It is with great sadness that I have to re port the death of Edward Pitt at the age of 87 after a short illness.
Edward joined the Student Group in 1952 and after graduating went on to act in
many productions, including playing the French herald Mountjoy in Alfred's
production of Henry V in 1957 (my first recollection of him was in wardrobe knitting
string "chain mail" for that production) and the brother in The Glass Menagerie in 1960. He was a spectacular chorus member in Alan Clarke's production of How I
Assumed the Role of a Popular Dandy ... in the New Plays Festival of 1965.
He later turned to directing with considerable success. Among his notable
productions were John Osborne's Hotel in Amsterdam (1976), Frank Marcus's The Killing of Sister George (1978), Butley by Simon Gray (1980), No Man's Land by Harold Pinter (1981}, Peter Schaffer's Equus in 1982 and Lark Rise by Keith Dewhurst (1984). His last Questors production was the Peter Weiss epic Marat/Sade in 1985.
Sadly ill-health prevented him further productions and after taking early retirement he moved to the west country and had been living in Bath.
He was an inventive and imaginative director to work with and had an irrepressible sense of humour both on and offstage.
He was a great and lovely friend for many years.
Tony Barber
ED PITT AT THE QUESTORS
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