John Glenister

Pygmalion (1981)

Adaptation of the play by Bernard Shaw.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Twiggy  •  Robert Powell  •  Mona Washbourne  •  Ronald Fraser

Adaptation of the play by Bernard Shaw.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Twiggy  •  Robert Powell  •  Mona Washbourne  •  Ronald Fraser

Rumpole's Return (1980)

A bored Rumpole, living in Florida retirement, uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-establish himself back in chambers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Leo McKern

A bored Rumpole, living in Florida retirement, uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-establish himself back in chambers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Leo McKern

The Nuclear Family (1982)

1999: A perma-redundant father takes his family on a strange ‘working holiday’, scrubbing floors in an undersea missile base.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Jimmy Logan  •  Russell Hunter  •  Gerard Kelly  •  Ann Scott-Jones

1999: A perma-redundant father takes his family on a strange ‘working holiday’, scrubbing floors in an undersea missile base.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Jimmy Logan  •  Russell Hunter  •  Gerard Kelly  •  Ann Scott-Jones

On Your Way, Riley! (1985)

Biopic of Arthur Lucan, who portrayed Old Mother Riley for over twenty years on stage and screen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Brian Murphy  •  Maureen Lipman  •  John Taylor

Biopic of Arthur Lucan, who portrayed Old Mother Riley for over twenty years on stage and screen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Brian Murphy  •  Maureen Lipman  •  John Taylor

Tonight at 8.30 (1991)

Adaptation of Noel Coward's stage play sequence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Izzard  •  John Glenister  •  Paul Annett  •  Sydney Lotterby
CAST:  Joan Collins  •  Anthony Newley  •  Siân Phillips  •  John Alderton

Adaptation of Noel Coward's stage play sequence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Izzard  •  John Glenister  •  Paul Annett  •  Sydney Lotterby
CAST:  Joan Collins  •  Anthony Newley  •  Siân Phillips  •  John Alderton

Misterioso (1991)

On the death of her mother, a young woman in northern England learns that her father is actually her step-father. She embarks on a search for her birth father, finds him running a jazz club in London, and learns a lot of happy and sad things about her family that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Jack Shepherd  •  Susan Sylvester  •  Hugh Ross  •  David Michaels

On the death of her mother, a young woman in northern England learns that her father is actually her step-father. She embarks on a search for her birth father, finds him running a jazz club in London, and learns a lot of happy and sad things about her family that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Jack Shepherd  •  Susan Sylvester  •  Hugh Ross  •  David Michaels

Billy's Last Stand (1971)

Billy is his own boss. But Darkly has plans for him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  John Barrett  •  Dudley Foster  •  Rex Robinson

Billy is his own boss. But Darkly has plans for him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  John Barrett  •  Dudley Foster  •  Rex Robinson

Miss Julie (1972)

Adaptation of the play by Strindberg.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Phillips  •  John Glenister
CAST:  Helen Mirren  •  Donal McCann  •  Heather Canning

Adaptation of the play by Strindberg.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Phillips  •  John Glenister
CAST:  Helen Mirren  •  Donal McCann  •  Heather Canning

The House on Highbury Hill (1972)

The path of righteousness is a stony one. And Lo! for Daniel it is stonier than most.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Colin Farrell  •  Amanda Reiss  •  Alex Marshall  •  Rachel Kempson

The path of righteousness is a stony one. And Lo! for Daniel it is stonier than most.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Colin Farrell  •  Amanda Reiss  •  Alex Marshall  •  Rachel Kempson

Almost a Vision (1976)

Champagne dialogue alleviates nervousness of sleeping together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Keith Barron  •  Jill Bennett  •  Tom Harrison

Champagne dialogue alleviates nervousness of sleeping together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Keith Barron  •  Jill Bennett  •  Tom Harrison

A Photograph (1977)

A man's life is turned upside down when he receives a mysterious photograph in the post.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  John Stride  •  Stephanie Turner  •  Freda Bamford  •  Judy Monahan

A man's life is turned upside down when he receives a mysterious photograph in the post.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  John Stride  •  Stephanie Turner  •  Freda Bamford  •  Judy Monahan

Blunt (1987)

Anthony Blunt is an eminent Cambridge-educated art historian who is also working as a spy for the Soviet Union. In love with double agent Guy Burgess, he helps Burgess get yet another treasonous British agent to safety in Moscow. When Burgess unexpectedly defects ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Ian Richardson  •  Anthony Hopkins  •  Michael Williams  •  Rosie Kerslake

Anthony Blunt is an eminent Cambridge-educated art historian who is also working as a spy for the Soviet Union. In love with double agent Guy Burgess, he helps Burgess get yet another treasonous British agent to safety in Moscow. When Burgess unexpectedly defects ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Ian Richardson  •  Anthony Hopkins  •  Michael Williams  •  Rosie Kerslake

The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura (1983)

A remote farmhouse on an isolated island. Strangers with English accents. Quarrels and a lonely child. The year is 1946. The man is George Orwell. The book he has come to write is Nineteen Eighty-four.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Ronald Pickup  •  Fiona Walker  •  David Swift  •  Kit Thacker

A remote farmhouse on an isolated island. Strangers with English accents. Quarrels and a lonely child. The year is 1946. The man is George Orwell. The book he has come to write is Nineteen Eighty-four.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Ronald Pickup  •  Fiona Walker  •  David Swift  •  Kit Thacker

Zigger Zagger (1967)

Zigger Zagger is a 1967 play by Peter Terson which was the first work to be commissioned by the National Youth Theatre who revived it at Wilton's Music Hall in 2017 for its 50th anniversary. Described as a "football opera" in which the cast sing and chant like a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister  •  Michael Croft
CAST:  Anthony May  •  Nigel Humphreys  •  Andrea Addison  •  Esta Charkham

Zigger Zagger is a 1967 play by Peter Terson which was the first work to be commissioned by the National Youth Theatre who revived it at Wilton's Music Hall in 2017 for its 50th anniversary. Described as a "football opera" in which the cast sing and chant like a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister  •  Michael Croft
CAST:  Anthony May  •  Nigel Humphreys  •  Andrea Addison  •  Esta Charkham

Sometime in August (1990)

Neil's beach holiday with the Middleton family turns sour over his refusal to bathe. The situation is resolved by an old woman and a cat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Alison Calder  •  Jo Cameron Brown  •  Elspeth Charlton  •  Craig Lorimer

Neil's beach holiday with the Middleton family turns sour over his refusal to bathe. The situation is resolved by an old woman and a cat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister
CAST:  Alison Calder  •  Jo Cameron Brown  •  Elspeth Charlton  •  Craig Lorimer

To the Camp and Back (1983)

1983 play. A British woman falls for a German prisoner of war, despite the fact that her fiancée was killed by Germans during the Second World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moira Armstrong  •  John Glenister
CAST:  Phoebe Nicholls  •  Jan Niklas  •  Gary Waldhorn  •  Jonathan Sheller

1983 play. A British woman falls for a German prisoner of war, despite the fact that her fiancée was killed by Germans during the Second World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moira Armstrong  •  John Glenister
CAST:  Phoebe Nicholls  •  Jan Niklas  •  Gary Waldhorn  •  Jonathan Sheller