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Dateline: 4th January, 2005

Simon Gray

Philip Hedley

Anna Massey

Alan Plater

Eric Sykes

Ray Cooney

Simon McBurney

Geoffrey Palmer

John Sullivan

Tom Wilkinson

Hugh Lloyd

New Year Honours List 2005

As usual the New Year's Honours List contains a number of people from the performing arts world. Many, such as Roger Daltry, Simon Gray, Philip Hedley, Anna Massey, Alan Plater and Eric Sykes are well known: others are unknown outside of their area. We list them all here:

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

• Roger Harry DALTREY
  For services to Music, the Entertainment Industry and to Charity.
• Robin Arthur Philip DUVAL
  Lately Director, British Board of Film Classification. For services to the Film Industry.
• Simon James Holliday GRAY
  Writer. For services to Drama and Literature.
• Philip David HEDLEY
  Lately Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London. For services to Drama.
• John Richard LILL,
  OBE Pianist. For services to Music.
• Ms Anna Raymond MASSEY
  Actress. For services to Drama.
• Alan Frederick PLATER
  Writer and Playwright. For services to Drama.
• Eric SYKES, OBE
  Actor. For services to Drama.
• Alan Donald WHICKER
  Author and Broadcaster. For services to Broadcasting.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

• Miss Leanne BENJAMIN
  Principal, Royal Ballet Company. For services to Dance.
• Raymond George Alfred COONEY
  Actor, Writer, Director and Producer. For services to Drama.
• Stephen CRANSTON
  Chief Executive, The Arts Factory, Ferndale, Rhonnda. For services to Lifelong Learning.
• Karl William Pamp JENKINS
  Composer. For services to Music.
• Desmond Hugh KELLY
  Assistant Director, Birmingham Royal Ballet. For services to
• Simon MCBURNEY
  Actor and Artistic Director, Theatre de Complicite. For services to Drama.
• Philip Jonathan Clifford MOULD
  Honorary Arts Adviser to the Houses of Parliament.
• Geoffrey PALMER Actor. For services to Drama.
• John Richard Thomas SULLIVAN
  Writer. For services to Drama.
• Tom WILKINSON
  Actor. For services to Drama.

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

• Jack ALEXANDER
  For services to Entertainment in Scotland.
• Thomas ALEXANDER
  For services to Entertainment in Scotland.
• Peter John ANTONELLI
  Music Development Officer, Preston Lodge High School, East Lothian. For services to Music Education.
• David Nevil CORDON
  Founder, Woolpit Arts Festival. For services to the community in Woolpit, Suffolk.
• Miss Brenda EDWARDS
  For services to Dance.
• Miss Jill FRASER
  Artistic Director, Watermill Theatre, Newbury, Berkshire. For services to Drama.
• David GELLY
  Musician, Writer and Broadcaster. For services to Jazz Music.
• Miss Muriel Margaret HART
  Piano Accompanist, Brighton Orpheus Choir. For services to Music and to the community in Brighton and Hove.
• Hugh Lewis LLOYD
  Actor. For services to Drama and to Charity.
• Robert MCKENNA
  For services to Entertainment and to Charity.
• Ms Ruth Mary TILL
  Director, Rubicon Dance. For services to Community Dance.
• Michael Colin TURVEY
  For services to Music and to the community in Pinner, Middlesex.
• Cherry Annabella, Mrs WAITE
  For services to the Duchy Opera Trust and to the community in Cornwall.

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