Mary Drake is a versatile actor, equally at home in straight
or comic roles
but with a forte that lies in creating strong emotional characters. She has
a particular love of playing Shakespeare and has performed over 30 characters
including Titania, Macbeth, Queen Elizabeth, Puck, and Hamlet.
but with a forte that lies in creating strong emotional characters. She has
a particular love of playing Shakespeare and has performed over 30 characters
including Titania, Macbeth, Queen Elizabeth, Puck, and Hamlet.
Skills
| Accents | American Standard, American Southern States, Cockney, French, Irish, Lancashire, Liverpool, London, Manchester, RP, Standard Welsh, West Country, Yorkshire |
| Dance | Period Dancing |
| Languages | French, German and Basic Italian |
| Music | Mezzo Soprano, Piano |
| Sports | Aerobics, Badminton, Climbing, Cycling, Field Hockey, Horse-riding, Netball, Running, Skiing, Swimming, Tennis |
| Other | Fire-eating, Improvisation, Touch typist, Computing |
Credits
AWL
Acting Credits
| Writer | Play | Role | Director |
| Jane Walker | Commune | Diana | Kate Glover |
| Monty Holender | Uprooted | Marie | Kenneth Michaels |
| Michael Johnson | Last Man Standing | The Author | Kenneth Michaels |
| Harry Saks | A Notting Hill Murder | Flavia Spencer-Carr | Martin Cort |
| Bob Braithwaite | The Stranger from Afar | Mary Helpman | Melissa Docker |
| Robin Marchal | Trish & Son | Trish | Brendan Gregory |
| James Sherriffs | My Life As a Saint | Steph | Robin Marchal |
| Geoffrey Lee | Job | Satan | Ian Buckley |
| Bob Braithwaite | The Lesser Evil (original version) | Renee | Melissa Docker |
| Gera McGrath | Bingo! | Miss Bliss | Kirsty Bennett |
| Corina Forman | One Man's Rea | Rea | Kirsty Bennett |
| Michael Hartley | Harley Baby | Eloise | Kirsty Bennett |
| John Petherbridge | The Pub Lunch | Lee | Brendan Gregory |
| Martin Cort | Love Is a Game of Chance | Liz | Andrew Heart |
Acting Credits (Sketches)
| Writer | Sketch | Role |
| Wendy Wareham | The Holiday | Beverley |
| Elizabeth Gamberoni | We Thought You’d Be Pleased | Sophie |
| John Caine | When the Wind Blows | Narrator |
| Rosalind Adler | The One that Rachel Stevens Got | Selina |
| Joy Toperoff | Invitation to a Party | Callers |
| Morgan Layton | The Kenwood Files | Jessica |
Writing Credits
| Play | Director |
| Holly and Ivy | |
| Frailty, Thy Name Is... An Audience |
Film
| N@T | N@T’s Mother | Bruno Sbardella | Trilogik Productions |
| Cold Comfort for Change | The Mother | Scott Payne | Hair Brain Prods |
| The Board Meetings | The PA | Tom Vinnicombe | TPV Productions |
| Glasses | Anne | Troy Zafer | ZAC Films |
| Sally | Shelley | Lilian Chee | NY Film Academy |
Television
| EastEnders | Sally | Nic Philips | BBC Television |
| The Bill | Cathy | Nick Laughland | Thames TV |
| Bang Bang it's Reeves and Mortimer | Suze | Mark Mylod | BBC Television |
| Perchance to Dream | Helen | Andrew Jubb | Magic Lantern |
| Neighbourhood Pride | Lena | Mark Standley | Fraud TV |
Theatre
Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 |
Various |
Peter Hall |
Theatre Royal, Bath |
| Bedroom Farce | u/s
Delia/Susannah/ |
Peter Hall | National tour |
| Martha, Josie & The Chinese Elvis | Martha | Christopher Diacopoulos |
Upstairs at the Gatehouse |
| Shakespeare To Go - The Good, The Bard & The Ugly | Over 20 Shakespeare Characters | Mary Drake | Herald Pearse Productions |
| The Same... But Different | Sandra | Jonathan Loe | Pleasance Islington/ Edinburgh |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Helena/ Francis Flute |
Mary Drake | Highley Manor, Sussex |
| The Same... But Different | Sandra | Thom Hammond | Old Vic (New Voices) |
| The Merry Wives Of Windsor | Mistress Page | Vivienne Cozens | Hamptworth Lodge, Salisbury |
| Divinas Palabras | Juana/Marica | Thorston Manderlay | Chats Palace, Hackney |
| The Tempest | Sebastian/Ariel | Mary Drake | Tsunami Benefit Performance |
| The Star Factory | Ursula Major | Susan Burton | Hair Brain Theatre. Co. Tour |
| The Fire Play | Maggie | Oliver Emmanuel | Silver Tongue Theatre Co. London |
| Divinas Palabras | Juana/Benita/ Ludovina |
Thorston Manderlay | Manderlay Tehuti Theatre Co. |
| Best Foot Forward | Karen/Alex | Vicky Jones | Chelsea Theatre, London |
| Jack & the Beanstalk | Jack’s Mother | Susan Burton | Hair Brain Theatre. Co. Tour |
| Richard III, Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry VI Part 1, Hamlet | Queen Elizabeth, Puck, Hamlet, Joan La Pucelle | Lara Muth and Bard Unbound | Tower of London |
| Side by Side by Shakespeare | 13 characters | Shakespeare To Go | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania/Hippolyta | Chris Orr | Shakespeare To Go |
| Okay Bus | Conductor | Domino Verlag | German Tour |
| Macbeth | Macbeth | Chris Orr | Shakespeare To Go |
| The First Rule of Comedy (One-woman show) |
Gillian Ferrari | Jenny Eastop | The Hawth, CrAWLey & Brighton Festival Tour |
| It's 4 o'clock in the Morning | Izzy | Craig Vaughan | Komedia Theatre |
| Platonov | Anna Voynitsev | Michael McNulty | Jermyn Street Theatre, London |
| Arms and the Man | Louka | Geoffrey Swann | Nightingale Theatre |
| Albert | Karin | Amaryllis Crooke | Brighton Actors |
| Black Comedy | Carol Melkett | Shirley Stanwell | Brighton Actors |
| Mind Your Backs! Self-devised commissioned Schools Tour | Daisy | East Sussex Health Authority | |
| Forever Nineteem | Mildred Aldrich/ Madame |
David Christy | Oxford, Edinburgh, Buxton |
Voice Overs
| Waking the Blind | Nell/Alice/ St Dunstan’s Resident |
David Kendall/ Julia Copus |
ArchiTEXTS Project |
Contact
LADA Management
23 Austin Friars
London
EC2N 2QP
T: 020 3384 5815
F:020 3384 5816
E: info@lada.org.uk W: www.lada.org.uk/agency
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