, Democracy, which opens at the Sydney Theatre Company, on March 17, 2005. Picture by Lee Besford. SHD Photo by Fairfax Media
2007
New York, New York, United States
Michael Blakemore, director of "Is He Dead?" a play written by Mark Twain in 1898, pauses during an interview in New York, United States, on Wednesday, October 17, 2007. Photo by Chris Goodney
2009
305 West 43rd Street, New York, United States
Actors Angela Lansbury, Christine Ebersole, Rupert Everett, Jayne Atkinson, Deborah Rush, and director Michael Blakemore (seated) attend a photocall with the cast of "Blithe Spirit" on Broadway at the 2nd Stage Theater rehearsal studio on January 30, 2009 in New York City. Photo by Bruce Glikas
2009
305 West 43rd Street, New York, United States
Associate Director Kim Weild and Director Michael Blakemore attend a photocall with the cast of "Blithe Spirit" on Broadway at the 2nd Stage Theater rehearsal studio on January 30, 2009, in New York City. Photo by Bruce Glikas
2009
234 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, United States
Angela Lansbury and Director Michael Blakemore attend the "Blithe Spirit" Broadway opening night party at Sardi's on March 15, 2009, in New York City. Photo by Bruce Glikas
2009
234 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, United States
Michael Blakemore attends Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit Opening After-Party Arrivals at Sardi's on March 15, 2009, in New York. Photo by Jonathon Ziegler
2014
135 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United Kingdom
Director Michael Blakemore attends Noel Coward's 'Blithe Spirit' at Ahmanson Theatre on December 14, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. Photo by JC Olivera
2019
Lyric Square, King St, Hammersmith, Lyric W6 0QL, United Kingdom
Michael Blakemore and Michael Frayn attend the press night after party for "Noises Off" at The Lyric Hammersmith on July 2, 2019, in London, England. Photo by David M. Benett
2004
67th Street & Central Park West, New York, NY 10023, United States
Director Michael Blakemore (L) and writer Michael Frayn attend the opening night of "Democracy" after-party at Tavern on the Green on November 18, 2004, in New York City. Photo by Paul Hawthorne
2005
London, England, United Kingdom
Michael Blakemore poses while at home in London, England during January of 2005. Photo by Cambridge Jones
2005
Theatre Director, Michael Blakemore, on the set of his new play, Democracy, which opens at the Sydney Theatre Company, on March 17, 2005. Picture by Lee Besford. SHD Photo by Fairfax Media
2007
New York, New York, United States
Michael Blakemore, director of "Is He Dead?" a play written by Mark Twain in 1898, pauses during an interview in New York, United States, on Wednesday, October 17, 2007. Photo by Chris Goodney
2009
305 West 43rd Street, New York, United States
Actors Angela Lansbury, Christine Ebersole, Rupert Everett, Jayne Atkinson, Deborah Rush, and director Michael Blakemore (seated) attend a photocall with the cast of "Blithe Spirit" on Broadway at the 2nd Stage Theater rehearsal studio on January 30, 2009 in New York City. Photo by Bruce Glikas
2009
305 West 43rd Street, New York, United States
Associate Director Kim Weild and Director Michael Blakemore attend a photocall with the cast of "Blithe Spirit" on Broadway at the 2nd Stage Theater rehearsal studio on January 30, 2009, in New York City. Photo by Bruce Glikas
2009
234 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, United States
Angela Lansbury and Director Michael Blakemore attend the "Blithe Spirit" Broadway opening night party at Sardi's on March 15, 2009, in New York City. Photo by Bruce Glikas
2009
234 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, United States
Michael Blakemore attends Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit Opening After-Party Arrivals at Sardi's on March 15, 2009, in New York. Photo by Jonathon Ziegler
2014
135 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United Kingdom
Director Michael Blakemore attends Noel Coward's 'Blithe Spirit' at Ahmanson Theatre on December 14, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. Photo by JC Olivera
2019
Lyric Square, King St, Hammersmith, Lyric W6 0QL, United Kingdom
Michael Blakemore and Michael Frayn attend the press night after party for "Noises Off" at The Lyric Hammersmith on July 2, 2019, in London, England. Photo by David M. Benett
87-129 Pennant Hills Rd, North Parramatta NSW 2151, Australia
Michael Blakemore was educated at the King's School, Sydney.
Camperdown NSW 2006, Australia
Michael Blakemore attended the University of Sydney.
62-64 Gower St, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6ED, United Kingdom
From 1950 to 1952 Michael Blakemore studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
(Noted director Michael Blakemore is renowned for such Bro...)
Noted director Michael Blakemore is renowned for such Broadway successes as Joe Egg, Noises Off and City of Angels. In the introduction, Simon Callow says of Blakemore's book, “There have been remarkable novels of the theatre, but no other book has so truly depicted the creative anarchic excitement of acting. Next Season is the finest fictional celebration of the passionate craft of the actor... about the demands and rewards of acting, what it takes from you, what it gives you back. Acting as work, work as passion!"
https://www.amazon.com/Next-Season-Michael-Blakemore/dp/1557832234/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Next+Season+Michael+Blakemore&s=books&sr=1-1
1968
(Now recognized as one of today's greatest theater directo...)
Now recognized as one of today's greatest theater directors and winner of two Tony Awards-and director of this season's most acclaimed play, Democracy, by his frequent collaborator Michael Frayn-Michael Blakemore followed a unique path to success. In this book, he discusses his boyhood in Australia and his start in England as an actor-his life changed by a tour of Titus Andronicus with Laurence Olivier at the height of his powers-and continuing up to his first success as a director with A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. In recounting his early life, Blakemore provides "a pitch-perfect account of dreaming youth, driven, frustrated, and eventually deepened by a realistic love of the theatre" (David Hare).
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0571224458/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
2004
(In 1971, Michael Blakemore joined the National Theatre as...)
In 1971, Michael Blakemore joined the National Theatre as Associate Director under Laurence Olivier. The National, still based at the Old Vic, was at a moment of transition awaiting the move to its vast new home on the South Bank. Relying on generous subsidy, it would need an extensive network of supporters in high places. Olivier, a scrupulous and brilliant autocrat from a previous generation, was not the man to deal with these political ramifications. His tenure began to unravel and, behind his back, Peter Hall was appointed to replace him in 1973. As in other aspects of British life, the ethos of public service, which Olivier espoused, was in retreat. Having staged eight productions for the National, Blakemore found himself increasingly uncomfortable under Hall's regime. Stage Blood is the candid and at times painfully funny story of the events that led to his dramatic exit in 1976. He recalls the theatrical triumphs and flops, his volatile relationship with Olivier including directing him in Long Day's Journey into Night, the extravagant dinners in Hall's Barbican flat with Harold Pinter, Jonathan Miller and the other associates, the opening of the new building, and Blakemore's brave and misrepresented decision to speak out. He would not return to the National for fifteen years.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E78HFAO/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
2013
https://www.amazon.com/Having-Wild-Weekend-Barbara-Ferris/dp/B008RNYMO2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Having+a+Wild+Weekend+Michael+Blakemore&sr=8-1
1965
(An autobiographical documentary was written and directed ...)
An autobiographical documentary was written and directed by Michael Blakemore in 1981 in which he plays his own father.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Personal-History-Australian-Surf/dp/B07QNS4C55
1981
(The year is 1948. Deep in the communist-infested jungles ...)
The year is 1948. Deep in the communist-infested jungles of Southeast Asia, bumbling Major Giles Flack (Cleese) reluctantly oversees a motley troop of entertainers sent to boost the morale of his men.
https://www.amazon.com/Privates-Parade-Patrick-Pearson/dp/B01D9204EC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Privates+on+Parade+Michael+Blakemore&sr=8-1
1982
(Aging Australian rancher Uncle Jack and his faithful niec...)
Aging Australian rancher Uncle Jack and his faithful niece, Sally, have their quiet lives disrupted by the sudden reappearance of Alexander (Michael Blakemore), Sally's father and Jack's former brother-in-law, who left the ranch to become a London theater critic some decades before.
https://www.amazon.com/Country-Life-Michael-Blakemore/dp/B08GX2X16Y/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Country+Life+Michael+Blakemore&sr=8-1
1994
Michael Blakemore was born on June 18, 1928, in Sydney, Australia. He is the son of Conrad Blakemore and Una Mary Blakemore. His father was an eye surgeon.
Michael Blakemore was educated at the King's School, Sydney. He attended the University of Sydney. From 1950 to 1952 Blakemore studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Michael Blakemore directed stage productions, including The Investigation (Citizens’ Theatre, 1966), Little Malcolm (Citizens’ Theatre, 1966); Stephen D. (Citizens’ Theatre, 1966); Nightmare Abbey (Citizens’ Theatre, 1966); The Visions of Simone Machard (Citizens’ Theatre, 1967); A Choice of Wars (Citizens' Theatre, 1967); Rosmersholm (Citizens’ Theatre, 1967); A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Citizens' Theatre, 1967), The Strange Case of Martin Richter (Hampstead Theatre Club, 1968); The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1969); The National Health (Old Vic Theatre, London, 1969); Widowers' Houses (Royal Court Theatre, London, 1970); Long Day's Journey into Night (National Theatre, London, 1971); Tyger (National Theatre, 1971); Forget-Me-Not Lane (1971); The Front Page (National Theatre, 1972); Macbeth (National Theatre, 1972); The Cherry Orchard (National Theatre, 1973); Design for Living (Phoenix Theatre, London, 1973); and many more.
He acted in stage productions, including The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1951); School (1958); Coriolanus (1959); Twelfth Night (1962); Love’s Labour's Lost (1962); Much Ado About Nothing (1963); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1963); Toad of Toad Hall (1963); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966 to 1967); etc. Blakemore is an actor in films, including Catch Us If You Can (also known as Having a Wild Weekend, 1965); A Personal History of the Australian Surf (1981), and Country Life (1994).
He is a director of films, including A Personal History of the Australian Surf (1981), Privates on Parade (1982), and Country Life (1994). Michael directed television specials, including Long Day's Journey into Night (1973), "The Old Reliable," Great Performances (1988), and Kiss Me Kate (2003).
Blakemore is the author of the novel Next Season (1968). His memoir, Arguments with England, was published in 2004. His next work is Stage Blood (2013).
Michael Blakemore is best known for his work directing stage productions in Great Britain, but he has also worked in film and television and written a semiautobiographical novel. In 2000 he won Tony Awards for Best Director of a Play and Musical in the same year for Copenhagen and Kiss Me, Kate.
He was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2003 New Year's Honours List for his services to drama. In 2010 Blakemore was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
(Now recognized as one of today's greatest theater directo...)
2004(Noted director Michael Blakemore is renowned for such Bro...)
1968(In 1971, Michael Blakemore joined the National Theatre as...)
2013(Aging Australian rancher Uncle Jack and his faithful niec...)
1994(An autobiographical documentary was written and directed ...)
1981(The year is 1948. Deep in the communist-infested jungles ...)
1982Michael Blakemore is an associate member of RADA.
In 1960 Michael Blakemore married Shirley Mary Bush. In 1986 the couple divorced. In 1986 he married Tanya McCallin, a set designer. He has a son, Conrad, from his first marriage, and daughters, Beatrice, Clementine, from his second marriage.
