John Lyne

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

John Lyne is a longstanding member of SLT, having performed in almost 100 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

• Percy Elliot in Epitaph For George Dillon (1972)
• Rough in Gaslight (1972)
• Fred in Present Laughter (1972)
• Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace (1973)
• 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)
• Headmaster in Forty Years On (1980)
• William Blore in Ten Little Indians (1982)
• Various Characters in The Last Day Of November (1983)
• 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 Cahplain 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)
• Egeon in The Comedy Of Errors (1996)
• 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)
• 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 Crew

• Prompt for Plaza Suite (1978)
• Prompt for On Monday Next (1980)