Robert Tanitch

Robert Tanitch

Robert Tanitch, who lives in London, is an author, theatre and film critic, playwright and biographer of theatre and film actors including such luminaries as Alec Guinness and Laurence Olivier.

He had the first professional production of one of his plays while he was still up at Oxford.

His comedies include: "Call It Love", with musical numbers by Sandy Wilson, Wyndham's Theatre, London and Vienna 1960; "Came the Knight", directed by Trevor Nunn at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, circa 1963; and "Highly Confidential" starring Hermione Gingold at the Cambridge Theatre, London 1969.

Tanitch has written and directed the cassette series, "Shakespeare Interviews". He has been the Old Vic's education projects director and has lectured on Shakespeare and theatre in England, Australia, Indonesia and Kenya.

Partial list of books

* "A Pictorial Companion to Shakespeare's Plays", Robert Muller (1982) ISBN 0091710308
* "Ralph Richardson, A Tribute", Evans Brothers (1982) ISBN 023745680X
* "Olivier", Thames & Hudson (1985) ISBN 0500013632
* "Leonard Rossiter", Robert Royce (1985) ISBN 0947728198
* "Ashcroft", Hutchinson (1987) ISBN 0091710308
* "Gielgud", Harrap (1988) ISBN 0215515603
* "Dirk Bogarde: The Complete Career Illustrated", Ebury Press (1988) ISBN 0852236948
* "Guinness", Harrap (1989) ISBN 0245548270; Applause Theatre Book Publishers (1989)
* "John Mills", Collins & Brown Ltd (1993) ISBN 1855851423
* "Brando", Cassell Illustrated (1994) ISBN 0289801001
* "Clint Eastwood", Cassell Illustrated (1995) ISBN 028980132X
* "The Unknown James Dean", Batsford (1997) ISBN 0713480343
* "Oscar Wilde On Stage and Screen", Methuen (1999) ISBN 041372610X
* "The London Stage in the 20th Century", Haus Publishing (2007) ISBN 9781904950745

External links

* [http://www.tanitch.co.uk/ Robert Tanitch website]


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