Anthony Page (born 21 September 1935 in

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) is a British

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and

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Biography

When Page was 19, he went to Canada on a free passage with the

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and hitchhiked to New York where he studied with

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. In 1964, he took over directing at the Royal Court when George Devine fell ill. He directed ''Inadmissible Evidence'' with Nicol Williamson.By George, he's done it In classic BBC style, director Anthony Page has tackled the lengthy but pleasurable task of directing Middlemarch Sutcliffe, Tom. The Guardian 5 Jan 1994.

Filmography

*'' Inadmissible Evidence'' (1968) *''Male of the Species'' (1969) *''

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'' (1973) *''

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'' (1974) *'' F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood'' (1975) *'' Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur'' (1976) *'' I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'' (1977) *''

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'' (1978) *''

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'' (1979) *''F.D.R.: The Last Year'' (1980) *'' Bill'' (1981) *''Johnny Belinda'' (1982) *''

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'' (1983) *'' Bill: On His Own'' (1983) *'' Forbidden'' (1984) *' (1985) *'' Second Serve'' (1986) *''

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'' (1986) (TV miniseries) *'' Pack of Lies'' (1987) *'' Scandal in a Small Town'' (1988) *'' The Nightmare Years'' (1989) (TV miniseries) *'' Chernobyl: The Final Warning'' (1991) *'' Silent Cries'' (1993) *''

Middlemarch ''Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life'' is a novel by English author George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. It appeared in eight installments (volumes) in 1871 and 1872. Set in Middlemarch, a fictional English Midlands town, in 1829 ...

'' (1994) *''Human Bomb'' (1998) *'' My Zinc Bed'' (2008)

Select theatre credits

*''Inadmissible Evidence'' (1965-66) - Broadway *''Heartbreak House'' (1883-84) - Broadway *''A Doll's House'' (1997) - Broadway *''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' (2003-04) - Broadway *''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (2005)- Broadway *''Waiting for Godot'' (2009) - Broadway

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* * * 1935 births Living people British film directors British theatre directors British television directors Tony Award winners Film directors from Bengaluru British people in colonial India {{theat-bio-stub