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      • Doyle's American success comes after a long career in England: Born in Inverness in Scotland into a non-theatrical family his father drove a van for a bakery, he studied to be an actor at drama school and then began directing in the regional theater circuit.
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  2. Jun 8, 2016 · The technique of using actor-musicians that he’d developed in UK regional theatres wasn’t just about reducing the cost base of putting them on.

  3. Jun 9, 2016 · Doyle had already worked with Stephen Sondheim, and won a 2006 Tony Award for his revival of “Sweeney Todd,” when Sondheim and book writer John Weidman decided to approach Doyle to direct a...

  4. May 18, 2020 · An early influence arrived when director Aarne Neeme invited Doyle to join the Hunter Valley Theatre Company, a professional company based in Newcastle NSW. Though Doyle played a variety of roles, Neeme remembers he always excelled at comedy. “He wasn’t afraid of being funny,” he tells me.

  5. Doyle is now applying his actor-musician approach to a play, Peter Shaffers 1979 modern classic, Amadeus::L1371251654}, which stars Matthew Kelly as Mozart’s nemesis Salieri for a limited season at east London’s historic Wilton’s Music Hall.

  6. Jan 13, 2016 · In the much-loved play, "Sir" is the elderly lead actor and leader of a travelling theatre troupe. Events unfold during one fateful day during the Second World War, when the troupe is set to...

  7. Jun 9, 2006 · Doyle's American success comes after a long career in England: Born in Inverness in Scotland into a non-theatrical family his father drove a van for a bakery, he studied to be an actor at...

  8. John Doyle started life as a jobbing actor in 1980 appearing in productions with the Hunter Valley Theatre, the Sydney Theatre Company and the State Theatre of South Australia before creating the character of Roy Slaven for ABC radio's Triple J in 1985.