Jack Payne

(****-****). Actor and director. Performed in Equus (as the stable owner at the 7 Arts Theatre) and in Dirty Linen (as “Home Secretary”). Directed An Inspector Calls in ?Salisbury? with John Messurier in the lead role. (SACD 1977/78)

(19*-) English Bandleader and company manager. ** Toured South Africa in 1936. He was the company manager for the production Distinguished Gathering starring British comedian Vic Oliver which was staged at the Brooke Theatre in 1964.

(Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land theatre programme note: Jack Payne was born in London, received his drama training at the Old Vic School [1]. His first professional job was as an actor and stage director for the Dundee Repertory Company where he stayed for four years, during which time he was responsible for a Command Performance at Balmoral Castle.

Sources

Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land theatre programme (undated).

Tucker, 1997

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