1957 | Coriolanus | Volumnia | Latymer Upper School |
1962 | Sgt Musgrave's Dance | Annie the barmaid | Latymer Upper School |
1963 | Caucasian Chalk Circle | Grusha | Latymer Upper School |
1963 | Knight of the Burning Pestle | Humphrey | Latymer Upper School |
1963 | Ali Baba & The 7 Dwarves | Sixth Wife of Ali Baba | Latymer Upper School |
1964 | Portrait of Scythop | . | Latymer Upper School |
1964 | Cloud Over the Morning | Grikos | Latymer Upper School |
1964 | The Alchemist | Sir Epicure Mammon | Latymer Upper School |
1965 | Night Must Fall | Danny | Brook Green Players (amateur)
Rima played Dora, the maid |
1966-1972 | The Borgia Orgy | . | Court Drama Group (amateur) |
1966-1972 | The Hostage | . | Court Drama Group (amateur) |
1966-1972 | Romeo and Juliet | Romeo | Court Drama Group (amateur) |
1966-1972 | Measure for Measure | . | Court Drama Group (amateur) |
1966-1972 | View from the Bridge | . | Court Drama Group (amateur) |
July 1971 | Backbone | Malcolm Levin | Court Drama Group (amateur)
Rima played Tania Forbes |
1973 | Uncle Vanya | Vanya | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) - Vanburgh Theatre Club |
1973 | Ghosts | Pastor Manders | RADA - Vanburgh Theatre Club |
1973/4 | Lower Depths | Krivoy Zob | RADA - Vanburgh Theatre Club |
1974 | Little Mary Sunshine | Capt Warrington | RADA - Vanburgh Theatre Club |
1974 | Man and Superman | Roebuck Ramsden | RADA - Vanburg Theatre Club |
1974 | Measure for Measure | Angelo | RADA - Vanburgh Theatre Club |
1974/5 | Babes in the Woods | Chorus | Library Theatre Company, Manchester |
1974 | Lock Up Your Daughters | Dabble | playbill dated 10/30 - 11/74 states Rickman just finished RADA training; Library Theatre Company, Manchester |
1975 | There's A Girl In My Soup | Andrew Hunter | Library Theatre Company, Manchester |
1975 | Saint Joan | The Inquisitor and The Constable of France and Asst. Stage Manager | Library Theatre Company, Manchester |
1975 | You see the Thing Is | . | Library Theatre Company, Manchester |
1975 | Archives | . | Library Theatre Company, Manchester |
1975 | The 36 24 36 Show | Co Writer | Haymarket Theatre Leicester |
1975 | Romeo and Juliet | Paris | Haymarket Theatre, Leicester |
1975 | Guys and Dolls | a pickpocket and
liverlips louie | Haymarket Theatre, Leicester,.UK Tour |
1975 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Asher | Haymarket Theatre, Leicester,.UK Tour |
1976 | The Antique Baby | . | Haymarket Theatre, Leicester |
1976 | Nijinsky | Nijinsky | Sheffield Crucible |
1976 | The Carnation Gang | Daniel | Sheffield Crucible |
1976 | When We Dead Awaken | Rubek | Sheffield Crucible |
1976 | As You like It | Jaques | Sheffield Crucible |
1976 | Gunslinger Gulth | Little Thunder, a Rancher and Chief Black Moon | Phoenix Theatre Co, Leicester, UK Tour |
1976 | Ave to Heard The One about Joey Baker | Director | Travers Edinburgh |
1976 | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | Birmingham Rep. |
1976 | Dick Whittington | King Rat | Theatre Royal, Bristol |
196/7 | Measure for Measure | Friar Peter | Birmingham Rep. - Edinburgh Festival, European Tour |
1976/7 | The Devil is an Ass | Wittipol | Birmingham Rep. - Edinburgh Festival, European Tour |
1977 | Hamlet | Laertes | Bristol Old Vic |
1977 | Ubu Rex | Ma Ubu | Bristol Old Vic |
1977 | Man is Man | Uriah Shelly | Bristol Old Vic |
1978 | The Tempest | Ferdinand | Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Stratford |
1978 | Captain Swing | Farquarson | RSC, Stratford |
1978 | Love's Labour's Lost | Boyet | RSC, Stratford |
1978 | Antony and Cleopatra | Thidias/Alexas | RSC, Stratford |
1979 | Love's Labour's Lost | Boyet | RSC, Aldwych Theatre, London |
1979 | Antonio | Antonio | Nottingham Playhouse |
1979 | Fears and Miseries of the Third Reich | The Judge (and six other roles) | Glasgow Citizens |
1980 | Desperately Yours | assistant director | Colonnades Theater - NY |
1980 | Commitments | Hugh | Bush Theatre |
1980 | The Devil Himself | . | Lyric Studio, Hammersmith,. London - noted at time that Rickman was "looking like a sultry Peter Cook" |
1980 | The Summer Party | Nigel | Sheffield Crucible |
1981 | Philadelphia Story | Mike Connor | Oxford Playhouse |
1981 | The Brothers Karamazov | . | Edinburgh Festival, USSR Tour |
1981 | The Last Elephant | . | Bush Theatre |
1981 | The Seagull | Trigorin | The Royal Court - London |
1983 | Other Worlds | Asst. Director | The Royal Court - London |
1983 | Bad Language | Bob | Hampstead Theatre |
1983 | The Grass Widow | Dennis | The Royal Court - London |
1984 | The Lucky Chance | Gayman | The Royal Court - London |
1985 | Troilus and Cressida | Achilles | RSC |
Oct. 19, 1985 | Gone to Heaven (Back Soon) | . | The Other Place - Stratford |
1985 - 1986 | As You Like It | Jaques | RSC |
1985 - 1986 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Le Vicomte de Valmont | RSC - Stratford's Other Place, Barbican, The Pit, London - Olivier Award for play of the year in 1986 and Evening Standard Award of the same year |
1986 | Mephisto | Hendrik Hofgen | RSC, Barbican |
1986 | Live Wax | Director | Edinburgh Festival |
1986 - 1987 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Le Vicomte de Valmont | RSC - Broadway - NY (Tony nominee in 1987, lost to James Earl Jones), and the New York Critics Circle Award in 1987. |
1988 | The Peace of Brest | simultaneous translator | Barbican Theatre - London |
1991 | Tango at the End of Winter | Kiyomura Sei | King's Theatre - Edinburgh Festival, Picadilly - London; Time Out Award - Best Actor |
1992 | Hamlet | Hamlet | Riverside Studio - London, UK Tour |
1992 | Ruby Wax - The Full Wax | Director | . |
1995 | The Winter Guest | Director | West Yorkshire Playhouse - Leeds, Almeida Theatre - London |
1996 | Love in a Cold Climate | various roles | Roundabout Theater, NY (benefit for Almeida Theatre) |
1998 | Antony and Cleopatra | Marc Antony | Royal National Theatre's Olivier Theatre - London |
Sept. 21, 2001 - March 3, 2002 | Private Lives | Elyot Chase | West End - Albery Theatre - London. Evening Standard best actor & play nominee, Variety Award - Best Actor, Theatregoers' Choice Award - Best Actor, Drama Desk Award for Best Revival, Olivier nomination - Best Actor |
February 10, 2002 | When Love Speaks | second half presenter | The Old Vic - London
(concert benefit for RADA) |
April 19 - Sept. 1, 2002 | Private Lives | Elyot Chase | Richard Rodgers Theatre - NY. Drama League Award - Outstanding Artist, Tony Award - Best Revival, Tony Nomination - Best Actor |
2005 - 2006 | My name is Rachel Corrie | director | Royal Court - London, Brodway – New York, |
2008 | Creditors | director | Donmar Warehouse – London |
2010 | «John Gabriel Borckman» | | Abbey Theatre - Dublin |
