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Martin Duncan
Duncan in 2016
Born
Martin David Anson Duncan

(1948-07-12) 12 July 1948 (age 76)
Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
EducationDurston House School
Westminster School
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupations
  • Theatre director
  • manager
  • actor
  • composer
  • choreographer
Years active1968–present
RelativesSir George Anson (great-great-great grandfather)
Websitemartinduncan.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

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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

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Acting

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Writing and directing

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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

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

Film and television

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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

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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

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Theatre

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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]
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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

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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
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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

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

Radio

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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

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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

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Theatre

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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

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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

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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

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

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  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

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  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "Duncan, Martin David Anson". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  11. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Martin Duncan at Theatricalia
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i MARTIN DUNCAN on Doollee
  15. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Mirandolina | 06 July 2009 at the WhatsOnStage.com
  20. ^ a b c Ltd, Supercool (12 February 2022). "Martin Duncan". New Adventures.
  21. ^ a b c d e f Martin Duncan at Discogs
  22. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c 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