for three further performances - Astrov in Uncle Vanya, Higgins in Pygmalion and Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses. During the Gate Theatre Beckett Festival he performed as Pozzo in Waiting for Godot and as Hamm in Endgame, performances he repeated to considerable critical acclaim at the Lincoln Center in New York, in Toronto, in Melbourne, at the Barbican Theatre in London, in Beijing and in Shanghai. Later stage appearances were at the Abbey Theatre as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest and at the Gate Theatre as Herod in Oscar Wilde'sSalome. In the USA he appeared as King Henry in The Lion in Winter Other theatre work Stanford's work as a director and adaptor for the stage includes adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, A Christmas Carol, Romeo and Juliet, The Constant Wife, all presented at the Gate Theatre. He also created a new version of A Doll's House and a stage version of How Many Miles to Babylon?, for Second Age Theatre Company. He created a screenplay of The Picture of Dorian Gray, which he had previously co-adapted for the stage with writer Gavin Kostick. He has also co-written and directed two pantomimes at the Gaiety Theatre, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. His adaptations of both Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre have been presented in many theatres in both the USA and Canada. From 2006 to 2011 Stanford was a member of the Arts Council of Ireland. Stanford's association with PICT Classic Theatre began in 2008 when Andrew S. Paul hired him to direct Salome. Paul later sponsored Stanford's green card and he moved to Pittsburgh. In 2013 he succeeded Paul as executive director and artistic director of PICT. In 2022 he was removed by the board of PICT after the Pittsburgh City Paper published allegations of sexual harassment of actresses, which Stanford described as "libellous". Television and film work Stanford's film and television work includes Educating Rita, The Irish R.M., The Treaty, The Hanging Gale, Moll Flanders, Michael Collins, Kidnapped, Animal Farm etc. For many years he played George Manning in RTÉ's Glenroe. References External links Second Age website Alan Stanford official website PICT Theatre website 1949 births Living people 20th-century English male actors 20th-century Irish male actors 21st-century English male actors 21st-century Irish male actors English male film actors English male soap opera actors English male stage actors English male voice actors English theatre directors