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

West End theatre West End theatre is mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London.Christopher Innes, "West End" in ''The Cambridge Guide to Theatre'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp. 1194– ...

in 1938–39, then during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

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

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, 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 ''David Copperfield'' Dickens invented over 14 variations of the title for this work, see is a novel in the bildungsroman genre by Charles Dickens, narrated by the eponymous David Copperfield, detailing his adventures in his journey from inf ...

'' (TV) * 1959 : '' Back to Back'' (TV) * 1959 : '' Julius Caesar'' (TV) * 1959 : ''

The Third Man ''The Third Man'' is a 1949 British film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Set in postwar Vienna, the film centres on American Holly Martins (Cotten), ...

'' (TV) * 1959 : ''

The Waltz of the Toreadors ''The Waltz of the Toreadors'' (''La Valse des toréadors'') is a 1951 play by Jean Anouilh. Plot This bitter farce is set in 1910 France and focuses on General Léon Saint-Pé and his infatuation with Ghislaine, a woman with whom he danced at a ...

'' * 1959 : '' Crime of Passion'' (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 dire ...

'' * 1964 : ''

Danger Man ''Danger Man'' (retitled ''Secret Agent'' in the United States for the revived series, and ''Destination Danger'' and ''John Drake'' in other overseas markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again b ...

(TV) * 1965 : ''

Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cyp ...

'' * 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 Sa ...

'' * 1967 : ''

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'' (TV) * 1970 : ''

Married Alive ''Married Alive'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and written by Gertrude Orr. The film stars Margaret Livingston, Matt Moore, Claire Adams, Gertrude Claire, Marcella Daly and Henry Sedley. The film was relea ...

'' (TV) * 1970 : '' Julius Caesar'' * 1974 : '' Fall of Eagles'' (TV) * 1975 : '' Under Western Eyes'' (TV) * 1976 : '' Bill Brand'' (TV) * 1978 : ''

Rumpole of the Bailey ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, a middle-aged London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, oft ...

'' (TV) * 1981 : '' Sons and Lovers'' (TV) * 1982 : '' Play for Tomorrow'' (TV) * 1983 : ''

The Home Front A home front or homefront is the civilian populace of the nation at war as an active support system for its military. * American Civil War ** Economic history of the American Civil War ** Economy of the Confederate States of America * Home front ...

'' (TV) * 1983 : '' The Old Men at the Zoo'' (TV) * 1984 : ''

Much Ado About Nothing ''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' ( W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. 1387 The play ...

'' (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 Naming is assigning a name A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. The entity identified by a name is ca ...

'' (TV) * 1986 : '' Breaking Up'' (TV) * 1988 : '' Dinner at Noon'' (TV) * 1988 : ''

The Rainbow ''The Rainbow'' is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence, first published by Methuen & Co. in 1915. It follows three generations of the Brangwen family living in Nottinghamshire, focusing particularly on the individual's struggle to growth ...

'' (BBC miniseries) * 1989 : ''Chinese Whispers'' (TV) * 1991 : ''

The House of Bernarda Alba ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' ( es, La casa de Bernarda Alba) is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. Commentators have often grouped it with '' Blood Wedding'' and '' Yerma'' as a "rural trilogy". Garcia Lorca did not i ...

'' (TV) * 1992 : '' After the Dance'' (TV) * 1993 : ''The Wexford Trilogy'' by

Billy Roche Billy Roche (born 11 January 1949) is an Irish playwright and actor. He was born and still lives in Wexford and most of his writings are based there. Originally a singer with The Roach Band, he turned to writing in the 1980s. He has written a n ...

: ''A Handful of Stars'', ''Poor Beast in the Rain'' and ''Belfry'' (BBC TV) * 1994 : '' Seaforth'' (TV)

As actor

* 1953 : ''

The Malta Story ''Malta Story'' is a 1953 British war film, directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, which is set during the air defence of Malta during the Siege of Malta in the Second World War. The film uses real and unique footage of the locations at which the ba ...

'' (Paolo)

Stage, technical direction

* 1950 : ''

Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins V ...

'' Old Vic Company/British Council touring production, Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi, Free Territory of Trieste

References

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* 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