Shakespeare in Performance: Person
Peter B. Young
PETER B. YOUNG, Pasadena, Calif., is in his third season with the Festival, this year in the post of Technical Director. He received his B.A. from the University of California at Davis, where he portrayed Bill Walker in Major Barbara and Tardiveau in An Italian Straw Hat, designed lighting for The Cretan Woman, and directed Arm da Capo. At Stanford University where he is working toward his Ph.D. in Speech and Drama, Mr. Young has played Gib in The Sea and Shepherd's Play, and designed lighting for productions of Three Men on a Horse, Phormio, Breasts of Tiresias and No Trifling With Love. In his previous seasons with the Oregon Shakespearean Festival, he has held the positions of Senior Technician and Master Carpenter.
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PETER B. YOUNG, Pasadena, Calif., is returning for his third season as Technical Director and his fourth summer with the Festival. A Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Drama at Stanford University, he has been on the Technical Staff of the Stanford Repertory Theatre. At the University of California at Davis, where he received his B.A. in Botany, Mr. Young appeared as Bill Walker in Major Barbara, and Tardiveau in An Italian Straw Hat; designed the lighting for The Cretan Woman; and directed Aria Da Cafo. At Stanford he has played Gib in The Second Shefherds Play and designed the lighting for Three Men on a Horse, Phormio, Breasts of Tiresias, and No Trifling with Love, This fall he will be Technical Director and Instructor in the Department of Speech and Theatre Arts at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois.
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PETER B. YOUNG, Palo Alto, Calif., is returning for his second season as Technical Director and his fourth summer with the Festival. A Ph.D. student of Dramatic Literature at Stanford University, he has been on the Technical staff of the Stanford Repertory Theatre for the past year. At the University of California at Davis, where he received his A.B. in Botany, Mr. Young appeared as Bill Walker in Major Barbara, and Tardiveau in An Italian Straw Hat; designed the lighting for The Cretan Woman; and directed Aria da Cafo, At Stanford he has played Gib in The Second Shepherds Play and designed the lighting for Three Men on a Horse, Phormio, Breasts of Tiresias, and No Trifling With Love,
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PETER B. YOUNG, Galesburg, Illinois, is returning for his fourth season as Technical Director and his sixth summer with the Festival. He received his A.B. in Botany from the University of California at Davis and his Ph.D. in Drama from Stanford University, where he has been on the Technical Staff of the Stanford Repertory Theatre, played Gib in The Second Shepherds Play and designed the lighting for Three Men on a Horse, Phormioy Breasts of Tiresias and No Trifling with Love. Dr. Young is currently Assistant Profe -c Speech and Technical Director at Knox College, Galesburg, where he has designed sets and lighting for Three Penny Of era and served as Director for Right You Are,
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Credited as production or crew
- As You Like It (1968, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- Cymbeline (1968, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- Hamlet (1968, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- Henry VIII (1968, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- Antony and Cleopatra (1967, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- Pericles (1967, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- Richard III (1967, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- The Taming of the Shrew (1967, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1966, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- Henry VI, Part 3 (1966, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1966, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- King Henry VI, Part 2 (1965, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- Macbeth (1965, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- Much Ado About Nothing (1965, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- The Winter's Tale (1965, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
- King Lear (1964, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Master Carpenter
- Love's Labour's Lost (1963, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technician
- Romeo and Juliet (1963, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technician
- The Life of Henry V (1963, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technician
- The Merry Wives of Windsor (1963, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA) .... Technical Director
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