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In May and June 1965 Redgrave directed the opening festival of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, including directing and playing Rakitin in A Month in the Country ( co-starring with Ingrid Bergman as Natalya Petrovna ), and Samson in Samson Agonistes ( co-starring with Rachel Kempson as Chorus ).

He again played Rakitin in September 1965, when his production transferred to the Cambridge Theatre in London.

For the Glyndebourne Festival Opera he directed Werther in 1966 and La Boheme in 1967.