Background
McDermott was born in Manchester, England.
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Phelim McDermott
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He has directed plays and operas in Britain, Germany, Spain, the United States, and Australia. His screen debut was as Jester in the 1991 film Robin Hood, followed by further minor roles in The Baby of Mâcon (1993) and other films. He also appeared on stage, e.g. in 1991 at the Nottingham Playhouse production of Sandi Toksvig"s The Pocket Dream and in Shakespeare"s A Midsummer Night"s Dream.
He also appeared in the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 improvisational show The Masterson Inheritance (1993 to 1995).
He was made an Honorary Doctor of Middlesex University in 2007. Notable productions
1998: Shockheaded Peter for the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, and the Lyric Hammersmith, London
2002: A Midsummer Night"s Dream by William Shakespeare for Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg
2007: Satyagraha by Philip Glass for English National Opera (ENO), and in 2008 for the Metropolitan Opera (MET), New New York
Restaged at the ENO in 2009 and 2013, and in 2011 at the MET
2009: The Addams Family with Bebe Neuwirth and Nathan Lane, Oriental Theatre, Chicago, and in 2010 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway
2011: The Enchanted Island for the Metropolitan Opera, New York
2013: The Perfect American by Philip Glass for Teatro Real, Madrid, English National Opera, and in 2014 for Opera Queensland and Brisbane Festival
2014: Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for English National Opera.
