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Co-founded the Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987. Performed in "Public Enemy" which he also wrote and directed (1987), as the title role in Shakespeare's "Hamlet", Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing", Touchstone in "As You Like It" (all 1988), Jimmy in "Look Back In Anger" by John Osborne (1989), Edgar in Shakespeare's "King Lear" and Quince in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" both of which he also directed (1990), and the title role in Shakespeare's "Coriolanus" (1992). Also directed "Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" (1991).

(autobiography) "Beginning", London: Chatto and Windus (1989)

His play "Public Enemy" was published by Faber in 1988.

Book: Henry V by William Shakespeare - a screen adaptation by Kenneth Branagh, London, Chatto & Windus, 1989

Book: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare - screenplay, introduction and notes on the making of the film by Kenneth Branagh, London, Chatto & Windus, 1993

Directed and wrote the West End and Broadway smash hit, "The Play What I Wrote", a new tribute to Morecambe and Wise.

Played the title role in "Edmond" by David Mamet, directed by Edward Hall -National Theatre (Olivier stage), London (2003).

His Royal Shakespeare Company credits include: the title role in "Henry V", Laertes in "Hamlet", the King in "Love's Labour's Lost", Mike in "Golden Girls" a new play by (1984) and the title role in "Hamlet" (1992).

Performed excerpts from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (playing several roles) on a CD recording of Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for the play. Claudio Abbado conducted.

Has recorded "The Diary of Samuel Pepys" in 1994. It is available in 4 volumes on CD and cassette tape.

(2003) Narrator for the unabridged audiobook version of "The Magician's Nephew" from the C.S. Lewis series The Chronicles of Narnia.

Directed "The Life of Napoleon" by John Sessions - Pheonix Theatre, London (1987).

Played St Francis of Assisi in "Francis" by Julian Mitchell - Greenwich Theatre, London (1983).

His one man show "The Madness" based on the poem "Maud" by Alfred Lord Tennyson premiered at the Upstream Theatre Club, London in 1983.

Played Judd in "Another Country" by Julian Mitchell - Queen's Theatre, London (1982).

Directed "Ducktastic!, a new play which premiered at the Theatre Royal Newcaste in 2005.

Played the title role in Shakespeare's "Richard III" - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield (2003).

Played the title role in Chekhov's "Ivanov" - Wyndham's Theatre, London (2008).

(2001) He directed "The Play What I Wrote," with Sean Foley, Hamish McColl, at the Wyndham's Theatre in London, England.

(1987) He directed William Shakespeare's play, "Twelfth Night," in a Renaissance Theatre Company production at the Birmingham Repertory Studio Theatre in Birmingham, England and the Tour with Frances Barber, Richard Briers, Christopher Ravenscroft, James Saxon, Abigail McKern, James Simmons, Anton Lesser, Caroline Langrishe, and Shaun Prendergast in the cast.

(August 1988) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet," in a Renaissance Theatre Company production during the Renaissance Shakespeare Festival at the Phoenix Theatre in London, England with Kenneth Branagh, Samantha Bond, Richard Easton, Edward Jewesbury, David Lloyd Meredith, Dearbhla Molloy, David Parfitt, Shaun Prendergast, Sophie Thompson, Jay Villiers, and Jimmy Yuill in the cast. Derek Jacobi was director.

(August 1988) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "As You Like It," in a Renaissance Theatre Company production during the Renaissance Shakespeare Festival at the Phoenix Theatre in London, England with Kenneth Branagh, Samantha Bond, Richard Easton, Edward Jewesbury, David Lloyd Meredith, Dearbhla Molloy, David Parfitt, Shaun Prendergast, Sophie Thompson, Jay Villiers, and Jimmy Yuill in the cast. Geraldine McEwan was director.

(August 1988) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Much Ado About Nothing," in a Renaissance Theatre Company production during the Renaissance Shakespeare Festival at the Phoenix Theatre in London, England with Kenneth Branagh, Samantha Bond, Richard Easton, Edward Jewesbury, David Lloyd Meredith, Dearbhla Molloy, David Parfitt, Shaun Prendergast, Sophie Thompson, Jay Villiers, and Jimmy Yuill in the cast. Judi Dench was director.

(1991) He and Peter Egan directed the Renaissance Theatre Company Tour of Anton Chekhov's play, "Uncle Vanya," with Richard Briers, Peter Egan, Sian Thomas, Annabel Arden, and Patrick Godfrey in the cast.

(2002) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Richard III," at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England with Danny Webb, Robert Demeger, Barbara Jefford, Michael Jenn, Richard Durden, Avril Elgar, Gerard Horan, Claire Price, Phyllis Logan, Robert East, Gideon Turner, and William Rycroft in the cast. Michael Grandage was director.

(1994) Directed and starred as Romeo in a BBC radio dramatization of Romeo & Juliet.

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