Stuart Burge (15 January 1918 – 24 January 2002) was an

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stage and film director, actor and producer. The son of H. O. Burge, by his marriage to K. M. Haig, Burge was educated at Eagle House School, Sandhurst, and

Felsted School (Keep your Faith) , established = , closed = , type = Public school Independent day and boarding , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Headmaster , head = Chris Townsend , r_head ...

, Essex, then trained for an acting career at the Old Vic, 1936–37, and at Oxford Rep, 1937–38. He was back at the Old Vic and appearing in the

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in 1938–39, then during the

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of 1939–45 he served in the

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's Intelligence Corps. After the war he returned to his acting career at the Bristol Old Vic, the Young Vic, and the Commercial Theatre, between 1946 and 1949.‘BURGE, Stuart’, in ''Who Was Who'' (A. & C. Black, 1920–2008)
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, December 2007, accessed 20 April 2012 He was a director by 1948. He was responsible for many distinguished productions for both stage and television, including four film adaptations of plays. He married Josephine Parker an American Actress and had five children: Lucy Burge, Stephen Burge, Nicholas Burge, Matthew Burge and Emma Burge.

Selected filmography

As director

* 1956 : '' David Copperfield'' (TV) * 1959 : '' Back to Back'' (TV) * 1959 : ''

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'' (TV) * 1959 : '' The Third Man'' (TV) * 1959 : '' The Waltz of the Toreadors'' * 1959 : ''

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'' (TV) * 1960 : '' There Was a Crooked Man'' * 1962 : ''

The Ghost Sonata ''The Ghost Sonata'' ( sv, Spöksonaten, links=no) is a play in three acts by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg. Written in 1907, it was first produced at Strindberg's Intimate Theatre in Stockholm on 21 January 1908. Since then, it has bee ...

'' (TV) * 1963 : ''

Uncle Vanya ''Uncle Vanya'' ( rus, Дя́дя Ва́ня, r=Dyádya Ványa, p=ˈdʲædʲə ˈvanʲə) is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1898, and was first produced in 1899 by the Moscow Art Theatre under the di ...

'' * 1964 : '' Danger Man (TV) * 1965 : '' Othello'' * 1966 : '' Nelson: A Study in Miniature'' (TV) * 1967 : ''

The Mikado ''The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu'' is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations. It opened on 14 March 1885, in London, where it ran at the ...

'' * 1967 : ''

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'' (TV) * 1970 : ''

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'' (TV) * 1970 : ''

'' * 1974 : '' Fall of Eagles'' (TV) * 1975 : '' Under Western Eyes'' (TV) * 1976 : '' Bill Brand'' (TV) * 1978 : '' Rumpole of the Bailey'' (TV) * 1981 : '' Sons and Lovers'' (TV) * 1982 : '' Play for Tomorrow'' (TV) * 1983 : ''

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'' (TV) * 1983 : '' The Old Men at the Zoo'' (TV) * 1984 : '' Much Ado About Nothing'' (TV) * 1986 : ''

The Importance of Being Earnest ''The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious ...

'' (TV) * 1986 : '' Naming the Names'' (TV) * 1986 : '' Breaking Up'' (TV) * 1988 : '' Dinner at Noon'' (TV) * 1988 : '' The Rainbow'' (BBC miniseries) * 1989 : ''Chinese Whispers'' (TV) * 1991 : ''

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'' (TV) * 1992 : '' After the Dance'' (TV) * 1993 : ''The Wexford Trilogy'' by Billy Roche: ''A Handful of Stars'', ''Poor Beast in the Rain'' and ''Belfry'' (BBC TV) * 1994 : '' Seaforth'' (TV)

As actor

* 1953 : '' The Malta Story'' (Paolo)

Stage, technical direction

* 1950 : '' Twelfth Night'' Old Vic Company/British Council touring production, Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi, Free Territory of Trieste

References

External links

* 1918 births 2002 deaths English male film actors English film producers English film directors People educated at Eagle House School People educated at Felsted School Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British Army personnel of World War II Intelligence Corps soldiers 20th-century English businesspeople {{UK-film-director-stub