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RICHARD
EASTON (Benjamin Franklin) With a distinguished career spanning more than 50 years, Richard Easton is a veteran actor of both stage and screen. He is well known to Broadway audiences from his recent role in Noises Off and his award-winning portrayal of A.E. Housman in Tom Stoppard’s The Invention of Love, which earned him a Tony, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Award in 2001. Easton debuted on Broadway in 1957 and was a founding member, alongside Ellis Rabb and Rosemary Harris, of the APA Repertory Company at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre in 1960 and returned to APA for the 1967-9 seasons. In addition to major roles in contemporary theatre, Easton is probably best known for his Shakespearean work, having played in and directed productions of the Bard’s work internationally. His roles have included Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo, Brutus in Julius Caesar and Henry IV, among many others. Easton has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Kenneth Branagh’s Renaissance Company and tours with productions throughout the U.S., U.K., Holland and Sweden. Easton has made television appearances on Frasier and LA Law in America, and appeared in the U.K. in the long-running BBC series, The Brothers. He has also appeared in feature films, including Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V and Dead Again as well as Finding Forester.
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