Michael White Biography (1936-) (original) (raw)

1. Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
2. Titus Welliver to Peter Wingfield

Full name, Michael Simon White; born January 16, 1936, in Glasgow, Scotland;son of Victor (a theatrical director) and Doris (Cohen) White; married SarahHillsdon, January 15, 1965; children: two sons, one daughter. Addresses: OFFICE--13 Duke Street, St. James's, London SW1, England.

Nationality

Scottish

Gender

Male

Birth Details

January 16, 1936

Glasgow, Scotland

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; PRODUCER
• (With Peter Daubeny) The Connection, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1961.
• (with Oscar Lewenstein) The Secret of the World, The Scatterin', Jungle of the Cities, The Voice of Shem, all Theatre Royal, Stratford-on-Avon, U.K.,1962.
• The Blood Knot, Arts Theatre, London, 1963.
• Cambridge Circus, Arts Theatre, then Lyric Theatre, London, both 1963.
• The *** Show, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1963.
• (with William Donaldson) Oscar Brown, Jr. Entertains, Prince Charles' Theatre, London, 1963.
• Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, 1964.
• Gracelia Martinez Dance Company, Comedy Theatre, then Saville Theatre, both London, 1964.
• Hamp, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., 1964.
• Son of Oblomov, Comedy Theatre, 1964.
• Any Wednesday, Apollo Theatre, London, 1965.
• Yvonne Rainer Dance Company, Comedy Theatre, 1965.
• (with Ed Swann) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 1966.
• (with Philip Grout and Moray Watson) How's the World Treating You?, Comedy Theatre, 1966.
• Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Sadler's Wells Theatre, 1966.
• The Trials of Brother Jero, The Blood Knot, both Hampstead Theatre Club,London, 1966.
• (with Leonard Field) Breakdown, Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, 1966.
• (with Field) Hogan's Goat, Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, 1966.
• Yoko Ono--Music of the Mind, Jeanette Cochrane Theatre, London, 1966.
• The Burgler, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1967.
• America Hurrah, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1967.
• Philadelphia Here I Come, Apollo Theatre, 1967.
• Tom Paine, Vaudeville Theatre, 1967, then (with William Dorr) Stage 73, New York City, 1968.
• (with Michael Codron) Fanghorn, Fortune Theatre, London, 1967.
• The Paper Bag Players, Royal Court Theatre, 1967.
• (with Lewenstein) Loot, Criterion Theatre, London, 1967, then Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1968.
• Summer, Fortune Theatre, 1968.
• (with Field) The Au Pair Men, Duchess Theatre, London, 1968.
• Fortune and Men's Eyes, Comedy Theatre, 1968.
• The Beard, Royal Court Theatre, 1968.
• (with Kenneth Tynan and Norman Granz) Soldiers, New Theatre, London, 1968.
• The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, Saville Theatre, London, 1969.
• So What About Love?, Criterion Theatre, 1969.
• Sleuth, St. Martin's Theatre, London, then (with Helen Bonfils and MortonGottlieb) Music Box Theatre, New York City, both 1970.
• Widowers' Houses, Royal Court Theatre, 1970.
• (with Robert Stigwood and Hillard Elkins) Oh! Calcutta, Royalty Theatre,London, then Duchess Theatre, both 1970.
• Hamlet, Fortune Theatre, 1971.
• (with Stigwood and Bob Swash) The Dirtiest Show in Town, Duchess Theatre,1971.
• As Time Goes By, Friday, both Theatre Upstairs, London, 1971.
• The Threepenny Opera, Prince of Wales Theatre, 1972.
• Julius Caesar, New Theatre, 1972.
• I, Claudius, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1972.
• (with Stigwood) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Round HouseTheatre, London, 1972, then Albery Theatre, London, 1973.
• A Sense of Detachment, Royal Court Theatre, 1972.
• (with Bernard Delfont) A Doll's House, Criterion Theatre, 1973.
• (with Stigwood) Two Gentlemen of Verona, Phoenix Theatre, 1973.
• The Rocky Horror Show, Classic Theatre, London, 1973.
• The Ride across Lake Constance, Hampstead Theatre Club, then May Fair Theatre, London, both 1973.
• Judies, Comedy Theatre, 1973.
• Snap, Vaudeville Theatre, 1974.
• That Championship Season, Garrick Theatre, London, 1974.
• Also produced Saint's Day, The Star Spangled Jack Show, both London, 1965; I Wonder, London, 1968; The Island, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, both London, 1974,then New York City, 1975; The Tooth of Crime, Play Mas, both London, 1974; Murderer, Jeeves, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Loot, What the Butler Saw, Too Trueto Be Good, all London, 1975; City Sugar, The Chairman, Housewife-Superstar,Baggage, A Chorus Line, Carte Blanche, all London, 1976; Censored Scenes from King Kong, London, 1977; Sleuth, Annie, I Was Sitting on My Patio This GuyAppeared I Thought I Was Hallucinating, Dracula, Deathtrap, all London, 1978;Ain't Misbehavin', Flowers for Algernon, both London, 1979; Pirates of Penzance, On Your Toes, both London, 1980.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Producer (with Wolf Mankowitz), Adam's Apple, U.K. cities, 1966.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; PRODUCER
• Moviemakers, 1973.
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Cinema V, 1975.
• Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975.
• Jabberwocky, 1977.
• Rude Boy, 1980.
• My Dinner with Andre, Pacific Arts, 1981.
• Strangers Kiss, 1984.
• Also Superglass; High Season; Eat the Rich; White Mischief.