Theatre
Theatre being his first 'love', he is a noted farceur and has won Best Actor awards for his appearances in Ray Cooney farces Not Now Darling; Two Into One and Out of Order. Other memorable productions have been leading performances in There's a Girl in My Soup; An Enemy of the People; Major Barbara; The Scarlet Pimpernel; That Good Night and Quartet.
He was also a leading figure in the fight to launch the Theatre Museum in London's Covent Garden in the 1980s.
In 2007, Sinden embarked on a UK and European theatre tour to talk about his life, work and anecdotes in An Evening with... Sir Donald Sinden. Produced by his son Marc this included, on 8 November 2007 (as part of Marc's British Theatre Season in Monaco) a performance in front of HSH Prince Albert of Monaco (the son of Grace Kelly, his co-star in Mogambo) at the Théâtre Princesse Grace, Monte Carlo.
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“... the theatre demanded of its members stamina, good digestion, the ability to adjust, and a strong sense of humor. There was no discomfort an actor didn’t learn to endure. To survive, we had to be horses and we were.”
—Helen Hayes (1900–1993)
“To save the theatre, the theatre must be destroyed, the actors and actresses must all die of the plague. They poison the air, they make art impossible. It is not drama that they play, but pieces for the theatre. We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air: the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and people who come to digest their dinner.”
—Eleonora Duse (1858–1924)
“The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.”
—Enid Bagnold (1889–1981)