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Spring awards have been announced by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ... Diana Barrington ... [has] been commended
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- ↑ "'School' at the Repertory Theatre". Birmingham Daily Post. 21 November 1957. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
The Cast ... Tilly - Diana Barrington
- ↑ "From York to London". The Stage. 2 August 1962. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
Diana Barrington has left York for London. She had been a member of the York Repertory Company for about a year, where she did much good work, one of her outstanding parts being that of Johnny Belinda.
- ↑ "'Fit to Print' comes to Wimbledon". Norwood News. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
Diana Barrington in the part of Veronica, the glamorous 'Picture Girl', who has such a crucial bearing on the story
- ↑ "English Women on an Agency Holiday". The Stage. 9 May 1963. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
Marisa: Diana Bennington
- ↑ H, B (13 September 1963). "Coward comedy makes designs on the cast". Walsall Observer, and South Staffordshire Chronicle. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
Diana Barrington ... fit[s] snugly into this type of comedy
- ↑ Trewin, J. C. (24 September 1963). "A Frenchman looks at English history". Birmingham Daily Post. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
and Diana Barrington see that the women get over best
- ↑ "Good lead in Maugham comedy". Walsall Observer, and South Staffordshire Chronicle. 25 October 1963. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
Marie-Louise Durham (Diana Barrington)
- ↑ R, HW (21 July 1964). "'On The Spot' is not so tough today". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
Diana Barrington offered an excellent study as Perell's Chinese wife
- ↑ "'On The Spot' revived". The Stage. 23 July 1964. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
Diana Barrington as his Chinese mistress, Minn Lee, is wholly satisfying, dignified, gentle and pathetic
- ↑ "What's on next week". Somerset Guardian and Standard. 11 September 1964. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
London actress Diana Barrington has been specially engaged to play the female lead.
- ↑ "Week in the Theatre: A Secret to Hide". The Stage. 3 June 1965. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
Diana Barrington, in the thankless part of the South African girl, relied too much on her beauty ... and too little on acting technique
- 1 2 Katharine Goodland; John O'Connor (2010). A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance 1970-1990: Canada and USA. Volume 2. Springer. pp. 23, 31, 171. ISBN 978-1-349-60041-0 . Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ Taite, WL (January 1978). Texas Monthly. Emmis Communications. p. 94. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
Diana Barrington made an unimpressive beginning ... But as the play progressed, Barrington's impassivity took on depth
- ↑ Eder, Richard (20 June 1978). "Stage: 'Borman' at Niagara". New York Times. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
The only performance with a measure of coherence, in fact, is Diana Barrington's interpretation of Fanny Wilton
- ↑ "The Elephant Man". Theatre: Calgary. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ "Honourable Withdrawal". The Stage. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2020.