Desmond Barrit (born 19 October 1944 in Morriston, Swansea, Wales) is a Laurence Olivier Award winning, British actor who has starred in productions of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has also appeared at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and the Royal National Theatre. More recently he appeared in The History Boys at Wyndham's Theatre portraying the general studies teacher, Hector, made famous by Richard Griffiths in the film version.
On 9 June...
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Desmond Barrit (born 19 October 1944 in Morriston, Swansea, Wales) is a Laurence Olivier Award winning, British actor who has starred in productions of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has also appeared at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and the Royal National Theatre. More recently he appeared in The History Boys at Wyndham's Theatre portraying the general studies teacher, Hector, made famous by Richard Griffiths in the film version.
On 9 June 2008, he was due to take over the role of The Wizard from Nigel Planer in the West-End production of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre but due to a recent operation, his Opening Night was delayed to 7 July 2008. He finished the production on 9 May 2009, along with co-stars, Kerry Ellis, Caroline Keiff, Andy Mace, and Jeremy Legat. He was replaced by Sam Kelly. His next stage appearance was in the Glyndebourne Festival Opera production of The Fairy Queen where he combined the singing role of the drunken poet with the spoken role of Bottom ...
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