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class="nickname">Abraham Rakoff</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1927-02-06</span>)</span>February 6, 1927<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 12, 2024<span style="display:none">(2024-10-12)</span> (aged 97)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Chiswick" title="Chiswick">Chiswick</a>, London, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Director</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Hill" title="Jacqueline Hill">Jacqueline Hill</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1958; died 1993)<wbr /></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Sally Hughes</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2013)<wbr /></div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Alvin Rakoff</b> (February 6, 1927 – October 12, 2024) was a Canadian director of film, television and theatre productions. He worked with actors including <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sellers" title="Peter Sellers">Peter Sellers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judi_Dench" title="Judi Dench">Judi Dench</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rex_Harrison" title="Rex Harrison">Rex Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rod_Steiger" title="Rod Steiger">Rod Steiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ava_Gardner" title="Ava Gardner">Ava Gardner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rakoff awarded <a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a> his first leading role, and gave <a href="/wiki/Alan_Rickman" title="Alan Rickman">Alan Rickman</a> his first job when he was a drama student.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other actors he worked with early in their careers include <a href="/wiki/Michael_Crawford" title="Michael Crawford">Michael Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Irons" title="Jeremy Irons">Jeremy Irons</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvin_Rakoff&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rakoff was born on February 6, 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother came from <a href="/wiki/Rivne" title="Rivne">Rivne</a>, Ukraine; his father was from <a href="/wiki/Voronezh" title="Voronezh">Voronezh</a>, Russia. His parents met in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada. He is the third of seven children. His parents had a shop in <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Market" title="Kensington Market">Kensington Market</a>. When Rakoff was 16, he changed his first name from Abraham to Alvin, inspired by <a href="/wiki/Alvin_York" title="Alvin York">Alvin York</a> and the film <i><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_York_(film)" title="Sergeant York (film)">Sergeant York</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After graduation from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto" title="University of Toronto">University of Toronto</a>, he became a journalist and began writing for <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">Canadian Broadcasting Corporation</a>'s nascent television service. He was seconded by the CBC to visit the UK − "the place where TV started". Days after arriving he sold a script to the <a href="/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="British Broadcasting Corporation">British Broadcasting Corporation</a>, at the time the only television broadcaster in the UK. The BBC subsequently invited him to join their television directors' training course. At 26 years of age, he became the youngest producer/director in the BBC drama department. He became a resident in the United Kingdom through working extensively worldwide. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alvin_Rakoff_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Alvin_Rakoff_03.jpg/300px-Alvin_Rakoff_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Alvin_Rakoff_03.jpg/450px-Alvin_Rakoff_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Alvin_Rakoff_03.jpg/600px-Alvin_Rakoff_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="479" /></a><figcaption> Wilton House acted as location for Inns of Court during shooting of <i>A Voyage Round My Father</i> (1982). Laurence Olivier with his feet up taking a break with assistant director Shirley Cleghorn looking on.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvin_Rakoff&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Alvin_Rakoff" title="Special:EditPage/Alvin Rakoff">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> adaptation in 1953 of the <a href="/wiki/Irwin_Shaw" title="Irwin Shaw">Irwin Shaw</a> novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Troubled_Air" title="The Troubled Air">The Troubled Air</a></i> was his first major writing assignment for television. In 1954, his production of <i>Waiting For Gillian</i> won the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mail" title="Daily Mail">Daily Mail</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s National TV Award with actors <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Barr" title="Patrick Barr">Patrick Barr</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anne_Crawford" title="Anne Crawford">Anne Crawford</a> also honoured. He later recreated this production in French for transmission throughout France. In 1955, on the night commercial TV first appeared in the UK he was asked by the BBC to offer the main opposition, <i>The Hole In The Wall</i> with <a href="/wiki/Mervyn_Johns" title="Mervyn Johns">Mervyn Johns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Tafler" class="mw-redirect" title="Sidney Tafler">Sidney Tafler</a>, of which <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> wrote: "Mr. Rakoff who seems to be a master of this medium".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In his 1957 production <i><a href="/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Heavyweight#British_television_version" title="Requiem for a Heavyweight">Requiem for a Heavyweight</a></i> he lifted an unknown actor, <a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a>, from the ranks of walk-ons and gave Connery his first leading role. Also in this production was another performer early in his career, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a>. In 1958, Rakoff adapted, directed, and produced <a href="/wiki/Herman_Wouk" title="Herman Wouk">Herman Wouk</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Caine_Mutiny_Court-Martial_(play)" title="The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (play)">The Caine Mutiny Court Martial</a></i> for the BBC. </p><p>In 1962, the BBC asked Rakoff to produce/direct its entry for the European-wide 'The Largest Theatre In The World' written especially for the occasion by <a href="/wiki/Terence_Rattigan" title="Terence Rattigan">Terence Rattigan</a> and called <i>Heart to Heart</i>, with <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_More" title="Kenneth More">Kenneth More</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Richardson" title="Ralph Richardson">Ralph Richardson</a>. In 1964, when the new channel <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC 2</a> was launched Rakoff was selected to direct plays filling the first three Sunday-night drama slots (<i>The Seekers</i>). He won his first <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Award</a> in 1967 for <i>Call Me Daddy</i>, which had featured <a href="/wiki/Donald_Pleasence" title="Donald Pleasence">Donald Pleasence</a>, and 15 years later won it again for <i><a href="/wiki/A_Voyage_Round_My_Father" title="A Voyage Round My Father">A Voyage Round My Father</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates">Alan Bates</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jane_Asher" title="Jane Asher">Jane Asher</a> took the leads) which he produced and directed. </p><p>His production of <i>The Adventures of Don Quixote</i> (1973) with <a href="/wiki/Rex_Harrison" title="Rex Harrison">Rex Harrison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Finlay" title="Frank Finlay">Frank Finlay</a> achieved international praise.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his 1978 production of <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Television_Shakespeare#Romeo_&_Juliet" title="BBC Television Shakespeare">Romeo & Juliet</a></i> for the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Television_Shakespeare" title="BBC Television Shakespeare">BBC Television Shakespeare</a> series he cast the then unknown actor <a href="/wiki/Alan_Rickman" title="Alan Rickman">Alan Rickman</a> as <a href="/wiki/Tybalt" title="Tybalt">Tybalt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1997 he produced and co-directed the award-winning <i><a href="/wiki/A_Dance_to_the_Music_of_Time" title="A Dance to the Music of Time">A Dance to the Music of Time</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Russell_Beale" title="Simon Russell Beale">Simon Russell Beale</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Miranda_Richardson" title="Miranda Richardson">Miranda Richardson</a>. </p><p>His films include <i>On Friday at Eleven</i> (a.k.a. <i><a href="/wiki/World_in_My_Pocket" title="World in My Pocket">World in My Pocket</a></i> in the U.S.) starring <a href="/wiki/Rod_Steiger" title="Rod Steiger">Rod Steiger</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/Say_Hello_to_Yesterday" title="Say Hello to Yesterday">Say Hello to Yesterday</a></i> (1970), which he also wrote, featured <a href="/wiki/Jean_Simmons" title="Jean Simmons">Jean Simmons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Whiting" title="Leonard Whiting">Leonard Whiting</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/Hoffman_(film)" title="Hoffman (film)">Hoffman</a></i> starred <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sellers" title="Peter Sellers">Peter Sellers</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/City_on_Fire_(1979_film)" title="City on Fire (1979 film)">City on Fire</a></i>, which he co-wrote, starred <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ava_Gardner" title="Ava Gardner">Ava Gardner</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shelley_Winters" title="Shelley Winters">Shelley Winters</a>. </p><p>Rakoff's writing included <i>Too Marvellous For Words</i>, the story of lyricist <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mercer" title="Johnny Mercer">Johnny Mercer</a> presented at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.themilltheatre.org/">The Mill Theatre</a>, Sonning, and King's Head Theatre, London. He had written three novels. His first, <i>& Gillian</i>, a romantic novel, was translated into 10 languages. His second, <i>Baldwin Street</i>, based on his early days in his parents' shop in Toronto, was published in 2008. <i>The Seven Einsteins</i>, a third novel, is a genetic thriller published in 2014. An adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Chandler" title="Raymond Chandler">Raymond Chandler</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Sleep" title="The Big Sleep">The Big Sleep</a></i> was produced in 2012. </p><p>His theatre work ranged from <i><a href="/wiki/Hamlet" title="Hamlet">Hamlet</a></i> at <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Old_Vic" title="Bristol Old Vic">Bristol Old Vic</a> to a Charity Cruise performance at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a> before <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Her Majesty the Queen</a>, and continued with his association with The Mill Theatre, Sonning, directing productions of <i><a href="/wiki/Separate_Tables" title="Separate Tables">Separate Tables</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Valentine" title="Anthony Valentine">Anthony Valentine</a> and his own adaptation of Chandler's <i>The Big Sleep</i>. </p><p>In 2010, Rakoff directed <i>A Sentimental Journey</i>, the story of <a href="/wiki/Doris_Day" title="Doris Day">Doris Day</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Wilton%27s_Music_Hall" title="Wilton's Music Hall">Wilton's Music Hall</a>, London, and subsequently (2012) El Portal Theatre, Hollywood. </p><p>He was a president of the <a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_Great_Britain" title="Directors Guild of Great Britain">Directors Guild of Great Britain</a>. </p><p>Rakoff died at his home in <a href="/wiki/Chiswick" title="Chiswick">Chiswick</a>, London on October 12, 2024, at the age of 97.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvin_Rakoff&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Feature_films_(director)"><span id="Feature_films_.28director.29"></span>Feature films (director)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvin_Rakoff&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Feature films (director)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Film </th> <th>Cast </th></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Passport_to_Shame" title="Passport to Shame">Passport to Shame</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Constantine" title="Eddie Constantine">Eddie Constantine</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Treasure_of_San_Teresa" title="The Treasure of San Teresa">The Treasure of San Teresa</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Constantine" title="Eddie Constantine">Eddie Constantine</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/World_in_My_Pocket" title="World in My Pocket">World in My Pocket</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rod_Steiger" title="Rod Steiger">Rod Steiger</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Comedy_Man" title="The Comedy Man">The Comedy Man</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_More" title="Kenneth More">Kenneth More</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Crossplot_(film)" title="Crossplot (film)">Crossplot</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_Moore" title="Roger Moore">Roger Moore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Claudie_Lange" title="Claudie Lange">Claudie Lange</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francis_Matthews_(actor)" title="Francis Matthews (actor)">Francis Matthews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gabrielle_Drake" title="Gabrielle Drake">Gabrielle Drake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Lee" title="Bernard Lee">Bernard Lee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hoffman_(film)" title="Hoffman (film)">Hoffman</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Sellers" title="Peter Sellers">Peter Sellers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sinead_Cusack" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinead Cusack">Sinead Cusack</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Say_Hello_to_Yesterday" title="Say Hello to Yesterday">Say Hello to Yesterday</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean_Simmons" title="Jean Simmons">Jean Simmons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Whiting" title="Leonard Whiting">Leonard Whiting</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/City_on_Fire_(1979_film)" title="City on Fire (1979 film)">City on Fire</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ava_Gardner" title="Ava Gardner">Ava Gardner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shelley_Winters" title="Shelley Winters">Shelley Winters</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/King_Solomon%27s_Treasure" title="King Solomon's Treasure">King Solomon's Treasure</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_McCallum" title="David McCallum">David McCallum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Macnee" title="Patrick Macnee">Patrick Macnee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Britt_Ekland" title="Britt Ekland">Britt Ekland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Death_Ship_(1980_film)" title="Death Ship (1980 film)"><i>Death Ship</i></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Kennedy" title="George Kennedy">George Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Crenna" title="Richard Crenna">Richard Crenna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Mancuso" title="Nick Mancuso">Nick Mancuso</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dirty_Tricks_(film)" title="Dirty Tricks (film)">Dirty Tricks</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elliott_Gould" title="Elliott Gould">Elliott Gould</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_(director)"><span id="Television_.28director.29"></span>Television (director)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvin_Rakoff&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Television (director)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Cast </th></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td><i>Holiday Girl</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mantovani_Orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="Mantovani Orchestra">Mantovani Orchestra</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td><i>Starlight</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td><i>A Place of Execution</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td><i>Strictly Personal</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Emperor_Jones_(1953_TV_play)" title="The Emperor Jones (1953 TV play)">The Emperor Jones</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill" title="Eugene O'Neill">Eugene O'Neill</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><i>Willie the Squouse</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><i>The Lover</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diana_Wynyard" title="Diana Wynyard">Diana Wynyard</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><i>Waiting for Gillian</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Barr" title="Patrick Barr">Patrick Barr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anne_Crawford" title="Anne Crawford">Anne Crawford</a> (National Television Award) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td><i>Waiting for Gillian</i> (French TV version form Paris, re-titled <i>Un Chemin Dans La Nuit</i>) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Face_of_Love_(1954_film)" title="The Face of Love (1954 film)">The Face of Love</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Cushing" title="Peter Cushing">Peter Cushing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Morris" title="Mary Morris">Mary Morris</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Rose_(actor)" title="George Rose (actor)">George Rose</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><i>Return to the River</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><i>The Good Partners</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><i>Tyrant's Tower</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><i>Teckman Biography</i> by <a href="/wiki/Francis_Durbridge" title="Francis Durbridge">Francis Durbridge</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td><i>Three Empty Rooms</i> by <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Rose" title="Reginald Rose">Reginald Rose</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Hill" title="Jacqueline Hill">Jacqueline Hill</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td><i>The New Executive</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td><i>The Hole in the Wall</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mervyn_Johns" title="Mervyn Johns">Mervyn Johns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Tafler" class="mw-redirect" title="Sidney Tafler">Sidney Tafler</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td><i>Thunder in the Realm</i> (Canada) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td><i>The Legend of Pepito</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Wanamaker" title="Sam Wanamaker">Sam Wanamaker</a>, Jacqueline Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td><i>The Reclining Figure</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donald_Wolfit" title="Donald Wolfit">Donald Wolfit</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td><i>For the Defence</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td><i>The Condemned</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Morell" title="André Morell">André Morell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td><i>Epitaph</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Howard" title="Trevor Howard">Trevor Howard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leo_McKern" title="Leo McKern">Leo McKern</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td><i>The Seat of the Scornful</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basil_Sydney" title="Basil Sydney">Basil Sydney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finlay_Currie" title="Finlay Currie">Finlay Currie</a>, Jacqueline Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td><i>No Man's Land</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alec_McCowen" title="Alec McCowen">Alec McCowen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dial_999_(TV_series)" title="Dial 999 (TV series)">Dial 999</a></i> (series, 4 episodes) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td><i>The Staring Match</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td><i>Requiem for a Heavyweight</i> </td> <td>Sean Connery, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warren_Mitchell" title="Warren Mitchell">Warren Mitchell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td><i>Our Town</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heather_Sears" title="Heather Sears">Heather Sears</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td><i>The Caine Mutiny Court Martial</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td><i>Breakdown</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Davenport" title="Nigel Davenport">Nigel Davenport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Livesey" title="Roger Livesey">Roger Livesey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td><i>Man in the Corner</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td><i>Velvet Alley</i> </td> <td>Sam Wanamaker, Jacqueline Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td><i>The Ransom of Red Chief</i> (USA) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Bendix" title="William Bendix">William Bendix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hans_Conreid" class="mw-redirect" title="Hans Conreid">Hans Conreid</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td><i>The Dark Side of the Earth</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td><i>The Leather Jungle</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Mills" title="Freddie Mills">Freddie Mills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neil_McCallum_(actor)" title="Neil McCallum (actor)">Neil McCallum</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td><i>A Town Has Turned to Dust</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rod_Steiger" title="Rod Steiger">Rod Steiger</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td><i>Come In Razor Red</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Harris" title="Richard Harris">Richard Harris</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td><i>Joker's Justice</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Massey" title="Dan Massey">Dan Massey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leo_McKern" title="Leo McKern">Leo McKern</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Room_(play)" title="The Room (play)">The Room</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Harold_Pinter" title="Harold Pinter">Harold Pinter</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td><i>A Reason for Staying</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Quayle" title="Anthony Quayle">Anthony Quayle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denholm_Elliott" title="Denholm Elliott">Denholm Elliott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warren_Mitchell" title="Warren Mitchell">Warren Mitchell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Heart_to_Heart_(TV_play)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart to Heart (TV play)">Heart to Heart</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Terence_Rattigan" title="Terence Rattigan">Terence Rattigan</a> ("The Largest Theatre in the World", European Union television drama entry) </td> <td>Kenneth More, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Richardson" title="Ralph Richardson">Ralph Richardson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Craig" title="Wendy Craig">Wendy Craig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Marsh" title="Jean Marsh">Jean Marsh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Quiet_Game_of_Cards" title="A Quiet Game of Cards">A Quiet Game of Cards</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Braden" title="Bernard Braden">Bernard Braden</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td><i>Call Me Back</i> </td> <td>Alec McCowen </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td><i>The Remarkable Incident at Carsons Corners</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td><i>The Seekers</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bryant_(actor)" title="Michael Bryant (actor)">Michael Bryant</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td><i>The Blackpool Trilogy</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Julia_Foster" title="Julia Foster">Julia Foster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Pagett" title="Nicola Pagett">Nicola Pagett</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Court_Martial_(TV_series)" title="Court Martial (TV series)">Court Martial</a></i> (series) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Graves" title="Peter Graves">Peter Graves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bradford_Dillman" title="Bradford Dillman">Bradford Dillman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i>You'll Know Me by the Stars in My Eyes</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jane_Asher" title="Jane Asher">Jane Asher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Patrick" title="Nigel Patrick">Nigel Patrick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phyllis_Calvert" title="Phyllis Calvert">Phyllis Calvert</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i>The Move After Checkmate</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Crawford" title="Michael Crawford">Michael Crawford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sweet_War_Man" title="The Sweet War Man">The Sweet War Man</a></i> </td> <td>Kenneth More </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td>The Girl </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joss_Ackland" title="Joss Ackland">Joss Ackland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brenda_Bruce" title="Brenda Bruce">Brenda Bruce</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i>The Man Who Understood Women</i> </td> <td>Jane Asher </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i>Call Me Daddy</i> (Emmy Award) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donald_Pleasence" title="Donald Pleasence">Donald Pleasence</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><i>Murder</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Egan" title="Peter Egan">Peter Egan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Kiss_Is_Just_a_Kiss" title="A Kiss Is Just a Kiss">A Kiss Is Just a Kiss</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keir_Dullea" title="Keir Dullea">Keir Dullea</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><i>Summer and Smoke</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Remick" title="Lee Remick">Lee Remick</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i>Blur & Blank via Cleckheaton</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denholm_Elliott" title="Denholm Elliott">Denholm Elliott</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i>A Man About a Dog</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i>The Adventures of Don Quixote</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rex_Harrison" title="Rex Harrison">Rex Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Finlay" title="Frank Finlay">Frank Finlay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Leach" title="Rosemary Leach">Rosemary Leach</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><i>Shadow of a Gunman</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Rea" title="Stephen Rea">Stephen Rea</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><i>Harlequinade</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i>Cheap in August</i> </td> <td>Leo McKern, Virginia McKenna </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i>Jan & Tony, "Rooms"</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i>How to Impeach A President</i> (USA) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i>A Brisk Dip Sagaciously Considered</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i>Shall We Have a King?</i> (USA) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i>Husband to Mrs Fitzherbert</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Jones_(actor)" title="Nicholas Jones (actor)">Nicholas Jones</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i>The Nicest Man in the World</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celia_Johnson" title="Celia Johnson">Celia Johnson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i>The October Crisis</i> (Canada) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i>Lulu Street</i> (Canada) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i>The Liberty Tree</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Irons" title="Jeremy Irons">Jeremy Irons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julian_Fellowes" title="Julian Fellowes">Julian Fellowes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><i>The Killers</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/In_Praise_of_Love_(play)#Adaptations_.26_revivals" title="In Praise of Love (play)">In Praise of Love</a></i> </td> <td>Kenneth More, <a href="/wiki/Claire_Bloom" title="Claire Bloom">Claire Bloom</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><i>Mrs Amsworth</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glynis_Johns" title="Glynis Johns">Glynis Johns</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><i>The Promise</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><i>The Dame Of Sark</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celia_Johnson" title="Celia Johnson">Celia Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Dyneley" title="Peter Dyneley">Peter Dyneley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><i>The Kitchen</i> </td> <td>Peter Egan, <a href="/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_Cusack" title="Sinéad Cusack">Sinéad Cusack</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Television_Shakespeare#Romeo_&_Juliet" title="BBC Television Shakespeare">Romeo & Juliet</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Rickman" title="Alan Rickman">Alan Rickman</a>, Celia Johnson, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Hordern" title="Michael Hordern">Michael Hordern</a>, Jacqueline Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td><i>The Quiet Days of Mrs Stafford</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Susan_Littler" title="Susan Littler">Susan Littler</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><i>The Breadwinner</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><i>Disraeli</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pasco" title="Richard Pasco">Richard Pasco</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Voyage_Round_My_Father" title="A Voyage Round My Father">A Voyage Round My Father</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates">Alan Bates</a>, Jane Asher </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td><i>Firework For Elspeth</i> </td> <td>Fiona Shaw </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Halpern_and_Mr._Johnson" title="Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson">Mr Halpern & Mr Johnson</a></i> </td> <td>Laurence Olivier, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Gleason" title="Jackie Gleason">Jackie Gleason</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Talent_for_Murder" title="A Talent for Murder">A Talent for Murder</a></i> </td> <td>Laurence Olivier, <a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Olympics:_Athens_1896" title="The First Olympics: Athens 1896">The First Olympics, Athens 1896</a></i> </td> <td>Angela Lansbury, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Jordan" title="Louis Jordan">Louis Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Caruso" title="David Caruso">David Caruso</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Postponed" title="Paradise Postponed">Paradise Postponed</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zoe_Wanamaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoe Wanamaker">Zoe Wanamaker</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Threlfall" title="David Threlfall">David Threlfall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Hordern" title="Michael Hordern">Michael Hordern</a>, etc. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><i>Haunting Harmony</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><i>Gas & Candles</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991/1992 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sam_Saturday" title="Sam Saturday">Sam Saturday</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Kaye" title="Ivan Kaye">Ivan Kaye</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><i>The Best Of Friends</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Hiller" title="Wendy Hiller">Wendy Hiller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_McGoohan" title="Patrick McGoohan">Patrick McGoohan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Dance_to_the_Music_of_Time_(TV_series)" title="A Dance to the Music of Time (TV series)">A Dance to the Music of Time</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miranda_Richardson" title="Miranda Richardson">Miranda Richardson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Russell_Beale" title="Simon Russell Beale">Simon Russell Beale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Bennett" title="Alan Bennett">Alan Bennett</a>, John Gielgud </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing_(television,_films,_books)"><span id="Writing_.28television.2C_films.2C_books.29"></span>Writing (television, films, books)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvin_Rakoff&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Writing (television, films, books)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td><i>The Troubled Air</i> </td> <td>adaptor (TV) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td><i>A Flight of Fancy</i> </td> <td>writer (TV) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td><i>Our Town</i> </td> <td>adaptor (TV) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><i>Waiting for Gillian</i> </td> <td>co-adaptor (TV) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td><i>The Caine Mutiny Court Martial</i> </td> <td>adaptor (TV) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><i>Say Hello To Yesterday</i> </td> <td>writer (film) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><i>A Man About Dog</i> </td> <td>adaptor (TV) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><i>Shadow Of A Gunman</i> </td> <td>adaptor (TV) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td><i>City On Fire</i> </td> <td>co-writer (film) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991/92 </td> <td><i>Sam Saturday</i> </td> <td>creator (TV series) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i>& Gillian</i> </td> <td>(novel, Little Brown) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001/02 </td> <td><i>Too Marvelous For Words</i> </td> <td>writer (musical) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><i>Baldwin Street</i> </td> <td>(novel, Bunim & Bannigan, New York) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><i>The Big Sleep</i> by Raymond Chandler </td> <td>(stage adaptation) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><i>The Seven Einsteins</i> </td> <td>(novel, Author House) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatre_credits_(director)"><span id="Theatre_credits_.28director.29"></span>Theatre credits (director)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvin_Rakoff&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Theatre credits (director)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1965 – <i><a href="/wiki/Hamlet" title="Hamlet">Hamlet</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Old_Vic" title="Bristol Old Vic">Bristol Old Vic</a></li></ul> <p> (Richard Pasco, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Leigh_Hunt" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbara Leigh Hunt">Barbara Leigh Hunt</a>, Margaret Courtney, etc.) </p> <ul><li>1982 – Celia Johnson Theatre fund, Aldwych Theatre</li></ul> <p> (<a href="/wiki/Ralph_Richardson" title="Ralph Richardson">Ralph Richardson</a>, Jeremy Irons, Richard Briers, etc.) </p> <ul><li>1984 – <i>Cruise Charity</i>, <a href="/wiki/Albert_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Hall">Albert Hall</a></li></ul> <p> (<a href="/wiki/Richard_Briers" title="Richard Briers">Richard Briers</a>, John Gielgud, <a href="/wiki/Penelope_Keith" title="Penelope Keith">Penelope Keith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Sleep" title="Wayne Sleep">Wayne Sleep</a>, etc.) </p> <ul><li>1995 – <i>Stage Struck</i> by <a href="/wiki/Simon_Gray" title="Simon Gray">Simon Gray</a>, The Mill at Sonning</li></ul> <p> (Nicholas Jones) </p> <ul><li>2001–2002 – <i>Too Marvelous For Words: The Story of Lyricist Johnny Mercer</i></li></ul> <p> (written and directed) The Mill at Sonning </p> <ul><li>2002 – <i>Too Marvelous For Words</i>, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Head_Theatre" title="King's Head Theatre">King's Head Theatre</a>, London</li></ul> <ul><li>2004 – <i>I Remember You</i> by <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Slade" title="Bernard Slade">Bernard Slade</a>, The Mill at Sonning</li></ul> <ul><li>2005 – <i>Separate Tables</i> by Terence Rattigan, The Mill at Sonning</li></ul> <p> (Anthony Valentine, Glynis Barber) </p> <ul><li>2007 – <i>Same Time Next Year</i> by Bernard Slade, The Mill at Sonning</li></ul> <p> (<a href="/wiki/Steven_Pacey" title="Steven Pacey">Steven Pacey</a>, Shona Lindsay) </p> <ul><li>2009 – <i>A Sentimental Journey, The Story of Doris Day</i>. 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Man</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crossplot_(film)" title="Crossplot (film)">Crossplot</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Say_Hello_to_Yesterday" title="Say Hello to Yesterday">Say Hello to Yesterday</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hoffman_(film)" title="Hoffman (film)">Hoffman</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Dangerous_Ladies" title="Three Dangerous Ladies">Three Dangerous Ladies</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/City_on_Fire_(1979_film)" title="City on Fire (1979 film)">City on Fire</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_Solomon%27s_Treasure" title="King Solomon's Treasure">King Solomon's Treasure</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_Ship_(1980_film)" title="Death Ship (1980 film)">Death Ship</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dirty_Tricks_(film)" title="Dirty Tricks (film)">Dirty Tricks</a></i> (1981)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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