Alvin Rakoff
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Alvin Rakoff is a Canadian film and television director who has spent the bulk of his career in England and directed more than 100 high profile television plays, as well as a dozen feature films and numerous stage productions. Among other awards, he was twice winner of the International Emmy Award, for A Voyage Round My Father, starring Laurence Olivier, and Call Me Daddy, starring Donald Pleasence.
. His father from Voronezh in Russia. His parents met in Toronto. He is the third of seven children. His parents had a shop in what is now known as Kensington Market. After graduation from University of Toronto he became a journalist and then began writing for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's nascent television. He was seconded by the CBC to visit "the country where TV first started — England". Days after arriving he sold a script to the British Broadcasting Corporation at the time the only television broadcaster in the UK. The BBC then invited him to join their television directors' training course. At 26 years old he became the youngest producer/director in the BBC drama department. And decided to continue his career in England.
's National TV Award with actors Patrick Barr
and Anne Crawford
also honoured. He subsequently recreated this production in French for transmission throughout France. On the night commercial TV first appeared in the UK he was asked by the BBC to offer the main opposition, The Hole In The Wall (Mervyn Johns, Sidney Tafler, etc.) of which The Times wrote "Mr Rakoff who seems to be a master of this medium". In his 1957 production Requiem For A Heavyweight
he lifted an unknown actor, Sean Connery
, from the ranks of walk-ons and gave Connery his first leading role. Also in this production was a young Michael Caine. In 1962 the BBC asked him to produce/direct its entry for the European-wide The Largest Theatre In The World written by Terence Rattigan
and called Heart to Heart (Kenneth More, Ralph Richardson, Wendy Craig, Jean Marsh, Peter Sallis, etc.). He was selected to direct plays filling the first three Sunday night drama slots (The Seekers) when BBC 2 began broadcasting in 1964. He won his first Emmy award in 1967 for Call Me Daddy (Donald Pleasence
) and 15 years later won it again for A Voyage Round My Father
(Laurence Olivier
, Alan Bates
, Jane Asher
) which he produced and directed. His 1972 production of The Adventures Of Don Quixote (Rex Harrison
, Frank Finlay
) achieved international praise. In 1997 he produced/co-directed the award-winning A Dance To The Music Of Time
(John Gielgud
, Simon Russel Beale, Miranda Richardson
).
His films include On Friday At Eleven (a.k.a. The World In My Pocket in the U.S.) starring Rod Steiger; Say Hello To Yesterday, which he also wrote, featured Jean Simmons, Leonard Whiting; Hoffman starred Peter Sellers; City On Fire, which he co-wrote, starred Henry Fonda, Ava Gardner, Shelley Winters, etc.
A BBC
adaptation in 1953 of Irwin Shaw
novel The Troubled Air was his first major writing assignment for television. In 1958 he adapted, directed, produced Herman Wouk
's The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. A number of other television and film screenplays followed. In 2002 he wrote Too Marvelous For Words, the story of lyricist Johnny Mercer
presented at The Mill Theatre, Sonning and King's Head Theatre, London.
He has written two novels. His first, & Gillian, was translated into ten languages. His second, Baldwin Street, based on his early days in Toronto, was published in 2008.
His theatre work ranges from Hamlet at Bristol Old Vic to Charity Cruise performance at Royal Albert Hall before Her Majesty the Queen and continues with his association with The Mill Theatre, Sonning, e.g. Separate Tables (Anthony Valentine).
In 2010 he directed A Sentimental Journey, the story of Doris Day
, at Wilton's Music Hall, London.
He is a former president of the Directors Guild of Great Britain.
(Requiem For A Heavyweight, Three Empty Rooms, etc.) in 1958. She died in 1993. He has two children — Dr. Sasha Rakoff, a charity executive, and John D. Rakoff, a writer; and four grandchildren. He has been in a long term relationship with Sally Hughes, Managing Director of The Mill Theatre, Sonning.
Television (director)
Writing (television, films, books)
Theatre credits (director)
1965 - Hamlet, Bristol Old Vic
(Richard Pasco, Barbara Leigh Hunt, Margaret Courtney, etc.)
1982 - Celia Johnson Theatre fund, Aldwych Theatre
(Ralph Richardson, Jeremy Irons, Richard Briers, etc.)
1984 - Cruise Charity, Albert Hall
(Richard Briers, John Gielgud, Penelope Keith, Wayne Sleep, etc.)
1995 – Stage Struck by Simon Gray, The Mill at Sonning
(Nicholas Jones)
2001-2002 – Too Marvelous For Words, The Story of lyricist Johnny Mercer
(written as well as directed by Alvin Rakoff) The Mill at Sonning
2002 – Too Marvelous For Words, King's Head Theatre, London
2004 – I Remember You by Bernard Slade, The Mill at Sonning
2005 – Separate Tables by Terence Rattigan, The Mill at Sonning
(Anthony Valentine, Glynis Barber)
2007 – Same Time Next Year by Bernard Slade, The Mill at Sonning
(Steven Pacey, Shona Lindsay)
2009 – A Sentimental Journey, The Story of Doris Day. The Mill at Sonning
(Sally Hughes, Glyn Kerslake)
2010 – A Sentimental Journey, The Story of Doris Day. Wilton's, London
2011 - The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. The World's first stage adaptation of the famous crime novel. Adapted with his son John D. Rakoff.
Early life
His mother came from Rovno in UkraineUkraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. His father from Voronezh in Russia. His parents met in Toronto. He is the third of seven children. His parents had a shop in what is now known as Kensington Market. After graduation from University of Toronto he became a journalist and then began writing for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's nascent television. He was seconded by the CBC to visit "the country where TV first started — England". Days after arriving he sold a script to the British Broadcasting Corporation at the time the only television broadcaster in the UK. The BBC then invited him to join their television directors' training course. At 26 years old he became the youngest producer/director in the BBC drama department. And decided to continue his career in England.
Career
In 1954 his production of Waiting For Gillian won the Daily MailDaily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
's National TV Award with actors Patrick Barr
Patrick Barr
Patrick David Barr was a British film and television actor.Born in Akola, India, Patrick Barr went from stage to screen with The Merry Men of Sherwood . He spent the 1930s playing various beneficent authority figures and "reliable friend" types...
and Anne Crawford
Anne Crawford
Anne Crawford , born Imelda Crawford, was a British film actress, in films such as Millions Like Us...
also honoured. He subsequently recreated this production in French for transmission throughout France. On the night commercial TV first appeared in the UK he was asked by the BBC to offer the main opposition, The Hole In The Wall (Mervyn Johns, Sidney Tafler, etc.) of which The Times wrote "Mr Rakoff who seems to be a master of this medium". In his 1957 production Requiem For A Heavyweight
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Requiem for a Heavyweight was a teleplay written by Rod Serling and produced for the live television show Playhouse 90 on 11 October 1956. Six years later, it was adapted as a 1962 feature film starring Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason and Mickey Rooney....
he lifted an unknown actor, Sean Connery
Sean Connery
Sir Thomas Sean Connery , better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930), better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy...
, from the ranks of walk-ons and gave Connery his first leading role. Also in this production was a young Michael Caine. In 1962 the BBC asked him to produce/direct its entry for the European-wide The Largest Theatre In The World written by Terence Rattigan
Terence Rattigan
Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan CBE was one of England's most popular 20th-century dramatists. His plays are generally set in an upper-middle-class background...
and called Heart to Heart (Kenneth More, Ralph Richardson, Wendy Craig, Jean Marsh, Peter Sallis, etc.). He was selected to direct plays filling the first three Sunday night drama slots (The Seekers) when BBC 2 began broadcasting in 1964. He won his first Emmy award in 1967 for Call Me Daddy (Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence
Sir Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, was a British actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades...
) and 15 years later won it again for A Voyage Round My Father
A Voyage Round My Father
A Voyage Round My Father is an autobiographical play by John Mortimer, later adapted for television.The first version of the play appeared as a series of three half-hour sketches for BBC radio in 1963. It then became a television play with Ian Richardson playing Mortimer, Tim Good as the young...
(Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
, Alan Bates
Alan Bates
Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE was an English actor, who came to prominence in the 1960s, a time of high creativity in British cinema, when he demonstrated his versatility in films ranging from the popular children’s story Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving...
, Jane Asher
Jane Asher
Jane Asher is an English actress. She has also developed a second career as a cake decorator and cake shop proprietor.-Early life:...
) which he produced and directed. His 1972 production of The Adventures Of Don Quixote (Rex Harrison
Rex Harrison
Sir Reginald Carey “Rex” Harrison was an English actor of stage and screen. Harrison won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards.-Youth and stage career:...
, Frank Finlay
Frank Finlay
Francis Finlay, CBE is an English stage, film and television actor.-Personal life:Finlay was born in Farnworth, Lancashire, the son of Margaret and Josiah Finlay, a butcher. A devout Catholic, he belongs to the British Catholic Stage Guild. He was educated at St...
) achieved international praise. In 1997 he produced/co-directed the award-winning A Dance To The Music Of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by Anthony Powell, inspired by the painting of the same name by Nicolas Poussin. One of the longest works of fiction in literature, it was published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim...
(John Gielgud
John Gielgud
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937...
, Simon Russel Beale, Miranda Richardson
Miranda Richardson
Miranda Jane Richardson is an English stage, film and television actor. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards, and has won two Golden Globes and a BAFTA during her career....
).
His films include On Friday At Eleven (a.k.a. The World In My Pocket in the U.S.) starring Rod Steiger; Say Hello To Yesterday, which he also wrote, featured Jean Simmons, Leonard Whiting; Hoffman starred Peter Sellers; City On Fire, which he co-wrote, starred Henry Fonda, Ava Gardner, Shelley Winters, etc.
A BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
adaptation in 1953 of Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw was a prolific American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best-known for his novel, The Young Lions about the fate of three soldiers during World War II that was made into a film starring Marlon...
novel The Troubled Air was his first major writing assignment for television. In 1958 he adapted, directed, produced Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author of novels including The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance.-Biography:...
's The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. A number of other television and film screenplays followed. In 2002 he wrote Too Marvelous For Words, the story of lyricist Johnny Mercer
Johnny Mercer
John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...
presented at The Mill Theatre, Sonning and King's Head Theatre, London.
He has written two novels. His first, & Gillian, was translated into ten languages. His second, Baldwin Street, based on his early days in Toronto, was published in 2008.
His theatre work ranges from Hamlet at Bristol Old Vic to Charity Cruise performance at Royal Albert Hall before Her Majesty the Queen and continues with his association with The Mill Theatre, Sonning, e.g. Separate Tables (Anthony Valentine).
In 2010 he directed A Sentimental Journey, the story of Doris Day
Doris Day
Doris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,...
, at Wilton's Music Hall, London.
He is a former president of the Directors Guild of Great Britain.
Personal life
Alvin Rakoff married his frequent leading lady actress Jacqueline HillJacqueline Hill
Jacqueline Hill was a British actress known for her role as Barbara Wright in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. As the history teacher of the Doctor's granddaughter, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright was the first of the companions to appear in the show in 1963, with Hill speaking...
(Requiem For A Heavyweight, Three Empty Rooms, etc.) in 1958. She died in 1993. He has two children — Dr. Sasha Rakoff, a charity executive, and John D. Rakoff, a writer; and four grandchildren. He has been in a long term relationship with Sally Hughes, Managing Director of The Mill Theatre, Sonning.
Filmography
Feature films (director)| Year | Film | Cast |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | On Friday At Eleven | Rod Steiger Rod Steiger Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger was an Academy Award-winning American actor known for his performances in such films as On the Waterfront, The Big Knife, Oklahoma!, The Harder They Fall, Across the Bridge, The Pawnbroker, Doctor Zhivago, In the Heat of the Night, and Waterloo as well as the... |
| 1966 | Money Go Round | |
| 1968 | Crossplot Crossplot (film) Crossplot is a 1969 film starring Roger Moore. Italian actress Claudia Lange was also featured in her largest English-speaking role. Bernard Lee, famous for his role as M in the James Bond films, also appeared.-Plot:... |
Roger Moore Roger Moore Sir Roger George Moore KBE , is an English actor, perhaps best known for portraying British secret agent James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985. He also portrayed Simon Templar in the long-running British television series The Saint.-Early life:Moore was born in Stockwell, London... |
| 1969 | Hoffman Hoffman (film) Hoffman is a 1970 British film directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring Peter Sellers, Sinéad Cusack, Jennifer Ruth Dunning and Jeremy Bulloch.... |
Peter Sellers Peter Sellers Richard Henry Sellers, CBE , known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor. Perhaps best known as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, he is also notable for playing three different characters in Dr... |
| 1970 | Say Hello to Yesterday | Jean Simmons Jean Simmons Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE was an English actress. She appeared predominantly in motion pictures, beginning with films made in Great Britain during and after World War II – she was one of J... , Leonard Whiting Leonard Whiting Leonard Whiting is a British actor who starred as Romeo in the 1968 Zeffirelli film version of Romeo and Juliet opposite Olivia Hussey's Juliet, a role which earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor.... |
| 1979 | City on Fire City on Fire (1979 film) City on Fire is a 1979 disaster film directed by Alvin Rakoff and featuring an “all-star cast,” as was the custom for that time. The film’s plot revolves around a disgruntled employee who sets fire to an oil refinery, setting off a blaze which engulfs an entire city. Various people try to either... |
Henry Fonda Henry Fonda Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor.Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins... , Ava Gardner Ava Gardner Ava Lavinia Gardner was an American actress.She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers . She became one of Hollywood's leading actresses, considered one of the most beautiful women of her day... , Shelley Winters Shelley Winters Shelley Winters was an American actress who appeared in dozens of films, as well as on stage and television; her career spanned over 50 years until her death in 2006... |
| 1980 | Dirty Tricks | Elliot Gould |
Television (director)
| Year | Title | Cast |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Holiday Girl | Mantovani Orchestra |
| 1953 | Starlight | |
| 1953 | A Place of Execution | |
| 1953 | Strictly Personal | |
| 1953 | The Emperor Jones by Eugene O'Neill | |
| 1954 | Willie the Squouse | |
| 1954 | The Lover | Diana Wynyard Diana Wynyard Diana Wynyard, CBE , whose birth name was Dorothy Isobel Cox, was an English stage and film actress.-Life and career:... |
| 1954 | Waiting for Gillian | Patrick Barr, Anne Crawford |
| 1954 | The Face of Love | Peter Cushing, Mary Morris, George Rose |
| 1954 | Return to the River | |
| 1954 | The Good Partners | |
| 1954 | Tyrant's Tower | |
| 1954 | Teckman Biography by Francis Durbridge | |
| 1955 | Three Empty Rooms by Reginald Rose | Jacqueline Hill |
| 1955 | The New Executive | |
| 1955 | The Hole in the Wall | Mervyn Johns, Sidney Tafler |
| 1955 | Thunder in the Realm | |
| 1955 | The Legend of Pepito | Sam Wanamaker, Jacqueline Hill |
| 1956 | The Reclining Figure | Donald Wolfit |
| 1956 | For the Defence | |
| 1956 | The Condemned | Andre Morell, Sean Connery |
| 1956 | Epitaph | Trevor Howard, Leo McKern |
| 1956 | The Seat of the Scornful | Basil Sydney, Finlay Currie, Jacqueline Hill |
| 1956 | No Man's Land | Alec McCowen |
| 1957 | Dial 999 (series) | |
| 1957 | The Staring Match | |
| 1957 | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Warren Mitchell |
| 1957 | Our Town | Heather Sears |
| 1958 | The Caine Mutiny Court Martial | |
| 1958 | Breakdown | Nigel Davenport, Roger Livesey |
| 1958 | Man in the Corner | |
| 1959 | Velvet Alley | Sam Wanamaker, Jacqueline Hill |
| 1959 | The Ransom of Red Chief (USA) | William Bendix, Hans Conreid |
| 1959 | The Dark Side of the Earth | |
| 1960 | A Town Has Turned to Dust | Rod Steiger |
| 1960 | Come In Razor Red | Richard Harris |
| 1961 | Joker's Justice | Dan Massey, Leo McKern |
| 1961 | The Room by Harold Pinter | |
| 1961 | A Reason for Staying | Anthony Quayle, Denholm Elliot, Warren Mitchell |
| 1962 | Heart to Heart by Terence Rattigan | Kenneth More, Ralph Richardson, Wendy Craig, Jean Marsh |
| 1962 | A Quiet Game of Cards | Bernard Braden |
| 1962 | Call Me Back | Alec McCowen |
| 1963 | The Remarkable Incident at Carsons Corners | |
| 1964 | The Seekers | Michael Bryant |
| 1964 | The Blackpool Trilogy | Julia Foster, Nicola Pagett |
| 1965 | Court Martial (series) | Peter Graves, Bradford Dillman |
| 1966 | You'll Know Me by the Stars in My Eyes | Jane Asher, Nigel Patrick, Phylis Calvert |
| 1966 | The Move After Checkmate | Michael Crawford |
| 1966 | The Sweet War Man | Kenneth More |
| 1967 | The Girl | Joss Ackland, Brenda Bruce |
| 1967 | The Man Who Understood Women | Jane Asher |
| 1967 | Call Me Daddy | Donald Pleasence |
| 1968 | Murder | |
| 1971 | A Kiss is Just a Kiss | row 2, cell 3 |
| 1971 | Summer and Smoke | Lee Remick |
| 1972 | Blur & Blank via Cleckheaton | |
| 1972 | A Man About a Dog | |
| 1972 | The Adventures of Don Quixote | Rex Harrison, Frank Finlay, Rosemary Leach |
| 1973 | Shadow of a Gunman | Stephen Rea |
| 1973 | Harlequinade | |
| 1974 | Cheap in August | Leo McKern, Virginia McKenna |
| 1974 | Jan & Tony, "Rooms" | |
| 1974 | How to Impeach A President (USA) | |
| 1974 | A Brisk Dip Sagaciously Considered | |
| 1974 | Shall We Have a King?(USA) | |
| 1975 | Husband to Mrs Fitzherbert | Nicholas Jones |
| 1975 | The Nicest Man in the World | Celia Johnson |
| 1975 | In Praise of Love | Kenneth More, Claire Bloom |
| 1975 | The October Crisis | |
| 1975 | Lulu Street | |
| 1975 | The Liberty Tree | Jeremy Irons |
| 1976 | The Killers | |
| 1976 | Mrs Amsworth | Glynis Johns |
| 1976 | The Promise | |
| 1976 | The Dame Of Sark | Celia Johnson |
| 1977 | The Kitchen | Peter Egan, Sinead Cusack |
| 1978 | Romeo & Juliet | Alan Rickman, Celia Johnson, Michael Hordern, Jacqueline Hill |
| 1980 | The Quiet Days of Mrs Stafford | Susan Littler Susan Littler Susan Littler was an English actress who appeared in many television and stage productions in the 1970s and early 1980s, before her career was cut short by her premature death... |
| 1981 | The Breadwinner | Michael Gambon |
| 1982 | Disraeli | Richard Pasco |
| 1982 | A Voyage Round My Father | Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Jane Asher |
| 1983 | Firework For Elspeth | Fiona Shaw |
| 1983 | Mr Halpern & Mr Johnson | Laurence Olivier, Jackie Gleason |
| 1983 | A Talent For Murder | Laurence Olivier, Angela Lansbury |
| 1984 | The First Olympics, Athens 1896 | Angela Lansbury, Louis Jordan, David Caruso |
| 1985 | Paradise Postponed | Zoe Wanamaker, David Threlfall, Michael Hordern, etc. |
| 1989 | Haunting Harmony | |
| 1990 | Gas & Candles | |
| 1991/1992 | Sam Saturday | |
| 1992 | The Best Of Friends | John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Patrick McGoohan |
| 1997 | A Dance to the Music of Time | Miranda Richardson, Simon Russel Beale, Alan Bennet, John Gielgud |
Writing (television, films, books)
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Troubled Air | 1953 | adaptor (TV) |
| A Flight of Fancy | 1953 | Writer (TV) |
| Our Town | 1953 | adaptor (TV) |
| The Caine Mutiny Court Martial | 1958 | adaptor (TV) |
| Say Hello To Yesterday | 1970 | Writer (Film) |
| A Man About Dog | 1973 | Adaptor (TV) |
| Shadow Of A Gunman | 1973 | adaptor (TV) |
| City On Fire | 1978 | Co-Writer (Film) |
| Sam Saturday | 1991/1992 | Creator (TV series) |
| & Gillian | 1996 | (Novel) |
| Too Marvelous For Words | 2001/2 | Writer (Musical) |
| Baldwin Street | 2008 | (Novel, Bunim & Bannigan, New York) |
Theatre credits (director)
1965 - Hamlet, Bristol Old Vic
(Richard Pasco, Barbara Leigh Hunt, Margaret Courtney, etc.)
1982 - Celia Johnson Theatre fund, Aldwych Theatre
(Ralph Richardson, Jeremy Irons, Richard Briers, etc.)
1984 - Cruise Charity, Albert Hall
(Richard Briers, John Gielgud, Penelope Keith, Wayne Sleep, etc.)
1995 – Stage Struck by Simon Gray, The Mill at Sonning
(Nicholas Jones)
2001-2002 – Too Marvelous For Words, The Story of lyricist Johnny Mercer
(written as well as directed by Alvin Rakoff) The Mill at Sonning
2002 – Too Marvelous For Words, King's Head Theatre, London
2004 – I Remember You by Bernard Slade, The Mill at Sonning
2005 – Separate Tables by Terence Rattigan, The Mill at Sonning
(Anthony Valentine, Glynis Barber)
2007 – Same Time Next Year by Bernard Slade, The Mill at Sonning
(Steven Pacey, Shona Lindsay)
2009 – A Sentimental Journey, The Story of Doris Day. The Mill at Sonning
(Sally Hughes, Glyn Kerslake)
2010 – A Sentimental Journey, The Story of Doris Day. Wilton's, London
2011 - The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. The World's first stage adaptation of the famous crime novel. Adapted with his son John D. Rakoff.