Mark B. Knight
• 1997- IN PHILLY •
Variously as performer, producer, director, playwright & dramaturge: Philadelphia Theatre Workshop; The Brick Playhouse; Philadelphia Artists’ Collective; People's Light; Society Hill Playhouse; Philly Young Playwrights; Philadelphia Theatre Company; The Shubin Theatre; Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium (IRC); PlayShop Festival; L'Etage Cabaret; Plays & Players; The Bridge PHL; Irish Heritage Theatre; Egopo Classic Theatre; Cape May Shakespeare Festival; Luna Theater; Walnut Street Studio 5; Currently on the Board of the PDC (Philadelphia Dramatists' Center).
• 1974-97 in the UK •
Co-founded fringe companies working out of some prestigious theatre venues such as The Pindar of Wakefield, The Kings Head, The Gate Theatre, The Man in The Moon, The Elephant Theatre, The Young Vic and many more. 1988: keynote speaker for British Actors' Equity at conferences on'Entertainment & the New Digital Media'. Venues: London & Jerusalem. Appeared in over two hundred plays, both classics & new writing. Toured UK & Europe many times. I have presented plays at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival & worked on radio & TV in the UK.
• 1981-97 at Shakespeare's Globe •
- Resident Actor/Teacher/Manager Education Department, London. Lectured & gave talks to thousands of visitors.
- April 23rd 1995 - The opening of the Globe's first season presented to His Royal Highness, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Wrote, produced & performed in the actor/teacher section of the opening celebrations.
- April 23rd 1994 - A year prior to the Globe's opening season, devised, produced & Emcce on 'Merely Players: Rough but (nearly) Ready' in the partially completed theatre. The event involved over 200 performers, celebrities & otherwise.
- April 23rd 1988 - Master of Ceremonies at the Globe ground-breaking ceremony. Attendees included; Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Ian McKellan, Dame Judi Dench, Anthony Hopkins, Julian Glover, Jeremy Brett, Zoe Wanamaker, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh