He enjoyed a long stage career, which involved working with Tyrone Guthrie and Peter Brook, and was active in the Royal Shakespeare Company.[5][6] In the 1970s, he acquired a Victorian church in North London, which he converted into an Elizabethan-style theatre in collaboration with director Adrian Brown.[7] In 1973, he opened it as "St George's Theatre", intending that it present little-seen classical plays.[8]
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he continued to work at St George's Theatre as both an actor and a director, often with his wife, Elvi Hale.
Personal life
George Murcell memorial bench
Murcell married his first wife, Josephine Tweedy, in 1953. His second wife was the British actress Elvi Hale, to whom he was married from 1961 until his death in 1998. Away from acting, Murcell was also an accomplished musician and linguist. He died on 3 December 1998, aged 73.[2] A bench dedicated to him is placed near the bridge crossing the lake at Kew Gardens.
^Birth record transcript, Registration event: Birth Name: MURCELL, Arthur G H Mother's name: Not available before 1966 Consulate: Naples, Italy Year: 1921–1925 Volume: 19, p. 637 : Record source: GRO Consular Birth Indices (1849 to 1965)
