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This compilation is no where near comprehensive. Michael's work in "other" is quite extensive, and I shall continue to shift through websites to add to this page.
Stage
The Amorous Prawn (1962) ... Corporal Green
The Black Queen by David Monico (1962)
Beyond the Fringe (1963)... Various parts
The Pavilion of Masks (October 1963)
Henry V (September 1964) ... Lord Scroop/Williams
Love's Labour's Lost (1964) ... Longaville
A Scent of Flowers by James Saunders (1965)
The Beggar's Opera by John Gay (1965)
Henry V (August 1965) RSC ... Duke of Exeter
Squire Puntila (1965) RSC ...Red haired workman
The Investigation (1965) RSC ... Witness 2
The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew (1965) RSC ...Storyteller
Henry IV and Henry V (August 1966) RSC ... Duke of Exeter
The Battle of Agincourt (1966) RSC
Romeo and Juliet (September 1967) RSC ... Chorus
Indians (1968) RSC ... Custer/Logan
Hamlet (1966) ...Laertes
The Homecoming by Harold Pinter (1967) ... Lenny
Ghosts by Ibsen (1967) ... Oswald
All's Well That Ends Well (1968)... Bertram
The Hollow Crown ... reader
The Relapse (1968) ... Young Fashion
Becket (1972) ... Henry II
Eden End (1974) ... Charles Appleby
Equus by Peter Schaffer (1974 and 1977) ... Dysart
Alice's Boys by Felicity Browne and Jonathan Hales (1978) ... Dan
Private Lives (1980)... Elyot Chase
The Sound of Music (1981) ... Capt. Von Trapp
The Way of the World (1984 and 1985)
Woman in Mind (1987)
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel (1992)
The Wind in the Willows by Alan Bennett (1994) ...Ratty
Racing Demon by Sir David Hare (1998)
Easy Virtue by Noel Coward (1999)
Amy's View by David Hare (2001)
Wild Orchids by Jean Anouilh (2002) ...Hector
The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (2002)
Moment of Weakness by David Churchill (2003) ... Tony
The Marquise by Noel Coward (Feburary 2004) ... Esteban
Heroes (September- December 2006)... Henri
The Last Confession (April-September? 2007) ... the Confessor
Radio
The Architects (2007) BBC radio ... Howard
Rogue Male (2006) BBC radio... Reader
The Master and Mrs. Tucker (2005) BBC radio ... The Skipper
Book at Bedtime- The Hole in the Wall (2005) BBC radio ... Reader
"The Saturday Play"- The Death of Faith (2005) BBC radio ... Padre Pio
The Pickwick Papers (2004) BBC radio ... Tony Weller
No Commitments (2003) BBC radio ... Jonathan
He Jests At Scars (2003) BBC radio ... Valeyard
Fond Memories (1997) BBC radio
Set Square- Nevil Shute (1997) BBC radio ... Speaker
When We Are Married (1994) BBC radio
The Royal Baccarat Scandal (1991) BBC radio
Trivia Test Match (Sept 1991 and Oct 1991) BBC radio ... Himself
You Only Live Twice (1990) BBC radio ... James Bond
Exchange (1986) BBC radio
Bookshelf- Panorama (1985) BBC radio ... Reader
The War for Chantry Fields (1983)
"The Price of Fear"- Goody Two Shoes (1983) BBC radio ... David
Legal, Decent, Honest, and Truthful (1982) BBC radio ... Announcer
Wilaya 7 (1981)
The Balloons (1980)
Waving to a Train (1980) BBC radio
ID Jingles- Pre-Capitol Top-40s (1980s) radio ... Announcer
An Alternative to Suicide (1979) BBC radio ... Maverick Lesterman
Eden End (1974) BBC radio
The Investigation (1965) BBC radio ... Reader
Music
Yup, he sings! In addition to doing a little singing in "Jane Eyre" (1973) and "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1980), Michael also starred in Ross Taylor's 1981 London Revival of "The Sound of Music"- playing Capt. Von Trapp to Petula Clark's Maria. The cast recording has only ever been released on LP, and Michael sings on four songs- "Something Good", the concert sequences of- "Do-Re-Mi", "Edelweiss", and "So Long Farewell".
The Principal Cast Members
Maria Rainer....Petula Clark
Captain von Trapp....Michael Jayston
Elsa Schraeder....Honor Blackman
Max Detweiler....John Bennett
Liesl....Claire Parker
Rolf Gruber....Paul Shearstone
In 2002, Michael was asked by British pop group St. Etienne to provide voiceover transitions on their album "Finisterre". Here are some of the things he says (he does not sing!):
'Action' - "Have you ever been to a harvester before?"
'Amateur'- "Back....Further back"
'Language Lab'- "The perverse possibilities of the Barbican. You could be invisible here. You could get a notion of floating across the city." - "I feel an nostalgia for an age yet to come."
'Shower Scene' - "I have news, good news from Notting Hill. The consignment of white gold has arrived for Mr. Anderson"
'New Thing'- "Our father who art in heaven. Please stay there"
'B92'- "Rock could be so good, but we make it all so rubbishy"
'Finisterre'-"NatWest, Barclays, Midlands, Lloyds. Use a bank? I'd rather die."
In 2005, Michael has again lent his voice to a project of St. Etienne's- a film about London edited to music from the album "Finisterre" and called "Finisterre". Michael does the narration.
Writings
"County Champions"
Contributors: Richard Gordon, MICHAEL JAYSTON, John Arlott, Leslie Thomas, Barry Norman, Trevor Bailey, Colin Cowdrey, etc. Heineman/Quixote Press 198pp. (1982)
His essay entitled "Trent Bridge Heroes"
"Bloody Lucky: Writing on Cricket" Ed. Tom Graveney And Mike Seabrook
Contributors: Stephen Fry, Frederic Raphael, Mike Brearley, John Arlott, Miles Kington, MICHAEL JAYSTON, etc. Pocketbooks U.K. 304pp. (1992)
His essay entitled "You Can Take Glory With You"
read excerpts of his essays further down this page
"Cricket at the Grassroots: Humorous Memories of the Sussex Club Game" by David Redbourn, Foreword by MICHAEL JAYSTON, SB Publications, 206pp. (1996)
Audio Books
If you have heard this man's voice, you know why he is always in demand for audio books. Whew! He has recorded alot!
by P. D. James:
"A Certain Justice"
"The Black Tower"
"A Taste for Death"
"Unnatural Causes"
"Shroud for a Nightingale"
"Death of an Expert Witness"
"Original Sin"
"Death in Holy Orders"
"The Murder Room"
"Devices and Desires"
"Innocent Blood"
by John le Carre:
"Call for the Dead"
"The Constant Gardner"
"A Murder of Quality"
"Our Game"
"The Secret Pilgrim"
"A Small Town in Germany"
"Smiley's People"
"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
"The Honourable Schoolboy"
"Single and Single"
"The Little Drummer Girl"
"A Perfect Spy"
"The Russia House"
"The Night Manager"
"The Tailor of Panama"
"The Looking Glass War"
"The Mission Song"
"Absolute Friends"
by Alexander Kent:
"Second to None"
"To Glory We Steer"
"With All Despatch"
"Passage to Mutiny"
"For My Country's Freedom"
"The Flag Captain"
"Sloop of War"
"Stand Into Danger"
"Cross of St. George"
"Honour This Day"
"Enemy in Sight"
"Signal-close Action!"
"The Darkening Sea"
"Sword of Honour"
"Command a King's Ship"
"Form Line of Battle"
"In Gallant Company"
"The Only Victor"
"Midshipman Bolitho"
"Beyond the Reef"
"Heart of Oak"
"Success to the Brave"
by Jack Higgins:
"Toll for the Brave"
by Len Deighton:
"Twelve Good Men and True"
"Declarations of War"
by Sam Llewellyn:
"Blood Orange"
"Death Roll"
"Blood Knot"
by Iris Howden, et al:
"The Music Maker and Other Chilling Stories"
by Sandra Woodcock, et al:
"Chillers"
by Graham Swift:
"Last Orders"
by Wilbur Smith:
"Eagle in the Sky"
by Robert Harris:
"Fatherland"
by Agatha Christie:
"Sing a Song of Sixpence and Other Stories"
Victor Hugo:
"Les Miserables" (abridged)
ed. Mary Soames
"Speaking for Themselves: the Personal Letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill" w/ Eleanor Bron
by Donald Wheal
"World's End"
by Alistair Maclean
"Ice Station Zebra"
by J. M. Barrie
"Peter Pan" (audio dramatization)
"Their Finest Hour: The Churchill Roosevelt Letters"