ABSTRACT
Jane Lapotaire was born in Suffolk in 1944. After two years with the Bristol Company, she became a member of Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre Company at the Old Vic in London. She performed leading roles in productions of The Dance o f Death, The White Devil, The Way of the World, and The Captain of Copernick. She also played Jessica opposite Olivier’s Shylock in Jonathan Miller’s production of The Merchant of Venice. Lapotaire was a founder member of the Young Vic Theatre where she played Jocasta in Oedipus, Kate in The Taming of the Shrew and Isabella in Measure for Measure.
