Lucy Peacock (actress)
Lucy Peacock (born October 4, 1960) is a Canadian actress best known for major stage roles at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada during the course of over 25 years.
Background[]
Lucy Peacock was born on October 4, 1960 in England. She is the daughter of theatre administrator David Peacock and Georgia Thorndike, niece of the actress Sybil Thorndike.[1] She graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1983.[2]
Stratford Shakespeare Festival credits[]
Peacock began her association with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in 1984 and over the course of 27 years and 60 productions (up to 2013) has played major stage roles in classical theater, including over 30 by William Shakespeare, as well as several musicals.[3][4][5][6]
- Private Lives (2019) by Noël Coward
- Twelfth Night (2017) by William Shakespeare — Maria
- The Bacchantes (2017) by Euripides — Agave
- John Gabriel Borkman (2016) by Henrik Ibsen — Gunhild Borkman
- The Beaux' Stratagem (2014) by George Farquhar — Mrs Sullen
- Hay Fever (2014) by Noël Coward — Judith Bliss
- Mary Stuart (2013) by Friedrich Schiller — Mary Stuart
- The Thrill (2013) by Judith Thompson — Elora
- Henry V (2012) by William Shakespeare — Pistol's Wife
- The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011) by William Shakespeare — Mistress Ford
- (2010) by Michel Tremblay — Nana
- Bartholomew Fair (2009) by Ben Jonson — Ursula the Pigwoman
- The Three Sisters (2009) by Anton Chekhov — Masha
- The Trespassers (2009) by Morris Panych — Roxy
- All's Well That Ends Well (2008) by William Shakespeare — Helena
- Romeo and Juliet (2008) by William Shakespeare — Juliet's Nurse
- The Taming of the Shrew (2008) by William Shakespeare — Grumio
- Othello (2007) by William Shakespeare — Emilia
- The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead (2006) by — Monologue
- The Duchess of Malfi (2006) by John Webster — Duchess
- Much Ado About Nothing (2006) by William Shakespeare — Beatrice
- Othello (2005) by William Shakespeare — Desdemona
- Fallen Angels (2005) by Noël Coward — Jane Banbury
- Hello, Dolly! (2005) based on a play by Thornton Wilder — Dolly
- Macbeth (2004) by William Shakespeare — Lady Macbeth
- The King and I (2003) based on a novel by Margaret Landon — Anna Leonowens
- King Lear (2002) by William Shakespeare — Regan
- The Merchant of Venice (2001) by William Shakespeare — Portia
- As You Like It (2000) by William Shakespeare — Audrey
- Pride and Prejudice (1999) based on a novel by Jane Austen — Elizabeth
- The Taming of the Shrew (1997) by William Shakespeare — Katherine
- Coriolanus (1997) by William Shakespeare — Valeria
- Othello (1994) by William Shakespeare — Desdemona
- The School for Husbands and The Imaginary Cuckold (1994) by Molière — Lénore
- Twelfth Night (1994) by William Shakespeare — Viola
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1993) by William Shakespeare — Titania
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1993) by Oscar Wilde — Gwendolyn Fairfax
- The Bacchae (1993) by Euripides — Part of the Chorus
- Love's Labour's Lost (1992) by William Shakespeare — Princess of France
- As You Like It (1990) by William Shakespeare — Rosalind
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1989) by William Shakespeare — Titania
- The Three Sisters (1989) by Anton Chekhov — Masha
- The Comedy of Errors (1989) by William Shakespeare — Adriana
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1989) by William Shakespeare — Titania
- All's Well That Ends Well (1989) by William Shakespeare — Helena
- The Taming of the Shrew (1988) by William Shakespeare —
- Twelfth Night (1988) by William Shakespeare — Viola
- My Fair Lady (1988) based on a play by George Bernard Shaw — Eliza Doolittle
- Richard III (1988) by William Shakespeare — Lady Anne
- Hamlet (1986) by William Shakespeare — Ophelia
Broadway credits[]
- King Lear (2004) by William Shakespeare — Regan (Vivian Beaumont Theater, 4 March 2004 to 18 April 2004)
Credits at other theatres[]
- (2011) by Aleksei Arbuzov at .
Movies and TV[]
She is credited with 9 film/TV roles: As You Like It (2010, Audrey), Forever Knight (1996, Peggy Bolger), Goosebumps (1996, Mrs. Brewer), Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1995, Marilyn), Demons (1995, Marilyn), 1992 Avonlea (1992, Amelia Sandhurst), Street Legal (1992), June Woodruff, The Comedy of Errors (1989, Luciana), Hangin' In (1983, Lucia, The Love Program (1983, Lucia), Der Opernball (1978, Marguérite).
Video clips[]
As Mary Stuart in Schiller's Mary Stuart, 2013
Discussing her role as the Nurse in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 2008
Discussing her role as Grumio in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, 2008
Publications[]
Peacock is the author of a facetious book of poems entitled "Limericks by Lucy Peacock as The Duchess of Malfi - written as she lay dead on the stage" (2011).
External links[]
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References[]
- ^ "Peacock, David". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 March 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. "Peacock, Lucy". www.canadiantheatre.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Stratford Shakespeare Festival Visitors' Guides from 1984 to 2013. Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
- ^ "Lucy Peacock theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ Stratford Shakespeare Festival production history
- Canadian stage actresses
- Canadian film actresses
- Living people
- 1960 births
- English emigrants to Canada
- National Theatre School of Canada alumni