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Basil Woore Coleman (22 November 1916 – 19 March 2013) was an English producer, director, and actor. He was a prolific director of opera, stage plays, and television productions, known for his 1977 BBC television adaption of Anna Karenina and his involvement with the first productions of several operas by Benjamin Britten, including The Turn ...
Basil Coleman was born on 22 November 1916 in Bristol, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Encounter (1952), Folio (1955) and On Camera (1954). He died on 19 March 2013 in London, England, UK.
- Director, Producer, Writer
- November 22, 1916
- Basil Coleman
- March 19, 2013
Feb 17, 2011 · Toronto, Ontario. Basil Coleman Obituary. COLEMAN, Basil - Peacefully at his home in Washago, with family at his side on Monday, February 14, 2011. Basil, predeceased by his dear wife...
As You Like It: Directed by Basil Coleman. With Helen Mirren, Brian Stirner, Richard Pasco, Angharad Rees. After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
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Description Papers relating to the life and work of of theatre, opera and television director Basil Coleman, 1916-2013, including; Scores with Coleman's production notes for Britten operas, as well as non-Britten operas.
Love's Labour's Lost: Directed by Basil Coleman. With Martin Shaw, David Gwillim, Thomas Ellice, Jeremy Brett. A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
He was a prolific director of opera, stage plays, and television productions, known for his 1977 BBC television adaption of Anna Karenina and his involvement with the first productions of several operas by Benjamin Britten, including The Turn of the Screw (1954), Gloriana (1953), Billy Budd (1951), and The Little Sweep (1949).
