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David Burt (actor)

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David Burt (born 1953) is a British actor,[1] known primarily for his many and wide-ranging West End performances.

David Burt is the son of Pip Hinton, better known for her role in Crackerjack alongside Eamonn Andrews and later Leslie Crowther. He graduated from RADA.

His West End theatre work includes Enjolras and Javert in Les Misérables, Anatoly Sergievsky in Chess, Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar, Orin Scrivello in Little Shop of Horrors, Agustín Magaldi in Evita, Munkustrap in Cats, and John Jasper in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. He has also played many leading roles at the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. His television work includes The Trojan Horse, Poldark and The Merchant of Venice.

Burt played the flamboyant Count Fosco opposite Yvette Robinson in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White at the Palace Theatre (2005) and was featured as Captain Andy Hawks in Show Boat at the Royal Albert Hall. He played nefarious prison officer Jim Fenner in Bad Girls: The Musical at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End (2007). He toured the UK Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott in G. M. Calhoun's The Last South (2008).

Other London credits include Captain Harkness in the world premiere musical adaptation of The Far Pavilions, Vic Christian in the Pet Shop Boys' musical Closer to Heaven, and Ernest Hemingway in the musical Beautiful and Damned. He also appeared in the Royal National Theatre production of Leonard Bernstein's musical Candide. He also played Monsieur Firmin in the Sydmonton Festival workshop of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera.

David Burt created the role of King John in Blondel, by Tim Rice and Stephen Oliver. He can be heard on the 1985 original London cast recording of Les Misérables, as Enjolras, and the 1996 London cast recording of Jesus Christ Superstar. He was among the only members of the original principal Les Misérables cast not to appear at the 25th Anniversary concert, claiming he would not be able to sing the part in the encore anymore.

In 2011, he starred as Zangler in Crazy for You at the Novello Theatre, London. Notable hijinks included handing a hard hat to an orchestra member during the bows, after accidentally sending a chair into the pit during Act 2. In 2014 he appeared alongside Gina Beck, Daniel Boys and Eve Polycarpou in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris at the Charing Cross Theatre.

In 2016, Burt starred in the world premiere of The Buskers Opera in London.[2] He is currently appearing in The Last Ones by Maxim Gorky at London's Jermyn Street Theatre.

Credits

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Film & TV

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Year Title Role Notes
1979-80 Flambards Jeremy Cambers ITV
2014 The Trojan Horse Agememnon BBC
2017 Poldark Seth Curran BBC

West End Credits

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Year(s) Production Role Theatre Location Classification
1974 The Farjoen Papers Herbert Farjoen Harold Pinter Theatre West End Play
1975 Happy As A Sandbag Hitler Ambassadors Theatre West End Play
1978 Traitors Thomas Doherty West End Play
1978-1979 Evita Agustín Magaldi Prince Edward Theatre West End Musical
1981-1982 Cats Munkustrap / Ensemble New London Theatre West End Musical
1983 Little Shop Of Horrors Orin Scrivello & Others Comedy Theatre West End Musical
1983-1984 Blondel John Manchester Opera House / Old Vic Theatre Manchester / London Musical
1985-1987 Les Miserables Enjolras Palace Theatre West End Musical
1987 The Mystery of Edwin Drood John Jasper Savoy Theatre West End Musical
1988-1989 Chess Anatoly Sergievsky Prince Edward Theatre West End Musical
1990-1991 Les Miserables Inspector Javert Palace Theatre West End Musical
1993
1994 Out of the Blue Hyashi Shaftesbury Theatre West End Musical
1995 Edmund Kean Edmund Kean Arts Theatre West End Musical
1996-1997 Jesus Christ Superstar Pontius Pilate Lyceum Theatre West End Musical
1997-1998 The Who's Tommy Pinball Champion Shaftesbury Theatre West End Musical
2000 Napoleon Tallyrand Shaftesbury Theatre West End Musical
2001 Closer to Heaven The Father Arts Theatre West End Musical
2002-2003 Taboo Derick/Patel The Venue Theatre West End Musical
2003-2004 Peter Pan Mr. Darling Savoy Theatre West End Play
The Pirates of Penzance Sergeant of Police Musical
2005-2006 The Woman in White Count Fosco Palace Theatre West End Musical
2007 Bad Girls: The Musical Jim Fenner Garrick Theatre West End Musical
2010 The Fantasticks Bellamy Duchess Theatre West End Musical
2011 Crazy for You Bela Zangler Regent's Park Open Air Theatre London Musical
2012-2013 Kiss Me, Kate First Gangstar / Paul Chichester Festival Theatre / Old Vic Theatre Chichester / London Musical

Off-West End Credits

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Year(s) Production Role Theatre Location Classification
1990 The Island of the Mighty John Arden Modred Off-West End Play
1991 Shadowmoves Ratcatcher Off-West End Play
1991-92 La Traviata Georgio Germont Donmar Warehouse Off-West End Opera
2003 The Beautiful and Damned Lord de Brett Park Theatre Off-West End Musical
2004 The Far Pavilions Harkness London Musical
2006 Days of Hope Carlos King's Head Theatre Off-West End Musical
2008 In The Balance Larry New End Theatre Off-West End Play
2009 Plague Over England Witherby / Brian King's Head Theatre Off-West End Play
2009 Hetty Fienstein's Wedding Anniversary Harry/Ben New End Theatre Off-West End Musical
2010 Slave Gadd Theatre 503 Off-West End Musical
2010 Porn: The Musical Martin Scoresleazy Theatre 503 Off-West End Musical
2011 Life After Kit New End Theatre Off-West End Play
2011 Greeks at the Gate Achilles Gate Theatre Off-West End Play
2012 The Kissing Dance Mr Hardcastle Jermyn Street Theatre Off-West End Play
2013 Mr Happiness Mr Happiness The Young Vic London Play
2013 The Water Engine Oberman The Young Vic London Play
2014 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris Man 1 Charing Cross Theatre Off-West End Musical
2016 The Busker's Opera Peachum Park Theatre Off-West End Opera
2016 The Last Ones Dr. Leshch Jermyn Street Theatre Off-West End Play

National Theatre Credits

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Year(s) Production Role Theatre Location Classification
1999 Troilus and Cressida Menelaus Olivier Theatre National Theatre Opera
1999 Candide The Governor Olivier Theatre National Theatre Musical
2000 The Villain's Opera Peachum Olivier Theatre National Theatre Opera
2007 A Woman Killed with Kindness Jenkin Olivier Theatre National Theatre Play

Touring & Regional Credits

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Year(s) Production Role Theatre Location Classification
1983-1984 Blondel John Manchester Opera House / Old Vic Manchester / London Musical
1985 The Phantom of the Opera Monsieur Firmin Sydmonton Court Ecchinswell Musical
Les Miserables Enjolras Barbican Theatre London Musical
1989 Great Expectations Herbert Pocket Liverpool Playhouse Liverpool Musical
2001-2002 Pirates of Penzance Sergeant of Police UK National Tour Musical
2003 Brighton Rock Dallow Bristol Hippodrome Bristol Musical
2008 The Last South Robert Falcon Scott UK National Tour Musical
2010-2011 Pygmalion Alfred Doolittle Ireland Tour Play
2012-2013 Kiss Me, Kate First Gangstar / Paul Chichester Festival Theatre / Old Vic Theatre Chichester / London Musical
2013 Rockabye Hamlet Polonius Royal & Derngate Northampton Musical
2017 The Merchant of Venice The Duke of Venice Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff Opera
2018 A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge Middle Temple Hall London Play

References

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  1. ^ Matthew Hemley (1 March 2010). "Burt and Rowe to star in The Fantasticks". The Stage. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  2. ^ "The Buskers Opera at the Park Theatre" The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-10-20.