Matthew Lloyd Davies is a British

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

and

voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

. Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School; Lloyd Davies has appeared in theatrical productions directed by

Terry Hands Terence David Hands (9 January 1941 – 4 February 2020) was an English theatre director. He founded the Liverpool Everyman Theatre and ran the Royal Shakespeare Company for thirteen years during one of the company's most successful periods; h ...

, Jonathan Holloway, and

Nicholas Hytner Sir Nicholas Robert Hytner (; born 7 May 1956) is an English theatre director, film director, and film producer. He was previously the Artistic Director of London's National Theatre. His major successes as director include ''Miss Saigon'', ''Th ...

; and narrated audiobooks by Henry Porter and Dawnie Walton. He won the Audio Publishers Association 2018 Audie Award for Humour and jointly won the 2022

Audie Award for Fiction The Audie Award for Fiction is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association The Audio Publishers Association (APA) is the first and only not-for-profit trade organization of the audiobook industry in the United Stat ...

Career

Theatre

In 1990, Lloyd Davies played Frank's younger self in Peter Nichols' autobiographical ''Forget Me Not Lane''. And the following year, he played

Laurie Lee Laurence Edward Alan "Laurie" Lee, MBE (26 June 1914 – 13 May 1997) was an English poet, novelist and screenwriter, who was brought up in the small village of Slad in Gloucestershire. His most notable work is the autobiographical trilogy ...

's younger self in a stage adaptation of Lee's non-fiction novel ''Cider With Rosie''. Matthew Lloyd Davies featured in a production of "

Black Chiffon ''Black Chiffon'' is a play in two acts written by Lesley Storm. Starring Flora Robson, the play premiered at the Westminster Theatre in London's West End on 3 May 1949, running for over 400 performances. The play debuted on Broadway on 27 Septem ...

" by Lesley Storm at the Richmond Theatre, and tour. In the play, he portrayed the character of Roy, son to characters Alicia and Robert Christie, and brother to Thea. The narrative focuses on the upcoming wedding of Roy to his fiancée, Louise. The family dynamics and tensions between father and son become a significant part of the storyline, especially after Alicia, Roy's mother, is arrested for

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. In 1997 Lloyd Davies played Algernon in

' version of

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...

's ''

The Importance of Being Earnest ''The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious ...

''. Lloyd Davies' depiction of Algernon infused the character with his own interpretation. His portrayal of the character was recognised for its energy and enthusiasm. Hands' production ran at the Old Vic in London before moving to Toronto's Princess of Wales Theater. In 2000, Lloyd Davies played Jack Seward in Jonathan Holloway's reworking of

Bram Stoker Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who is celebrated for his 1897 Gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and busine ...

's ''

Dracula ''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...

''.

Audiobooks

Lloyd Davies transitioned into audiobook narration to his career after he responded to a publisher's advertisement in

The Stage ''The Stage'' is a British weekly newspaper and website covering the entertainment industry and particularly theatre. It was founded in 1880. It contains news, reviews, opinion, features, and recruitment advertising, mainly directed at those wh ...

and

Television Today ''Television Today'' was an early television series which aired in New York City in 1931 on experimental mechanical television station W2XAB. Also known as ''Looking at Television'', the series featured Charles E. Butterfield, who gave a series of ...

seeking narrators with a

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A Spy's Life

Lloyd Davies, performed the audiobook version of Henry Porter's novel, gaining a ‘best of the year 2022’ award from

Audiofile magazine ''AudioFile'' is a print and online magazine whose mission is to review "unabridged and abridged audiobooks, original audio programs, commentary, and dramatizations in the spoken-word format. The focus of reviews is the audio presentation, not the ...

The story centred on Robert Harland, an ex-British spy who works for the UN Secretary-General. Following a plane crash, Harland is once again involved in intelligence activities.

Other theatre work

Lloyd Davies has also appeared several times at The National Theatre.

Filmography

Awards

*2018 Audie Award for Humour - ''Carpet Diem: Or...How to Save the World by Accident'' *2022

- ''The Final Revival of Opal and Nev'' *2022 AudioFile Best of the Year Award for Mystery and Suspense - ''A Spy's Life''

References

External links

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