Bill Alexander (director)
| Bill Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Born |
William Alexander Paterson 23 February 1948 Hunstanton, Norfolk, England |
| Occupation | Theatre director |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Known for | |
| Spouse(s) | Juliet Harmer (m. 1977) |
| Children | 2 |
William Alexander Paterson (born 23 February 1948) known professionally as Bill Alexander is an award-winning British theatre director who is best known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and as artistic director of Birmingham Repertory Theatre. He currently works as a freelance, internationally as a theatre director and most recently as a director of BBC Radio 4 drama.
William Alexander Paterson was born in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, on 23 February 1948 to William and Rosemary Paterson (née McCormack). He was a boarder at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate, Kent before going on to Keele University (1969–1973) where he studied English and founded an experimental theatre group called Guerilla Theatre based on the principles of the Polish theatre director Jerzy Grotowski.
In 1974, Alexander began his career as a Trainee Director at the Bristol Old Vic. His productions included Butley by Simon Gray, How The Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Blythe Spirit by Noël Coward. In 1975 he joined the Royal Court Theatre as an assistant director. His production of Class Enemy by Nigel Williams won the Binkie Beaumont Award for Best New Director.
Alexander joined the RSC in 1977 as assistant to Trevor Nunn and John Barton. Initially, he worked in the RSC's two studio theatres: The Warehouse in London (primarily devoted to new plays) and The Other Place in Stratford (dedicated to a mixture of new plays and the re-discovery of classics by performing them on a small scale). He also worked at The Pit studio space which replaced The Warehouse when the RSC moved to the Barbican.
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