|
Year |
Location |
Productions |
Comments |
|
1945 |
The Players' Theatre Albemarle Street |
Ridgeway's Late Joys (Victorian Music Hall) |
Employed as assistant to
Mr. Reginald Woolley |
|
1946 |
Arts
Council Midland Theatre Company |
Twelfth
Night, When
We Are Married, Pygmalion,
Freida,
The
Magistrate, Alice
in Wonderland, Rope |
Started as Apprentice Designer under Beatrix
Lehmann and then for Michael
Langham designing his first Production - Twelth Night |
|
1947 |
The
Manchester Intimate Theatre |
Amphytrion
38,The
Kirby Fortune |
With Andre
van Gysegham. Designed for Eric
Uttley. |
|
1949 |
The
Dundee Repertory Theatre |
The
Giaconda Smile, Dandy
Dick |
For A.R. Whatmore |
|
1950 |
Winter
Gardens, Blackpool |
Birdcage |
For
Peter Cotes |
|
1951 |
High
Wycombe Repertory Theatre |
17 Weekly Rep Productions including The
Second Man, Without
the Prince, Hindle
Wakes, The
Two Mrs.Carrolls & When We Are Married |
With Brian
Oulton & Peggy Thorp-Bates |
|
1950-1953 |
Connaught
Theatre, Worthing |
Twenty
to One plus around 100 other productions including: Queen
Elizabeth Slept Here,
The Bridge of Estaban, Three
Wise Fools, September
Tide, Mary
Bonaventure, Traveller's
Joy,
Captain Carvallo, The
Long Arm, A
Streetcar Named Desire.Larger
than Life, Charley's
Aunt,Mrs.
Dane's Defence,Piccolo,
Family
Portrait and two Pantomimes - Aladdin & Cinderella. |
Melville
Gillam |
|
1952 |
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton & Alexandra
Theatre, Birmingham |
A season of weekly Rep. including Ring Around the
Moon |
For Derek Salberg & Basil Thomas |
|
1953-1954 |
Arts Theatre Club |
The Seagull, Arms & The Man, The Bespoke
Overcoat, Penelope, The Impresario from Smyrna, Listen to the
Wind |
John Fernald, Alec Clunes, Walter Hudd, Peter
Hall |
|
1954 |
The Oxford Playhouse & The Elizabethan Theatre
Company |
Richard II, Romeo & Juliet and other
productions - The Government Inspector, Third Person, A Man
About the House, youth at the Helm, Theatre 1900, The Corn is Green
and Listen to the Wind |
With Peter Hall, Peter Wood, & John Barton.
Listen to the Wind transferred to Arts
Theatre, London the following Christmas |
|
1954 |
Bristol Old Vic |
Don Juan in Hell, Castle of Deception |
|
|
1955 |
The New Theatre
(now The Albery) |
Gigi |
Directed by Peter Hall with Leslie Caron. Designed
Sets & Costumes
FIRST WEST END
PRODUCTION |
|
1955 |
The Fortune Theatre, London |
Who Cares |
For Basil Dean |
|
1955 |
The Royal Festival Hall |
The Jose Greco Ballet Company |
Presented by Harold Fielding |
|
1956 |
The Savoy Theatre |
Subway in the Sky |
For Peter Saunders, directed by Murray McDonald
& starring Margaret Lockwood |
|
1956 |
The Lyric Hammersmith |
Malatesta |
For and with Donald Wolfit |
|
1956 |
Sadlers Wells |
The Mirror |
Ballet Rambert |
|
1956 |
The Lyric Hammersmith |
Share My Lettuce (Revue) |
By Bamber Gascoigne, directed by Eleanor Fazan with Maggie Smith
& Kenneth Williams
Appointed Resident Production Manager by J. Baxter
Somerville 1956 - 1964 |
|
1957 |
The Prince of Wales Theatre |
Chrysanthemum |
Directed by Eleanor Fazan with Pat Kirkwood &
Hubert Gregg |
|
1957 |
The Lyric, Hammersmith |
The Dock Brief & What Shall We Tell Caroline |
John Mortimer's first plays directed by Stuart
Burge |
|
1957 |
Cambridge Arts, Stratford-upon-Avon & The Lyric
Hammersmith |
Edward II |
Directed by Toby Robertson for the Marlow
Society
First appearance of Derek Jacobi as Edward! |
|
1958 |
The Lyric Hammersmith |
One to Another (Revue) |
Directed by Eleanor Fazan starring Beryl Reid, Sheila Hancock
& Patrick Wymark
Transferred to The
Apollo Theatre |
|
1958 |
The Lyric Hammersmith |
The Demon Barber |
Directed by Colin Graham.
"The
real hero of the production is the scenery. It is based on the
'tuppence coloured' designs of the Victorian Toy Theatre and Mr.
Disley Jones's brilliant evocative, even touching designs are
triumphant from beginning to end" - Bernard Levin, Daily Express
|
|
1959 |
The Lyric Hammersmith |
Tomorrow With Pictures
The Proposal & Miss Julie |
Directed by Bernard Miller
Directed by
Leila Blake |
|
1959 |
The Phoenix Theatre |
Out of this World |
For Basil Dean |
|
1960 |
The Icelandic National Theatre |
Rhinocerous |
Directed by Benedikt Arnason |
|
1960 |
The Lyric Hammersmith |
South
Out of My Mind (Revue) |
Directed by John Dexter
Directed by Robin
Ray |
|
1960 |
The Comedy Theatre |
Bonne Soupe |
Directed by Eleanor Fazan and starring Coral
Browne |
|
1960 |
Olympia Theatre, Dublin |
Hassan |
Directed by Basil Dean and presented by The Belgrade
Theatre of Coventry for the Dublin International Theatre
Festival |
|
1961 |
The Piccadilly Theatre |
The Rag Trade |
Directed by Eleanor Fazan for Bernard Delfont |
|
1961 |
The Arts Theatre, London |
Three at Nine |
For Annie Ross, directed by Eleanor Fazan |
|
1961 |
The Lyric Hammersmith |
The Bluebird |
Directed by Leila Blake |
|
1962 |
The Birmingham Rep. |
The Rivals |
Directed by Toby Robertson |
|
1962 |
The Aarhus Theatre, Denmark |
Romeo & Juliet |
Directed by Benedikt Arnason |
|
1962 |
The Icelandic National Theatre, Reykjavik |
Hamlet |
Directed by Benedikt Arnason |
|
1962 |
Savoy Theatre, London |
The Mikado |
For D'Oyley Carte Opera Co.
Directed by Anthony
Besch |
|
1962 |
The Piccadilly Theatre |
Instant Marriage |
Directed by Bob Grant |
1964 |
The Comedy Theatre |
Nights at the Comedy |
Devised by Dan Farson and directed by Eleanor Fazan |
|
1964 |
The Saville Theatre |
The Solid Gold Cadillac |
Directed by Arthur Lewis |
|
1964 |
The Apollo Theatre |
Nymphs & Satires (Revue) |
Written & directed by Leon Gluckman |
|
1964 |
The Theatre Royal, Stratford East |
Something Nasty in the Woodshed |
A musical version by Adrian Rendle with music by Nick Transem.
Directed by Adrian Rendle.
"The best thing about this new British musical
is the decor by Mr. Disley Jones whose professionalism and ingenuity
are far superior to anything that actually takes place on the stage
he so ably decorates. Mr. Jones shares with Mr. Sean Kenny,
therefore, the celebrated accolade 'The audience came out humming
the sets'" - Herbert Kretzmer, Daily
Express |
|
1964 |
The Whitehall Theatre |
Come Spy With Me |
Musical directed by Ned Sherrin and featuring Danny
la Rue & Barbara Windsor |
|
1964 |
The Piccadilly Theatre |
Strike a Light |
Starring Jeanne Carson & Evelyn Laye (her last
singing & dancing role) |
|
1964 |
The New Theatre
(now The Albery) |
Jorrocks |
Starring Joss Ackland, Paul Eddington & Thelma
Ruby. Directed by Val May |
|
1964 -1966 |
'Binkievision' at ATV,
Elstree |
All Summer Long, The
Rehearsal, Summers Pride, The Teachers, The Funambulists
etc. |
For Binkie
Beaumont |
|
1967 |
Film |
The Mikado |
Using sets designed
for D'Oyley Carte Company and directed by Stuart Burge
FIRST FILM
These sets
were also used in the film 'CHARIOTS OF FIRE' quite regardless of
period accuracy, for which I received neither credit, remuneration
or even so much as a thank-you - D.J. |
|
1967 |
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury & Abbey
Dore Festival in Hereford |
The Clandestine Marriage |
Directed by Ann Stutfield with Jess
Conrad, Joan Heal & Ian Lavender |
|
1967 |
Film |
The Long Day's
Dying |
Directed by Peter
Collinson |
|
1968 |
Film |
The Italian
Job |
Directed by Peter
Collinson |
|
1969 |
The Prince of Wales Theatre |
The Good Old, Bad Old Days |
For Bernard Delfont with Tony
Newley
"The real star of the
evening is Disley Jones, whose designs embrace everything from a
baroque, cobwebbed Throne of God to the American Civil War, fought
out in the candy-stripe colours of a coon show, to the evocation of
a Thirties Broadway musical, all white tie, tails and tinsel
glitter. It's the kind of show where you come out humming the
scenery" - Michael Billington, The Guardian..... TONY NEWLEY NEVER
SPOKE TO ME AGAIN! - D.J. |
|
1969 |
Film |
The
Revolutionary |
Directed by Paul
Williamson and starring Jon Voight |
|
1970 |
Film |
Murphy's War |
Directed by Peter
Yates and starring Peter O'Toole, Sian Phillips & Phillipe
Noiret |
|
1970 |
Film |
Fright (Nightlegs
USA) |
Directed by Peter
Collinson |
|
1970 |
Film |
The Tower of Evil
(Terror on Snape Island) |
Of which least said
the better! |
|
1972 - 1975 |
Short Films &
Commercials |
A large variety incuding 'Nobel
Prizewinners'
and
Mistress
Pamela |
for Richard
Marquand
(Another Stinker) |
|
1976 - 1977 |
Det Norsk Teatret (in Oslo) |
Macbeth |
Directed by Ingebørg Sem |
|
1978 |
Film |
The Legacy |
Directed by Richard
Marquand |
|
1979 |
Film |
The Grass is
Singing |
Directed by
Raeburn |
|
1979 - 1992 |
THE GREAT DROP-OUT IN SPAIN |
CREATING & RUNNING 'THE WIDE-MOUTHED
FROG' RESTAURANT IN ESTEPONA ON THE COSTA DEL SOL |
|
|
1993- 1996 |
The Players' Theatre, London |
Ridgeway's Late Joys Victorian Music Hall
(Fortnightly Bills) and Pantomimes - Aladdin, Cinderella & The
Sleeping Beauty |
As resident Designer & Production
Manager and occasional Director |
|
1995 |
The Player's Theatre, London &
National Tour |
The Boy Friend |
40th Anniversary Revival of Sandy Wilson's
famous pastiche of 20's musicals starring Gemma Page, Oliver Hickey,
Sophie Louise Dann and John Rutland (in his original role as Lord
Brockhurst) |
|
1996 |
Theatre Clwyd |
Loot |
Directed by Toby Robertson |
|
1996 - 1999 |
St. Thomas's & Mildmay Hospitals |
AIDS, TB etc. etc. |
|
|
2000 |
Recovery |
In time for THE MILLENNIUM!
|
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