THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Curriculum Vitae

Name

Geoffrey John BORNY

Date of Birth

17 July, 1942

Current Position

Visiting Fellow Centre for Public Awareness of Science ANU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences The Australian National University

Discipline

Drama &Theatre Studies

Academic Qualifications

1964	B.A. Joint Honours [Second Class, Division Two], in English and Philosophy, Durham University
1966	Dip.Ed., Sydney University
1967	Teaching Certificate, Department of Education, N.S.W.
1969-70	Qualifying Courses for enrolment in M.A. (Hons.) later transferred to Ph.D., University of New South Wales Drama IIIA - [Distinction] Drama IIIB  - [Distinction] Drama IV Honours - [Second Class, Division One] Honours thesis title: The Subjective and Objective Levels of Reality in Chekhov's Ivanovand The Cherry Orchard: A Study in Dramatic Technique.
1975	Ph.D., University of New South Wales Ph.D thesis title: Tennessee Williams' Vision of Reality: An Approach to the Understanding of his Plays
1985	French 100-2 [Distinction], University of New England

 

Present Appointment

Since 2004 I have taught a number of classes each year in the Speaking of Science course [SCOM 8015] in the Centre for Public Awareness of Science [CPAS]
Since 2006 I have been involved each year in the Chinese Universities Shakespeare Festival held at The Chinese University in Hong Kong. In 2006 I gave a “Performing Shakespeare” Masterclass at a Conference of Chinese Universities English Departments held at Fudan University in Shanghai. In 2006 and 2007 I gave a series of workshops in Hong Kong on directing Shakespeare for English Department academics from Universities in mainland China, Macau, Taiwan and Hong Kong. In 2008, 2009 and 2010 I have adjudicated at the Chinese Universities Shakespeare Festival in Hong Kong.

2010 – Present	Visiting Fellow in the Centre for Public Awareness of Science, A.N.U. Member of the Emeritus Faculty, A.N.U.
2003 – 2009	Visiting Fellow in the Faculty of Arts, A.N.U. Member of the Emeritus Faculty, A.N.U.
1999 – 2003	Reader and Convenor of Theatre Studies, A.N.U. [Retired 17th July 2003]
1991 - 1999	Senior Lecturer and Convenor of Theatre Studies, A.N.U.

 

Previous Positions

1988-1991	Senior Lecturer in Drama Department, U.N.E. [University of New England]
1986-1988	Head of Drama Department, U.N.E.
1983-1986	Senior Lecturer in the Drama Department, U.N.E.
1982-1983	Acting Head of Drama Department, U.N.E.
1978-1982	Lecturer in the Drama Department, U.N.E.
1973-1977	Lecturer in Drama in the Department of General Studies, U.N.S.W. [University of New South Wales]
1971-1972	Part-Time Lecturer and Tutor in Drama in the Department of General Studies, U.N.S.W.
1970-1971	Part-time Tutor in Drama in the School of Drama and the Department of General Studies, U.N.S.W.

 

Main Research Interests

Approaches to Staging and Directing the Plays of Anton Chekhov. Elizabethan and Jacobean Staging and Acting Conventions. Post-war American Playwrights - Tennessee Williams/Arthur Miller/ Edward Albee. Direction and Translation in the Age of Post-Modernism.

 

Membership of Learned Societies and Arts Committees

Australasian Drama Studies Association The Society for Theatre Research Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association Australian and New Zealand Shakespeare Association Canberra Arts Patrons Association Board Member [2000 -2003]

 

Awards and Award Nominations

2009	The Canberra Critics Circle Award for Theatre for “his sophisticated, elegant verse production of Molière’s The Learned Ladies at Tuggeranong Arts Centre.”
2007	Nominated by The Canberra Area Theatre Awards for the award of Best Director of a Play 2007 for Hay Fever by Noel Coward, Canberra Repertory, Theatre 3, Canberra. This production also won the Canberra Area Theatre Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play in 2007, and received two nominations for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play in 2007, and Best Performance by an ACT Senior in 2007.
2007	The Canberra Critics Circle Award for Theatre for Papermoon’s production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot
2006	The Canberra Critics Circle Award for Theatre for “vision, insightful interpretation and outstanding direction of the work of Tennessee Williams in Papermoon’s production of Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams.”
2005	Nominated by The Canberra Area Theatre Awards for the award of Best Director of 2005 for Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams, Papermoon Productions, The Arts Centre, ANU. This production also received two nominations for the Canberra Area Theatre Awards for Best Actor in a Play in 2005, Best Supporting Actor in a Play in 2005 and Best Set Design for a Play in 2005.
2004	The Canberra Critics Circle Award for Theatre presented to Papermoon Productions for The Homecoming and Twelfth Night, “two productions for impact and excellence that brought great clarity to Pinter and Shakespeare.”
2003	Nominated by The Canberra Area Theatre Awards for the award of Best Director of 2003 for Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer, Canberra Repertory, Theatre 3, Canberra. This production also received two nominations for the Canberra Area Theatre Awards for Best Actor in a Play in 2002 and won the Magic Moment Award for 2003.
2002	Helen Wilson Trophy awarded by Canberra Repertory Company for Best Performance in a Comedy in 2001 in the role of Gilbert in Things We Do For Love by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Catherine Hill, Canberra Repertory, Theatre 3, Canberra.
2002	Nominated by The Canberra Area Theatre Awards for the award of Best Supporting Actor of 2002 for the role Gilbert in Things We Do For Love by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Catherine Hill, Canberra Repertory, Theatre 3, Canberra.
2002	Nominated by The Canberra Area Theatre Awards for the award of Best Director of 2002 for Endgame by Samuel Beckett, Papermoon Productions, The Arts Centre, ANU.  This production was nominated for the Canberra Area Theatre Awards of Best Play of 2002; Best Set Design of 2002 and two nominations for Best Actor in a Play in 2002.
2002	Canberra Critics Circle Award for Theatre presented to The Company of Papermoon for “the superb collaboration that produced Endgame, a darkly cheerful and exhuberant view of the gloomy joys of Samuel Beckett.”
2001	Helen Wilson Trophy awarded jointly to the cast of Black Comedy by Canberra Repertory Company for Best Performance in a Comedy in 2001 in the role of Schuppanzigh in Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer, directed by Aarne Neeme, Canberra Repertory, Theatre 3, Canberra.
2001	Nominated by The Canberra Area Theatre Awards for the award of Best Director of 2001 for Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott, Canberra Repertory, Theatre 3, Canberra.  This production was also nominated for the Canberra Area Theatre Award of Best Play of 2001.
2000	Helen Wilson Trophy awarded by Canberra Repertory Company for Best Performance in a Comedy in 2000 for the role of Dvornichek in Rough Crossing by Tom Stoppard, directed by Gary Down, Canberra Repertory, Theatre 3, Canberra.
2000	Nominated by The Canberra Area Theatre Awards for the award of Best Director of 2000 for Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Papermoon Productions, The Arts Centre, ANU.  This production was nominated for the Canberra Area Theatre Award of Best Play of 2000.
2000	Nominated by The Canberra Area Theatre Awards for the award of Best Supporting Actor of 2000 for the role Dvornichek in Rough Crossing by Tom Stoppard, directed by Gary Down, Canberra Repertory, Theatre 3, Canberra.
1999	Nominated by The Canberra Area Theatre Awards for the award of Best Director of 1999 for Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie, Canberra Repertory, Theatre 3, Canberra.  This production received the Canberra Area Theatre Award of Best Play of 1999.
1999	The Canberra Area Theatre Awards award of Best Actor of 1999 for the role of Norman in The Dresser by Ronald Harwood, directed by Cathie Clelland, Papermoon Productions, The Arts Centre, ANU.
1998	Awarded by the Australian National University The Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
1998	Nominated by the Australian National University for The Australian Awards for University Teaching: 1998 Teaching Awards.
1997	Nominated by The Canberra Area Theatre Awards for award of Best Actor of 1997 for the role of Benoit Pinglet in A Little Hotel on the Side by Georges Feydeau, directed by Tony Turner, Papermoon and Arts Centre Productions, The Arts Centre, ANU.
1996	Nominated by The Canberra Area Theatre Awards for award of Best Actor of 1996 for the role of Salieri in Amadeus by Peter Shaffer, directed by Tony Turner, Papermoon and Arts Centre Productions, The Arts Centre, ANU.
1995	Canberra Critics Circle Award for Acting for role of Tartuffe in Tartuffe by Molière, directed by Aarne Neeme, Canberra Repertory, Theatre 3, Canberra.
1995	Helen Wilson Trophy awarded by Canberra Repertory Company for Best Performance in a Comedy in 1995 for role of Tartuffe in Tartuffe by Molière, directed by Aarne Neeme, Canberra Repertory, Theatre 3, Canberra.

Publications and Papers Read to Learned Societies

2007	“The Operation of Time in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie”, Art and Time, Jan Lloyd-Jones, Paul Campbell, and Peter Wylie, eds., Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, pp.131-144.
2007	“All Literary Theories of the Drama Collapse in the Face of Hamlet Wearing Pink”, Inaugural Iain Wright Memorial Lecture, Hawker College, Canberra
2006	“Chekhov’s Artistic Authenticity: A Reconciliation of Opposites”, Art and Authenticity: An Interdisciplinary Symposium, ANU School of Humanities, ANU.
2006	Interpreting Chekhov, ANU E Press, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, (309 pages)
2006	“Perspectives on ‘Time’ in Marlowe’s Dr Faustus”, Renaissance Perspectives, Jan Lloyd Jones, and Graham Cullum, eds., Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 99-108.
2005	“The Operation of Time in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie”, Art and Time: An Interdisciplinary Symposium, ANU School of Humanities, ANU.
2004	“Scholarly Wankers and Directorial Rapists: Interpreting Shakespeare Today”, Keynote Address, Heart of the Nation, Drama Australia Conference, Street Theatre, Canberra, ACT.
2004	“What Ought to be the Truth: Tennessee Williams’ Vision of Reality”, in An ABC of Lying:Taking Stock in Interesting Times, Livio Dobrez, Patricia Dobrez, Jan Lloyd Jones, eds., Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 315-327.
2004	“Innovation and Recuperation: Directorial Renovation of Shakespeare”, MultiShakespeare: Media Metamorphoses, biennial conference of the Australian and New Zealand Shakespeare Association (ANZSA), Arts Centre, ANU.
2003	“Perspectives on Time in Marlowe’s Dr Faustus”, Renaissance Perspectives: An Interdisciplinary Symposium, ANU School of Humanities, ANU.
2002	“What Ought to be the Truth: Tennessee Williams’ Vision of Reality”, The Literal Truth: A Symposium on Literature and Lying, ANU School of Humanities, ANU.
2002	“Direct Address and the Fourth Wall: The Then and Now of Shakespearean Performance”, in The Touch of the Real: Essays in Early Modern Culture, Philippa Kelly, ed., University of Western Australia Press, Crawley, pp. 221-238.
1999	Reprint of my 1984 article published under the title “The Two Glass Menageries: Reading Edition and Acting Edition”, in Modern Drama: Selected Plays from 1879 to the Present, Walter Levy, ed., Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1999, pp. 928-940.
1998	“Mother Courage - A Failed Success or a Successful Failure?”,Australian Goethe Society, Canberra Branch.
1997	“Direct Address and the Fourth Wall: The Then and Now of Shakespearean Performance”, Stephen Greenblatt Symposium, The Touch of the Real: Communing with the Living and the Dead, ANU and ADFA English Departments, Humanties Research Centre, ANU.
1997	"Appropriate Mis/Appropriations : Translating Racine's Les Plaideurs”,in Dis/Orientations, Proceedings of The Australasian Drama Studies Association Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, pp 12-19.
1996	Reprint of my 1984 article "The Two Glass Menageries: An Examination of the Effects of [sic.] Meaning that Result from Directing the Reading Edition as Opposed to the Acting Edition of the Play" in The Critical Response to Tennessee Williams,     George W. Crandell, ed., Greenwood Press, Connecticut, pp. 30-47.
1996	Review of Inside Dry Water by Beatrix Christian, directed by Peter Wilson, Company Skylark, Playhouse Theatre, Canberra, The Australian, 24 March.
1996	"Direct Address in Othello: Transforming Acting Conventions", The Australasian Drama Studies Association Conference, A.N.U., Canberra.
1995	"ADSA Conference to Reveal Life and Lies of Brecht", A.N.U. Reporter, 27 November.
1995	"'Conventional' History of the British Theatre", review of The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre, by Simon Trussler, The Canberra Times, 4 February.
1995	"Lucid History of World Theatre", review of The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre, edited by John Russell, The Canberra Times, 25 November.
1995	"Directorial (Mis) Interpretations of Chekhov's Plays", The Australasian Drama Studies Association Conference, U.N.E., Armidale.
1995	"Conflicting Interpretations : Karpov's 1896 St. Petersburg and Stanislavski's 1898 Moscow Productions of Chekhov's The Seagull ", The Australasian Language and Literature Association Conference, U.N.E., Armidale.
1994	"Who am I talking to?: Direct Address in Shakespeare", Australian and New Zealand Shakespeare Association Conference, Perth, February.
1993	Classic American Drama, Horizon Studies in Literature, Sydney University Press, (68 pages).
1993	"Performance Book Tackles Neglected Area of Aesthetics", review of For an Audience by Paul Thom, A.N.U. Reporter, 26 May.
1992	"Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire and Expressionism", Friends of the A.N.U. Library Seminar, Humanities Research Centre, A.N.U.
1992	"How Far Can One Go?: The Limits of Theatrical Interpretation", Keynote Address, NADIE Conference, ANU, October, The NADIE Journal, vol 16, no 1, Spring, pp 29-35.
1991	"Comedy  an Engaging Introduction", review of Comedy by T.G.A.Nelson, Kangaroo 12, UNE.
1991	"Chekhov and The Absurd", Australasian Drama Studies Associated Conference, U.N.S.W., July.
1989	"Interior: Panic: The Role of Expressionism in the Plays of Tennessee Williams", 25th Australian Language and Literature Association Conference, Macquarie University, February.
1988	Petty Sessions, A Verse Translation of Jean Racine's Les Plaideurs , U.N.E. Press, Australia, (104 pages).
1988	Reprint of my 1984 article published under the title "The Two Glass Menageries: Reading Edition and Acting Edition", in Modern Critical Interpretations:The Glass Menagerie, Harold Bloom, ed., Chelsea House, New Haven, pp 101-117.
1988	"Arthur Miller:  Through Tragedy to Affirmation", Review of Arthur Miller's Timebends: A Life, in The Canberra Times, 2 January.
1987	"Intimate Memoir", Review of Dotson Rader's Tennessee Williams: An Intimate Memoir, in The Canberra Times, 25 April.
1986	"Williams and Kazan: The Creative Synthesis", Australian Drama Studies, 8, April, pp 33-47.
1986	"Williams' Life as Drama", Review of Donald Spoto's The Kindness of Strangers, in The Canberra Times, 25 January.
1984	"Life of a Sitting Target: Tennessee Williams and Artistic Integrity", 12th Biennial Conference of the Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association, La Trobe University, August.
1984	"The Two Glass Menageries: An Examination of the Effects on Meaning that Result from Directing the Reading Edition as Opposed to the Acting Edition of the Play" in Page to Stage: Theatre as Translation, Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt, ed., Rodopi, Amsterdam, pp. 117-136.
1983	Review of The Longman Anthology of American Drama , Lee A. Jacobus, ed., in Australasian Journal of American Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, pp 70-71.
1980	"Tennessee Williams: American Dreamer" in American Studies: New Essays from Australia and New Zealand. Sydney A.N.Z.A.S.A., 1981, pp 58-71.
1974	"Unity and fragmentation:  An epic dialogue" (co-author Victor Emeljanow) in AULLA XVI Proceedings & Papers, Adelaide,  pp 35-57.

Theatre & Film Productions
Productions since coming to ANU, 1991 – 2010

2010	Played Dr. Chasuble in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, directed by Liz Bradley, Free Rain Theatre Company, The Courtyard Theatre, Canberra.
2010	Directed Flatspin by Alan Ayckbourn, Canberra Repertory Society, Theatre 3, Canberra.
2009	Directed The Christian Brothers by Ron Blair, Tuggeranong arts Centre, Canberra
2009	Directed Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra
2009	Directed Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra
2009	Played Sebastian “Jailhouse” Johnson in feature film The Competition, directed by Simon Weaving, Sijo Productions.
2008	Played Vadius and The Notary in The Learned Ladies by Molière, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra
2008	Directed The Learned Ladies by Molière, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra
2008	Directed Macbeth by William Shakespeare, MADC [Malta Amateur Dramatic Club], Fort St. Elmo, Valetta, Malta
2008	Directed A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, by Stephen Sondheim, Canberra Philharmonic Society, Canberra Southern Cross Club, Canberra
2007	Played the Tramp in Another World, Film written by Sharon Williamson the subject of bi-polar mental illness.
2007	Directed Hay Fever, by Noel Coward, Canberra Repertory Society, Theatre 3, Canberra.
2007	Played Estragon in Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett directed by Christa de Jager, Papermoon Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
2007	Played the Tramp in film Another World, directed and produced by Liliana Bogatko and Peter Hayes.
2006	Directed The School for Scandal, by Richard B. Sheridan, Canberra Repertory Society, Theatre 3, Canberra.
2006	Performed the role of the Narrator in a professional concert given in conjunction with the exhibition Mrs Prime Minister in King’s Hall, Old Parliament House, Canberra.
2006	Performed in a Victorian Soirée for the Friends of the National Museum of Australia at The National Museum of Australia, Canberra. This concert was given in conjunction with the exhibition Exiles and Emigrants: Epic Journeys to Australia in the Victorian Era.
2005	Played Gloucester in King Lear, by William Shakespeare directed by Cathie Clelland, Papermoon Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
2005	Directed Suddenly Last Summer, by Tennessee Williams, Papermoon Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
2005	Directed The Caretaker, by Harold Pinter, Free Rain Theatre Company, The Courtyard Theatre, Canberra.
2004	Directed Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, Papermoon Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
2004	Played Reece in Communicating Doors, by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Angela Punch-McGregor, Canberra Repertory Society, Theatre 3, Canberra.
2003	Played Dr Willis in The Madness of George III, by Allan Bennett, directed by Tony Turner, Canberra Repertory Society, Theatre 3, Canberra.
2003	Directed The Night of the Iguana, by Tennessee Williams, Papermoon Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
2003	Directed Sleuth, by Anthony Shaffer, Canberra Repertory Society, Theatre 3, Canberra
2002	Played Gilbert Fleet in Things We Do For Love, by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Catherine Hill, Canberra Repertory Society, Theatre 3, Canberra.
2002	Directed Endgame, by Samuel Beckett, Papermoon Productions, Arts Centre Drama Lab, A.N.U.
2001	Played Schuppanzigh in Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer, directed by Arne Neeme, Canberra Repertory Society, Theatre 3, Canberra.
2001	Directed Wait Until Dark, by Frederick Knott, Canberra Repertory Society, Theatre 3, Canberra
2000	Played Dvornichek in Rough Crossing, by Tom Stoppard, directed by Garry , Down, Canberra Repertory Society, Theatre 3, Canberra.
2000	Directed Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, Papermoon Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1999	Played Norman in The Dresser, by Ronald Harwood, directed by Cathie Clelland, Papermoon Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1998	Directed The School for Wives, by Molière, Papermoon Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1997	Directed Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, Papermoon and Arts Centre Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1997	Directed Beginning to End: An Evening of Short Plays by Samuel Beckett, DRAM 2006 course production, The Drama Lab, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1997	Voice-Over for Eye to Eye, a National Archives Exhibition, Canberra.
1997	Played Pinglet in A Little Hotel on the Side, by Georges Feydeau, directed by Tony Turner, Papermoon and Arts Centre Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1996	Directed Old Times, by Harold Pinter, Papermoon and Arts Centre Productions, The Drama Lab, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1996	Voice-Over for Selling a Dream, National Archives Exhibition, Old Parliament House, Canberra.
1996	Voice-Over for For King and Country, National Library of Australia Exhibition, National Library, Canberra.
1996	Directed The Learned Ladies, by Molière, DRAM 2006 course production, The Drama Lab, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1996	Played Salieri in Amadeus, by Peter Shaffer, directed by Tony Turner, Papermoon and Arts Centre Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1995	Directed Othello, by William Shakespeare, Papermoon and Arts Centre Production, The Drama Lab, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1995	Directed Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, DRAM 2006 course production, The Drama Lab, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1995	Played Tartuffe in Tartuffe, by Molière, directed by Aarne Neeme, Canberra Repertory Company, Theatre 3, Canberra.
1994	Directed The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, Papermoon and Stage Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1994	Played Nikolai Pesiakoff in Breaking the Silence, by Stephen Poliakoff, directed by Tony Turner, Papermoon and Stage Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1993	Played The Father in Six Characters in Search of an Author, by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Carol Woodrow, Canberra Repertory Company, Theatre 3, Canberra.
1993	Directed Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, DRAM 2006 course production, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1993	Directed Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, Papermoon and Stage Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1993	Directed The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekhov, Papermoon and Stage Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1992	Directed The Good Woman of Setzuan, by Bertolt Brecht, DRAM 2006 course production, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1992	Played Chandebese and Poche in A Flea in Her Ear, by Georges Feydeau, directed by Tony Turner, Papermoon and Stage Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1992	Played Martin Dysart in Equus, by Peter Shaffer directed by Tony Turner, Papermoon and Stage Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1992	DirectedThe Misanthrope, by Molière, Papermoon and Stage Productions, The   Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1991	Directed A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, Papermoon and Stage Productions, The Arts Centre, A.N.U.
1991	Directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, DRAM2004 course production, The Drama Lab, A.N.U.
1991	Directed Lysistrata, by Aristophanes, DRAM2004 course production, The Drama Lab, A.N.U.

Productions prior to coming to ANU, 1963 - 1991

1991	Directed A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, Arts Theatre, U.N.E.
1990	Directed Petty Sessions, by Jean Racine, my own verse translation of Racine’s Les Plaideurs, The Drama Studio, U.N.E.
1990	Played Sganarelle in The Doctor in Spite of Himself, by Molière, The Drama Studio, U.N.E., directed by Gabrielle Hyslop.
1989	Directed Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, The Drama Studio, U.N.E.
1989	Played various roles in Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas, Arts Theatre, U.N.E., directed by Rex Bunn.
1988	Directed Really Surreal, Drama 3002 course production of works by Samuel Beckett, Alfred Jerry, N.F.Simpson, Harold Pinter and Paul Abelman, The Drama Studio, U.N.E.
1988	Played Jerry in Betrayal, by Harold Pinter, The Drama Studio, U.N.E., directed by Christopher Ross-Smith.
1988	Directed Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw, Arts Theatre, U.N.E.
1988	Played various roles in Victorian Prose and Music, presented as part of the A.U.V.S.A. [Australian Universities Victorian Studies Association] Conference, Wright College, U.N.E.
1987	Played various roles in Mrs Worthington Requests, Booloominbah, U.N.E., directed by Gabrielle Hyslop.
1987	Directed Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare, Arts Theatre, U.N.E.
1986	Played Chandebise and Poche in A Flea in Her Ear, by Georges Feydeau, Arts Theatre, U.N.E., directed by Tony Turner.
1986	Played Dr Astrov in Uncle Vanya, by Anton Chekhov, The Drama Studio, U.N.E., directed by Tony Turner.
1986	Directed The School for Wives, by Molière, The Drama Studio, U.N.E.
1986	Played Fool in King Lear, by William Shakespeare, Arts Theatre, U.N.E., directed by Launt Thompson.
1985	Directed The Christian Brothers by Ron Blair, professional production for The New England Theatre Company, Madgwick Hall, U.N.E.
1985	Directed Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs, by David Halliwell, Arts Theatre, U.N.E.
1985	Directed Seventeen Drama Students in Search of a Play; A Compilation of Modern Drama, Drama 300-2 course production, The Drama Studio, U.N.E.
1984	Played Lebeshev in Traitors by Stephen Sewell, Arts Theatre, U.N.E., directed by Andrew McCue.
1983	Directed Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations, by Alan Ayckbourn, Austin College. U.N.E.
1983	Directed Zoo Story, by Edward Albee, The Drama Studio, U.N.E.
1983	Played Estragon in Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett, Arts Theatre, U.N.E., directed by Gabrielle Hyslop.
1982	Performed in English Department’s taping of sections from Milton’s Paradise Lost for use with external students.
1982	Played General Decline in Cabaret 82, by John McCallum, Madgwick Hall, U.N.E., directed by Camilla Priaux.
1982	Directed Old Times, by Harold Pinter, Arts Theatre, U.N.E.  This was performed by invitation as part of the A.D.S.A. (Australian Drama Studies Association) Conference in Wagga Wagga.
1982	Directed The Caucasian Chalk Circle, by Bertolt Brecht, 300-2 course production, The Drama Studio, U.N.E.
1981	Directed The Devils, by John Whiting, Drama 300-2 course production, Arts Theatre, U.N.E.
1981	Directed Phaedre, by Jean Racine, Arts Theatre, U.N.E.  Phaedre was performed in the Arts Theatre as part of the A.D.S.A. Conference hosted by U.N.E.
1981	Played Colin Harding in Ashes, by David Rudkin, The Drama Studio, U.N.E., directed by Wendy Blaxland.
1981	Performed in English Department taping of Chaucer’s The Merchant’s Tale for use with external students.
1980	Played Choufleure in Black Comedy, by Peter Shaffer, Arts Theatre, U.N.E., directed by Christopher Ross-Smith.
1980	Directed The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, Arts Theatre, U.N.E.
1980	Directed Butley, by Simon Gray, Arts Theatre, U.N.E.
1980	Directed An Evening of Greek and Roman Drama, Drama 200-2 course production, The Drama Studio, U.N.E.
1980	Directed An Evening of Modern Theatre, Drama 300-3-2 course production, The Drama Studio, U.N.E.
1979	Played Edward in Old Flames, by T. Whitehead, The Drama Studio, directed by Aarne Neeme.
1979	Played The Captain in Female Transport, by G. Gooch, The Drama Studio, directed by Jeff Murray.
1979	Played Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, by Tom Stoppard, Arts Theatre, U.N.E., directed by Jeff Murray.
1979	Directed Endgame, by S. Beckett, The Drama Studio. This production toured to Queensland, Sydney and Tasmania. The Drama Department U.N.E. was invited to perform Endgame in Hobart as part of the A.D.S.A.Conference
1979	Played Nagg in Endgame, by S. Beckett, The Stables Theatre, Sydney and in Hobart, directed by Geoffrey Borny.
1979	Played Mole in Toad of Toad Hall, by A.A. Milne, The Arts Theatre, U.N.E., directed by Gabrielle Hyslop.
1979	Directed The Harmfulness of Tobacco, by Anton Chekhov and Botticelli, by Terence McNally, The Drama Studio, U.N.E.  Botticelli was later performed at the Armidale Theatre Club.
1979	Directed Albert, by Richard Harris, The Rear End Studio, U.N.E.
1979	Played Estragon in Waiting for Godot, by A. Beckett, a rehearsal reading, Madgwick Hall and Arts Theatre, U.N.E., directed by Gabrielle Hyslop
1979	Directed School for Scandal by Richard B. Sheridan, Drama 200-2 course production, Arts Theatre, U.N.E.
1979	Directed Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nicols, Drama 300-2 course production, Arts Theatre, U.N.E.
1979	Appeared in With a Fence Post Under His Arm, Radio production of Robert Frost’s poetry, directed by Launt Thompson.
1978	Performed in A Victorian Soirée, Booloominbah, U.N.E., directed by Gabrielle Hyslop.
1978	Directed The Three Cuckolds, by Leon Katz, Drama 200-2 course production, The Drama Studio, U.N.E.
1978	Directed The Misanthrope, by Molière, Drama 200-2 course production, Arts Theatre, U.N.E.
1978	Performed in The Investigation, by Peter Weiss, A Radio Production, 2ARM/FM, directed by Igor Persan.
1977	Played Hoprecht in The Captain of Kopernick, by Carl Zuckmayer, The New Theatre, directed by Jerome Levy.
1977	Roles in professional rehearsed reading of new Australian play, Bondi Pavilion, directed by Victor Emeljanow.
1977	Played various roles in A Victorian Soirée, Greenroom Society, University of New South Wales, directed by Victor Emeljanow and Gabrielle Hyslop.
1977	Played Albert in Albert, by Richard Harris, Greenroom Society, University of N.S.W., directed by Victor Emeljanow.
1977	Played Sganarelle in Don Juan, by Molière, Greenroom Society, University of N.S.W., directed by Philip Parsons.
1976	Played The Man in the Iron Mask in Spring Awakening, by Frank Wedekind, Seymour Centre, directed by Adam Saltzer.
1975	Played Basher in Time Sneeze, by David Campton, professional production for children, Seymour Centre, directed by Robert Love
1974	Played various roles in An Evening with Charles Dickens and his Friends, Greenroom Society, U.N.S.W., directed by Victor Emeljanow.
1973	Played Dubois in The Misanthrope, by Molière, professional production, Greenroom Society, U.N.S.W., directed by John Tasker.
1972	Played Ernie in Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations, by Alan Ayckbourn, Greenroom Society, U.N.S.W., directed by Victor Emeljanow.
1971	Played Leonard in Talk to the Moon, by Peter Kenna, professional
1971	Played The Student in A Cloak, a Crown and a Sword, by Michael Boddy, professional production, The Independent Theatre, directed by Aarne Neeme.
1971	Played Stu in Botticelli, by Terence McNally, U. N.S.W., directed by Victor Emeljanow.
1970	Played Hans Stein in The Hessian Corporal, by Paul Foster, Greenroom Society, U. N.S.W., directed by Victor Emeljanow.
1970	Played Benjamin in The Conversion of the Anglo Saxons, by David Shellan, U.N.S.W., directed by Victor Emeljanow.
1969	Played Taranne in Professor Taranne, by A. Adamov, University of N.S.W., directed by Oliver Fiala.
1969	Played Boysee in Mrs Porter and the Angel, by Dorothy Hewett, first professional production of new Australian play, Pact Theatre, directed by Philip Parsons and Aarne Neeme.
1969	Played Colin in The Knack, by Ann Jellicoe, University of N.S.W., directed by Aarne Neeme.
1968	Played Jazzer in Fings Ain’t What They Used To Be, by Lional Bart, Sydney University, directed by Aarne Neeme.
1968	Played The Sewerman in The Devils, by John Whiting, Sydney University, directed by Brian Donovan.
1967	Played Pandulph in Left-Handed Liberty, by John Arden, Sydney University, directed by Aarne Neeme.
1967	Played John “Wick” Blagden in Little Malcolm and his Struggle against the Eunuchs, by David Halliwell, University of N.S.W., directed by Aarne Neeme.
1966	Played Arlecchino in The Three Cuckolds, by Leon Katz, U.N.S.W., directed by Victor Emeljanow.
1965	Played Igor Accordionov in The Bed Bug, by I. Mayakowsky, Sydney Teachers College, directed by David Dawson.
1965	Played various roles in Theatre of Cruelty, Sydney University, directed by Albie Thoms.
1964	Played Young Man in Sparrows Can’t Sing, by Joan Littlewood, professional production, Denville Players Repertory Company, Jersey, directed by Marjorie Denville.
1963	Played Dennis in Murder in the Vicarage, by Agatha Christie, professional production, Denville Players Repertory Company, Jersey, directed by Len Laurie.
1957	Played Mole in Toad of Toad Hall, by A.A. Milne, De La Salle College, Jersey, directed by M. Reynolds.