Joanna Tope obit

Joanna Margaret Tope

1944 - 2024 

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Tope was an English actress who appeared in many television programmes, including Emmerdale Farm as Dr. Clare Scott in 1973, The Omega Factor as Julia Crane in 1979, and The Tomorrow People as Mrs Boswell.

Tope was born in Bideford, Devon, England on 14 May 1944. Nominated for a New York Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance in The Promise by Douglas Maxwell, which was on at 59E59 Theater New York from 29 March until 17 April 2011, as part of Scotland Week. Appearing in Facade with the Auricle Ensemble in August and September 2011 and was also undertaking radio work for BBC.

After taking an Honours Degree in Drama at Manchester University, Tope spent the next 10 years working in London and the provinces and in both theatre and television, in a variety of parts, allowing her to explore and stretch her versatility. Her roles included Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, Adelaide in Guys and Dolls and the Old Woman in Edward Bond's Bingo. She appeared regularly on BBC Scotland, and has also acted on radio dramas.

At the very beginning of her career she was an ASM and played small parts at Pitlochry. She married a Glaswegian and lived in Scotland.

She appeared at the Citizens Theatre as Jocasta in Oedipus The King and as Helen in A Taste of Honey and as Mrs. Eynsford Hill in Pygmalion. In 1997, she appeared at the Edinburgh Festival as Dorimene in a Scottish Opera/Nottingham Playhouse production of Strauss' Ariadne Auf Naxos and has made numerous concert and cabaret appearances. She was assistant director on The Rising Generation at Theatre Royal, Lincoln.

Tope had three children; Tom, John and Maggie. She died on 19 December 2024, at the age of 80

 

(April 1968) She acted in the Lincoln Theatre Company production of Oscar Wilde's play, "The Importance of Being Earnest," at the Lincoln Theatre Royal in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England wit Howard Rawlinson, Sylvia Barter, and Sam Kelly in the cast. Philip Hedley was director.

(September 1968) She acted in the Lincoln Theatre Company production of Carlo Goldoni's play, "The Servant of Two Masters," at the Lincoln Theatre Royal in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England with Rhys McConnochie, Derek Fuke, Sam Kelly, Diana Raworth, and Brian Protheroe in the cast. Maria Sentivany and Philip Hedley were directors.

(1969) She acted in the Lincoln Theatre Company production of William Congreve's play, "The Way of the World," at the Lincoln Theatre Royal in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England with John Bell, Martin Duncan, Rhys McConnochie, Derek Fuke, Sylvia Barter, Diana Raworth, and Clare Venables (played Betty) in the cast. Philip Hedley was director.

(1969) She acted in the the Lincoln Theatre Company production of William Shakespeare's play, "Romeo & Juliet," at the Lincoln Theatre Royal in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England with Martin Duncan, John Bell, Sarah Stephenson, Brian Tree, Peter Bourke, Brian Protheroe, Thane Bettany, Jean Boht, and Rhys McConnochie in the cast. Philip Hedley was director.

(1970) She acted in Eugene Labiche and Marc Michel's play, "An Italian Straw Hat," in a Lincoln Theatre Company Production at the Oxford Playhouse in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England with Brian Protheroe, Ron Hackett, Rhys McConnochie, Joanna Tope, Derek Fuke, Rob Hackett, Martin Duncan, and Jill Spurrier in the cast. Philip Hedley and David Bradford were directors.

(1970) She acted in Livings' play, "Rattel," in a Lincoln Theatre Company Production at the Oxford Playhouse in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England with Brian Protheroe, Ron Hackett, Rhys McConnochie, Joanna Tope, Derek Fuke, Rob Hackett, Martin Duncan, and Jill Spurrier in the cast. Philip Hedley and David Bradford were directors.

(1970) She acted in Henrik Ibsen's play, "Hedda Gabler," in Lincoln Theatre Company production at the Lincoln Theatre Royal in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England with Joanna Tope, Brian Protheroe, and Neil McLauchlan in the cast. Clare Venables was director.

(1969) She acted in Joe Orton's play, "Loot," at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in London, England and at the Oxford Playhouse in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England in a Lincoln Theatre Company production with John Halstead, Brian Tree, Derek Fuke, Ronald Hackett, and Martin Duncan in the cast. Philip Hedley was director.

(1973) She acted in Cole Porter and Samuel Spewack's musical, "Kiss Me, Kate," at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter, Devon, England with Edward Brayshaw, Bob Peck, Yvonne Edgell, Martin Duncan, Brian Protheroe, Paul Jesson, and Geraldine Wright in the cast. David Toguri was director.

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