Martin Duncan

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Martin Duncan
Duncan in 2016
Born	Martin David Anson Duncan (1948-07-12) 12 July 1948 (age 75) Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Education	Durston House School Westminster School
Alma mater	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupations	Theatre director manager actor composer choreographer
Years active	1968–present
Relatives	Sir George Anson (great-great-great grandfather)
Website	martinduncan.com

Martin David Anson Duncan (born 12 July 1948) is an English director, actor, composer, and choreographer. Duncan was artistic director of Nottingham Playhouse from 1994 to 1999 ^[1] and joint artistic director of Chichester Festival Theatre from 2003 to 2005 with Ruth Mackenzie and Steven Pimlott. ^[2] He has composed the musical scores for over 50 theatre productions.

After training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Duncan began his career in repertory theatre in 1968. He continued to act on stage and screen until the late 1980s, becoming a director of theatre and opera. His many opera productions include performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, ^[3] Scottish Opera, ^[4] English National Opera, ^[5] Glyndebourne Festival, ^[6] Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich ^[7] and the Berlin Staatsoper. ^[8]

Early life and education

Duncan was born in Chelsea, London on 12 July 1948. ^[9] He is the son of Margaret Elizabeth Duncan (née Thurlow) and Ronald Francis Hamilton Anson Duncan OBE , a Royal Naval captain and senior operations executive. Through his father, Duncan is a descendant of the British general Sir George Anson. He attended Durston House, a preparatory school in Ealing, ^[10] and Westminster School from 1961 to 1966. ^[11] While there, he was head of Wren's, one of the constituent school houses. ^[12]

Theatre

Acting

Duncan's stage credits have included plays by William Shakespeare (as Rosencrantz in Hamlet , Gonzalo in The Tempest , Gower in Pericles , Time in The Winter's Tale , Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet , and Banquo in Macbeth ), George Bernard Shaw (in Village Wooing and as Frank in Mrs. Warren's Profession ), and Noël Coward (in Tonight at 8.30 and as Garry Essendine in Present Laughter ). He has played Trepan in The Master and Margarita , Governor Bellingham in The Scarlet Letter (Chichester Festival Theatre), and has performed in many musicals, including The Boy Friend as Alphonse, Privates on Parade as Charlie, Happy End as The Professor, Kiss Me Kate as Hortensio, Sweet Charity as Vittorio Vidal, Anything Goes as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, and Company as Harry. ^[13]

In 1987, Duncan became an associate artist of the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, where his many roles included appearances in The History of Tom Jones , as Canon Chasuble in The Importance of Being Ernest , Antonio Salieri in Amadeus , Courtling in the British première of The Park by Botho Strauss, and Simeonov Pischik in The Cherry Orchard . For a year, he appeared in the acclaimed West End musical Happy as a Sandbag at the Ambassadors Theatre, later filmed for BBC Television. In 1984, he appeared as Brad Majors in the Italian Tour of The Rocky Horror Show . ^[13]

Writing, directing, and designing

In 1976, Duncan formed The Fireflies of the Boulevard, a theatre company, with director Ultz. Among their dozens of plays performed across the UK, he has written and directed The Revels of Gargantua in Exile Part II (1974), Kino Tata (1976), Milady's Silver Musick (1977), The Amusing Spectacle of Cinderella and Her Naughty-Naughty Sisters (1977), Stringgames (1979), A Cow. A Mooon. A Full Stop (1997), and Two Or Three Women Walking (2005). In collaboration with Ultz, Duncan wrote A Night In Old Peking (1978), The Servant of Two Masters (1978), Merrie Pranckés (1980), and All In All, Lenore! (1982). ^[14]

As director and co-writer of the National Theatre of Brent, Duncan collaborated on The Greatest Story Ever Told (1987) (BBC Radio) the Kiln and Edinburgh Fringe, The French Revolution (1989) on BBC Television), All the World's a Globe (1990) which won a Sony Award for Best Comedy, The Mysteries of Sex (Nottingham Playhouse), Love Upon The Throne (1998) Edinburgh Fringe) –and later the Bush, Berlin Festival and Comedy theatres –which was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Massive Landmarks of the 20th Century (1999) on Channel 4, The Wonder of Sex (2001) at the National Theatre, and The Mona Lisa which received a Sony Award for Best Comedy. ^[10]

From 1994 to 1999, Duncan was Artistic Director of Nottingham Playhouse. His productions there included The Nose , The Adventures of Pinocchio, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's Happy End , A Fool and His Money (Scottish Opera and Birmingham Repertory Theatre), The Cabinet of Doktor Caligari (Lyric Theatre), Time and the Room (Edinburgh International Festival, Krapp's Last Tape with John Neville, and Endgame (Weimar Festival). In 1996, the Nottingham Playhouse was awarded the prestigious Prudential Award. ^[10]

From 2002 to 2005, Martin was Co-Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre. His productions there included The Gondoliers , Cole Porter’s Out of This World , How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (which won a UK Theatre Award for Best Musical), The Government Inspector , I Caught My Death In Venice with the Brothers Marquez, Botho Strauss' Seven Doors , and Doctor Faustus (Minerva Theatre). ^[10]

As well as directing all of his own shows, Duncan has also directed Moses – The 10 Commandments (Theater St. Gallen), Man of La Mancha (Royal Lyceum Theatre), The Comedy of Errors (Maxim Gorki Theater), Jean Genet's The Blacks (Market Theatre of Johannesburg and Stockholm City Theatre), The Sunshine Boys (Deutsches Theater Berlin), The Rocky Horror Show (Deutsches Theater), 4 MARYs with Second Stride, The Small Moments (In Life) with Judith Weir (Royal Festival Hall), two World premières (Broken Biscuits and Puppy Dogs Tales) by Dave Pumford, two Crucible Theatre productions (Eugène Ionesco's The Bald Prima Donna and Guillaume Apollinaire's The Breasts of Tiresias ), Andy Warhol's Pork (Eventhaus), School for Clowns (Lilian Baylis Theatre) with co-director Stephen Daldry, and Alexander Pushkin’s Mozart and Salieri (Crucible Theatre). Duncan was Associate Director on both Steven Pimlott's production of Twelfth Night at the Sheffield Crucible and the Pet Shop Boys' 1991 World Tour. With Clare Venables, he co-directed the musical Gypsy (Sheffield Crucible). ^[10]

Duncan created the Chromolume Sequence for Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George (1991, National Theatre). He directed Sondheim at 80 at the Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms in 2010, celebrating the 80th Birthday of Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim. The show starred Simon Russell Beale, Daniel Evans, Julian Ovenden, and Judi Dench who sang Sondheim's "Send In the Clowns", ^[15] a piece originally written for actress Glynis Johns. ^[16]

Composing

In musical theatre, Duncan has written scores for over 50 productions. ^[17] These include plays by John Arden (The Hero Rises Up and Armstrong's Last Goodnight), Bertolt Brecht's Drums in the Night , An Italian Straw Hat (1970), The Glass Menagerie (1973), She Stoops to Conquer , Edward Bond's Bingo starring Sir John Gielgud (Royal Court Theatre), R. D. Laing's Knots (London/ Brooklyn Academy of Music), Cowardice (1982) starring Sir Ian McKellen and Janet Suzman (Ambassadors Theatre), A Mad World, My Masters and The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Pericles (Stockholm City Theatre), plays at the Crucible Theatre (including Tom Jones, Uncle Vanya , The Winter's Tale , The Breasts of Tiresias , and The Park), The Lady from the Sea (Citizens Theatre), and School for Clowns at the Lilian Baylis Theatre (1988).

Choreographing

Premiering on 12 October 1988, Duncan choreographed Stephen Lowe's Divine Gossip at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Pit Theatre. With the same company, he choreographed Eugène Ionesco's Macbett.

In 1986, Duncan staged the Masques for Nicholas Hytner's productions of Edward II (Manchester Royal Exchange) and The Tempest (Royal Shakespeare Company). At the Royal Exchange, he also staged the Masques for Ian McDiarmid's production of Don Juan.

Opera

Writing and directing

Duncan has written the libretti for and directed two short operas: Three Really Good Tea Parties with composer Jonathan Dove at the Salisbury International Arts Festival and Warning Bells with writer Jeremy Sams in 1989, Dartington.

For Opera North, Duncan has directed several operas. These include L'heure espagnole (1989), Gianni Schicchi (1990), The Thieving Magpie (1992) Orpheus in the Underworld (1992), The Adventures of Pinocchio (2007), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (2008), and Yolanta (Edinburgh International Festival). ^[18] For Munich's Bavarian State Opera, he directed the Opernwelt award-winning Xerxes (1996), La clemenza di Tito (1999), The Rake's Progress (2002), and Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2003).

Other productions include Albert Herring (1991, Canadian Opera Company), The Magic Flute (1993, Scottish Opera/ Royal Opera House), H.M.S. Pinafore , Die Fledermaus (1994, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company), Ariadne auf Naxos (1997, Scottish Opera/ 2007, Garsington Opera/ 2010, Norwegian Opera Company), The Last Supper (2000, Berlin State Opera/ 2001, Glyndebourne Opera), The Love for Three Oranges (2001, Cologne Opera), Pagliacci and Cavalleria rusticana (2002, Royal Albert Hall), La traviata (2003, Flanders Opera), The Gondoliers (2006, English National Opera), The Original Chinese Conjuror (2006, Aldeburgh Festival), The Adventures of Pinocchio (2008, Chemnitz Opera/ 2009, Minnesota Opera/ 2011, Moscow), Mirandolina (2009, Garsington Opera), ^[19] Artaxerxes (2009, Royal Opera House), Armida (2010, Garsington Opera), La forza del destino (2010, Opera Holland Park), Betrothal in a Monastery (2011, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse/ 2011, Opéra-Comique), Il turco in Italia (2011, Garsington Opera), Noye's Fludde (2013, Aldeburgh Festival), Vert-Vert (2014, Garsington Opera), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (2013–17, Opera Holland Park), The Corridor and The Cure (2015, Aldeburgh Festival/ 2016, Holland Festival), and Fantasio (2019, Garsington Opera).

In 1992, Duncan was co-writer of the scenario for Matthew Bourne's The Nutcracker for Opera North and the Edinburgh International Festival, which he co-directed with Bourne. ^[20] It received an Olivier Award nomination.

At the BBC Proms 2012, Duncan directed Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard .

Choreographing

Duncan was choreographer for the Cassandro Theatre Sequence in Tim Albery's 1991 production of Benvenuto Cellini at the Netherlands Opera.

Film and television

Duncan's film credits include appearances in The Children of Icarus (a German television film), Flying into the Wind (a 1983 television film) as the prosecuting counsel, Forever Young (a 1983 film) as John, Caprice (a 1986 film short directed by Joanna Hogg) as the film director, and the award winning Flying Into the Wind (a television film by David Leland).

On television, Duncan has appeared in multiple episodes on such shows as The Legend of Robin Hood as Blondin and When the Boat Comes In as Roddy. With single episode appearances, he has appeared in Omnibus (in the 1990 episode Van Gogh) as the Impressionist Man and The Two Ronnies (in 1977 on BBC1).

Other work

Duncan has written lyrics for four Chrysalis Records albums by musician Brian Protheroe: "Pinball" in 1974, "Pick-Up" in 1975, and "I/You" in 1976. ^[21] He met Protheroe in 1968 at the Theatre Royal Lincoln and the two became a musical collaboration. ^[22] In 2005, he wrote an additional album for Protheroe: "Citysong" with Basta label. ^[21]

Between 2009 and 2012, Duncan was an artistic adviser to Ruth Mackenzie, Director of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. ^{[10] [23]}

Credits

Theatre

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Composer	Choreographer	Company	Venue [nb 1]	Ref(s)
1973	An Italian Straw Hat	No	No	Yes	No	Lincoln Theatre Company	Theatre Royal Lincoln	[24]
	Armstrong's Last Goodnight	No	No	Yes	No		Northcott Theatre	[25]
1974	The Revels of Gargantua in Exile, Part II	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	The Fireflies of the Boulevard	Royal Court Theatre	[26]
1976	Kino Tata	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	The Fireflies of the Boulevard	London's Rock Garden	[14]
	Stringgames	Yes	Yes	No	No	The Fireflies of the Boulevard	Maximus Arena	[14]
1977	Milady's Silver Musick	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	The Fireflies of the Boulevard	Theatre Royal Stratford East	[14]
	The Amusing Spectacle of Cinderella and Her Naughty-Naughty Sisters	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Theatre Royal Stratford East	Theatre Royal Stratford East	[27]
1978	A Night in Old Peking	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	The Fireflies of the Boulevard	Theatre Royal Stratford East	[28]
	The Servant of Two Masters	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	The Fireflies of the Boulevard	Birmingham Repertory Theatre	[29]
1979	Stringgames	Yes	Yes	No	No	The Fireflies of the Boulevard	Gulbenkian Studio Newcastle	[30]
1980	Merrie Pranckés	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	The Fireflies of the Boulevard	Institute of Contemporary Arts	[31]
1981	Casual Sentence(s)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Durham Theatre Company		[11] [14]
	The Rocky Horror Show	Yes	No	No	No		Cinema Teatro Cristallo	[32]
1982	All In All, Lenore!	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	The Fireflies of the Boulevard	Crucible Theatre	[14]
	Cowardice	No	No	Yes	No		Ambassadors Theatre	[13]
1987	The Greatest Story Ever Told	Yes	No	No	No	National Theatre of Brent	Assembly Rooms	[13]
1988	School For Clowns	Yes	No	Yes	No		Lilian Baylis Theatre	[33]
	Divine Gossip	No	No	No	Yes	Royal Shakespeare Company	Pit Theatre	[34]
	The Tempest	No	No	No	Yes	Royal Shakespeare Company	Barbican Theatre	[35]
1989	Warning Bells	Yes	Yes	No	No	Royal Shakespeare Company	Almeida Theatre	[13]
1992	4 MARYs	Yes	Yes	No	No	Second Stride	Arnolfini	[14]
	The Small Moments (In Life)	Yes	No	No	No		Royal Festival Hall	[36]
1993	Stringgames	Yes	Yes	No	No	Royal Shakespeare Company	The Other Place	[13]
1995	The Nose	Yes	No	No	No		Nottingham Playhouse	[20]
	The Cabinet of Doktor Caligari	Yes	No	No	No		Nottingham Playhouse	[37]
1997	A Cow. A Mooon. A Full Stop	Yes	Yes	No	No	The Fireflies of the Boulevard		[38]
2000	H.M.S. Pinafore	Yes	No	No	No	D'Oyly Carte Opera Company	Savoy Theatre	[13]
2001	The Comedy of Errors	Yes	No	No	No		Maxim Gorki Theater	[39]
	The Blacks	Yes	No	No	No		Market Theatre of Johannesburg	[39]
	The Wonder of Sex	Yes	Yes	No	No	National Theatre of Brent	Lytlelton Theatre	[14]
2005	Two Or Three Women Walking	Yes	Yes	No	No	The Fireflies of the Boulevard	Chichester Festival Theatre	[14]
	The Sunshine Boys	Yes	No	No	No		Deutsches Theater	[40]
2007	Man of La Mancha	Yes	No	No	No	Royal Lyceum Company	Royal Lyceum Theatre	[13]
2010	Sondheim at 80	Yes	No	No	No	BBC Proms	Royal Albert Hall	[15]
2013	Moses – The 10 Commandments	Yes	No	No	No		Theater St. Gallen	[41]

Opera

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Choreographer	Company	Venue [nb 2]	Ref(s)
1991	Benvenuto Cellini	Yes	No	Yes	Netherlands Opera		[42]
1991	Albert Herring	Yes	No	No	Canadian Opera Company		[10]
1992	The Nutcracker	Yes	Yes	No	Opera North	Sadler's Wells Theatre	[20]
1993	The Magic Flute	Yes	No	No	Scottish Opera Royal Opera House		[10]
1994	H.M.S. Pinafore	Yes	No	No	D'Oyly Carte Opera Company		[10]
	Die Fledermaus	Yes	No	No	D'Oyly Carte Opera Company		[10]
1995	The Barber of Seville	Yes	No	No	English Touring Opera	Theatre Royal, Bath	[13]
1997	Ariadne auf Naxos	Yes	No	No	Scottish Opera		[10]
2000	The Last Supper	Yes	No	No	Berlin State Opera		[10]
2001	The Love for Three Oranges	Yes	No	No	Cologne Opera		[10]
2002	Pagliacci	Yes	No	No	Raymond Gubbay	Royal Albert Hall	[10]
	Cavalleria rusticana	Yes	No	No	Raymond Gubbay	Royal Albert Hall	[10]
2003	La traviata	Yes	No	No	Flanders Opera		[10]
2006	The Gondoliers	Yes	No	No	English National Opera	London Coliseum	[10]
	The Original Chinese Conjuror	Yes	No	No	Aldeburgh Festival	Southwold Pier	[10]
2007	Ariadne auf Naxos	Yes	No	No	Garsington Opera		[10]
2008	The Adventures of Pinocchio	Yes	No	No	Chemnitz Opera		[10]
2009	The Adventures of Pinocchio	Yes	No	No	Minnesota Opera		[10]
	Mirandolina	Yes	No	No	Garsington Opera		[19]
	Artaxerxes	Yes	No	No	Royal Opera House	Linbury Theatre	[10]
2010	Ariadne auf Naxos	Yes	No	No	Norwegian Opera Company		[10]
	Armida	Yes	No	No	Garsington Opera		[10]
	La forza del destino	Yes	No	No	Opera Holland Park		[10]
2011	Betrothal in a Monastery	Yes	No	No	Opéra-Comique	Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse	[10]
	Il turco in Italia	Yes	No	No	Garsington Opera		[10]
2013	Noye's Fludde	Yes	No	No	Aldeburgh Festival		[10]
	Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland	Yes	No	No	Opera Holland Park		[10]
2014	Vert-Vert	Yes	No	No	Garsington Opera		[10]
2015	The Corridor	Yes	No	No	Aldeburgh Festival		[10]
	The Cure	Yes	No	No	Aldeburgh Festival		[10]
2019	Fantasio	Yes	No	No	Garsington Opera		[10]

Film

Year	Title	Composer	Notes	Ref(s)
1975	Knots	Yes	Television film	[43]

Radio

Year	Title	Director	Co-writer	Station	Company	Ref(s)
2004	National Theatre Of Brent's Complete And Utter History Of The Mona Lisa	Yes	Yes	BBC Radio 4	BBC	[44]
2018	The National Theatre Of Brent's Illustrated Guide To Sex And How It Was Done	Yes	Yes	BBC Radio 4	CPL Productions	[44]
2019	The First Man On The Moon And How They Done It	Yes	Yes	BBC Radio 4	CPL Productions	[44]

Music

Year	Album	Writer	Artist	Ref(s)
1974	Pinball	Yes	Brian Protheroe	[22]
1975	Pick-Up	Yes	Brian Protheroe	[21]
1976	I/You	Yes	Brian Protheroe	[45]
2005	Citysong	Yes	Brian Protheroe	[21]

Acting credits

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Company	Venue	Ref(s)
1973	Bingo	Wally		Northcott Theatre	[13]
1975	Happy as a Sandbag			Ambassadors Theatre	[13]
1983	Pericles	John Gower	Theatre Royal Stratford East	Theatre Royal Stratford East	[46]
1986	Amadeus	Antonio Salieri		Crucible Theatre	[13]
	The History of Tom Jones	Mr Allworthy		Crucible Theatre	[31]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1977	Happy as a Sandbag		BBC Television film	[47]
1983	Flying into the Wind	Prosecuting counsel	Television film	[48]
	Forever Young	John		[49]
1986	Caprice	Film director	Short	[48]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1975	The Legend of Robin Hood	Blondin	BBC Mini series; 2 episodes	[50]
1977	Romance	Wedding guest	Episode: Emily	[48]
	When the Boat Comes In	Roddy	3 episodes	[51]
1978	The Two Ronnies	The Barbershop Quartet	BBC	[52]
1990	Omnibus	Impressionist Man	BBC; Episode: Van Gogh	[53]

Vocalist credits

Year	Album	Artist	Ref(s)
1975	Pick-Up	Brian Protheroe	[21]
1976	Happy As A Sandbag (Original London Cast Recording)	Ken Lee	[21]

External links

• Martin Duncan at IMDb
• Martin Duncan at Operabase
• Martin Duncan at Doollee.com

Notes

1. In cases of theatre tours or multiple venues, only the premier venue is listed.
2. In cases of opera tours or multiple venues, only the premier venue is listed.

References

1. "THEATRE". The Independent. 2 May 1997.
2. "Ruth Mackenzie, Martin Duncan & Steven Pimlott – Pass It On".
3. "Martin Duncan — People — Royal Opera House". www.roh.org.uk.
4. "Martin Duncan | Opera Scotland".
5. "Opera Preview: ENO 2006-7 Sky & Artsworld Season: feature | Features". 2 August 2006.
6. Opera, Garsington (15 January 2014). "Vert-Vert: Interview with Martin Duncan (Director)" – via Vimeo.
7. "Duncan Martin". Bayerische Staatsoper.
8. "Harrison Birtwistle - The Last Supper". www.boosey.com.
9. "Happy Birthday: Martin Duncan, 64" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
10. "Duncan, Martin David Anson". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
11. Jacobs, Richard (July 1985). "Old Westminster News" (PDF). The Elizabethan Magazine. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
12. Patterson, Ian (March 1966). "A WESTMINSTER NOTEBOOK". The Elizabethan Magazine. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
13. Martin Duncan at Theatricalia
14. MARTIN DUNCAN on Doollee
15. "BBC to broadcast Sondheim celebration Prom this Christmas | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com.
16. Academy of Achievement (5 July 2005). "An Interview with Stephen Sondheim". Archived from the original (Video Interview) on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
17. "Martin Duncan". Askonas Holt. Askonas Holt. 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023. composed music for over 50 theatre productions
18. Iolanta Yolanta; Yolande at Opera Scotland
19. Mirandolina | 06 July 2009 at the WhatsOnStage.com
20. Ltd, Supercool (12 February 2022). "Martin Duncan". New Adventures.
21. Martin Duncan at Discogs
22. Stephen Thomas, Erlewine. "Brian Protheroe Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
23. "2012 Olympic festival to be at centre of cultural celebration around games". the Guardian. 17 March 2010.
24. Martin Duncan Other Works at IMDb
25. Programme: Armstrong's Last Goodnight at Internet Archive
26. Tony Locantro Programmes – Opera at The University Of Adelaide
27. Lesley Duff Other Works at IMDb
28. Martin Duncan (232w) at Theatricalia
29. CARLO GOLDONI on Doollee
30. "March 7 at 1.10 p.m. S TR IN G G A M E S by Martin Duncan" The Courier March 1979
31. Martin Duncan (2ebb) at Theatricalia
32. The Rocky Horror Show (1981)
33. School For Clowns (1988)
34. Stephen Lowe - Divine Gossip
35. Tempest, The (1988, Royal Shakespeare Company) at Learning on Screen - The British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
36. THE SMALL MOMENTS (In Life) By Martin Duncan and Judith Weir
37. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Nottingham Playhouse at Hugh Vanstone Official Website
38. "Repertory round-up". TES . 26 September 1997. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
39. Martin Duncan Biography at MusicalWorld.com
40. Winner of the London Evening Standard Best Night Out Award at Squarespace
41. "Robe Specified for 'Moses – The Ten Commandments' World Premiere at Theatre St. Gallen". ROBE Lighting News. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
42. Opera's dead parrot sketch: Offenbach's Vert-Vert delights at Garsington at Bachtrack
43. Knots (1975) Full Cast & Crew at IMDb
44. Martin Duncan at British Comedy Guide
45. I/You: Brian Protheroe at AllMusic
46. Pericles (1983) at BBA Shakespeare
47. Osborne, Jerry (November 2002). Movie/TV Soundtracks and Original Cast Recordings Price and Reference Guide. Google Books: Osborne Enterprises Publishing. p. 250. ISBN   9780932117373.
48. Martin Duncan at IMDb
49. Gifford, Denis (April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Google Books: Taylor & Francis. p. 14173. ISBN   9781317740629.
50. Martin Duncan at Aveleyman
51. Cornell, Paul; Day, Martin; Topping, Keith (1996). The Guinness Book of Classic British TV. Google Books: Guinness. p. 374. ISBN   9780851126289.
52. Ayckbourn, Alan (1978). Ten Times Table: A Play. Google Books: French. ISBN   9780573015311.
53. OMNIBUS: VINCENT VAN GOGH, 1990 on Angelfire