{"id":25,"date":"2014-05-20T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulfeatherstone.com\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-06-29T14:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T14:31:09","slug":"actor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/?page_id=25","title":{"rendered":"Actor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to becoming an opera singer, Paul worked for several years as a professional actor in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: center;\">THEATRE CREDITS<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: left;\">DUNDEE REP<br \/>\nDebienne in \u201cTHE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA\u201d by Ken Hill \u201887<br \/>\nAlgernon in \u201cTHE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST\u201d by Oscar Wilde \u201887<br \/>\nTristan Tzara in \u201cTRAVESTIES\u201d by Tom Stoppard \u201887<br \/>\nSmith in \u201cMURDER ON THE NILE\u201d by Agatha Christie \u201887<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_114\" style=\"width: 465px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sandy-in-Hay-Fever-e1400883212323.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114\" class=\" wp-image-114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sandy-in-Hay-Fever-e1400883212323-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"As Sandy in &quot;HAY FEVER&quot; at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh with Martyn James, David Tennant, Irene Macdougall, Louise Delamere, Michael Mackenzie, Edith Macarthur &amp; Emma Dingwall.\" width=\"455\" height=\"257\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As Sandy (about to perform cushion trick) in &#8220;HAY FEVER&#8221; at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh with Martyn James, David Tennant, Irene Macdougall, Louise Delamere, Michael Mackenzie, Edith Macarthur &amp; Emma Dingwall.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\">ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, EDINBURGH<br \/>\nJerry Devine in \u201cJUNO &amp; THE PAYCOCK\u201d by Sean O\u2019Casey \u201890<br \/>\nSandy Tyrell in \u201cHAY FEVER\u201d by Noel Coward \u201892<br \/>\nBaayo &amp; Prince Fomfoma in \u201cSLEEPING BEAUTY\u201d by Stuart Paterson \u201896<br \/>\nVarious roles in \u201cWORDS BEYOND WORDS\u201d play readings co-ordinated by Tom McGrath \u201889<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">GLASGOW CITIZENS THEATRE<br \/>\nBaloo in \u201cTHE JUNGLE BOOK\u201d by Myles Rudge \u201892<br \/>\nAssistant Director \u201cTHE LION, THE WITCH &amp; THE WARDROBE\u201d by Myles Rudge \u201893<br \/>\nAssistant Director \u201cPINOCCHIO\u201d by Myles Rudge \u201895<br \/>\nTorquato Tasso (cover) in \u201cTORQUATO TASSO\u201d by Goethe \u201894<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_112\" style=\"width: 419px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Not-About-Heroes.-Stephen-Macdonald-author-director-Paul-Featherstone-Siegfried-Sassoon-Cal-Macaninch-Wilfred-Owen.-Craiglockhart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112\" class=\" wp-image-112\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Not-About-Heroes.-Stephen-Macdonald-author-director-Paul-Featherstone-Siegfried-Sassoon-Cal-Macaninch-Wilfred-Owen.-Craiglockhart-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"As Siegfried Sassoon in &quot;NOT ABOUT HEROES&quot; with author &amp; director Stephen Macdonald and Cal Macaninch (Wilfred Owen) at Craiglockhart.\" width=\"409\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As young Siegfried Sassoon in &#8220;NOT ABOUT HEROES&#8221; with author &amp; director Stephen Macdonald (older Sassoon) and Cal Macaninch (Wilfred Owen) at Craiglockhart.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\">HEROES THEATRE COMPANY<br \/>\nSiegfried Sassoon in \u201cNOT ABOUT HEROES\u201d written &amp; directed by Stephen MacDonald. Performed at Craiglockhart where the play is set (with Stephen MacDonald as the older Sassoon) and then on tour (with Paul as Sassoon young &amp; old). \u201888<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">ARCHES THEATRE, GLASGOW<br \/>\nPutnam in \u201cTHE CRUCIBLE\u201d by Arthur Miller \u201894<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_119\" style=\"width: 343px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/closer-than-ever-e1400884844656.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119\" class=\" wp-image-119\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/closer-than-ever-e1400884844656-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"As Man 1 in &quot;CLOSER THAN EVER&quot; with David Greer, Val Munro &amp; Alicia Devine.\" width=\"333\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As Man 1 in &#8220;CLOSER THAN EVER&#8221; with David Greer, Val Munro &amp; Alicia Devine.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\">GOLDEN AGE THEATRE COMPANY Tour<br \/>\nMan 1 in the musical revue \u201cCLOSER THAN EVER\u201d by Richard Maltby Jr &amp; David Shire \u201895<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">RAMSHORN THEATRE, GLASGOW<br \/>\nGoldberg in \u201cTHE BIRTHDAY PARTY\u201d by Harold Pinter \u201896<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">ORIGINAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY<br \/>\nBalthasar the singer &amp; Conrad in \u201cMUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING\u201d by Shakespeare, Cottier Theatre, Glasgow \u00a0\u201895<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">ANNEXE THEATRE CO., Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh<br \/>\nRobert Rattray in \u201cAN AUDIENCE WITH THE BARD\u201d by Alan Hayton \u201888<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">FIRE EXIT, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh<br \/>\nLawyer One in &#8220;HORIZONTAL COLLABORATION&#8221; by David Leddy, 2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u00a0BURNS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY Tour<br \/>\nErskine &amp; Cover Burns in \u201cSCOT FREE\u201d by John Cairney &amp; Geoff Davidson \u201888<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">FIFTH ESTATE, Edinburgh Fringe<br \/>\nMaclean in the musical \u201c1820\u201d by Patrick Evans &amp; Gordon Dougall \u201896<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">SCOTTISH EARLY MUSIC CONSORT<br \/>\nIrish Cleric in &#8220;LA VITA HUMANA&#8221; by Giulio Rospigliosi &amp; Marco Marazzoli, Tramway Theatre, Glasgow &#8217;90<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Irish Cleric in &#8220;LA BALTASARA&#8221; by Giulio Rospigliosi &amp; Antonio Maria Abbatini, Tramway Theatre, Glasgow &#8217;92<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: center;\">FILM &amp; TELEVISION<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Newspaper reporter in &#8220;TAKE THE HIGH ROAD&#8221; Scottish Television &#8217;88<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Photographer in &#8220;TAKE THE HIGH ROAD&#8221; Scottish Television &#8217;90<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Laird in &#8220;THE GOOD GUYS&#8221; (Ep.3: &#8220;The MacQuarrie Treasure&#8221;) London Weekend Television &#8217;92<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Policeman in &#8220;JOYRIDE&#8221; BFI\/Channel Four Films\/Sidewalk &#8217;95<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">EARLY ROLES (Student &amp; non professional)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">GREAT WESTERN THEATRE COMPANY<br \/>\nFigaro in &#8220;THE BARBER OF SEVILLE&#8221; by Beaumarchais<br \/>\nThe Doctor in &#8220;WOYZECK&#8221; by Buchner<br \/>\nVoltore in &#8220;VOLPONE&#8221; by Ben Jonson<br \/>\nJohn Jasper in &#8220;THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD&#8221; by Charles Dickens, adapted by Leslie Crook<br \/>\nOronte in &#8220;MOLIERE&#8217;S THE MISANTHROPE AMENDED&#8221; by Leslie Crook<br \/>\nWillie Curry in &#8220;CUTTIN&#8217; A RUG&#8221; by John Byrne<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">TRYST THEATRE COMPANY<br \/>\nDavies in &#8220;THE CARETAKER&#8221; by Harold Pinter<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">CHANNEL 5 THEATRE COMPANY<br \/>\nLeonato in &#8220;MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING&#8221; by Shakespeare<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW<br \/>\nHenry VIII in &#8220;HENRY VIII&#8221; by Shakespeare<br \/>\nClaudius in &#8220;HAMLET&#8221; by Shakespeare<br \/>\nMenenius in &#8220;CORIOLANUS&#8221; by Shakespeare<br \/>\nHepple &amp; MacLeish in &#8220;REVENGE&#8221; by Howard Brenton<br \/>\nTolen in &#8220;THE KNACK&#8221; by Ann Jellicoe<br \/>\nWilson in &#8220;THE RUFFIAN ON THE STAIR&#8221; by Joe Orton<br \/>\nLeonardo in &#8220;BRISTO&#8221; by Antonio Ferreira<br \/>\nRalph Roister Doister in &#8220;RALPH ROISTER DOISTER&#8221; by Nicholas Udall<br \/>\nVarious Committee men in &#8220;ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN?&#8221; (Transcripts from House Unamerican Activities Committee hearings)<br \/>\nDuke in &#8220;THE LYTSTERES PLAY: Trial Before Herod&#8221; (from the York Mystery Plays)<br \/>\nOne of the 3 Marys (along with Peter Mullan &amp; Cal Macaninch) rolling away the stone in a 13th Century Liturgical drama.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">SCOTTISH YOUTH THEATRE<br \/>\nDuke of Ephesus in &#8220;THE COMEDY OF ERRORS&#8221; by Shakespeare, music by Guy Woolfenden.<br \/>\nDir: Joan Knight MD: John Scrimger.<br \/>\nPleasance Theatre, Edinburgh<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to becoming an opera singer, Paul worked for several years as a professional actor in Scotland. THEATRE CREDITS DUNDEE REP Debienne in \u201cTHE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA\u201d by Ken Hill \u201887 Algernon in \u201cTHE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST\u201d by Oscar Wilde \u201887 Tristan Tzara in \u201cTRAVESTIES\u201d by Tom Stoppard \u201887 Smith in \u201cMURDER ON [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"home-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648,"href":"https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}