William Oyler

WILLIAM OYLER, Equity Guest Artist, returns to the Festival for an eighth Ashland season. Well-remembered here for such characterizations as Brutus, Pistol, Edmund, and Orsino, Mr. Oyler has appeared on radio and television in Gunsmoke, Mr. and Mrs. North, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Eternal Light, NEC Playhouse, and Playhouse 90. With an M.A. from Stanford and Ph.D. work in progress at U.C.L.A. Mr. Oyler continues his acting career having recently played Tajamaru in Rashomon, Malvolio in the ANTA Production of Twelfth Night (both in Hollywood), and Barney in Snpnmer of the Seventeenth Doll at the Morgan Theatre, Santa Monica.

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WILLIAM OYLER, Sacramento, Calif., is a professional radio and television actor, and a veteran performer on the Festival stage. His theatrical background includes extensive work in such Hollywood productions as Gunsmoke, Suspense, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Eternal Light, Escape, and Mr. and Mrs. North. Mr. Oyler graduated from State College of Washington with a B.A. in radio and speech, and achieved an M.A. in Drama at Stanford University. His teaching experience includes instructing Drama at the University of California at Davis and at Southern Oregon College. Among many prominent Festival roles, he has played Pistol in Henry IV, Part 2, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor; Brutus in Julius Caesar; Aaron in Titus Andronicus, and Banquo in Macbeth.

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William Oyler of Sacramento, Calif., has studied at Washington State College and Notre Dame and is at present studying for his Ph.D. in Drama at Stanford University. He has acted with the Palo Alto Community Players, the Seattle Repertory Playhouse, the Tryout Theatre in Seattle, and the Vining Repertory in Ashland. Bill will be remembered for his Pistol, Orsino and Edmond in last year's season.

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Credited as cast

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1966, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Snout
2. Henry VI, Part 3 (1966, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Lord Clifford
3. Antony and Cleopatra (1959, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Sextus Pompeius
4. Antony and Cleopatra (1959, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Silius
5. Life and Death of King John (1959, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Philip the Bastard
6. As You Like It (1957, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Le Beau
7. Henry VIII (1957, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Earl of Surrey
8. Henry VIII (1957, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Bishop of Lincon
9. Othello (1957, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Iago
10. Pericles (1957, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Simonides
11. The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1957, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Valentine
12. Cymbeline (1956, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Cloten
13. Love's Labour's Lost (1956, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Marcade
14. Romeo and Juliet (1956, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Tybalt
15. Titus Andronicus (1956, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Aaron
16. Henry V (1952, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Pistol
17. Much Ado About Nothing (1952, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Conrade
18. The Tempest (1952, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Antonio
19. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (1952, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Marcus Brutus
20. King Lear (1951, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Edmund

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Related Artifacts

Much Ado About Nothing: Production Still (Don Chesse as Borachio, Michael Onofrio as Don John and William Oyler as Conrade)

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The Tempest: Production Still

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Julius Caesar: Production Still

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Henry V: Production Still

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