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Daniel's stage career began while he was still at Bedales where he appeared in

A Winter's Tale (1971) Three Sisters (1974) Twelfth Night (1975) Our Town (date unknown) Man and Superman (date unknown) Six Characters in Search of an Author (date unknown) Slump (date unknown)

(left and center, playing Feste in Twelfth Night, December 1975
(right, playing The Son in Six Characters in Search of an Author, date unknown)
Cast lists from the Bedales Theatre programs (left to right)
Twelfth Night,  Six Characters in Search of an Author,  Slump,  and  Three Sisters (autographed!)
In the summer of 1973, Daniel attended the National Youth Theatre program. One production he acted in was The Children's Crusade.
It is not known what other plays he was in, but the productions that summer included:
Richard II,  Romeo and Juliet,   Geordie's March,  and The Petticoat Rebellion.

He graduated from Bedales in 1975 and went on to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School ( below left).
While there completing his training, he appeared at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Royal (below right) in productions of:

The Recruiting Officer,  Sept-Oct, 1979 Troilus and Cressida, Oct-Nov,1979 Funny Peculiar,  Nov-Dec, 1979 Old King Cole,  Dec79-Feb80 Class Enemy,  Mar-Apr,1980 Edward II,  May-June, 1980 Oh, What a Lovely War  May-June, 1980 A Midsummer Night's Dream,  Aug-Sept, 1980

left: from program of Oh, What a Lovely War

After leaving The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Daniel starred in numerous productions including:                                                   

Look Back in Anger  Jan. 1979 (Little Theatre, Bristol) Dracula Feb-March 1981 (Little Theatre, Bristol) Another Country Sept.1982-May, 1983 (Queen's Theatre, London) Romeo and Juliet/A Midsummer Night's Dream  Oct.1983-Jan, 1984;      (Royal Shakespeare Company tour) Dracula  Nov-Dec 1984  (Half Moon Theatre, London) Futurists  March 1986   (National Theatre, London) Hamlet  March-Sept 1989   (National Theatre, London)

(left to right)  Another Country,   Romeo and Juliet,   Dracula,  Futurists   (right two)

Hamlet

Daniel has not appeared on the stage since Hamlet




While busy pursuing a stage career, Daniel also took the time to star in several BBC drama productions:

Shoestring (Nov.2,1980) -- below,left Artemis 81  (1981) Frost In May  (1982) How Many Miles to Babylon  (1982) -- below, center left My Brother Jonathan  (1985) -- below, center right The Insurance Man  (1986) -- below, right