Beginning 12 December 2011, he returned to Wicked, reprising his role of the Wizard, taking over from Clive Carter. He ended his third return engagement with the show on 7 July 2012 (four years after his debut), and was replaced three weeks later by Keith Bartlett.[5]
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desmond, barrit, welsh, actor, best, known, stage, work, biography, editan, early, screen, role, barrit, came, alice, through, looking, glass, 1998, which, played, humpty, dumpty, 2003, played, shylock, chichester, festival, theatre, production, shakespeare, m. Desmond Barrit is a Welsh actor best known for his stage work Biography EditAn early screen role for Barrit came in Alice through the Looking Glass 1998 in which he played Humpty Dumpty In 2003 he played Shylock in the Chichester Festival Theatre s production of Shakespeare s The Merchant of Venice while in 2007 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 1 In 2004 in a limited run revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Royal National Theatre Barrit played Pseudolus opposite Philip Quast as Miles Gloriosus Hamish McColl as Hysterium and Isla Blair as Domina who had previously played Philia in the 1963 production 2 The production was nominated for the 2005 Olivier Award Outstanding Musical Production 3 On 7 July 2008 he took over the role of The Wizard from Nigel Planer in the West End production of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre Originally set to begin 9 June his performance had to be postponed as he had to undergo an operation 4 Beginning 12 December 2011 he returned to Wicked reprising his role of the Wizard taking over from Clive Carter He ended his third return engagement with the show on 7 July 2012 four years after his debut and was replaced three weeks later by Keith Bartlett 5 In 2014 he appeared as Michaud in Helen Edmundson s adaptation of Therese Raquin at the Theatre Royal Bath 6 References Edit Rees Jasper 31 December 2007 The History Boys The school trip of a lifetime London The Telegraph online Retrieved 31 July 2008 dead link Inverne James Thoroughly Modern Millie Closes in London as New Musicals Prepare to Open Playbill June 7 2004 accessed December 25 2016 Olivier Winners 2005 olivierawards com accessed December 27 2016 Desmond Barrit to Join Wicked in June Broadway com 24 March 2008 Archived from the original on 1 April 2008 Retrieved 25 March 2008 London s Wicked Will Welcome a New Wizard This Summer Playbill com Archived from the original on 1 June 2012 Retrieved 29 May 2012 Therese Raquin Main House at Theatre Royal Bath Theatre Royal Bath Archived from the original on 23 February 2017 Retrieved 23 February 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Desmond Barrit amp oldid 1124685077, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
