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Peter Coe (director)

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Peter Coe
Born
Peter Leonard Coe

(1929-04-18)18 April 1929
London, England
Died25 May 1987(1987-05-25) (aged 58)
London, England
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Actor and director
Years active1959–1987
Spouse(s)4, including
Maria Caday 1952
Tsai Chin 1958
Suzanne Fuller 1962
Children3

Peter Leonard Coe (18 April 1929 – 25 May 1987), was an English film and theatre director and actor.

Early life

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Coe was born in London on 18 April 1929 and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Career

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After beginning his career as an actor, Coe staged dramas, musicals and operas across several continents in a long career. His first London success came in 1959 with the musical Lock Up Your Daughters and by 1961 he had three hits running simultaneously. He also directed both the West End and Broadway productions of Oliver! as well as its U.S. national tour and the 1983 London and 1984 Broadway revivals.

His operatic credits included The Love of Three Oranges, The Angel of Fire, and Ernani.

In 1981 Coe received an Antoinette Perry Award nomination as Best Director for A Life, and in 1982 he won the award for his revival of Othello.

His appointments included artistic director for the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Canada in 1980, and the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, in United States and prior to his death artistic director of the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, Kent.

Awards and nominations

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He was thrice nominated for the Tony award on Broadway; in 1963 for Best Director (musical) for Oliver!, 1981 for Best Director (play) for A Life before winning for Best Director (drama) with Othello in 1982.

Theatre productions

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Production Playwright Venue Year
Lock Up Your Daughters Musical by Lionel Bart Mermaid Theatre, London 1959
The World of Suzie Wong Paul Osborne Prince of Wales Theatre, London 1959
The Miracle Worker William Gibson London 1961
The World of Suzie Wong Paul Osborn London 1961
Oliver! Musical written by Lionel Bart New Theatre, London 1961
Castle in Sweden Francois Sagan Piccadilly Theatre, London 1962
Caligula Phoenix Theatre, London 1964
Golden Boy Clifford Odets 1964
Oliver! Written by Lionel Bart Hanna Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio 1964
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 1966
The Italian Straw Hat Chichester Festival Theatre 1967
The Skin of Our Teeth Chichester Festival Theatre 1969
Oliver! Piccadilly Theatre, London 1968 revival
The Caucasian Chalk Circle Chichester Festival Theatre 1969
Kiss Me, Kate London Coliseum 1970
Peer Gynt Chichester Festival Theatre 1970
Hamlet William Shakespeare Bankside Globe Playhouse, London 1972
Decameron '73 Roundhouse, London 1973
Tonight We Improvise Chichester Festival Theatre 1974
Mister Lincoln 1980
On the Twentieth Century Her Majesty's Theatre, London 1980
Barnum London Palladium 1981
Henry V William Shakespeare Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford, Connecticut 1981
Hamlet Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford, Connecticut 1982
Othello William Shakespeare Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford, Connecticut 1982 revival
Barnum London Palladium 1983 revival
Oliver! London 1983 revival
Hello Dolly Birmingham Rep and Prince of Wales Theatre with Danny La Rue
Barnum Manchester Opera House 1984 revival with Wendy Toye
Great Expectations Birmingham Rep and The Old Vic, London 1984
Oliver! Broadway 1984 revival
Jane Eyre Chichester Festival Theatre 1986

Filmography

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References

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