Birth Place: | Palo Alto, California |
Other Names: | Daniel Rover Singer |
Occupation: | Stage, television actor |
Years Active: | 1977 - current |
Known For: | The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (2000). |
Daniel "Rover" Singer (born 1959) is an American actor, director, and stage writer known for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (2000).
At the age of 17, Singer co-founded General Amazement Theater in Santa Rosa, California, which produced three musicals in its first and only season, including Singer's original adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. Upon his return to California from studying drama at the Guildford School of Action near London, he co-founded the Reduced Shakespeare Company,[1] whose three-man farce The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) has been performed around the world since its debut in 1987, including nine years in London's West End. He is active as a playwright. "A Perfect Likeness," his play about a fictitious meeting between Lewis Carroll and Charles Dickens, has been produced in North America and the U.K. since 2013. Singer performs with the shanty-band QuarterMaster.