Alumni
Many famous actors have participated in OUDS productions. For example, in 1907 professional actresses Lily Brayton and her sister Agnes appeared as Katherine and Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew; John Gielgud made his directing debut at OUDS in 1932 with a production of Romeo and Juliet in which he enlisted professional actresses Peggy Ashcroft to play Juliet and Edith Evans to play the Nurse. Another notable production was when Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor appeared in a production of Dr. Faustus in 1966 with undergraduates in the supporting cast.
Past members and people associated with OUDS productions include:
- Paul Almond
- Gethin Anthony
- Pierre Audi
- Rowan Atkinson
- Helen Atkinson-Wood
- Peter Bayley
- John Betjeman
- Will Bowen
- Gyles Brandreth
- Richard Burton
- Kate Beckinsale
- Shirley Catlin
- Caryl Churchill
- Michael Codron
- Alex Cox
- Jonathan Cullen
- Richard Curtis
- Thomas de Mallet Burgess
- George Devine
- Edith Evans
- Philip Franks
- William Gaskill
- John Gielgud
- Peter Glenville
- Hugh Grant
- Tom Hooper
- David Jessel
- Felicity Jones
- Peter Kosminsky
- Nigel Lawson
- Harry Lloyd
- John Maud
- Dudley Moore
- Stanley Myers
- Terence O'Brien
- Katherine Parkinson
- Roger Parry
- Diana Quick*
- Gervais Rentoul
- Gillian Reynolds*
- Tony Richardson
- John Schlesinger
- Mel Smith
- Imogen Stubbs
- Mabel Terry-Lewis
- Kenneth Tynan
- Evelyn Waugh
- David William
- Emlyn Williams
- Dornford Yates
- Owain Yeoman
- Michael York
- This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
* Note that women could not formally join OUDS until the 1960s. Diana Quick was the first female OUDS President.
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