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British theatre and television actress
Emma Pallant is a British theatre and television actress. She is known for classical work at
Shakespeare's Globe , The
Royal Shakespeare Company , and
Regent's Park theatres, with notable roles including Jaques (As You Like It), Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing), and Imogen (Cymbeline). Pallant is also known for her appearances in various UK television dramas, including
Casualty ,
Father Brown and
Holby City .
Early life and career
Pallant was born in
Nottingham , and studied at
Exeter and
Essex Universities .
Stage
Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer – (
Hampstead Theatre ) as Regina (premiere – by
Tom Morton-Smith )
[1]
An Enemy of the People (
Nottingham Playhouse ) as Hovstad (premiere of new version by
Rebecca Lenkiewicz , starring
Alex Kingtson )
[2]
Intra Muros – UK Premiere (
The Park ) as Jane (UK premiere – by
Alexis Michalik ,
Off West End Award Nomination: Best Performance Ensemble
[3]
A Christmas Carol (
RSC ) as Mrs Cratchit (premiere of new version – by
David Edgar , with
Phil Davis )
[4]
Lava (
Nottingham Playhouse and
Fifth Word ) as Vicky (premiere – by James Fritz)
[5]
William Wordsworth (
ETT and
Theatre by the Lake ) as
Dorothy Wordsworth (premiere by Nicholas Pierpan)
[6]
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare's Globe) as
Beatrice (directed by Max Webster – Globe Theatre, UK, European, US, and South American Tours)
[7]
It Just Stopped (
Orange Tree Theatre ) as Beth (UK premiere by
Stephen Sewell )
[8]
[9]
As You Like It (Shakespeare's Globe) as
Jaques (directed by
James Dacre – Globe Theatre, UK and European Tour)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare's Globe) as Titania
[10] (directed by Bill Buckhurst)
Cherry Orchard (
Birmingham Rep ) as Varya (directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, starring
Josie Lawrence )
Macbeth (
Shakespeare's Globe ) as
Lady Macbeth
Spanish Golden Age Season – (
RSC –
Swan Theatre, Stratford ,
Playhouse Theatre , West End and
Teatro Espagnol , Madrid, Spain as part of Festival de Otoño, 2004)
[11]
[12]
[13]
His Dark Materials (Birmingham Rep and UK Tour) as
Ruta Skadi , Mrs Lonsdale (revival)
Katherine Desouza (Birmingham Rep) as Fay (Premiere by
Nick Stafford )
[14]
Cymbeline (Regent's Park Theatre) as Imogen (directed by Rachel Kavanaugh)
[15]
Precious Bane – (
Pentabus ) as Prue Sarn – (premiere by
Bryony Lavery )
[16]
Romeo and Juliet (
New Vic Theatre ) as Juliet
Television
Television Roles Include:
Title
Role
Network
Notes
Casualty
Dr. Isabel Roberts
BBC
Series 33, Episode 19
Holby
Imogen Compton
BBC
Past Imperfect
Father Brown
Peggy Hardwick
BBC
The Penitent Man
Casualty
Susie Reardon
BBC
Sweetie
Doctors
Linda Burke
BBC
Purity – Parts I and II
Holby
Emily Evans
BBC
Losing Game
References
^ Theatre, Hampstead (November 2019).
"Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer" . Hampstead Theatre, London .
^ Playhouse, Nottingham (September 2019).
"An Enemy of the People" . Nottingham Playhouse .
^ Offies, Off West End (2019).
"Offies – Best Ensemble Nomination 2019" .
^
"Christmas Carol" . Royal Shakespeare Company . 2018.
^ Playhouse, Nottingham (2018).
"Lava" . Nottingham Playhouse .
^ Pierpan, Nicholas (30 March 2017).
"Why I wrote a play about William Wordsworth" . Independent Newspaper .
^ Press, Merco (7 October 2015).
"The Globe in Chile, Uruguay and Brazil" . MercoPress .
^ Theatre, Orange Tree (2014).
"It Just Stopped" . OTT .
^ Billington, Michael (11 February 2014).
"It Just Stopped – Review" . The Guardian .
^ Woods, Penelope (Winter 2012).
"A Midsummer Night's Dream by Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank for Globe Education, BuckhurstBill" . Shakespeare Bulletin . 30 : 565–572.
doi :
10.1353/shb.2012.0078 .
JSTOR
26354904 .
S2CID
191327672 – via JSTOR.
^ Jeffs, Kathleen (2018).
Staging the Spanish Golden Age: Translation and Performance . University Press Scholarship Online.
doi :
10.1093/oso/9780198819349.003.0007 .
ISBN
978-0-19-881934-9 .
^ Perales, Liz (7 October 2004).
"Festival de Otoño 2004" . El Cultural .
^ SBT, RSC Performances - (2004).
"Dog in the Manger" . Shakespeare Birthplace Trust .
^ Hickling, Alfred (2006).
"Katherine Desouza" . The Guardian .
^ Billington, Michael (15 June 2005).
"Review: Cymbeline" . The Guardian .
^ Theatre, Pentabus (2004).
"Precious Bane" . Pentabus Theatre Company .
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