Actors & Writers London: Mary Drake

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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 20 roles including Titania, Macbeth, Queen Elizabeth, Puck, Hermione and Hamlet.

Height: 5' 9" (175cm)

Eye colour: Blue Grey

Hair Colour: Auburn

Languages: French, German and Basic Italian.

Playing Age: 35-45

Photo by L B Photography

Accents: American Standard, American Southern States, Cockney, French, Irish, Lancashire, Liverpool, London, Manchester, RP, Standard Welsh, West Country, Yorkshire
Dance & Music: Period, Piano.
Singing: Mezzo Soprano
Sports: Aerobics, Badminton, Climbing, Cycling, Field Hockey, Horse-riding, Netball, Running, Skiing, Swimming, Tennis.
Other Skills: Fire-eating, Improvisation, Touch typist, Computing

Agent: Astral Actors Management
7 Greenway Close
London NW9 5AZ
Phone: 020-8728 2782 Fax: 020-8200 3694 Mobile: 07946 631998
Email: info@astralactors.com Web: www.astralactors.com

Production	Role	Director	Company / Venue

Cold Comfort for Change	The Mother	Scott Payne	Hair Brain Productions
The Board Meetings	The PA	Tom Vinnicombe	TPV Productions
Glasses	Anne	Troy Zafer	ZAC Films
Sally	Shelley	Lilian Chee	NY Film Academy

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

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

North Shields Council, Freelance trainer in Stress Control & Body Language/Roleplay, Sussex Police Training Headquarters

Waking the Blind	Nell/Alice/ St Dunstan’s Resident	David Kendall/ Julia Copus	ArchiTEXTS Project
Numerous Publications for Talking Newspapers (clients incl. Equity, Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer).
awl acting credits include: Mary Helpman in Stranger from Afar by Bob Braithwaite Trish in Trish & Son by Robin Marchal Steph in My Life As a Saint by James Sherriffs Satan in Job by Geoffrey Lee Lee in The Pub Lunch by John Petherbridge Renee in The Lesser Evil by Bob Braithwaite Liz in Love Is a Game of Chance by Martin Cort Rea in One Man's Rea by Corina Forman Miss Bliss in Bingo by Gera McGrath Eloise in Harley Baby by Michael Hartley awl writing credits include: Holly and Ivy Frailty, Thy Name Is... An Audience

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