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Simon Robson is a British actor, director and writer.
As an actor he has appeared in Doctors, Tom & Viv, Bodywork, Trial and Retribution and EastEnders, playing Graham Stone.
Simon Robson studied at Cambridge University and trained as an actor at RADA. He has worked extensively in the theatre, as well as appearing in Eastenders and Doctors. His first play, The Ghost Train Tattoo, was premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester in 2001. Since then he has published a book of short stories, The Separate Heart, which was shortlisted for the prestigious Frank O'Connor Prize in 2007.
Selected theatre performances
- Lord Darlington in Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (1997)
- Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro by Beaumarchais. Directed by Helena Kaut-Howson at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2002)
- Rupert Billings in The Happiest Days of Your Life by John Dighton. Directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2003)
- Chiltern in An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2008)
- Elyot Chase in Private Lives by Noel Coward. Directed by Michael Buffong at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2011)