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John Lyne as Shelly Levene in Glengarry Glen Ross - Photo by Tim Hinchliffe

John Lyne is a longstanding member of SLT, having performed in 101 productions to date. He is married to Pam Lyne and father of Matthew Lyne, both of whom have also been involved in many SLT Productions.

A portrait of John (as Marley in A Christmas Carol) currently hangs in the SLTC Members' Club Bar!

Acting Roles

• Captain Adolf Lassen in The Father (1972) (Main Stage)
• Percy Elliot in Epitaph for George Dillon (1972) (Prompt Corner)
• Ben in The Dumb Waiter (1972) (Main Stage)
• Rough in Gaslight (1972) (Theatre)
• Fred in Present Laughter (1972) (Main Stage)
• Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace (1973) (Main Stage)
• Policeman in Harlequinade (1973) (Main Stage)
• Harry in Home (1973) (Main Stage)
• Character 2 in 'Countdown' in Mixed Doubles (1974) (Main Stage)
• Vladimir in Waiting for Godot (1974) (Main Stage)
• Pinchwife in The Country Wife (1974) (Main Stage)
• Doctor in A Lily in Little India (1975) (Main Stage)
• Dermod Gibbon in The Patrick Pearse Motel (1975) (Main Stage)
• Mr Purdue in Habeas Corpus (1978)
• George Sedley in Straight Up (1978)
• Richard Winthrop in The Ghost Train (1978)
• Walter Franz in The Price (1979)
• Mr Gilbey in Fanny's First Play (1979)
• Brigadier Albert Rayne CB CMG MVO in Breath of Spring (1979)
• Older Man in Intimate Strangers (1979)
• Headmaster in Gimme Shelter (1979) (Main Stage)
• Headmaster in Forty Years On (1980)
• Old Gobbo and Gaoler in The Merchant of Venice (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• William Blore in Ten Little Indians (1982)
• Arthur Gosport in Harlequinade (1983) (Prompt Corner)
• Various Characters in The Last Day Of November (1983)
• Carr Gomm in The Elephant Man (1984) (Bell Theatre)
• Various Characters in The Last Day Of November (1984)
• Sam in The Homecoming (1985)
• Drumm in Da (1985)
• William Collyer in The Deep Blue Sea (1985)
• Frederick Cochran in Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be (1986)
• "Baron", Clive & Judge in Masterpieces (1987)
• Stewart in Pack of Lies (1987)
• Mr Martin in 84 Charing Cross Road (1988)
• Seamus Shields in The Shadow Of A Gunman (1989)
• Captain Cat in Under Milk Wood (1991)
• Performer in Music Hall (1992)
• The Chaplain in The Lady's Not For Burning (1992)
• The Stage Manager in Our Town (1993)
• Lord and Baptista Minola in The Taming Of The Shrew (1994)
• King in Jack & The Beanstalk (1994)
• Doctor Spivey in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1995)
• Serebryakov in Uncle Vanya (1995)
• Egeon in The Comedy Of Errors (1996)
• Father Jack in Dancing at Lughnasa (1996)
• Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1997)
• Dr Maurice Oakley in Shadowlands (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Mr Purdue in Habeas Corpus (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Old Man in 'Waiting' in Visiting Hour (1999) (Bell Theatre)
• Cooper in A Month of Sundays (2000)
• Shelly Levene in Glengarry Glen Ross (2000)
• Jorgenson in Other People's Money (2001)
•  ??? in Come into the Garden, Maud (2003)
• Bill in Between You and Me (2003)
• Sigmund Freud in Hysteria (2004)
• George S. Aronovitz in The Duck Variations (2004)
• Old Man in Macbeth (2004)
• Old Gentleman in Roberto Zucco (2005)
• Plummer in The Farndale ... Macbeth (2005)
• Cleaner in The Departure Lounge (2006)
• Jake Manheim in Chinese Coffee (2006)
• Giles Corey in The Crucible (2007) (Prompt Corner)
• The Emperor Min Sing in Aladdin (2007)
• Shepherd in The Winter's Tale (2008)
• Nat in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2008)
• Judge Littlefield in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (2009)

Productions as Prompt

• The House of Bernarda Alba (1973) (Main Stage)
• Prompt for Plaza Suite (1978)
• Prompt for On Monday Next (1980)
• Prompt for The Knack (1981) (Main Stage)

Interests

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