Robert Marsden
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| Born |
Robert Henry Marsden 22 August 1921 West Hampstead, London, England |
| Died | 5 April 2007 (aged 85) Elstree, Hertfordshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor, theatre director, dramatic recitalist, drama teacher |
| Years active | 1939–1966 |
| Spouse(s) | Sally Brice (divorced) |
Robert Marsden (22 August 1921 – 5 April 2007) was an English actor, director, dramatic recitalist and teacher of drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and elsewhere. He was also one of the earliest (and latest surviving) wartime members of the BBC Radio Drama Repertory Company, formed to meet the circumstances of World War II.
Robert Marsden was born in West Hampstead, London. His theatre training was at LAMDA, the London Mask Theatre School, RADA, and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
He made his professional debut in Warrington, Lancashire (now Cheshire) in 1939.
In Stratford-on-Avon, aged nineteen, he played a round of Shakespearean roles, including Tybalt in Romeo & Juliet, Hotspur in Richard II and Tranio in The Taming of the Shrew. He first broadcast in 1942, and played a variety of parts, including Robert in The Letter, Chorus to Laurence Olivier's Henry V and the disciple Philip in Dorothy L. Sayers' play cycle on Jesus The Man Born To Be King.
In London, he was in John Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln both at the Westminster in 1940 and at the Playhouse in 1943. At the Arts he played leading parts in The Rivals, The Constant Couple etc. In 1944 he appeared at the Chanticleer Theatre in such plays as The Lady From the Sea and as the title character in John Gabriel Borkman.
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