Simon Robson is a British actor, director and writer. As an actor, he has appeared in '' Doctors'', ''Tom & Viv'', ''Bodywork'', ''

Trial and Retribution ''Trial & Retribution'' is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that first aired on 19 October 1997. Written and devised by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series ''Prime Suspect'', each e ...

'' and '' EastEnders'', playing Graham Stone. Simon Robson studied Philosophy and Social and Political Science at

Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III of England, Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world' ...

and trained as an actor at

RADA The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Se ...

. He has worked extensively in the theatre, as well as appearing in ''Eastenders'' and ''Doctors''. His first play, ''The Ghost Train Tattoo'', was premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester in 2001. Since then he has published a book of short stories, ''The Separate Heart'' (Jonathan Cape), which was shortlisted for the prestigious Frank O'Connor Prize in 2007. His first novel, "Catch" (Jonathan Cape) was published in 2010. He wrote the libretto for the opera "Schoenberg in Hollywood", with music by Tod Machover, which received its premiere with Boston Lyric opera in November 2018.

Selected theatre performances

* Lord Darlington in ''

Lady Windermere's Fan ''Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman'' is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first performed on Saturday, 20 February 1892, at the St James's Theatre in London. The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is ...

'' by Oscar Wilde. Directed by

Braham Murray Braham Sydney Murray, OBE (12 February 1943 – 25 July 2018) was an English theatre director. In 1976, he was one of five founding Artistic Directors of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, and the longest-serving (he retired in 2012). Ear ...

at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (1997) * Count Almaviva in '' The Marriage of Figaro'' by

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. Directed by

Helena Kaut-Howson Helena Kaut-Howson is a British theatre director. Early life and education Helena Kaut-Howson was born (as Helena Kaut) in 1940 in Lviv, which was then in Poland. She grew up in Wrocław, Poland. Her training as a director was first at the Po ...

at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2002) * Rupert Billings in '' The Happiest Days of Your Life'' by

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. Directed by

at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2003) * Chiltern in '' An Ideal Husband'' by Oscar Wilde. Directed by

at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2008) * Elyot Chase in ''

Private Lives ''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetu ...

'' by Noël Coward. Directed by

Michael Buffong Michael Buffong (born 1964) is an English theatre director and the Artistic Director of Talawa Theatre Company. His work is characterised by reworking stage classics delivered to high degree of detail. Buffong has been described as "one of the most ...

at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2011)

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