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Glencairn Alexander "Glen" Byam Shaw, CBE (13 December 1904 – 29 April 1986) was an English actor and theatre director, known for his dramatic productions in the 1950s and his operatic productions in the 1960s and later.
Glen Byam Shaw was born on 13 December 1904 in West Kensington, London, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for Look Back in Anger (1959), The Merry Wives of Windsor (1955) and The Dance of Death (1969).
This production is from 1958 and is directed by Glen Byam Shaw. Michael Redgrave, pictured here as Hamlet, was fifty when he played the role. Casting a fifty year old actor as Hamlet...
British actor and director, born on December 13, 1904, in West Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom, as Glencairn Alexander Byam Shaw. He was married to actress Angela Baddeley (1929-1976) and they had one child, with whom she remained until her death.
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Glen Byam Shaw was an English actor and theatre director, known for his dramatic productions in the 1950s and his operatic productions in the 1960s and later. In the 1920s and 1930s Byam Shaw was a successful actor, both in romantic leads and in character parts.
Quick Reference. Actor and director, co-director with Anthony Quayle of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1952–6; Director, 1956–9.
