Profile

Associate Professor and Head of the Acting Program

David was an actor in England for 30 years, working with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre Company, in London’s West End and in innumerable TV series and films. He has appeared on Broadway twice and performed Shakespeare across the USA. During those 30 years he worked with many of the greats of the British Theatre, including Laurence Olivier, Anthony Hopkins, Ian Mckellen, Judi Dench, Trevor Nunn and Nicholas Hytner.

He trained under John Barton and Cecily Berry at the RSC, and taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He is an accredited Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voice Work. He currently teaches classical work in the Senior Acting Studio and voice and speech to the junior acting majors. He has recently directed “The Philadelphia Story” and John Ford’s “Tis Pity She’s a Whore” for the Brind School and appeared as Dr. Wilbur Larch in the school’s production of John Irving’s “The Cider House Rules.”

In Philadelphia David has performed professionally with the Arden Theatre Company, Walnut Street Theatre, Bristol Riverside Theatre, the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, 1812 Productions, Interact Theatre Company and the Wilma Theatre and has received three Barrymore nominations.