Andrew Bridgmont Explained

Andrew Bridgmont
Nationality:	British
Alma Mater:	Central Saint Martins & Waldorf education
Occupation:	Actor
Years Active:	1994present
Height:	1.73 m
Father:	Peter Bridgmont
Website:	IMDB Page

Andrew Bridgmont is an English actor, playwright and stage director,^[1] son of thespian and author Peter Bridgmont (January 1929 - 24 June 2019).^[2] He is primarily known^[3] for his theatre work like at the Globe Theatre^{[4] [5] [6]} and appearing in such films as Matthew Vaughn's (2014), James Marsh's The Theory of Everything (2014)^[7] or TV series like Penny Dreadful (2014-2016) or Grandchester. Bridgmont was the winner of the International Playwriting Festival award^[8] for Red on Black.^{[9] [10] [11]}

Education

Bridgmont did an arts foundation course, and later graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in London. He took part in workshops at Ovalhouse in Lambeth.^[12] Bridgmont is also a classically trained violinist.^[13]

Theatre

Director

Title	Year	Role	Director or Venue	Notes
Summer of Love	2018	Director	St James Theatre	actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster playing Kenneth and Claire Porter as Kenneth's mum Rebecca; Damont Prods.	^[14]
Summer of Love	2012	Director	King's Head Theatre	actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster playing Kenneth and Claire Porter as Kenneth's mum Rebecca; Damont Prods.	^[15] ^[16]
Richard III	2011	Director	Central school of speech and drama	Damont Productions	^[17] ^[18] ^[19]
The Golden Hour	2014	Director	St James Theatre	Damont Productions	^[20]
Tales from the Coast	2011	Director	King's Head Theatre	Damont Productions	^[21]
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me	2008	Director	Globe Theatre and Stara Prochownia in Warsaw	Damont Productions	^[22]

Actor

Title	Year	Role	Venue	Director - Notes
The Wider Earth	2018	The Reverend Henslow; Sir John Herschel & the sailor.	The 'Darwin Centre' at The Natural History Museum	2 hours10 min.	^[23] ^[24] ^[25] ^[26] ^[27]
The Caucasian Chalk Circle	2018	Mother / Lawyer andothers	Royal Lyceum Theatre	Mark Thomson (director), Simon Wilkinson (lighting design), Claire McKenzie (composer) Karen Tennant (designer).	^[28] ^[29]
Comus	2016	Earl of Bridgewater	The Globe Theatre	Lucy Bailey	^[30]
Solos and chorus without harmony	2013	Tony Blair	Royal Court Theatre	Richard Bradberry; also starring Sasha Behar, Aidan Casey, Ralf Togneri and Martin Turner.	^[31]
Doctor Faustus	2007	Vega / Cornelius / Pope	Headlong Theatre	Steve Marmion	^[32] ^[33] ^[34]
The Mozart Question	2007 - 2009	Paolo Levi	Bristol Old Vic Theatre & New End Theatre, London	Julia MacShane	^[35] ^[36] ^[37] ^[38] ^[39] ^[40]
The Maid's Tragedy	1997	Lysippus	Shakespeare's Globe Theatre	Lucy Bayley	^[41]
Democracy	2012 - 2013	Reinhard Wilke	Old Vic Theatre and Sheffield Crucible	Paul Miller	^[42] ^[43] ^[44]
War Horse	2010 & 2011	Greig; Schmidtt and Songman.	Royal National Theatre / New London Theatre	Marianne Elliott / Tom Morris / Alex Sims.	^[45] ^[46]
Dangerous Corner	2015	Stanton	Watermill Theatre	Guy Retallack	^[47]
The Caucasian Chalk Circle	2015	Stage, Horseman / Jussap's Mother / Bandit.	Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh	Mark Thomson	^[48] ^[49] ^[50]
Hard Times	2000	Harthouse	Watermill Theatre	Guy Retallack	^[51]
An Inspector Calls	1998	Gerald	The Garrick Theatre - P.W. Productions	Stephen Daldry	^[52]
Twelfth Night	1996	Malvolio	Imaginary Forces	Michael Thomas	^[53]
Life of Galileo	2005 & 2007	The Bursar & Bellarmine	Birmingham Repertory Theatre	Jonathan Church	^[54]
The Winter's Tale	1997	Antigonus / 3rd Gentleman	Shakespeare's Globe Theatre	Mark Rylance	^[55] ^[56]
Much Ado About Nothing	1993	Balthazar / Friar / Sextan	Thelma Holt Productions	Matthew Warchus
Sherlock Holmes	1996	Dr. Watson	Sir Arthur Sullivans, Stage One Theatre Company	Tim Heath
Cue Deadly: A Film, Live On Stage	2003	Jay / Melville	Hungry Bob Prods at Riverside Studios	Dan Hine and Kirsty Housley
I Do	2014	David	Dante or Die	for Almeida Festival, Daphna Attias; also starring Anna Carteret.
Love and Other Fairy Tales	2006	Chaucer	Scarlet Theatre Company	Grainne Byrne
Love and Other Fairy Tales	2001	Chaucer	Scarlet Theatre Company	Katashina Dest
Others	2000	Vershinin	Scarlet Theatre Company	Katashina Dest
The Tempest	1991	Sebastian	The Globe Theatre, London and Phoebus Carte.	Mark Rylance	^[57]
Hamlet	1992	Rosencrantz	RSC Stratford / Barbican	Ron Daniels	^[58] ^[59] ^[60]
A Clockwork Orange	1991	Teacher Jack	RSC Stratford / Barbican	Ron Daniels
Casement	1996	Robert Monteith	Moving Theatre / Riverside Studios	Corin Redgrave
The Winter's Tale	1998	Antigonus	Shakespeare's Globe Theatre	David Freeman	^[61] ^[62]
Julius Caesar	1997	Brutus	Maison Bertaux	Metin Marlow
Measure for Measure	1998	Angelo	Maison Bertaux	Metin Marlow

Film

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Title	Year	Role	Director	Notes
The Theory of Everything	2014	Cockcroft Guest 5	James Marsh
	2014	Kingsman Tailor	Matthew Vaughn
Diagnosis	2017	Gary	Eva Riley		^[63]
The King's Man	2020	Kingsman Tailor	Matthew Vaughn

Television

Title	Year	Role	Notes
The Windsors	2020	Francis Willis	Season 3, Episode 4 directed by Amanda Blue.	^[64] ^[65]
Grandchester	2020	Douglas Munroe	Season 5, Episode 4 directed by Christiana Ebohon.
Howards End	2017	Swanage Doctor	Season 1, Episode 4 directed by Hettie Macdonald.
The Halcyon	2017	Doctor	Season 1, Episode 4 directed by Rob Evans.
Penny Dreadful	2016	Ship Doctor	Season 3, Episode 1 titled: "The Day Tennyson Died" directed by Damon Thomas.
Houdini & Doyle	2016	Dr. Perlow	Season 1, Episode 3 titled: "In Manus Dei" directed by Daniel O'Hara.
The Frankenstein Chronicles	2015	Librarian	Season 1, Episode 2 directed by Benjamin Ross.
Party Animals	2007	Marcus Walter	Season 1, Episode 2 directed by Brian Grant.
Waking the Dead	2007	Optometrist	Season 6, Episode 9 directed by Andy Hay.
The Family Man	2006	Journalist	directed by John Strickland.
Holby City	2005	Mr. Blackburn	Season 7, Episode 42 directed by Alice Troughton.
Hustle	2005	Oliver Price	Season 2, Episode 3 directed by Alrick Riley.
Murphy's Law	2004	Dr. Phibes	Season 2, Episode 4 directed by Ed Fraiman.
EastEnders	2004	George Wakefield	directed by John Greening.
M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team	2003	DCI Bill Parkes	Season 1, Episode 6 directed by Susan Tully.
Casualty	2002	Mr. Carter	Season 17, Episode 23 directed by Gwennan Sage.
The Bill	2002	Stan Cross	Season 18, Episode 48 directed by Jamie Payne.
Soldier Soldier	1994	SIB Officer	Season 4, Episode 11 directed by Michael Brayshaw.
Between the Lines	1994	Publican (as Andrew Bridgemont)	Season 3, Episode 3 directed by Richard Standeven.

Documentary

Title	Year	Role	Notes
The Chrysalis Theatre Acting School	2009	Himself	Director by Álvaro Ramos.	^[66]
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets	2010	Abbas Ibn Firnas	Directed by Alan Deakins & produced by the British foundation 1001 Inventions aiming to promote the achievements of the Golden Age of Islam.

Books

Bridgmont is directly cited or mentioned in the following works (non-exhautive list):

• Reading Shakespeare on Stage (1995) by Herbert R. Coursen. University of Delaware Press.^[67]
• Shakespeare Comes to Broadmoor: The Actors Are Come Hither: The Performance of Tragedy in a Secure Psychiatric Hospital (1992) by Murray Cox. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.^[68]
• The Europa Directory of Literary Awards and Prizes (2015) by Susan Leckey. Routledge.^[69]
• Staging Shakespeare at the New Globe (Early Modern Literature in History; 1999) by P. Kiernan. Palgrave Macmillan.^[70]
• Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon: Volume 1 (1994) by Michael Mullin. Greenwood Press.^[71]
• American Theatre, Volume 18 (2001) by the Theatre Communications Group.^[72]
• Cahiers Élisabéthains (1989). Paul Valéry University Press.^[73]
• Plays and Players (1993). Hansom Books.^[74]
• London Theatre Record (1990) and the Theatre Record, Volume 21 (2001) by Ian Herbert. Theatre Record Limited.^{[75] [76]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Reflecting on Darwin with actor Andrew Bridgmont. 2018-11-30. LoveEast magazine. en-GB. 2020-04-19.
2. Web site: Goetheanum Peter Bridgmont, in memoriam. team. Maxime Le Roux, Nathan Querido, Das Goetheanum Wochenschrift. Goetheanum. fr. 2020-04-14.
3. Book: Morpurgo. Michael. Morpurgo: War Plays. Reade. Simon. 2012-09-24. Oberon Books. 978-1-84943-541-3. en.
4. Web site: Collections Shakespeare's Globe. Shakespeare's Globe. en-GB. 2020-04-19.
5. Web site: Guest Artists. www.grenfell.mun.ca. 2020-04-14.
6. Web site: Spotlight: ANDREW BRIDGMONT. www.spotlight.com. 2020-04-14.
7. Web site: Andrew Bridgmont. POCZYTALNIA - nowe miejsce na twoje kulturalne eksploracje. pl-PL. 2020-04-14.
8. Book: Leckey, Susan. The Europa Directory of Literary Awards and Prizes. 2015-12-22. Routledge. 978-1-135-35632-3. en.
9. Web site: Tales from the Coast: Team. Tales from the Coast. 2020-04-14.
10. Web site: internationalplaywritingfestival86to02. LTD. UKLIVE. www.warehousephoenix.co.uk. 2020-04-14.
11. Book: Leckey, Susan. The Europa Directory of Literary Awards and Prizes. 2015-12-22. Routledge. 978-1-135-35632-3. en.
12. Web site: Reflecting on Darwin with actor Andrew Bridgmont. 2018-11-30. LoveEast magazine. en-GB. 2020-04-14.
13. News: Gardner. Lyn. Theatre review: The Mozart Question, New End, London. 2009-03-29. The Guardian. 2020-04-19. en-GB. 0261-3077.
14. Web site: Review: Summer of Love, St. James Theatre. Jemma Anderson. 2015-07-31. A Younger Theatre. en-GB. 2020-04-14.
15. Web site: Review: Summer of Love, St. James Theatre. Jemma Anderson. 2015-07-31. A Younger Theatre. en-GB. 2020-04-19.
16. Web site: Thomas Brodie Sangster to Lead THE THREE KINGS at St. James Studio. BWW News Desk. BroadwayWorld.com. en. 2020-04-19.
17. Web site: Richard III — celestinehealy.co.uk. celestinehealy.co.uk. en. 2020-04-19.
18. Web site: Richard III. 2015-08-12. The Association of Lighting Designers. en. 2020-04-19.
19. Book: Wells, Stanley. Shakespeare Survey. 2003-10-16. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-54184-8. en.
20. Web site: Three Valentine's Day Events Set for the St. James Studio, Beg. Feb 10. BWW News Desk. BroadwayWorld.com. en. 2020-04-19.
21. Web site:
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22. Web site: Andrew Bridgmont Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos. www.broadwayworld.com. en. 2020-04-19.
23. Web site: Reflecting on Darwin with actor Andrew Bridgmont. 2018-11-30. LoveEast magazine. en-GB. 2020-04-14.
24. Web site: Casting announced for Natural History Museum production of The Wider Earth. Limited. London Theatre Direct. 2018-08-29. www.londontheatredirect.com. en. 2020-04-14.
25. Web site: The Wider Earth at the Natural History Museum Theatre review. Compton-Hall. Jim. The Upcoming. 2020-04-14.
26. Web site: Cast announced for Darwin drama The Wider Earth Natural History Museum October – December 2018 * Fairy Powered Productions. 2018-08-30. Fairy Powered Productions. en-GB. 2020-04-14.
27. Web site: Theatre Review: The Wider Earth, Natural History Museum. Galton. Bridget. Hackney Gazette. en. 2020-04-19.
28. Web site: The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Lyceum, Review Edinburgh Guide. www.edinburghguide.com. 2020-04-15.
29. Web site: The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Play) archive [PLAY]]. www.uktw.co.uk. 2020-04-19.
30. Web site: Collections Shakespeare's Globe. Shakespeare's Globe. en-GB. 2020-04-19.
31. Web site: IMG_5954.jpg Kristian Buus. kristianbuus.photoshelter.com. 2020-04-19.
32. Web site: ROB WILTON THEATRICALIA Classic Play Programmes 2000 on. www.phyllis.demon.co.uk. 2020-04-19.
33. Web site: The Wider Earth at the Natural History Museum London theatre news ActDrop. actdrop.uk. 2020-04-19.
34. Book: Goold. Rupert. Faustus. Power. Ben. 2007. Nick Hern Books. 978-1-85459-573-7. en.
35. News: Gardner. Lyn. Theatre review: The Mozart Question, New End, London. 2009-03-29. The Guardian. 2020-04-19. en-GB. 0261-3077.
36. News: Marlowe. Sam. The Mozart Question at the New End Theatre, London NW3. . 2020-04-19. en. 0140-0460.
37. Web site: Theatre review: The Mozart Question at New End Theatre and touring. British Theatre Guide. en-GB. 2020-04-19.
38. Book: Morpurgo. Michael. Morpurgo: War Plays. Reade. Simon. 2012-09-24. Oberon Books. 978-1-84943-541-3. en.
39. News: The Mozart Question. 2008-08-06. Edinburgh Festival. 2020-04-19. en-GB.
40. Web site: Sublime music in The Mozart Question. 2009-03-05. Evening Standard. en. 2020-04-19.
41. Web site: Collections Shakespeare's Globe. Shakespeare's Globe. en-GB. 2020-04-19.
42. Web site: Democracy. The Old Vic. en. 2020-04-19.
43. Web site: Democracy The Old Vic Curtain Call. Call. Curtain. www.curtaincallonline.com. 2020-04-19.
44. Web site: Democracy London theatre tickets and information. www.thisistheatre.com. 2020-04-19.
45. Web site: Plays Extend: West End War Horse, Court Empire WhatsOnStage. www.whatsonstage.com. en-GB. 2020-04-19.
46. Web site: War Horse cast changes from 14 April at the New London. 2010. London Theatre Guide. en. 2020-04-19.
47. Web site: Andrew Bridgmont search on UK Theatre Web. www.uktw.co.uk. 2020-04-19.
48. Web site: Preview: The Caucasian Chalk Circle. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. en. 2020-04-19.
49. Web site: THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE To 14 March.. Aguinaldo. en-GB. 2020-04-19.
50. Web site: The Caucasian Chalk Circle The Lyceum Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. lyceum.org.uk. en. 2020-04-19.
51. Web site: Andrew Bridgmont search on UK Theatre Web. www.uktw.co.uk. 2020-04-19.
52. Web site: Guest Artists. www.grenfell.mun.ca. 2020-04-19.
53. Book: Coursen, Herbert R.. Reading Shakespeare on Stage. 1995. University of Delaware Press. 978-0-87413-538-1. en.
54. Web site: Collections Shakespeare's Globe. Shakespeare's Globe. en-GB. 2020-04-19.
55. Web site: Production of The Winter's Tale Theatricalia. theatricalia.com. 2020-04-19.
56. Web site: Winter's Tale, The · British Universities Film & Video Council. bufvc.ac.uk. 2020-04-19.
57. Web site: Collections Shakespeare's Globe. Shakespeare's Globe. en-GB. 2020-04-19.
58. Book: Cox, Murray. Shakespeare Comes to Broadmoor: The Actors are Come Hither : the Performance of Tragedy in a Secure Psychiatric Hospital. 1992-01-01. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 978-1-85302-135-0. en.
59. Web site: Production of Hamlet Theatricalia. theatricalia.com. 2020-04-19.
60. Web site: Hamlet at The Barbican Theatre, Barbican Centre and others 1989. www.abouttheartists.com. 2020-04-19.
61. Web site: Collections Shakespeare's Globe. Shakespeare's Globe. en-GB. 2020-04-19.
62. Web site: Winter's Tale, The · British Universities Film & Video Council. bufvc.ac.uk. 2020-04-19.
63. Web site: Andrew Bridgmont. Vodkaster. fr-FR. 2020-04-16.
64. Web site: The Windsors Season 4: Release Date, Cast, Plot and Everything You Need To Know.. Ghosh. Joydeep. 2020-04-05. OtakuKart News. en-US. 2020-04-14.
65. Web site: Andrew Bridgmont. British Comedy Guide. en-GB. 2020-04-14.
66. Web site: Dynamic Spanish Actor Alvaro Ramos Makes his Mark Across Several Mediums. Leigh. Portia. 2018-01-27. Medium. en. 2020-04-14.
67. Book: Coursen, Herbert R.. Reading Shakespeare on Stage. 1995. University of Delaware Press. 978-0-87413-538-1. en.
68. Book: Cox, Murray. Shakespeare Comes to Broadmoor: The Actors are Come Hither : the Performance of Tragedy in a Secure Psychiatric Hospital. 1992-01-01. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 978-1-85302-135-0. en.
69. Book: Leckey, Susan. The Europa Directory of Literary Awards and Prizes. 2015-12-22. Routledge. 978-1-135-35632-3. en.
70. Book: Kiernan, P.. Staging Shakespeare at the New Globe. 1999-05-19. Springer. 978-0-230-38015-8. en.
71. Book: Mullin, Michael. Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon: a catalogue-index to productions of the Royal Shakespeare Company, 1979-1993. First supplement. 1994-01-01. Greenwood Press. 978-0-313-25028-6. en.
72. Book: American Theatre. 2001. Theatre Communications Group. en.
73. Book: Cahiers Élisabéthains. 1989. Centre d'études et de recherches élisabéthaines de l'Université Paul Valéry. en.
74. Book: Plays and Players. 1993. Hansom Books. en.
75. Book: London Theatre Record. 1990. I. Herbert. en.
76. Book: Theatre Record. 2001. I. Herbert. en.