Emma Pallant
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
[edit]Pallant was born in Nottingham, and studied at Exeter and Essex Universities.
Stage
[edit]- 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Emma Pallant at IMDb