He was the author of the German Instrument of Surrender document signed on 7 May 1945 which he wrote when he served as a colonel in the British Army during World War 2.[7]
In 1930 Counsell served as an apprentice at the Theatre Royal in Windsor, Berkshire, when it reopened as a theatre after a short time as a cinema. In 1933 he took over managing the theatre; the venture lasted only a few months before it went bankrupt, but the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II attended one of the last performances, coming from nearby Windsor Castle.[8]: 74 Counsell re-opened the theatre in 1938[9] and was able to establish a viable company that ran without government subsidies.[8]: 74, 115 He and his actress wife Mary Kerridge ran the theatre until his retirement in 1986, the year before his death.[10]
John William Counsell was awarded the OBE in 1975 for services to the Theatre Royal in Windsor.[1]
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^ abAward of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) to John William Counsell - Supplement to The London Gazette 1 January 1975
^Birth of John William Counsell in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 - Ancestry.com(subscription required)
john, counsell, theatre, director, major, contributor, this, article, appears, have, close, connection, with, subject, require, cleanup, comply, with, wikipedia, content, policies, particularly, neutral, point, view, please, discuss, further, talk, page, april. A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page April 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message John William Counsell OBE 1 24 April 1905 23 February 1987 2 3 was an English actor director and theatre manager who with his wife Mary Kerridge ran the Theatre Royal Windsor and its in house repertory company from the 1930s to the 1980s His daughter is the actress Elizabeth Counsell and he was uncle to the actress and painter Jean Miller 4 Born in Beckenham to Claud Counsell and Evelyn Fleming the bulk of Counsell s career was spent in Windsor repertory theatre and the West End stage John CounsellOBEJohn CounsellBorn24 April 1905United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandDied23 February 1987 aged 81 United KingdomOccupation s Theatre director actor theatre managerSpouseMary KerridgeChildrenElizabeth Counsell Jenny Counsell 5 6 Contents 1 World War 2 2 Theatre management 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksWorld War 2 editHe was the author of the German Instrument of Surrender document signed on 7 May 1945 which he wrote when he served as a colonel in the British Army during World War 2 7 Theatre management edit nbsp Theatre Royal Windsor in 2006In 1930 Counsell served as an apprentice at the Theatre Royal in Windsor Berkshire when it reopened as a theatre after a short time as a cinema In 1933 he took over managing the theatre the venture lasted only a few months before it went bankrupt but the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II attended one of the last performances coming from nearby Windsor Castle 8 74 Counsell re opened the theatre in 1938 9 and was able to establish a viable company that ran without government subsidies 8 74 115 He and his actress wife Mary Kerridge ran the theatre until his retirement in 1986 the year before his death 10 John William Counsell was awarded the OBE in 1975 for services to the Theatre Royal in Windsor 1 References edit a b Award of the Order of the British Empire OBE to John William Counsell Supplement to The London Gazette 1 January 1975 Birth of John William Counsell in the England amp Wales Civil Registration Death Index 1916 2007 Ancestry com subscription required Obituary for John Counsell The Times 25 February 1987 Archive of the National Library of Australia Theatre Archive Project British Library Jean Miller interview transcript Interviewer Emily Blakey 14 May 2008 Jean Miller obituary Telegraph Eric Shorter 3 August 1999 Mary Kerridge the Guardian VE day Our dad wrote the peace document BBC News 4 May 2020 Retrieved 9 May 2020 a b Rowell G et al The Repertory Movement A History of Regional Theatre in Britain Cambridge University Press 1984 ISBN 9780521319195 Douglas Mayo for Britishtheatre com 22 December 2014 Weekly Rep Returns To Theatre Royal Windsor Obituary Mary Kerridge The Independent 3 August 1999 Further reading editCounsell John So Who Needs Subsidy Anyway Scottish Theatre Inverkeithing Scottish Theatre Vol 2 No 3 pp 6 8 May 1970 External links edit nbsp Biography portal nbsp Theatre portalTheatre website History of the Theatre Royal Windsor nbsp nbsp This article about an English actor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Counsell theatre director amp oldid 1182046341, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
