But his acting developed and he went to work at Stoke- on-Trent theatre and later with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
And if you should be lucky enough to see Shakespeare Theatre Company's new production, directed by David Muse and featuring a towering performance by Patrick Page, you'll come away wondering why it doesn't get done regularly by every drama company in America.
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Her other work includes Believe What You Will and King John for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Sir Michael Boyd and Vikki Heywood, the departing artistic director and executive director of the Royal Shakespeare Company are placed fifth.
The New York Times said the production from the Royal Shakespeare Company was "the most satisfying and subversive musical ever to come out of Britain".
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He said the open-air theatre was one of London's first dedicated playhouses and it was here that a young William Shakespeare performed as part of The Lord Chamberlain's Men company of players, and had his first plays performed.
Acting director of education at the Royal Shakespeare Company Jacqui O'Hanlon said many secondaries and primaries were already teaching Shakespeare in an inspirational way.
The opening weekend includes large-scale productions such as the National Ballet of China's The Peony Pavilion and Mokwha Repertory Company's version of Shakespeare's Tempest.
But after a school trip to see a much-lauded Royal Shakespeare Company performance of "Richard II, " and a visit to the cinema with classmates to see Stanley Kubrick's controversial " A Clockwork Orange, " his ambitions turned instead to film and theater.
The Musketeers will be played by Great Expectations actor Tom Burke as Athos, Santiago Cabrera from Merlin as Aramis, and Howard Charles, who has acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, as Porthos.
The Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda The Musical won two awards - for best musical production and best performance in a musical for Bertie Carvel.
The company has developed personalised versions of its software for William Shakespeare, James Joyce and Charles Dickens, but this is the first version that emulates the language of a living person.
It is a bumper year for the arts, with the Royal Shakespeare Company's artistic director Michael Boyd made a knight for services to drama, and RSC executive director Vikki Heywood appointed CBE, as they both prepare to stand down in September.
Griffiths was born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, and left school at 15 but later returned to education to study drama, before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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