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Robert Lanchester Biography (1941-)

Born August 2, 1941, in Boston, MA; son of Henry Robert (an architect) and Elizabeth Ann (Poole) Lanchester; married Cynthia Jean Maple, August 10, 1974;children: Robert Brian, Kyra Elizabeth. Addresses: HOME--Nine Mt. Lucas Road, Princeton, NJ 08540. OFFICE--McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540.

Nationality

American

Birth Details

August 2, 1941

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Spearcarrier, Guthrie, 1967.
• NEW YORK DEBUT--Soliny, Three Sisters, ANTA, 1969.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Broadway: Osgood, The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall.
• Camille, A Flea in Her Ear.
• Off Broadway: Cornwall, King Lear; Clegg, Greenwillow; Baxter, The Perfect Mollusc; McDonald, Johnny Belinda.
• Credits; Regional: McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ; American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, CA; Asolo State Theater, Sarasota,FL; Guthrie, Minneapolis, MN; Milwaukee Repertory, WI; Syracuse Stage, NY; San Francisco Mime Troupe; Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland, OH; Kennedy Center, Washington, DC; in roles including
• Richard, Richard II; Malvolio, Twelfth Night; Tartuffe, Tartuffe; Holmes,Sherlock Holmes; Dracula, Dracula; General Burgoyne, The Devil's Disciple; Wild Bill Hickok, Indians; Actor, The Dining Room; Weller Martin, The Gin Game; Scrooge, A Christmas Carol.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
• Twelfth Night, Brecht on Brecht, both Guthrie, Minneapolis, MN.
• Charley's Aunt, The Matchmaker, both Asolo State Theater, Sarasota, FL.
• The Trial of the Moke, Androcles and the Lion, both Milwaukee Repertory,WI.
• The Day They Shot John Lennon, The Overland Rooms, Putting on the Dog, all McCarter, Princeton, NJ.
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland, OH.
• True West, Stage Struck, both Peterborough Players, NH.
• Stage Struck, Under Milkwood, Happy Days, The Gin Game, all McCarter, Princeton, NJ.